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This video presents an early review of 18 new LEGO City products, kindly provided by LEGO. The reviewer will cover various sets, from small vehicles to large playsets, highlighting their features and playability.
The Go-Kart Racer is this year's City polybag, a simple and fun build with a driver minifigure featuring leopard branding. The set includes printed pieces for details like the engine and number, offering good value for a small, affordable set.
The Hot Rod is a colorful racing car with unexpected value. It features a stylish driver minifigure, cool purple and lime green colors, flame details, and printed pieces for the front grille and side flames, making it a well-priced set for its detail.
The EV Supercar has a sleek design with advanced building techniques that resemble a Speed Champions set. It includes a winking driver minifigure and a hidden battery feature for play. Despite some color splitting, it's a visually appealing set for its price, though the absence of prints compared to other sets is noted.
The Yellow Taxi offers a lot of play value with two minifigures, including a cab driver and a passenger with a suitcase. It boasts multiple printed tiles, including a GPS screen and city decorations, and features an opening trunk and a double battery compartment, making it a versatile playset despite its price.
A 4+ set designed for younger builders, featuring large, chunky pieces and simple instructions. It includes two minifigures, two motorcycles with printed 'Sharks Racing' details, and a truck that can transport the bikes. The set is praised for its play value for kids, though its brick value is lower due to the larger pieces.
This food truck set, part of a popular sub-theme, includes a construction worker and a food truck owner minifigure. The truck has a clean design, an accessible engine, printed checkered patterns, and a new element for side-by-side seating. The food stall can be used on the truck or separately, with an interior, offering diverse play options and good value for its price.
The Tractor is a massive model distinguished by its huge tires, dwarfing the included farmer minifigure. It features smart use of teal highlights, an opening engine, and connection points for potential attachments. While lacking diverse play scenarios compared to other sets, its impressive design and large wheels make it appealing as a standalone vehicle.
This set offers significant play value with three minifigures: a police officer, an inmate, and a mysterious character. The van features a beefy design, good front detailing, neon yellow stripes, and a reinforced door that can be busted open by a prisoner on a motorcycle, demonstrating impressive action play.
The Snowplow stands out with its 'simple complexity' function: a wheel element working a salt dispenser. It features a utility minifigure, a movable plow blade, a tilting cabin revealing an engine, and clever parts usage for fuel tanks. Despite being a niche vehicle, its innovative function makes it a highly appealing set.
The LEGO Van is a smaller, more affordable version of the Delivery Truck concept. It includes two courier minifigures, decorated tiles with the LEGO logo and brick patterns, and opening doors for accessing goods like miniature LEGO sets on a pallet. Its affordability and brand homage make it a charming, accessible set.
This set pits two racing teams, Leopard and Angry Owl, against each other. The car is sleek with supercar vibes and advanced building, while the jet features printed logos and a hidden flame-pop function. It's a solid playset with two cool vehicles, though the price point is noted as potentially high for the piece count.
The Recycling Truck offers exceptional play value with a driver and worker minifigure, recycling bins with different materials, and a unique sorting mechanism. Trash can be loaded, sorted, and emptied through separate hatches, showcasing the 'simple complexity' praised in other sets. It's considered one of the best-valued sets in the wave.
A new version of a construction vehicle, featuring three minifigures (engineer and two workers), barriers, tools, and a wheelbarrow. The truck has an orange color scheme, printed details, a tilting cab, and new mixer elements. The mixer rotates with a gear, pouring out 'cement', providing a classic play gimmick despite some ergonomic issues.
Part of the Coast Guard sub-theme, this helicopter set includes four minifigures (a person in distress and three coast guards), a rescue capsule, and a shark. The helicopter is sizable, with a white and red-orange color scheme, printed logos, and functional features like a winch and sliding side doors. Despite some propeller smoothness issues and a high price-per-piece ratio, it offers great play potential.
This impressive fire engine is designed to complement the airport set, featuring four minifigures (a captain and three firefighters) with new dual-molded helmets. It has a steerable water turret, storage compartments, and an accessible engine. The reviewer appreciates LEGO's effort to reinvent themes like airport firefighting, offering good value for its size and piece count.
This innovative 'Remix' set includes three modular vehicles: a Service Truck, a Hovercraft, and an Emergency Plane. It features three minifigures and allows for creative combinations. Each vehicle is a solid unit on its own, with functional features like an extendable crane and propellers. The set offers excellent value with a high piece count for its price, encouraging imaginative play.
The largest set in the wave, this rescue boat features a massive hull that floats, five minifigures (including a dog mascot), a civilian boat, and a small helicopter. The rescue boat itself is highly detailed with walkable space, a control room, and a lower deck with bunk beds and a kitchen. It offers multiple rescue scenarios and is praised for its comprehensive play opportunities, despite the higher cost due to large hull pieces and floating capability.
This large playset includes nine minifigures (pilot, stewardess, ground staff, civilians) and a luggage car. The airplane has a private jet feel with removable sections for accessing the cockpit and cabin. The airport building features detailed interiors such as luggage control with X-ray machines, baggage claim with a carousel, a barista's station, and a boarding gate with a movable passenger boarding bridge. Despite a minor missing piece issue, it's considered a great playset providing a full airport experience for kids.