Themes
Name | Theme | Release | Pieces | Minifigures | Review | Price (£) | Buy | |
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60249 Street Sweeper | City | Feb-20 | 89 | Read here | 8.99 | LEGO.com | ||
60224 Satellite Service Mission | City | Feb-20 | 84 | Read here | 9.99 | LEGO.com | ||
60257 Service Station | City | Feb-20 | 354 | Read here | 44.99 | LEGO.com | ||
60267 Safari Off-Roader | City | Jan-20 | 168 | 0 | Read here | 17.99 | LEGO.com | |
60227 Lunar Space Station | City | Jun-19 | 412 | 4 | Read here | 44.99 | LEGO.com | |
60209 Sky Police Diamond Heist | City | Jun-19 | 400 | 4 | Read here | 44.99 | LEGO.com | |
60239 Police Patrol Car | City | May-19 | 92 | 1 | Read here | 9.99 | LEGO.com | |
60218 Desert Rally Racer | City | May-19 | 75 | 1 | Read here | 9.99 | LEGO.com | |
60222 Snow Groomer | City | May-19 | 197 | 2 | Read here | 17.99 | LEGO.com | |
60223 Harvester Transport | City | May-19 | 358 | 2 | Read here | 24.99 | LEGO.com | |
60206 Sky Police Jet Patrol | City | Apr-19 | 54 | 2 | Read here | 7.99 | LEGO.com | |
60212 Barbecue Burn Out | City | Apr-19 | 64 | 2 | Read here | 7.99 | LEGO.com | |
60210 Sky Police Air Base | City | Apr-19 | 529 | 6 | Read here | 69.99 | LEGO.com | |
60208 Sky Police Parachute Arrest | City | Mar-19 | 218 | 4 | Read here | 24.99 | LEGO.com | |
60214 Burger Bar Fire Rescue | City | Mar-19 | 327 | 3 | Read here | 24.99 | LEGO.com | |
60220 Garbage Truck | City | Feb-19 | 90 | 2 | Read here | 14.99 | LEGO.com | |
60221 Diving Yacht | City | Feb-19 | 148 | 2 | Read here | 17.99 | LEGO.com | |
60195 Arctic Mobile Exploration Base | City | Sep-18 | 786 | 6 | Read here | 84.99 | LEGO.com | |
60193 Arctic Air Transport | City | Aug-18 | 277 | 2 | Read here | 24.99 | LEGO.com | |
60197 Passenger Train | City | Jul-18 | 677 | 4 | Read here | 119.99 | LEGO.com | |
60180 Monster Truck | City | Jun-18 | 192 | 1 | Read here | 14.99 | LEGO.com | |
60185 Mining Power Splitter | City | May-18 | 127 | 1 | Read here | 12.99 | LEGO.com | |
60179 Ambulance Helicopter | City | May-18 | 190 | 3 | Read here | 17.99 | LEGO.com | |
60186 Mining Heavy Driller | City | May-18 | 294 | 3 | Read here | 39.99 | LEGO.com | |
60188 Mining Experts Site | City | May-18 | 883 | 6 | Read here | 79.99 | LEGO.com | |
60176 Wild River Escape | City | Apr-18 | 126 | 2 | Read here | 12.99 | LEGO.com | |
60166 Heavy-Duty Rescue Helicopter | City | Dec-17 | 415 | 4 | Read here | 23.99 | LEGO.com | |
60167 Coast Guard Head Quarters | City | Dec-17 | 792 | 7 | Read here | 69.95 | LEGO.com | |
5004941 Bricktober minifigure pack | City | Oct-17 | 21 | 4 | Read here | 18.52 | Amazon | |
70620 NINJAGO City | The LEGO NINJAGO Movie | Aug-17 | 4867 | 19 | Read here | 259.99 | LEGO.com | |
40345 LEGO City Minifigure Pack | Minifigures | 10.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60198 Cargo Train | City | 179.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60203 Ski Resort | City | 74.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60228 Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control | City | 89.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60217 Fire Plane | City | 34.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60225 Rover Testing Drive | City | 17.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60226 Mars Research Shuttle | City | 24.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60234 People Pack - Fun Fair | City | 34.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60237 Curve and Crossroad | City | 9.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60238 Switch Tracks | City | 15.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60205 Tracks | City | 15.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60229 Rocket Assembly & Transport | City | 119.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60231 Fire Chief Response Truck | City | 17.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60233 Donut Shop Opening | City | 79.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
41375 Heartlake City Amusement Pier | Friends | 119.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
41379 Heartlake City Restaurant | Friends | 54.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
41431 Heartlake City Brick Box | Friends | 34.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60213 Dock Side Fire | City | 14.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60216 Downtown Fire Brigade | City | 89.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60219 Construction Loader | City | 9.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60221 Diving Yacht | City | 17.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60230 People Pack - Space Research and Development | City | 34.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60232 Garage Center | City | 34.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
41254 Volcano Rock City Concert | Lego Trolls World Tour | 34.99 | LEGO.com | |||||
60248 Fire Helicopter Response | City | 17.99 | LEGO.com |
About LEGO City
Once, it was Town. LEGO Town was the ‘everyday life’ theme, that supplied children with a world of police stations, fire trucks, ambulances, boats, houses, service stations and more besides. It launched in its recognisable form in 1978 with the advent of the minifigure, and continued for 20 years until wrapping up in 2000.
LEGO World City arrived in 2003 and continued in 2004 in an attempt to offer what it was perceived children wanted – simplified set designs and a disturbingly macho aspect. Those misconceptions made the replacement for Town an unappealing mess, although the train sets were mainly undisturbed by the shift in direction.
In 2005, the LEGO Group finally got serious about making things work after a brush with bankruptcy. A new theme had been developed – LEGO City – that was a return to form. Learning from what had worked with the classic Town theme, City started things off with the basic areas that children would love – Police, Fire and Construction – then gradually expanded from there.
Now, City has gone far beyond those initial releases, with basic life type sets building museums, service stations, multi-storey car parks and diving boats among plenty of others. The quality of the builds also improves over time, with 7744 Police Headquarters a much better set than 7237 Police Station, which was released just three years prior.
While the sets that include pizza restaurants and bus stops offer opportunities for building a table-top town, children also want action and adventure. Sub-themes such as Coastguard Rescue, Volcano Explorer and Arctic provide this, while Space and Harbour keep things a little more grounded in reality.
From its fresh start in 2005 that saw the LEGO Group show real confidence in the company’s core theme, City has expanded far beyond its central emergency services focus to become a sprawling collection that can cover an eclectic mix of subject matter. As long as it continues to steer clear of the mistakes made in the early 2000s, it will continue to hold a special place in the heart of LEGO fans.