Summer LEGO City sets unveiled!

60511 is gorgeous. If I had the space (and didn't have the backlog that I have), I'd be getting that one for sure. I also like the rock pieces in 60494. Are those new?

How is the Construction set 30 dollars more than the Rollercoaster with similar piece counts. Just because of wheels?

This is what I have been waiting for! We have not had a good shunter engine for a while.

4551 B model was great (9-V era)
4563 was a good-looking light locomotive, which could be classified as a shunter
7760 was great (12-V era) but is extremely expensive these days
7755 was a heavy shunter with two bogies.

4561 and 4559 had simple locomotives with two axles, but those are not shunters.

60509 Harbour Freight Train- day one, my friend. Together with the other train sets!

What a great year.

I absolutely love the Power Miners coaster. Pity it's using the same layout as the Exo-Force robot coaster, but still. Hope we see more cool Power Miners stuff in the future, I'd love a random Icons set of the drill or whatever.

@Mr_Hobbles said:
"The tram is awesome too, it’s just a shame it can’t be motorised."
I dare say it will be possible with a bit of modification. Looks about the same size as the tram in 10308, which is officially 'Power-Upable'.

That beach tram.

Thrilled to finally see Power Miners get some love after 16 years!

Now if we could get a proper PM return, that would be a dream come true for me. And I mean that literally; I've actually had recurring dreams about PM coming back.

I was a kid hooked on LEGO thanks to Power Miners. It spooks me a little that today's kids will more often than not have no recognition of the homage in that roller coaster set!

So Lego is doing an obvious nostalgia grab roller coaster every two years now (Exoforce, Power Miners). Can we put in requests for the next one? Space Police 3?

It is impossoble to process so many "new sets" post at once. Please distribute them more in time for several days.

Mostly cool sets. And I particularly like the tram and those trains. That said, the steam train obviously should have included at least one more car.....or weird idea: Sell those as a separate set!

Love that they seem to be using their rollercoasters to reference past themes, Exo-Force before and now Power Miners, makes me wonder if those were actual toy lines in the world of City that were popular enough for their own theme parks.

Just slightly concerned their Crystal King statue seems to actually be alive and capable of eating children, that’s a little worrying!

i'm fascinated to see where the battery box goes if Powering Up the steam train. The motor would seem to go in the tender.

Smaller, affordable trains without a full track loop is what was really needed. What would be even better is to buy the wagons separately, but that era is long gone. Wonder if the PUp components for motorization will be available by the time these sets go EOL.

@EpicMindvolt said:
"Close enough, welcome back emerald night"

Exactly, the Emerald Night returns.

These new construction sets are blowing it out of the part. Fast running out of room for the display MOC's. All the sets can so easily be added into a large city.

60494 is absolutely phenomenal! I'm always a sucker for an articulated dump truck.

I’m happy for the high quality of City sets in past couple years, for me the best theme in past two years, and most likely this year as well

The trains and tram are amazing, a must buy for me, but it really bothers me the prices

- The tram is fine, almost 700 pcs for 70 euros, okay
- The cargo kinda fine, but with the train wheels, magnets and tracks is understandable
- But the steam one... no, it should have been 70 or 80 euros max

I will wait for some discount to get these anyway, and maybe I will get more than one copy

@ElephantKnight said:
"Ummmm, why is there a pizza shooting car?"

It's a proto-Deliverator (Snow Crash, not Arcimoto).

There’s a pug!

I'm worried the beach tram and port train will not be able to go around curves or through switches. The wheels look awfully far apart, much farther than any other LEGO set before. Wheels start binding at like seven studs apart or more, so this could be an issue.

Only time will tell, but I hope I'm wrong.

@Murdoch17 said:
"I'm worried the beach tram and port train will not be able to go around curves or through switches. The wheels look awfully far apart, much farther than any other LEGO set before. Wheels start binding at like seven studs apart or more, so this could be an issue.

Only time will tell, but I hope I'm wrong."

Looking closely at different view angles, the tram appears to have an 8-stud gap between the wheels, and so do the flatbed cars on the port train. The port train engine itself looks like it's designed to take a standard train motor, so that at least should be fine (as long as there's not too much swing at the coupler).

The steam engine, on the other hand, looks fine. It has two flanged drivers with a blind driver in the center, which is known to be a functional geometry from the Emerald Knight. The coach looks like it has the same wheel spacing as the Toy Story 3 train, so again it should be fine. It's got sealed magnetic couplers, so it won't have the binding problem that the 2018 Hogwarts had, with its short couplers.

@ElephantKnight said:
"Ummmm, why is there a pizza shooting car?"

We got a pizza-shooting truck years ago (7598), so why not?

The beach tram is quite lovely! So many aspects of this set make it outstanding. If it gets a review here, I'll list those bonus/plus things then.

The Lava Land Roller Coaster Park looks like fun! Fun to play with and fun to build. I like multiple rides, the color scheme, the creativity, and the minifigs.

I do have a couple nitpicks with the PM coaster, although I'm still thrilled they're doing it!

First, they had no choice but to use a different color in place of transparent fluorescent yellowish green, but I think transparent yellow would have been a better substitute than transparent bright green. Transparent yellow has precedent as a substitute in PM (Combustix), and transparent bright green makes the monster, who I think is supposed to represent the Crystal King, look like a Boulderax-type monster.

Second, while two of the seats in the auxiliary ride are clearly meant to look like the Thunder Driller, the other two don't seem to match any particular vehicle. PM had three tracked vehicles. The ride seats don't really match the Granite Grinder or Boulder Blaster, and they definitely don't match the Crystal Sweeper.

Again, still thrilled they're doing this!

@Darth_Dee said:
"So Lego is doing an obvious nostalgia grab roller coaster every two years now (Exoforce, Power Miners). Can we put in requests for the next one? Space Police 3?"

I’m hoping for a Monster Fighters or Alien Conquest themed coaster myself.

Love the Dump Truck & Front End Loader (just not the price). Whomever is involved with the City construction sets lately deserves a raise. Paving machine next, please?? How about a vac truck (aka a sewer sucker)?

I want to like the tram more, but something seems off... I still prefer the one that was a part of 10308

Harbor Freight Train is exactly what I've been waiting for... and the price doesn't seem too crazy for what's all included.

I want to like the Vintage Steam Train, but it's screaming for another passenger car (or two). The drive wheel connecting rod, while a nice detail, sticks out too much astatically, IMO. Overall, it reminds me of a train you'd see encircling a zoo.

I really wish Lego would revive the My Own Train subtheme again. Secondhand stores have caught on with MOC sellers, but their pricing is well out of my bank account for the foreseeable future.

@PurpleDave said:
"New 2x2 rock top and bottom, and look like they were based on the combination of the R2 head and the matching "bowl" element that goes underneath it."

Similar, though the top seems to only be two plates tall to allow the boulder as a whole to be more round (5 plates tall/5 plates wide).

This might be one of my favorite new parts in all the sets revealed so far, it seems so useful and versatile. Rocks are good for all sorts of things—meteorites in Space, catapult ammo in Castle, you name it. Basically anything you could use the old 4x4 boulders for, this provides an option that's smaller and more versatile. Plus, a part of me can't help but hope that if the Tahu cosplayer fig from the new CMF series is popular enough, we might someday get a Pohatu to kick one of these around!

I like the harbour tram. I find the trains a bit disappointing, but I think my expectations were raised by BDP and Orient Express and Emerald Night.

Oh i bet, some german Influcencer might scream "No Powered up Inside, you have to pay extra, bad bad Lego"

I am happy that i dont have to pay that Powered up Again and Again with every train. Got maybe 10 or 15 of those, so when i want to make them move, i just activate one. Most of my Trains are standing all of the time anyway because i remove the Batterys when not in use.

The pizza delivery set is so creative - that's exactly the kind of toy 7-year-olds will play with.

@Lyichir said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"New 2x2 rock top and bottom, and look like they were based on the combination of the R2 head and the matching "bowl" element that goes underneath it."

Similar, though the top seems to only be two plates tall to allow the boulder as a whole to be more round (5 plates tall/5 plates wide).

This might be one of my favorite new parts in all the sets revealed so far, it seems so useful and versatile. Rocks are good for all sorts of things—meteorites in Space, catapult ammo in Castle, you name it. Basically anything you could use the old 4x4 boulders for, this provides an option that's smaller and more versatile. Plus, a part of me can't help but hope that if the Tahu cosplayer fig from the new CMF series is popular enough, we might someday get a Pohatu to kick one of these around!"

Well, the way they’re going, they should issue the other five Toa Mata in 2051, 2076, 3001, 3026, and 3051. I might make it to the second entry, but probably not the other four.

Buying every single one of those train sets.

@EpicMindvolt said:
"Close enough, welcome back emerald night"

My mind went right to the Emerald Night, too!

I don't think the Emerald Night will ever be topped, but this, first steam engine ever for City, I think, is very welcome and looks great! I do like the emerald color which probably is a nod to the Emerald Night. Such a unique set to have for City amongst all the modern trains.

@devilhead said:
"Weirdest pizza restaurant set ever. But the rest are all pretty nice. I especially like the tram and vintage train."

I thought 60496 Pizza Delivery Experience looked odd as well, almost like a reheated leftover Viydo set.

Also, while I appreciate the fact that the new train sets are have a more affordable price point then prior years, this comes at the cost of a full circuit. Without additional track pieces (via tacks packs or bricks & pieces) I'm not sure how exciting the play pattern will be.

@LegoMKB said:
"Power Miners and Bionicle in the big 26' was not on my bingo card, but boy are us 2000's kids eating well this year."

No. If anything, it's even more maddening when they notice us, but don't do that much about it.
I guess that with late millennials and early zoomers being at the place where we tend to be financially, there isn't as much money in it as there is in stuff like Castle or Classic Space, yet.

@LegoMKB said:
"Power Miners and Bionicle in the big 26' was not on my bingo card, but boy are us 2000's kids eating well this year."

No. If anything, it's even more maddening when they notice us, but don't do that much about it.
I guess that with late millennials and early zoomers being at the place where we tend to be financially, there isn't as much money in it as there is in stuff like Castle or Classic Space, yet.

The Pizza delivery and the Cargo train are not badly priced sets. I have to give LEGO props for finally making an affordable cargo train (after years of 200USD, and over, priced sets), but no complete track oval is crazy. Both should probably still should be 10-20 USD cheaper. The Rest? LOL. LEGO is just playing the 'Lets see how much they will pay' game now, even with standard themes... The most egregiously priced has to be a toss up between the Construction dump truck/Front loader set and that beach Trolley set... OOF.
Hope people are not actually paying retail for those.

Thank you LEGO.
Have a couple of hundred of my GB pounds.
I do love you after all.
After all, your trains go together better than the Bluebrixx ones.
And you issue printed instructions.
The tram doesn't have proper train wheels? So? It's LEGO. Easy fix.

Construction continues to be great.

I am, as always, extremely here for Giant Roof Sign sets, and I appreciate the absurdist creativity that went into all of the pizza delivery methods.

The roller coaster looks very fun but I have no nostalgia for the theme, despite my age, on account of the all-my-Lego-was-from-loose-boxes-of-bricks-from-jumble-sales thing, and anyway I already have a roller coaster and two seems excessive. I like the pose-ability of the rock monster mech thing, though, that’s fun.

Thoroughly adore the beach tram, and have been accidentally collecting small beach things for a while so it will fit in fine. The steam train is also excellent and delightful. I like the freight train but not sure it would fit in very well with anything. Very happy for train people that they’ve been quite well served of late.

I just noticed something I hadn't seen in the new 60509 train today. The cargo boxes have doors on them and they are in light bluish grey. The right door only came in a couple of sets and are stupid expensive on BL. The BL sellers won't be happy about this.

@oldtodd33 said:
"I just noticed something I hadn't seen in the new 60509 train today. The cargo boxes have doors on them and they are in light bluish grey. The right door only came in a couple of sets and are stupid expensive on BL. The BL sellers won't be happy about this. "

And the container wall part is also new in grey.

I wish LEGO did a proper container ship once. Like the size that would fit 3 high, 3 deep of containers in the size of two wall panel parts wide.

That steam train looks awesome. But I will never spend that much on that set, so it either goes on a good sale or I'll just never buy it. I win either way by saving money.

@AhsokaTrooper08 said:
" @EpicMindvolt said:
"Close enough, welcome back emerald night"

My mind went right to the Emerald Night, too!

I don't think the Emerald Night will ever be topped, but this, first steam engine ever for City, I think, is very welcome and looks great! I do like the emerald color which probably is a nod to the Emerald Night. Such a unique set to have for City amongst all the modern trains. "

Agree, I think the "316" number is also a nod to the My Own Train steam loco kits from the early 2000s.

Wow. Just. Wow.

Wow. These sets have amped up the fun factor and are all beautiful to boot. The pizza delivery set reminds me of how imaginative the Lego computer game was for me as a kid.

I still have the Loader and my brother have the dumpster from 2009. Back then you got both for 30€ and the big construction Set was a 100€. Why is Lego so expensive these days?