Looks like mostly the same old same old to me for the Police & Fire sets but I want some of those large Flame pieces. I want the farm people & their produce from the Tractor set but I don't want the tractor. The modern Family House looks interesting.

"turning action". Does that mean a new piece?

Think the tractor 60287 looks fab for a modern tractor but the join 1/2 way up the windscreen ruins the look.
I think a slight extension to the connection point between the bucket arm and the tractor body should have been included with some form of bar sticking up. This would have acted as a remote pivot point around which the arm operates & is controlled - increasing the sense of proper control of the bucket away from having to directly hold it.

I would like to see how well these road plates & attached structures stick together once they are picked up - I can't help but expect everything to start separating to disastrous effect. Younger kids struggle to understand the physics involved - but they will learn from their mistakes.

Totally buying 6-8 sets of road plates to make my city. This will be out of stock all the time!

No train set yet, so maybe my wallet will be able to breathe. But this is also looking like an imminent Modular reveal!

Well at least there is a family house and another camper van. Will be interesting to see those road plates a bit closer.

Is that a new ribbed 2x2 brick in the tractor set?

So Tractor and the Construction Truck, don't like those baseplates specially since I have my City planned on the 32x32 system.

The dude on the halfpipe in 60290 is in a colored wheelchair. Would be cool too see the seats and wheels in more colors to create custom figs. I'm picturing a Classic Space commander in a blue and yellow one now.

It looks like 60291 comes with a new dog piece, not sure though

60304 Road Plates is interesting... It always bothered me that baseplates weren't level with regular plates, and building multi lane roads or elevated highways was a bit tricky, but it looks like they come with more parts and could get crazy expensive. Either way it'll be a great starting point for building Cities. Even though I don't plan on making one for a long time I may pick up a few for the future.

Loving the new road plates, and the sets they come in! The skate park is really cool looking and I love the inclusion of a sports wheelchair! The apartment/house is also great (the City theme features far too few residential buildings normally), and is that a golden retriever? And the City Center's guide dog is another great hat tip to inclusive design (and a great showcase for the new crosswalks). Even the standard "road plate" kit seems interesting, not just because of its modularity but also the neat touch of including glow-in-the-dark streetlights!

Finally, good LEGO road pieces!

Just noticed the 'turning system' on the Race Buggy Transporter. This is quite interesting to me, I've thought for a while that it might be possible to design a special axle piece where the wheels can turn side to side and the vehicle can actually 'steer'. Didn't think this piece would ever actually exist, looking forward to seeing reviews of how it works. I wonder how common this piece will become, and if they'll make a similar piece for wider vehicles.

Also, will this be compatible with regular 'city' style vehicles with smaller wheels, or will it be limited to open wheel style vehicles like this?

OMG Lego have turned the clock back to 1999/2000. Alot of the vehicles look like they are from this era! And some are just a rehash in different colours ie Beach Rescue ATV and Race Buggy Transporter. Very poor IMO. City is very much the poor relation of all the categories now a days. Obviously the good designs lie elsewhere. And whats with the wheelchair in the skate park!

SHIRLEY KEEPER!
best character in the show, I tell you!

Road Plates should be called Roady Tiles or smth, for no plateness in sight.
And 60290 probably gets cancelled for insulting disabled people - living confined to a wheelchair is not 'fun' and if the set is supposed to be depicting a healthy minifig, then using a wheelchair as a 'fun sports equipment' is worse. Plus imagine if some kid would try to go and mimic the rail-grab scene in a borrowed wheelchair IRL...
A blind person with a guide dog in 60292 is excellent though. And soon there might be enough different breed molds to make a city 2in1 UCS dog show/pound set.

I’m here for the tractor. More “farm city” please, if such an oxymoron exists.

Admittedly, I'm really curious how expensive the Road Plates will be. My City collection usually grows in the form of a modular building here and there then comes out to play with the train around Christmas. I don't have enough old road baseplates to bother with that level of detail...but THESE! They're so slick and fancy. Except if I get one, then I'd really need more like 15 or 20 so things really look right...

@holdre007 said:
"Road Plates should be called Roady Tiles or smth, for no plateness in sight.
And 60290 probably gets cancelled for insulting disabled people - living confined to a wheelchair is not 'fun' and if the set is supposed to be depicting a healthy minifig, then using a wheelchair as a 'fun sports equipment' is worse. Plus imagine if some kid would try to go and mimic the rail-grab scene in a borrowed wheelchair IRL...
A blind person with a guide dog in 60292 is excellent though. And soon there might be enough different breed molds to make a city 2in1 UCS dog show/pound set."
Ha! You stole my dog pound idea!
I, in turn, will steal your dog show idea ;-)

Don't know what to make of those road plates. Pretty dull selection otherwise - I kinda like the look of the tractor, but everything else we've either seen before or is just pitched too young to pique my interest

Glow in the Dark road plates?

SOLD!

I'm pretty sure it's glow in the dark street lamps...unless there has been a nuclear holocaust.

Is that a new rat?

The big question for me with the new road plates is cost - they look expensive, esp. if one wants to set up an entire City...

So many wonderful small sets. 60279 Fire Hazard Truck, 60283 Holiday Camper Van, 60286 Beach Rescue ATV, 60287 Tractor, 60288 Race Buggy Transporter, and a few larger sets 60290 Skate Park and 60291 Modern Family House have all been added to my want list.

Though the best is, clearly, the Farm Tractor. Is it a one-off or do we get FARM!!!!! sets this year.

@randomly_generated said:
"Okay, most of these are for very young children, but I did notice a new dog walking harness in the City Center set."

including a new dog

The tractor looks great, some of the cars are ok, but some are truly awful.
The red car in 60276 and the blue and white thing in 60291 are the worst City cars in a decade.
The range rover in 60288 is a rehash of 7635 only with bigger wheels (that look wrong) but the most interesting thing in this wave are the steering wheels on the buggy in 60288.

I hope the glow-in-the-dark 1x2 plates will eventually be available from BnP so I can get a few dozen. Or a couple hundred.

Finally, a house! A house of the future, too.

I hope that tractor teases a summer farm subtheme, preferably with goats and a black and white cow!!

Finally a farm related set. Let's hope they expand on this.
Not very keen on the new road system though.

@MrClassic said:
" 60283 Holiday Camper Van is almost a copy of 60057 , Camper Van, from 2014, with the 2021 one looking a bit more simple... "

Yep, thus a no go, and I usually get the RV-type sets (7638, 4435, 60057, 31052, 60082, and want 31108).

Is that baby carrier in the Holiday Camper Van set the same piece that holds The Child in the new Mandalorian set coming soon?

@LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
"Is that baby carrier in the Holiday Camper Van set the same piece that holds The Child in the new Mandalorian set coming soon? "

Same piece and color.

@Isabella_and_Lego_Liker said:
" @LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
"Is that baby carrier in the Holiday Camper Van set the same piece that holds The Child in the new Mandalorian set coming soon? "
Same piece and color."
Introduced in 60202 People Pack - Outdoor Adventures.

The big thing for me is the new firefighter helmets. Been calling for them The style LEGO has been using since the '70s fell out of favor in the US since the late '80s when OSHA regulations changed, making the Topgard (my Granddad had a mining version of the Topgard--and let me tell you, it is NOT protective and is very flimsy). In addition, many US fire departments have adopted European helmets as opposed to the traditional style because they don't get hung up on stuff. The new helmet looks like a modern Gallet, and is quite sleek. I'm probably gonna buy every 60279 I see. Once released, I'm getting 5-6. When COVID dies down, I can't wait to go to Walmart again to buy LEGO in person.

The only police set I care about is the "Unimog". I'm converting it into a more general-purpose unit; sort of like a flood rescue unit, or even a SWAT vehicle. Plan to copy it with red and white bricks to be a brush truck for the FD.

As for fire sets--I don't like the helicopter, and I wish 4+ would be put back as an independent theme instead of a component of regular themes. I hate that we haven't got a proper standalone engine in a long time. But, the truck in the mobile command center is pretty good looking. I plan to make a Hazmat, tractor-drawn heavy rescue, or dozer transporter out of it.

I love the new tractor. Do wish it had a passenger seat; since the farmer and his daughter are minifigs. My great uncle had German-market Deeres on his farm (guy who owned the farm was from Germany), and there was a small seat to the left of the operator for a passenger.

@eMJee83 said:
"Is that a new ribbed 2x2 brick in the tractor set?"

Isn't that the venerable ladder piece? https://brickset.com/parts/design-4175

@Utter said:
"I think the Lego Group has microphones in my house.. a fire bulldozer? My kid's going to go crazy!"

Looks to me more like a UTV with a snowplow blade. Fire, EMS, and police all use UTVs in various capacities where I live. This one looks more like a Polaris RZR-type that has been converted for fire use.

Honestly, I have not been a fan of CITY sets over the past few years. Little variety for me I guess. My personal favorite is probably the cheapest one of the bunch, the Beach Rescue ATV. Simplicity at its best. The set looks to serve its purpose without a lot of extras getting in the way. I thought the new road plates looked intriguing, but I am still a fan of the current ones (and the much older ones in my collection). Besides, LEGO will most likely hike up the price and that will definitely keep me away.

im not feeling the road plates. But more importantly, are they going to discontinue the flat road plates? I haven't built my city yet! :/

I haven’t seen this clarified (maybe I missed it), but are most City sets now going to be connected to the TV show? This would perhaps explain some of the design decisions for those of us who are not familiar with the show.

These new roads look nice, but they also look very expensive, don't have sidewalks, seem too narrow. I imagine the prices for the old road baseplates are going to skyrocket in an instant. Building a real Lego city now is going to be even more costly.

@MrClassic said:
" 60283 Holiday Camper Van is almost a copy of 60057 Camper Van from 2014, with the 2021 one looking a bit more simple... "

And the buggy transport 4x4 is a near complete copy of 60149 from 2017.

The glowing street lamps could be interesting, but for me that then leaves all the headlights and buildings that would need to "be on" as well, that's the OCD there, all or nothing for lighting.

One hopes that the center lines on the 2x4 tiles for the new roads are printed otherwise there's going to be some wonky traffic. If they are though it has just solved a problem in part of my city so, bring it on.

The only positives I can see are the guide dog, and the new fire helmets! I was just musing on that yesterday. Looks like a lot of retrofitting to be done. (I only hope they work with the SCBA)

I hope the White lines on the road plate tiles are printed. Don’t want a drunken wobbly road in my town.....

How are they going to do curves?

These new road plates are very interesting, and I like them! The sets that come with them are really nice as well, especially the skate park. I'm definitely picking that one up. The sports car and tractor are both really good sets as well. And that race buggy transport is the second thing in these new reveals that uses this strange (new?) shade of purple/pink. I'm pretty sure that's a new color. In both these city sets as well as the technic/creator sets from the previous article they seem to be using a lot more obscure colors and color combinations, and I really like it! LEGO is really stepping up their game once again!

From the last photo the roadplates seem to be one large 16x16 tile with 4 cutouts, but four 8x8 would have been more useful for single lane roads and easier to do other builds with, e.g. use as vertical walls. My only concern is that they highlight how skinny the builds are, especially the apartment block, and I would rather the bricks went on larger rooms with no road!

More police and fire sets. Who would have guessed???
:-)

The town centre set is quite charming and reminiscent of classic town to me. I welcome another small two storey building, though it's predictably another unimaginative pizza place. Easy to mod that.

I'm glad kids new to Lego will get roads included in sets again, though I'm not sure what to make of this system yet. Certainly has promise. Being two plates high will make building placement challenging and more parts intensive. Will clearly be an expensive solution compared to road baseplates.

Like the camper but already have the (better IMO) previous one, the tractor is spoiled by the windscreen design and a lot of the vehicles (eg. that modern home one) are utterly pathetic. As a kid I loved opening doors even if they weren't actually of use for getting a minifig inside. I'm sure today's kids would find they increase realism and play value.

A mixed bag but overall I'm positive about Lego moving back to having something at least close to resembling sets with baseplates again.

That tractor reminds me of some of their classic tractors from about 20 years ago... that is the only true must have here for me - it even has a rabbit in it! I don't mind the idea of the modular built-up road plates set either, but I think I might have to see a more detailed review of that before I buy it.

A police truck with a detachable cage.
A fire offroader with a blade to plow burning wood.
A fire helicopter which shoots water bolts.
A fire motorbike.
Industrial structures with burning radioactive (?) material.
A guy in a wheelchair with neon green wheels doing parkour (is this a real thing?)
A condo with super-tiny and super-expensive apartments, with kids playing on the street.
A blind minifig with a guide dog (!) and a pizza thief chilling around while a fireman desperately tries to put out a fire with a water pistol (because that's all he can carry on his sporty fire motorbike).

LEGO is really getting confusing.

For all the people in this thread seemingly unaware that people in wheelchairs do sport, I give you "backflips for breakfast": https://youtu.be/AUUVfPy0UgI

@stlux said:
"For all the people in this thread seemingly unaware that people in wheelchairs do sport, I give you "backflips for breakfast": https://youtu.be/AUUVfPy0UgI"

It's also a good indirect Paralympics tie-in, if they go ahead.

Road plates road plates road plates!

8401 8402 8403 are back.. in a modern way

Only the Camper Van, Tractor and possibly the Skate Park stand out for me. Everything looks juniorised, particularly the vehicles. The Modern Town House looks like a basic version of 31097 Townhouse Pet Shop & Café.

Another camper? It seems there's a new one every 3 months coming out.

It's good to see the road truck with the newer rat and the tractor with the rabbit. Also new dogs, green wheelchair and a new fire element that I think is justified because it shows more fullness.

Interested in the modern house even if it seems kinda weird. But the roadplates with just the traffic lights and no other buildings don't make any sense to me.

@MrClassic said:
"There are further images on that Dutch site - the family house actually seems to contain not only a kitchen, a living room and a bedroom but a bathroom too, making it the very first "complete" City house!"

Love this. When my kids were younger I mixed City and Friends BECAUSE WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE?

I don't get all the salt about the fire/police sets being "juniorized." Y'all already said you don't want any more. So they're not for you anyway.
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I wish they’d do an ambulance or paramedic set. It’s always police and fire fighter sets.

@Cannylad said:
"I wish they’d do an ambulance or paramedic set. It’s always police and fire fighter sets. "

We just had a hospital 2 years ago (60204), and it also had an ambulance.

There was also 60179 (an ambulance helicopter) as well, also from 2018. I found one for barely over MSRP for a used one on eBay for my country (same thing in the UK as well).

@Ian_S said:
"I'm still not sure how I feel about these new "road plates"... what I really want to see is how they handle curves."

I don't know why, but I have a feeling that we might not have curves anymore, none of the sets include any, and presumably they release all the new road plates at the same time. Maybe in the summer wave? That's a bit unusual, though.

And why are headlights becoming trans light blue? Is it to mimic the bluish tinge on LEDs in headlights now?

I wonder if the fire helicopter has room in the back for transporting a patient? The back looks rather abruptly ended and squared off which would allow for rear doors and then the stretcher can slide in. Stretchers seems pointless otherwise.

Am I missing something on the road plates but I don't see how is it supposed to be good...doesn't seem to be compatible with the old road plates/baseplates at all, and honestly I would pick baseplates over that any day. It's just too thick and make the ground raised too much and it's gonna be much heavier and hard to move around. Just no.

Oh dear.
Do I sense the end of road baseplates on the horizon
I’m pretty heavily invested in the old system.
Will be interesting to see how the price of brick built roads compares with the old baseplate system.

Re-release of camper 60057 - 60283, but without canoe

@scottd said:
"I wonder if the fire helicopter has room in the back for transporting a patient?"
It does indeed:
https://www.vandermeulen.com/en-gb/building-and-construction/lego/lego-60281-city-fire-rescue-helicopter-2006712

It seems the TLG continue to serilosuly juniorizing the city line. I guess it came from some crazy market research studies becuase anyone with healthy taste never choose to buy these sets... It is okay that the these are toys but honestly these are simply ugly even for children. Like their sets in early 2000's. The good news, that it will be a cheap year :) No need to spend any money on city sets next year.

@scottd said:
"And why are headlights becoming trans light blue? Is it to mimic the bluish tinge on LEDs in headlights now?"

Perhaps, but I've always assumed it was to indicate electric vehicles; some real EVs have light blue sidelights. That said, the new sports car seems to have exhaust pipes. Maybe it's a hybrid.

I'm seeing a trend that I'm not liking...

Lots of strong opinions about the new road plates. I’m hoping/assuming Lego has designed them for the long term? It would surprise me if they made a system that was inflexible and couldn't be used in a wide variety of situations. Working around a bad design makes their job harder as well.

Was looking forward to seeing the tractor. Love that the rear wheels have the correct tread pattern. Wish the front ones were the same pattern. Are the rear tyres a new size?

The seven year old me would have killed for those road plates, with glow in the dark streetlights. The 52 year old me will almost certainly still buy them :-)

Looking at 60287, I see(hope for) a Lego Technic backhoe in the near future! (perfect wheels for that)
City is not a theme I buy often but I like the camper and the sports car in this line-up.

Most of these seem pretty okay. Decent 'filler buildings' for a city. I am rather happy with the new fire pieces. I've always struggled with quickly creating a vast fire scene without using a million pieces...

@Bornin1980something said:
" @scottd said:
"And why are headlights becoming trans light blue? Is it to mimic the bluish tinge on LEDs in headlights now?"

Perhaps, but I've always assumed it was to indicate electric vehicles; some real EVs have light blue sidelights. That said, the new sports car seems to have exhaust pipes. Maybe it's a hybrid. "

Makes sense, either way if I do happen to pick any of these up, they'll get swapped over to trans clear.

I love the Camper Van, Sports Car, and Tractor. I will be buying Modern House, Town Center, and Road Plates on day 1. I have been trying to use road plates, but they don't work well with modular buildings - too much sidewalk. I love the new roads because you can have fancy boulevards and four-lane roads if you want. They could also bring back the ramp element idea. Instead of needing more 32 by 32 plates, I just need to convert my modular buildings to the plate system. I wonder if Lego will start making 16 by 16 plates more available.

image how great these sets would be if it would NOT have the new road-system but would use the classic baseplates instead....

Ugh, they continue the 2020 trend to juniorize Fire/Police sets.

I don't see what's not to like about the new roadplates. I can understand having a preference for the old style baseplates and being frustrated if you've invested in them, but otherwise they seem really versatile.

Unlike the old plates, you can make roads as narrow or wide as you like, and you're free to build up whatever kind of sidewalk you want. Incorporating driveways and garages seems easy, and if these have anitstuds, you could do some pretty wild things with them, especially with bridges. So long as Lego makes some accompanying curves that allow for as much variation, I think they're pretty promising. I'd love to make a speed champions racetrack.

“Am I the only one around here who will stock up some good old road baseplates before they will be swept out of the shelves upon the release of these new ones?”

Best do that now. Last time I looked, they were selling out at a lot of UK retailers. Personally, I like the old absolutes because they are simple to set up. My 6yo has a 3x3 town that she regularly swaps around. The new system would significantly add to cost and complexity without benefitting her in terms of fun and play. She wants to build structures rather than road systems. So this feels more like a nod to AFOLs than kids.

Elsewhere, these sets are an odd bunch. I really like the skate park, but the car seems like a waste of space and parts. Just the park itself at a lower price would have been ideal.

Also, why are the new roads higher than the land next to them? Roads are usually lower than the paths beside them.