A City garbage truck at twenty bucks should be a no-brainer — but ninety pieces in that box makes it a tough sell when the build itself is kind of charming.
The parts alone are worth about 48% of the street price — the basis for this F price read.
OverpricedYou're paying well above the parts' value — $12 of parts for a $24 price.
The garbage truck is one of those City staples that kids actually want, and LEGO® pulled off a decent little model here — the flip-up dumpster mechanism works, the color blocking is clean, and the two minifigs give it enough life. The problem is the price tag. Twenty dollars for ninety pieces in 2019 felt aggressive, and it's hard to shake that when you're standing in the aisle. That said, the play experience punches above its part count; there's a satisfying loop to dumping the trash bin that younger kids will run into the ground. On the shelf it reads as a recognizable City vehicle without much visual drama — competent, not stunning. Buy it for a kid who's into City and wants something they can actually play with, not for the box art or the investment case.
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