Two minifigs in a $20 City set sounds fine until you realize 90 pieces at that price is a hard sell — the garbage truck itself barely justifies the shelf space, let alone the cost.
Is the price fair?FNinety pieces for $20 is a rough ask — City has done a lot more for a lot less.
Will you love it?B-Functional and recognizable, but forgettable the moment it's built.
Holds its value?C-Retires quietly and stays quiet — no meaningful secondary market movement here.
True ValueF
$20
MSRP
$7
Parts value
35%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 35% of the MSRP — the basis for this F price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$6
Figures (×2)est.
$5
Premium you pay
Premium over parts
$13
Figures aren’t in the price read yet — that’s an estimate until we price them for real.
OverpricedYou're paying well above the parts' value — $7 of parts for a $20 price.
FiguresThe price read counts the bricks; the figures add an estimated $5 more (real figure pricing coming).
The Full Take
The Garbage Truck is one of those City sets that exists because garbage trucks are part of a city, not because anyone demanded a $20 one. The build is straightforward to a fault — functional, recognizable, forgettable. Two minifigs is a reasonable haul for the size, but the piece count just doesn't back up the price tag. Kids who love municipal vehicles will get a session of play out of it, but there's not much here that sticks. On a shelf it reads as background filler, not a centerpiece. The value floor here is low enough that this one lives and dies by whether your kid specifically asked for a garbage truck.
