A working crane for $40 is a rare thing — City nailed the scale here without the price tag to match.
Is the price fair?A+One of the better-priced City sets in recent memory — $40 for a crane that looks the part.
Will you love it?CFunctional boom, solid colorway, finished in an afternoon — easy to like.
Holds its value?C-Retires quietly and resells quietly — don't count on this one appreciating.
The Full Take
Mobile cranes are one of those City staples that never stop selling themselves, and this one earns the hype at $39.99. The build hits a satisfying middle ground: big enough to look like real equipment, small enough to finish in an afternoon. Two minifigs and a functional boom make it feel complete rather than stripped-down. Shelf presence is solid — the yellow-and-black colorway reads as heavy machinery without any assembly required. Where it stumbles is resale: this is a buy-it-to-build-it set, full stop, because the secondary market has no memory of it. Still, for a City set at this price, the balance between what you pay and what lands on your table is hard to argue with.
