City: Gear Up For Action! — C- · The Brick Drop Score
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The Drop Score
City: Gear Up For Action!
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20 pieces, zero minifigs, and a C- overall — this is a promotional freebie that knows exactly what it is, which is the most generous thing you can say about it.
Is the price fair?BN/A — this one sidesteps the value question entirely.
Will you love it?CNothing here to fall for: no minifig, no moment, no payoff.
Holds its value?C-A D on resale tells you everything — retire it and it still won't move.
True ValueB
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Price
$4
Parts value
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Ratio
What you get
Plain bricks
$3
The Full Take
City: Gear Up For Action! is the kind of set that exists to pad a collection count, not anchor one. Twenty pieces and no minifigures means there's nothing to display, nothing to build for long, and nothing to get excited about opening. The 'what you get' score sits near an 8, which sounds good until you realize the bar is just 'the parts aren't broken.' Build length clocks in at a 3, meaning you're done before the instructions fully leave your hand. It's a promotional artifact — useful context for a City collector's shelf history, borderline useless as a standalone purchase. Skip it unless it came free with something else, in which case, fine, snap it together and move on.
