Lego 60025 Grand Prix Truck

Walmart had the Lego Grand Prix Truck on clearance, so I had the set shipped to my house.  It is part of the City series, set number is 60025.  It has 315 pieces.   I liked that the box was the right size for the parts. In the past Lego set boxes seemed to be way bigger than necessary.

Here's the back of the box showing you all the neat play features of this set.

The set has three different instruction booklets.  One to build the race car, and the other two to build the tractor trailer truck.  It also came with a sticker sheet, which I never put on.  I should though to make it look more authentic.

Here's the assembled Grand Prix Truck. It's a fairly easy build.  It has a storage compartment for the toolbox and spare tire. The swing away door reveals the race car storage.

You can see that the race car fits snugly inside.  

The back of the truck also opens up but the steep incline would make it hard to drive the race car out.  Would have been nice if Lego had made the cargo box higher, it looks too flat.

The Grand Prix set comes with three mini figures.  You get a rae car driver who is wearing a helmet and visor.  You also get two pit crew with caps and ear protection.  One crew member looks like he's in charge with his walkie talkie.  The other mini figure could be the mechanic with is tools.

Here's the mechanics toolbox.  You get a lot of tools with this set.

The toolbox fits nicely into the storage compartment. You also get an extra spare tire.

As the cab space is only limited to two people, the crew has to take turns sitting inside the storage compartment when they go to races.

The cab looks pretty cool with the contrasting red and white stripes.

You have to take the roof off to put the mini figs inside.  There are doors on either side of the cab.

Here's the race car.  The driver sits too high in my opinion.

The trailer connects to the cab loosely. It should also have support legs that fold down when the cab is detached.

Other the above deficiencies, it's a pretty good set.  Retail price for this set is around $40 CDN, but I got it on clearance.

Brand: Lego

Series: City

Set 60025 Grand Prix Truck

Price: $39.99 CDN

Lego Emmet's Car

Toys R Us Canada had another Lego Make and Take Event.  Back by popular demand (so, they say) is Emmet's car.

I certainly wasn't expecting the lineup when I got to the store.  The line for the free Emmet car snaked from the front all the way to the back of the store.  A TRU employee handed out little tickets and instruction sheets to either build the 40 piece car or the 32 piece flying car.

At the front of the line, TRU had setup a long table, where all the separate Lego pieces were in their own little boxes.  On the front of the box, was marked how many pieces you needed for the set.

One was given a little baggie and you helped yourself to the parts from each of the boxes as prescribed.  Some kids chose to build their cars on the spot, while others left with the parts and instructions to build at home.

It looks just like a SMART car .  Nice touches on the side mirrors, although I wish they had somehow incorporated a rear window.

Taillights, a license plate and rear bumper would have been a bonus.  Might have to see if I can add them later without altering the style of the car.

Opening doors is a plus.

All in all, a nice little build.

Brand: Lego

Set:  Emmet's car (no set number)

Number of pieces:  40, as built.

Price:  Free

Lego 71002: Lady Robot

My last post looked at an evil robot, so this time around I thought we needed to show off the lady robot from the Lego Minifigures series 11.  She's got some nice graphics on her cubist head, torso and legs.  However, unlike the newer robots these days, she isn't powered by an internal nuclear reactor, or solar energy.  No, she's got a big old wind up handle on the back so her friend can get her all powered up.  Hey before you guys get all hot and bothered about this mixed race relationship, did you notice her gentleman friend is actually a cyborg?

Featured Minifig:  Lady Robot
Series:  Minifigures Series 11
Year issued: 2013

http://minifigures.lego.com/en-us/Bios/Lady%20Robot.aspx

Lego 8833: Evil Robot

Hi Lego fans.  Today I went to another ToysRus mini figure exchange and got some new figures.  They were handed out in little ziplock bags when you gave them staff one of your old minifigs.   Here's the Evil Robot with his claw hand and deadly ray gun.  I really like his cool buckethead helmet and he is absolutely scary looking without his helmet.

Featured Minifig:  Evil Robot
Series:  8833 Minifigures Series 8
Year: 2012

Lego 75003: A-wing rebel pilot

We heard there's some illegals around here

Rounded up and subdued Sir

Resisting arrest, someone's gonna get a beat down.

Yesterday, ToysRus Canada had a Lego Star Wars figure exchange day.  More about it here:
http://www.brickset.com/news/article/?ID=7564

 If you brought in an old Star Wars figure, ToysRus would give you a new one to replace it, according to the flyer.  When I got to the store, the store manager had some figures in a ziplock bag and she was passing them out to employees, so they could be attached on their name badges.  I think they started out with 4 or 5 new ones, and I've featured a couple of them in the pictures above.  I traded in some droids which I had a ton of, and got some clonetroopers I didn't have.  Also got a few of the A-wing starfighter mechanics, their helmets are cool.

I went to a second Toysrus store in the afternoon and all they had left were other peoples trade-in figures, nothing new left.  I traded more droids and got a Jar Jar Binks figure, and a Hoth soldier with a busted hand.
Let me know if you went to the Toysrus exchange and if you scored any cool new Star Wars figures.

Brand:  Lego
Series:  Star Wars
Featured Minifig: A-wing Rebel pilot from Star Wars 75003 A-Wing Starfighter
Year:  2013

Lego 60020: Cargo Truck

After Christmas this year, Target discounted a number of Lego sets.  This Cargo Truck, Lego 60020 caught my eye.  It comes with two mini figures, one is the woman truck driver and the other is the forklift driver. The forklift driver has ear muffs for protection, presumably from the loud noises at the cargo dock.

The cargo truck is an easy build and it comes in three parts, the chassis, the cab, and the cargo box.  The cargo box and cab can be easily detached from the chassis.  If you had spare Lego pieces, you could build a different cargo bed and swap it for the cargo box.  The cargo box opens up on the side to provide easy access to the inside. You could mount the box so that it can open either from the right side or left side. It's got room for two pallets.   This set has a pallet for an engine block and another for what look to be gas tanks.  Other accessories include a little hand truck and coffee mug.

The cab has opening doors and you could probably squeeze two mini figures into it if you tried.  It's got two black side mirrors and a wind deflector on the roof.  Two large exhaust pipes are directly behind the cab.

The orange forklift that comes with the set is a bit over sized in my opinion. But it does come with a movable forklift for lifting those heavy pallets.  The forklift comes with a steering wheel and two levers. The top opens up so you can place the driver mini figure in easily.

Hope you enjoyed this review.

Model:  60020 Cargo Truck
Manufacturer:  Lego
Series: City
Pieces: 321
Price:  about $50 retail.
Rating: 5 out of 5.