City

4x4 Fire Engine with Rescue Boat

A tidy little truck and trailer combo that actually gets played with.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 60412 · 2024

Pieces302

Minifigs2

Year2024

Set number60412

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The verdict

I handed this to a seven year old and watched the trailer get unhitched and rehitched about a dozen times in the first ten minutes, and that told me everything.

The build is quick and friendly, the truck looks properly chunky and purposeful, and the little boat sliding off its trailer is the kind of small mechanical trick that kids latch onto instantly. It will not challenge an adult builder for more than half an hour, but that was never its job. Grab it for a young City fan who wants a complete rescue scene they can actually reach every part of.

Best for: younger builders (roughly 6 to 9) who want a fire truck and boat they can play with the same afternoon they build it

The full review

What it is

This is one of the smaller entries in City's fire lineup, a boxy red 4x4 hitched to a trailer carrying a compact rescue boat, and it is built for a kid who wants the whole rescue story in one box rather than a display piece for a shelf. The cab has just enough going on, a light bar, some visible engine detailing under a lifting hood, room for one minifig up front, and the truck sits high and stubby in that deliberately toylike City proportion that reads well from across a room.

The catch

I will be straight with you, at 302 pieces there is not a lot of build here to savor. Most of an evening with this set is the ten minutes of construction followed by however long the kids want to run rescue scenarios afterward. The parts are mostly basic bricks and slopes doing structural work rather than anything a part-hunter will get excited about, and there is no baseplate or scenery included, so it looks best parked next to a fire station or dock set rather than sitting on its own.

Who it's for

Get it for the young City fan who wants something they can build fast and then actually play with, especially if a rescue boat or fire station is already in the collection it can hook into. Skip it if you are shopping for piece-count value, display presence, or a build that will occupy an experienced builder for more than one sitting.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build goes together in short, obvious stages, truck first, then the trailer, then the boat, which makes it a good one for a kid to finish with minimal help. The hood opens to show an engine, the trailer bed drops down so the boat can be launched, and the whole rig hitches together cleanly so it can be towed around the carpet as one unit.

Nothing here is a rare or printed showpiece, this is a set built almost entirely from common City parts, red slopes and panels for the truck body, blue and white pieces for the boat hull, plus a couple of accessory pieces like a life ring and a small propeller for the boat. The value is in the play feature and the completeness of the scene rather than in any single standout piece.

Fun facts

01This set is part of LEGO City's 2024 fire theme refresh, which also introduced a fire rescue boat set and a larger fire station, all designed to connect into one rescue town scene.
02The trailer's drop down bed is the set's signature feature, letting the small rescue boat slide off and back on without disconnecting anything from the truck.
03At 302 pieces for two vehicles plus two minifigures, it sits at the smaller end of City's vehicle sets, aimed squarely at younger builders rather than display collectors.
04The set launched alongside several other rescue themed City sets in 2024, part of a wave that leaned into water rescue play patterns rather than just land based fire trucks.