City

Coast Guard Rescue Boat & Helicopter

The Coast Guard finally sails back into City, and it brought a boat that actually floats.

Brick Rated Score

4.1/5

Set 60504 · 2026

Pieces743

Minifigs5

Year2026

Set number60504

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The verdict

This is the set that quietly ended a nine-year drought for the Coast Guard in LEGO City, and I did a little happy dance when it landed.

You get a proper patrol boat with peel-off deck layers, a helicopter, two dinghies, five minifigures and a dog, all for a hundred dollars. It is a genuinely fun play set that happens to look good on a shelf too. If you want a display centerpiece full of clever engineering, temper your expectations, because at heart this is built for a kid to float in the bathtub.

Best for: families who want one big water-play set the whole household will actually play with

The full review

What it is

The hull is what got me. LEGO has made floating boats before, but there is something about lifting this patrol boat off the table, peeling back the deck layers to reveal a tiny bridge and a galley with a coffee machine, and knowing the whole thing will actually sit on water without capsizing. This is the set that brought the Coast Guard subtheme back to LEGO City for the first time since 2017, and designer Adam Grabowski clearly wanted it to earn that return. You get the big boat, a rescue helicopter with a spinning rotor, two little dinghies that launch off a ramp, five minifigures and a dog. For a hundred dollars, that is a lot of rescue scenario in one box.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the value, because it is the one place this set stumbles. At 743 pieces for $99.99 you are paying around 13 cents a piece, which is a notch above what City sets of this size usually ask. Part of that is the floating tech, and part of it is simply that a boat hull eats a lot of bricks without giving you a lot of building variety in return. If you are the kind of builder who measures a set by how many interesting techniques it teaches, you may finish the hull section feeling like you clicked a lot of plates into a lot of other plates. The helicopter and the interior details are the more rewarding stretches. This is a play set first and a builder's puzzle a distant second, and the price tag does not quite hide that.

Who it's for

So who will love it. Any household with a kid who lives for rescue drama, splashing, and setting up elaborate ocean emergencies is going to get enormous mileage here, especially because the floating gimmick means the play does not stop at the edge of the table. It is also a lovely nostalgia hit for anyone who grew up with the old Coast Guard sets and has been waiting nearly a decade for the theme to sail back. I would gently steer away the adult collector who wants a detailed static display or a challenging build to lose an afternoon in. That person will admire the boat but feel it is a little thin. For everyone else, particularly families, this is one of the more joyful City sets of the 2026 wave.

The parts story

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

Building this is a two-speed experience. The boat hull is the long, methodical stretch where you are layering plates and locking in the sealed sections that keep water out, and honestly it is more satisfying to complete than to be in the middle of. Then the pace picks up: the removable deck levels are a smart bit of design that let small hands reach inside the bridge, the sleeping quarters and the kitchen, and the helicopter comes together quickly with a rotor that actually spins. The dinghies are quick little sub-builds that kids can pop out and re-dock endlessly.

The standout here is not a rare printed piece, it is the boat itself and the water-tight engineering that makes it float, which is genuinely uncommon at this price. You also get a generous accessory haul that punches above the set's weight: a medic kit, a life preserver, a walkie-talkie, a fire extinguisher, a dog bowl and LEGO flame elements for staging the emergency. Five minifigures all unique to this set is a strong count for a hundred-dollar City box, and the dog figure is the kind of small touch that makes a play set feel complete rather than clinical.

Fun facts

01This set brought the Coast Guard subtheme back to LEGO City for the first time since 2017, ending roughly a nine-year gap.
02All three vessels, the main patrol boat and both dinghies, actually float on real water.
03It was designed by LEGO's Adam Grabowski and released on January 1, 2026, with a $99.99 RRP.
04All five minifigures are unique to this set, and it also includes a dog figure with its own dog bowl.