City

Double Loop Stunt Arena

A flywheel bike, a snapping snake, and a play set that lives or dies on your aim.

Brick Rated Score

3.6/5

Set 60339 · 2022

Pieces598

Minifigs7

Year2022

Set number60339

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The verdict

This is the flagship of the City Stuntz line, and the snake loop is what got me, you fire a flywheel bike through its open jaws and the red tongue triggers the head to snap shut behind it.

The play features here are genuinely clever and my aim got a lot better after twenty tries. I'll be straight with you though, the piece count for the money is rough, and actually landing a clean double loop with just what's in the box is closer to a physics dare than a promise. If you have a kid who wants to launch bikes across the living room, it delivers. If you want a satisfying build, look elsewhere.

Best for: Kids 7 and up who want fast, physical, launch-it-and-cheer play

The full review

What it is

The Double Loop Stunt Arena was the big centerpiece of LEGO's City Stuntz push in 2022, and it wears that ambition on its sleeve. You get an arched arena entrance, a spectator stand, a little vendor stall complete with a popsicle and a soft drink, a monster truck that doubles as a launch ramp, a wall of flames, a ring of fire, and the star of the whole thing, a snapping snake loop. The idea is that you wind up one of the two flywheel bikes, aim it through the snake's open mouth, and when the bike clips the red beam tongue, the jaws slam shut behind it. The first time it worked cleanly I actually laughed out loud. It's the kind of feature that feels alive on the table.

The catch

Here's where it stumbles, and there's no getting around it. This set has 598 pieces and launched at a recommended price of $159.99. That is a lot of money for not a lot of plastic, and every reviewer who touched it said the same. A big chunk of the box is large arena frame pieces and the two prebuilt-feeling bikes, so the value math never quite works out. Worse, the headline promise, a full double loop, is genuinely hard to pull off using only what comes in the box. It takes real practice, a very flat floor, and a bit of luck. Kids who expect the bike to sail around both loops on the first go are going to be frustrated before they get the knack.

Who it's for

So here's where I land. If there's a seven or eight year old in your life who loves speed, crashes, and the pure physical joy of firing something across the room, this is a hit, especially now that it has retired and you can often find it well under retail. The interactive snake and the ring of fire give it real repeat play. But if you're an adult builder chasing a rewarding afternoon, or you judge a set by its parts-per-dollar, this one will leave you cold. It's a toy first and a build second, and it's only worth it at the right price.

The parts story

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

Building this is quick and light, which is exactly what you'd expect from a set aimed at younger builders. The bulk of the work is assembling the large arena structures, the snake loop mechanism and its trigger, the fire loop, and the two flywheel bikes. There's nothing here that will tax an experienced builder, and you'll be done well inside an hour. The clever part is the snake's snapping action, a simple beam-and-linkage trick that reads as far more sophisticated than it is once you see it fire.

The genuine value in the box is the minifigure lineup. All seven figures are exclusive to this set, a mix of Stuntz drivers in their branded racing gear, crew members, and spectators, and they carry a decent chunk of the set's resale worth on their own. Beyond that, the flywheel motors inside the bikes are the real stars, the same pull-back-and-launch mechanism that powers the whole Stuntz subtheme, and they hit harder than their size suggests. You also get fun printed and accessory touches like the popsicle, soft drink and camera at the vendor stall. Don't come here hunting rare recolors or new molds though, the appeal is entirely in the play function, not the parts.

Fun facts

01The set launched in June 2022 and retired in December 2023, giving it a fairly short retail life of about 18 months.
02All seven minifigures are exclusive to this set and appear in no other LEGO release, which is part of why collectors still hunt it.
03It was the largest and most expensive set in the 2022 City Stuntz subtheme, positioned as the line's flagship arena.
04The snake loop's head genuinely snaps shut on its own when a bike strikes the red beam tongue, one of the more inventive mechanical gimmicks City put in a play set that year.