City

Helicopter, Fire Truck & Submarine Remix

Three genuinely good City vehicles, plus a mix-and-match gimmick you can take or leave.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 60462 · 2025

Pieces876

Minifigs3

Year2025

Set number60462

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The verdict

This one surprised me, and not for the reason LEGO probably hoped.

The headline is the remix idea, where each of the three vehicles splits into thirds so you can bolt a fire truck cab onto a submarine tail. That part is fine but a bit silly. What actually won me over is that the fire truck and the submarine are lovely little builds in their own right, easily as good as any standalone City set. If your kid already loves LEGO vehicles and wants to invent goofy hybrids, this is a warm yes. If you just want one great fire truck, buy the fire truck.

Best for: kids aged 7 and up who already collect City vehicles and love inventing their own mash-ups

The full review

What it is

I went into this expecting a novelty and came out liking two thirds of it a lot. The premise is right there in the name: a police helicopter with spinning main and tail rotors, an exploration submarine with a bubble cockpit and posable claw arms, and a classic red fire truck with an extendable hose. The twist is that every vehicle breaks into three roughly equal sections, and those sections clip onto each other, so a child can build a fire-truck-front, submarine-middle, helicopter-tail contraption if the mood takes them. It is a first taste of modularity aimed squarely at younger builders, and on that narrow goal it works.

The catch

Here is where I will be straight with you. The remix idea is the marketing hook, but it is not really the reason to buy the box. Mixing the sections leads to machines that look more odd than inspired, partly because only the cab and cockpit areas have genuine interior space, so the hybrids end up as blocky lumps rather than believable vehicles. The price is not the cheapest way into any single one of these vehicles either, and the helicopter feels like the runt of the litter, noticeably less satisfying than its two stablemates. If you were sold purely on the mix-and-match promise, temper that a little.

Who it's for

So who should actually get this. Kids who already own a City vehicle or two and enjoy pulling things apart to make their own creations will get real mileage here, because the swappable sections open the door to building custom pieces of their own. The submarine and fire truck alone justify a lot of the shelf space. Who should skip it: anyone hunting for a single definitive fire engine or helicopter, or an older builder wanting engineering depth. This is a playful, forgiving set for hands that are still learning, and judged as that, it is a good one.

What works

Three complete vehicles plus three minifigures for around $60 works out to roughly 7 cents a piece, honest value for City
The exploration submarine (bubble cockpit, posable claw arms) and the fire truck with extendable hose are strong builds on their own
The modular connection is chunky and durable, so younger builders can swap sections roughly without anything snapping off

Worth knowing

The helicopter is clearly the weakest of the three and feels thin next to the other two
The hybrid combinations mostly look strange rather than clever, and only the cab and cockpit areas have real interior space
If it is your first fire truck, sub or helicopter, each vehicle has fairly limited play on its own

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The parts story

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

The build itself is gentle and quick, split into clear stages with a printed guide plus the 3D instructions in the LEGO Builder app. Each of the three vehicles goes together in a sitting, and because the sections are designed to be pulled apart and rejoined constantly, the connection points are deliberately sturdy rather than fiddly. It is the kind of assembly a seven-year-old can manage largely solo and feel proud of, which is exactly the point.

Nothing here is a parts-pack grail, but there are genuinely useful elements. The submarine's transparent bubble cockpit and its posable claw arms are the standouts, and the fire truck brings the usual satisfying City hardware with an extendable hose. Across the three models you also get a healthy spread of red, white and trans-blue in common City colors, the sort of everyday bricks that quietly feed a parts bin for years. At roughly 7 cents a piece with three minifigures (a firefighter, a diver and a police pilot) included, the raw value holds up well even before you factor in the play.

Fun facts

01Every vehicle splits into three equal-sized sections, and because they share the same connection standard, any section from one vehicle clips onto any section from another.
02The set includes three minifigures unique to the box: a firefighter, a diver and a police pilot, one paired with each vehicle.
03It launched on January 1, 2025 as part of the City range at $59.99 / £54.99 / €59.99, and LEGO later followed the idea with the 60505 Airplane, Service Truck & Hovercraft Remix.
04Reviewers singled out the submarine and fire truck as strong enough to stand as their own sets, while calling the helicopter the weakest of the three.