City

Off-Road Police Car Chase

A boulder actually rolls at the crooks, and that one gimmick sells the whole set.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 60449 · 2025

Pieces467

Minifigs4

Year2025

Set number60449

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The verdict

I built this expecting a routine City chase set and the rolling boulder trap won me over completely, it is a genuinely satisfying little mechanism for a set this size.

The police SUV has real off-road presence with its chunky tires and roof rack, and the crooks' muscle truck and stolen safe give both sides of the story a reason to exist on the shelf. At forty dollars for 467 pieces it lands right where a mid-size City set should, and four unique minifigs (two cops, two crooks) sweeten that math. This is built for kids who want a complete chase scenario in one box, not for adults hunting rare parts or a display centerpiece.

Best for: kids age 6 to 10 who want a full cops-and-robbers play set out of one box

The full review

What it is

I did not expect to like this one as much as I did. The setup is classic City cops and robbers, a rugged police SUV and quad bike go after a crooks' muscle truck that just made off with a safe full of gold bars and diamonds, but the rolling boulder ambush is what actually got me. You build a ramp, load a boulder piece, and send it rolling down at the getaway truck, and there is something deeply satisfying about a physical trap that actually works instead of a printed tile pretending to be one. The police SUV itself has genuine off-road character too, big knobby tires, a roof rack, a light bar, it looks like it could believably chase something through the dirt instead of just sitting pretty on a shelf.

The catch

I will be honest about where this set sits. It is not a display piece and it does not pretend to be. The safe and gold bar and diamond pieces are tiny and the kind of thing that vanishes into a carpet within a week, so if you have younger kids expect to be hunting under furniture eventually. A few builders online also noted the crooks' pickup does not get quite the same love as the police SUV, which is a fair point, it is the less detailed of the two vehicles even though it is arguably the more interesting story piece. Neither issue ruined the build for me, but they are worth knowing going in.

Who it's for

If you have a kid who wants a complete good-guys-versus-bad-guys chase to act out, this is a smart forty dollar pick, four minifigs and a working trap mechanism is a lot of play packed into one box. If you are buying for a shelf or a serious City collection and want a centerpiece vehicle, this is not it, put your money toward a bigger station or garage set instead and treat this as the fun side story.

The parts story

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

The build itself moves fast and in a good order, you put together the police SUV first, then the quad and drone accessories, then flip to the crooks' side for the muscle truck and the ramp mechanism for the boulder. Nothing here is fiddly or frustrating, it is paced well for a builder around eight or nine working solo, with just enough sub-assemblies to keep things interesting without ever feeling like a chore.

The standout piece is obviously the boulder itself paired with the ramp mechanism, it is the kind of functional element that makes a modest set punch above its price. The police SUV's tires and roof rack pieces are also solid reusable parts for anyone building their own custom vehicles later, and the safe with its printed gold bar and diamond elements adds a nice bit of texture you do not always get in a set this size. At 467 pieces for around forty dollars you are getting fair value per piece, especially once you count four unique minifigures into that total.

Fun facts

01The set includes four unique minifigures, two police officers and two crooks, none of which are shared with other 2025 City sets.
02It was released March 1, 2025 with a retail price of 39.99 US dollars, 34.99 pounds, and 39.99 euros.
03The stolen loot is not just a safe, the set includes separate toy gold bar and diamond elements as the actual stolen goods.
04The set is recommended for builders age 6 and up and comes with printed instructions plus digital steps in the LEGO Builder app.