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Pickup Truck

A curvy 1950s farm truck that changes its whole mood with the seasons.

Brick Rated Score

4.4/5

Set 10290 · 2021

Pieces1,678

Minifigsn/a

Year2021

Set number10290

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The verdict

This one won me over slowly, and then completely.

It's a dark red 1950s pickup with rounded fenders, a working door mechanism, and a little bundle of seasonal props so you can dress it for spring, summer, autumn, or winter. It's not the flashiest car LEGO makes, but it might be the most quietly charming, and the value for a 1,678 piece set is genuinely kind.

Best for: Car and Americana fans who want a cozy display piece they can redecorate all year

The full review

What it is

The oceans of dark red are what got me first. This is a LEGO® set built around a 1950s style pickup, all soft rounded fenders and a chunky cab, and it lands squarely in that sweet spot where a model looks like a real object rather than a pile of bricks pretending. It came out in 2021 under the Icons banner (Creator Expert at the time), it's got 1,678 pieces, and it was designed by Pierre Normandin, who clearly had a soft spot for old farm trucks. The thing that makes it more than just a nice car, though, is the little box of seasonal props. You get a wheelbarrow and flowers for spring, crates of vegetables and a milk pail for summer, pumpkins for autumn, and a wreath with a wrapped gift for winter. So the truck isn't a static shelf piece. It's a display you can keep fiddling with as the year turns, and honestly that's the detail that keeps it feeling alive months after you've built it.

The catch

I'll be straight with you about the caveats, because there are a few. There are no minifigures here, none at all, and for a homey scene like this a farmer or two would have been lovely. Plenty of builders said the same. The subject itself is also just, well, humble. If you live for roaring engines, gullwing doors, and showpiece engineering, a modest farm truck might read as a little quiet next to the big vehicle sets. The build has clever moments, but it won't blow your hair back with drama. And the practical one: it retired in December 2023, so it's off shelves now and the going rate has crept above the original 129.99 dollar RRP. You're paying a small premium for it these days, which is worth knowing before you go hunting.

Who it's for

So who ends up loving this one? If you like cars, Americana, cozy display pieces, or you're the sort who enjoys re-dressing a scene when the weather changes, you'll get real joy out of it. It photographs beautifully and it looks great parked next to a modular building. If you specifically want minifigures, big engineering puzzles, or a set that dominates a room, this probably isn't your pick, and that's completely fair. For everyone else, it's one of the friendliest, most reasonably priced adult LEGO cars going, and the seasonal gimmick is the kind of small idea that turns out to be the best part.

The parts story

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

The build is calmer and more satisfying than you'd expect from a car. You spend a lot of the early bags on those seasonal accessories, which is a smart bit of pacing because it front loads the fun before the repetitive chassis work. Then you get into the body, and this is where it shines. Almost every surface is curved, so instead of stacking straight walls you're constantly working with curved bricks, brackets, and corner pieces to build the rounded fenders and the swooping hood. The door mechanism is the sneaky highlight. It uses a Technic rubber part to give the doors a smooth, satisfying swing without the usual chunky hinge, and it's tucked away so cleanly you almost forget how fiddly it was to assemble.

For parts people, this set is a dark red gold mine. New Elementary counted a genuine hoard of dark red elements, including 27 grooved tiles, 24 curved bricks, and a long list of brackets and plates, many of them appearing in dark red for the first time. If you build your own creations, that alone can justify the box. There are three new prints, including a dark red 2x4 tile with the white LEGO logo, plus one brand new mold, a three blade propeller in black. At 1,678 pieces for its RRP it works out around 8 cents a piece, which is friendly for a licensed style display model, and the sheer usefulness of the recolored parts pushes the real world value even higher for anyone who parts sets out.

Fun facts

01The truck comes with four swappable seasonal displays, so you can decorate the bed with spring flowers, a summer vegetable haul, autumn pumpkins, or a winter wreath and gift.
02It was designed by Pierre Normandin and styled after classic 1950s American farm pickups, with rounded fenders built almost entirely from curved bricks.
03The set introduced a huge run of dark red parts, including many pieces that appeared in that color for the very first time, making it a favorite among custom builders.
04Released in July 2021 and retired in December 2023, the set now typically sells above its original 129.99 dollar RRP on the secondary market.