City

Police Car and Muscle Car Chase

Two cars, one chase, and a surprising amount of personality for twenty dollars.

Brick Rated Score

3.8 out of 53.8/5

Set 60415 · 2024

Pieces220
Minifigs2
Year2024
Set number60415

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The verdict

I picked this one up expecting a throwaway filler set and ended up grinning at how much attitude got packed into two little cars.

The muscle car is the one that got me, it has that low, wide stance and just enough curve in the panels to read as a proper getaway car instead of a generic brick. This is a lunch break build, not an evening project, and I think that is exactly the point. It is the set you hand a kid who wants to act out a chase scene right now, not the one you buy for a shelf. If you want engineering surprises or a pile of unique parts, look elsewhere in the City lineup, but if you want a fast, fun, well proportioned pair of vehicles, this earns its spot.

Best for: kids who want an instant cops and robbers chase scene, and adults topping up a City police fleet

The full review

What it is

This is a small City Police set built around exactly one idea, a police interceptor chasing down a getaway muscle car, and it does that one idea well. You get two minifigures, an officer and a crook, dropped straight into a chase scenario with no station, no road plates, no extra scenery, just the cars and the story you bring to them. For a set at this size and price point, that focus works in its favor. It does not try to be a diorama, it tries to be a toy you can pick up and immediately start racing across the floor.

The catch

I will be honest about where the set is thin. Two hundred and change pieces builds fast, probably under twenty minutes even for a first timer, so there is no real construction journey here, no clever techniques to admire along the way. The police car does not get the light bar treatment some of its bigger City siblings enjoy, and there is nothing beyond the two vehicles themselves, no cash bag, no barricade, no scenery piece to build the getaway around. It is a set that knows exactly what it is and does not pretend to be more.

Who it's for

Get this one for a young City fan who wants a quick, satisfying build they can finish in one sitting and then play with immediately, or for anyone quietly building out a fleet of City vehicles who wants a good looking muscle car without paying for a bigger set to get it. Skip it if you are shopping for yourself as a builder who wants technique or challenge, or if you specifically want a police set with lights, sound, or extra roleplay scenery, because none of that is here.

The parts story

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

There is not much of a build arc to speak of, this is closer to two small vehicle builds bolted together into one box than a single cohesive project. The police car goes together first and reads as a fairly standard City interceptor, clean panels, a wedge nose, and the usual small wheel arch work City designers lean on for compact cars. The muscle car is where the set actually earns attention, its body uses angled and curved elements to fake a long hood and a low roofline in a shockingly small footprint, which is a harder trick to pull off at this scale than it looks.

Neither car leans on a rare or newly molded part that collectors will hunt down later, this is a set built almost entirely from LEGO's existing City vehicle vocabulary, reused well rather than reinvented. The real value here is proportional, two distinct, playable vehicles and two minifigures for a sub twenty dollar price point is a solid piece and price trade for the small vehicle category, even if none of the individual bricks are going to end up famous.

Fun facts

  • 0160415 released in January 2024 as part of that year's LEGO City Police wave, priced at $19.99 in the US and £17.99 in the UK.
  • 02The finished models measure roughly 14 cm long, small enough that both cars fit comfortably in one hand for on the go chase play.
  • 03It is designed for ages 6 and up, positioning it as a step up set for kids graduating from LEGO City's most basic starter vehicles.
  • 04The set pairs exactly one officer minifigure against one crook minifigure, keeping the roleplay scenario as simple and direct as the build itself.

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