City

Police Mobile Command Truck

A pickup, a jail cell, a drone and a getaway tractor, all doing something at once.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 60315 · 2022

Pieces436

Minifigs4

Year2022

Set number60315

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The verdict

This is City doing what City does best, giving a kid five separate toys that clip into one story instead of one static model to admire from a shelf.

The pickup truck pulling a rolling jail cell is the part that won me over, it actually looks like it could patrol a street, and the crook's tractor with the egg splat launcher is a genuinely funny addition. It is not a technical showcase and it will not impress anyone chasing rare parts, but as a play set for a kid who wants to act out a chase scene, it earns its spot. Skip it if you want a display piece, grab it if you want something that gets torn apart and rebuilt into new scenarios within a week.

Best for: kids around 6 to 10 who want a cops and robbers chase to actually play out, not just build and shelve

The full review

What it is

The first thing that got me about this one was the jail trailer. It is a small detail, a barred cell on wheels towed behind an otherwise ordinary looking police pickup, but it is the kind of thing that makes a kid go 'wait, you can DO that with it' the moment they see it rolling. Pair that with a tiny drone that clips off the roof and an ATV tucked in back, and the police side of this set alone would be enough. Then LEGO gives you the other half, a getaway tractor towing a trailer with a spring loaded egg splat launcher for the crooks to make their escape, and suddenly this stops being a vehicle set and becomes a whole two sided chase you can act out on the living room floor.

The catch

I will be honest about where it falls short too. At 436 pieces split across four small vehicles, none of the individual builds take long, and if your kid has built a few City sets already this will not challenge them for more than an evening. A couple of reviewers pointed out the ATV and drone read as filler pieces added to round out the box rather than models LEGO put real thought into, and that tracks, they are simple and forgettable next to the pickup and tractor. It is also very tied to the LEGO City Adventures show, Duke DeTain, Gracie Goodhart and Snake Rattler are TV characters first, so the appeal leans hard on whether that show means anything in your house.

Who it's for

If you have a kid who wants to run chase scenes with cops and robbers rather than build something and put it on a shelf, this earns its keep, the mix of vehicles gives them more scenario options than a single truck ever could. If you are shopping for a builder who wants a real construction challenge or a City completist chasing unique parts, there is not much here for you, and with the set retired since late 2023 you will be paying secondary market prices for what was originally a mid tier release anyway.

What works

Four distinct play features (pickup, jail trailer, drone, tractor launcher) that all click together into one chase scenario
Three LEGO City Adventures TV characters (Duke DeTain, Gracie Goodhart, Snake Rattler) plus a fourth minifig give the set real narrative hooks for kids who watch the show
Reasonable part count for the price at launch, and the tractor and trailer builds are more varied than the usual City vehicle formula

Worth knowing

The builds are simple and fast, an older or more experienced builder will finish it in under an hour with little challenge
Some reviewers noted the ATV and drone feel like afterthoughts bolted on to pad out the set rather than fully realized models
Being TV tie-in characters ties its shelf appeal to whether your kid actually watches LEGO City Adventures

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The parts story

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

Building this feels like assembling four quick, satisfying little projects back to back rather than one long build. The pickup and its jail trailer go together first and read the most like a real vehicle, with a hinge that swings the cell door and stud shooters tucked along the roof rack. The tractor build for the crooks is honestly more fun than I expected, the spring loaded egg splat launcher on its trailer is a proper play feature and not just a sticker, and kids will fire that thing constantly. The drone and ATV round things out but are noticeably simpler, more like accessories than models in their own right.

Nothing here is a rare part chase, this is a set built for play value rather than collector interest, and the color blocking (police blue and white against the crooks' green and brown) does a lot of work to make the two sides instantly readable to a kid mid game. The real standout is how the trailer hitches and connection points let a child rearrange which vehicle pulls which trailer, which stretches the play well past the instructions. For 436 pieces at its original $49.99 price you are getting decent value, especially with four minifigures included, three of them recognizable characters from the show.

Fun facts

01The set is tied directly to LEGO City Adventures, with Duke DeTain, Gracie Goodhart and Snake Rattler all appearing as characters in the animated series before showing up in this box.
02It launched on January 1, 2022 with an RRP of $49.99 in the US and £39.99 in the UK, and was officially retired in December 2023.
03The egg splat launcher on the crooks' tractor trailer is a functioning spring loaded shooter, not just a decorative piece, letting kids fire projectiles as part of the chase.
04The set includes both a printed step by step instruction booklet and LEGO's interactive digital building instructions with zoom and rotate tools.