City

School Day

A tiny school that quietly does more representation and storytelling than sets three times its size.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 60329 · 2022

Pieces433

Minifigs7

Year2022

Set number60329

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The verdict

I went into this expecting a cute filler set and came out genuinely moved by the wheelchair ramp built right into the schoolyard.

This is a City set that remembers school is a whole world, classrooms, a crossing guard, a bus, a bike rack, and it gives every part of that world a reason to exist. For 433 pieces and a modest price, the play value here is way out of proportion to the size. If you collect City sets for the little slice-of-life moments, or you're building a town for a kid who actually goes to school every day, this belongs in the mix.

Best for: parents building a realistic LEGO City for young kids, and collectors who care about inclusive minifig representation

The full review

What it is

I'll be straight with you, I didn't expect to like this one as much as I did. School Day is a small, unassuming City set, two classrooms, a yard, a school bus, a bike, and a crossing point. But the details are what got me. There's a minifigure who uses a wheelchair, and instead of just handing her a chair and calling it done, the designers built an actual ramp into the schoolyard so she can get around the build. That's the kind of thing that tells you someone on the design team actually thought about a kid playing with this set seeing themselves in it.

The catch

The build itself won't test anyone. It's a simple two-story structure with a flip-open back, standard City fare, and if you're after a satisfying construction puzzle you'll be done in under an hour and wanting more. The road plates are a nice touch for connecting to a bigger town layout, but only if you already own compatible City road sets, so don't buy this expecting a stand-alone neighborhood. At $69.99 original retail for 433 pieces, it's not the best value-per-piece in the City lineup either, though the minifigure count helps even that out.

Who it's for

Get this one if you're building a City town with kids in mind, if you want a set that actually reflects different kinds of kids and families, or if you're a completionist chasing the LEGO City Adventures TV tie-in figures. Skip it if you're only after a challenging build or you don't already have City infrastructure for the road plates to plug into. As a shelf piece for a school-age kid's room, though, it earns its spot.

The parts story

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

Putting this together feels less like an engineering project and more like decorating a dollhouse, which is exactly the point at this age range and price point. You snap together two simple classroom boxes, fit out the desks and blackboard, then move outside to the climbing wall and hopscotch squares in the yard. It's quick, it's satisfying in small bursts, and kids can genuinely follow along and build most of it themselves.

The parts that stand out aren't rare molds, they're the storytelling pieces: the Bunsen burner and lab goggles for a science corner, the anatomical skeleton prop, a full band setup with guitar and drumsticks for the music room, and the wheelchair piece paired with a purpose-built ramp rather than a generic accessibility afterthought. The seven minifigures, including the two LEGO City Adventures characters and a lollipop crossing guard, plus a tiny squirrel figure in the yard, do a lot of the value lifting here. None of it is flashy from a parts-collector standpoint, but every piece has a job to do in the play pattern.

Fun facts

01The set includes a minifigure who uses a wheelchair alongside a functional wheelchair ramp built into the schoolyard, one of LEGO City's more notable accessibility inclusions.
02Two of the minifigures are based on characters from the LEGO City Adventures animated TV series rather than being original to this set.
03The schoolyard doubles as a play space with a climbing wall and hopscotch squares molded right into the ground plates.
04Road plates included with the set are designed to connect with other LEGO City sets, letting builders extend it into a larger town layout.