City

Scrapyard with Cars

A grubby little junkyard that lets you smash a car into a cube, and yes, that is exactly as satisfying as it sounds.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 60472 · 2025

Pieces877

Minifigs4

Year2025

Set number60472

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The verdict

The crusher is what got me.

You feed a car in, push a lever, and it pops out as a neat little cube, and I did it far more times than a grown woman should admit. This is one of the most playable City sets in ages, with a claw crane, a salvaged-parts office, and two chunky '80s cars you actually take apart. I'll be straight with you though, the price creeps up for what is still a City playset, and a couple of the mechanisms are simpler than the box art suggests. If you want a City set that begs to be played with rather than shelved, this is the one.

Best for: Kids (and honest adults) who want play features they can actually operate, not just a display piece

The full review

What it is

The first time I built the crusher and dropped a car into it, I laughed out loud in my own kitchen. That is the whole appeal of Scrapyard with Cars in one moment. This is a 877-piece City set built around a real, working idea: cars roll into the yard, get picked apart at the dismantle bay, then get squashed flat into a tidy cube you can eject with a lever. Designer David Tauzia laid it out as three connected stations, and the flow between them actually makes sense, which is rarer in City than you'd think. There's a salvaged-parts office at the heart of the yard (over 14 inches wide and about 8.5 inches tall), a claw crane for hauling wrecks around, four crew minifigures, and a little puppy who I have decided is the yard's official supervisor.

The catch

Now for the honest part about value. At 79.99 dollars this sits at the pricier end for a City playset of this footprint, and if you're only counting bricks per dollar it isn't the sharpest deal on the shelf. The claw crane, which looks like the star on the box, is a straightforward hook rather than a magnet, so getting it to grab a car cleanly takes a steadier hand than a seven-year-old might have. Reviewers also flagged that the car lift is more decorative than mechanical, and one or two spots could hold the vehicles more securely. None of these are dealbreakers, but they're the kind of small letdowns you notice once the novelty of the crusher settles.

Who it's for

So who should bring this home. If you love City sets that beg to be handled, pushed around a rug, and replayed a hundred times, this is one of the best in years, and I'd put it near the top of the January 2025 City wave without hesitation. Kids seven and up will get real mileage out of the dismantle-and-crush loop, and honestly so will you. If you're a collector chasing display value, clever engineering, or the lowest price per piece, this isn't built for you, and you'll find the mechanisms a little basic. But as a working, grubby, gloriously fun little junkyard, it more than earns its keep.

The parts story

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

Building it is a proper treat because you're not assembling one static model, you're assembling a machine that does things. You put together the crusher's lever action, the crane arm, and two full cars, and each section rewards you at the end with a function you immediately want to test. The two '80s automobiles are the sleeper highlight: they're designed to come apart, so you're building cars that are meant to be broken down, which flips the usual City car build on its head and makes it far more engaging for a younger builder.

On parts, this is a colour palette of yellows, oranges, greys and grubby earth tones, exactly what a scrapyard should be, with plenty of tiles, small technic elements and clip pieces that drive the mechanisms. The two retro cars donate a lovely mix of curved slopes, wheels and rims in classic shades that any City customiser will happily raid for their own builds. It isn't a set stuffed with brand-new molds or rare printed pieces, so don't come to it as a parts pack. Come to it for the working technic-lite mechanisms and the fistful of usable vehicle parts, and it delivers real play value for the piece count.

Fun facts

01The set was designed by LEGO's David Tauzia and released on January 1, 2025 as part of the City January wave.
02The crusher really works: you feed a car in, push a lever, and it ejects a compact 'crushed-car' cube, one of the most satisfying gimmicks in recent City sets.
03Alongside the four crew minifigures, the yard comes with a puppy, because apparently every good scrapyard needs a guard dog.
04Brick Fanatics called it the most eye-catching and rewarding set in the entire January 2025 LEGO City lineup, outshining even the F1 and Space releases for sheer play value.