City

The City Tower

Every LEGO City theme stacked into one gloriously chaotic tower.

3.5/5

Set 60473 · 2025

Pieces1,943

Minifigs7

Year2025

Set number60473

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The verdict

If your mate loves the classic LEGO City world and wants one big centerpiece that crams in fire, police, construction, a metro and even a spaceship, this is a genuinely fun pick.

It's built for play and imagination more than realism or value, so tell them to go in with the right expectations. At around $210 for 1,941 pieces it's pricey per brick, but it's a proper landmark once it's on the shelf.

Best for: LEGO City fans and families wanting one big play-focused centerpiece

The full review

What it is

So here's the deal with The City Tower. It's a LEGO® set that basically asks what if you took every classic LEGO City theme and stacked them all up into one big tower, and then it actually does it. You get a fire station, a police station, a construction site with a working crane, a three-level metro station, apartments, a skate ramp, and yes, a rooftop spaceship launchpad. It's completely unrealistic and that's very much the point. Reviewers keep calling it gloriously chaotic, and it really does feel like a ten-year-old's dream city plan brought to life. If your mate grew up on LEGO City and wants one showpiece that captures the whole vibe of the theme, this hits that note perfectly.

The catch

Now for the honest bits, because that's what mates are for. The big one is price. At $209.99 for 1,941 pieces, this runs a fair bit higher per brick than most LEGO City sets, and there's no big movie or TV license doing the heavy lifting to explain it. One reviewer flat out said this isn't a set for the LEGO economists, and that's fair. The other common gripe is stickers. There are a lot of them, and plenty of fans wish more of those details were printed pieces instead, especially at this price. And if your friend is the type who likes their city builds to look like an actual functioning street, the everything-piled-on-top-of-everything approach might drive them a little nuts.

Who it's for

So who should grab it? Families with kids who want maximum play value out of one box, and longtime City fans who'll appreciate that this quietly celebrates the theme's 20th anniversary by pulling together its signature subjects. Kids get the crane, the debris chute, opening garage doors and the tram to mess with, so it earns its keep as a toy. Who should skip it? Anyone chasing best value per piece, or a display-focused builder who wants clean realism. Tell them to look at a modular building instead. But if the idea of a big daft tower with a fire truck, a police car and a spaceship all sharing an address makes them grin, they'll have a great time with this one. It's set to retire around mid to late 2026, so there's no mad rush, but it won't be around forever.

The parts story

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

Building this is less one long slog and more a tour through the LEGO City greatest hits, which keeps the roughly 4-6 hour build from getting dull. You work your way up the tower level by level, and each section switches gears completely, so you go from the metro station to the police and fire bays to the construction floor to the rooftop with its skate ramp and spaceship pad. Because it's modular in feel, sections stay distinct and the pacing has a nice rhythm to it. The crane assembly and the debris chute are the mechanically satisfying moments, and the garage doors and tram line give you working features to fiddle with as you go rather than just stacking bricks.

On the parts front, the headline for collectors is that little explorer spacecraft with its pilot, since this set gives you that classic-style astronaut helmet nodding to the old Space logo, now done in white. The seven minifigs are the real draw, with six exclusive to this set, including the Brickle family (Ted, Jenny, Drea and Grandma Lina the police officer) straight out of the LEGO City No Limits show. Piece-count value is the sticking point though. At 1,941 parts for $210 you're paying more per brick than usual for City, and the reliance on stickers rather than prints means fewer of those satisfying decorated elements that make a set feel premium. You're buying it for the play features and the character lineup, not the parts bargain.

Fun facts

01The set quietly celebrates LEGO City's 20th anniversary, since the theme launched in 2005 with its founding trio of fire, police and construction, all of which show up here.
02Six of the seven minifigs are exclusive to this set, including the Brickle family from the LEGO City No Limits animated series.
03The rooftop spaceship pilot wears a classic-style helmet that nods to the old LEGO Space logo, reissued here in white.
04The finished tower stands over 19 inches (49 cm) tall, making it one of the biggest single LEGO City builds you can get.