LEGO City Construction Excavator review! Best treatment of the subject yet, a tad overpriced 60420

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@hankkits4043 Ай бұрын

Props to the designer; it really does resemble a real life Excavator. It easily beats out any of Lego's older minifig scale attempts. $70 is quite a lot but it'd be an amazing set for any Lego city. It could easily be a centerpiece of any Construction site MOC.

@Brixxter Ай бұрын

The build is honestly great. Really clean and elegant yet functional. City might be intended for kids but I can totally see this set appeal to a wider audience.

@imperialquietus9977 Ай бұрын

What a great design. Nice balance between the "scale model" and "LEGO-y" feel. I always liked LEGO's construction vehicles. The price isn't toooo bad... if I had some extra cash I'd pick it up

@njacksonkc Ай бұрын

This looks awesome. We need a big ol’ dump truck to match.

@lipranditoys Ай бұрын

European prices sound a bit higher usually, but to be fair, when they say 55 Euros, it always means 55 Euros, taxes are included

@asmo1313 Ай бұрын

seen it in multiple shops under 50 euros already. here = netherlands

@JorisKoolen Ай бұрын

Wait, US has to pay taxes ON TOP of the mentioned prices?

@spamhands6993 Ай бұрын

@@JorisKoolen Yes, since the States are a bunch of mini countries in a country trench coat. There's no national sales tax; honestly wish there was a standard one, so buying things isn't a mess of "oh this state has this sales tax, this one doesn't."

@scottholcomb1190 Ай бұрын

@@JorisKoolen Yep, our entire economy is filled with deceptive practices.

@Sopsy_Hallow Ай бұрын

@@JorisKoolen i think so. afaik its standard to show prices before tax in the US, even in like, physical shops. idk why, its a weird country

@EntretuGaming Ай бұрын

this is spectacular for a lego city set, it almost brings the speed champions level of detail.

@pizza_man007 Ай бұрын

Friction aside, that is interesting that it uses a ball joint. I wouldn't have expected that

@Joe_Potts Ай бұрын

Assuming the main part of the excavator isn't nearly flush against the chassis, then the ball joint probably provides an extra little bit of movement to get the bucket as close to the ground as possible. The usual turn-table elements lego uses for this type of vehicle might not have been enough for this model

@danionescu1271 Ай бұрын

I gotta say, Lego City designers really stepped up their game this year.... probably trying to catch up to Friends department 😁

@Joe_Potts Ай бұрын

How is nobody talking about the use of an elephant head in place of the "CAT" logo of real world construction vehicles? That's an awesome little detail imo

@harrytodhunter5078 Ай бұрын

That crane-elephant logo is brilliant! LEGOs graphic design work is always so interesting to me.

@Rexaburg Ай бұрын

Yes, they are doing construction sets again, i love the smoothness of the build

@rhino202 Ай бұрын

Really nice looking. I like the technic pieces mixed in to make it functional

@Mike__B Ай бұрын

Gotta say, I like this at $55 much more so than the semi truck at $100, I feel there's much more play potential than the truck, it looks big and chonky, it looks like what an excavator should look like, much better than any other Lego City one there has been in the past which looked more like something you'd rent for home use as opposed to "Now this is for a construction company!" Also if you don't need to be a first adopter you can wait until this drops to 20% off and get it for $44, which makes it even more appealing.

@WilhelmScreamer Ай бұрын

The aft of this crane is super nicely shaped. Looks plesant to build

@incognigo1670 Ай бұрын

Best part of this set is the use of tires in the treads. Masterpiece engineering

@handgrenades153 Ай бұрын

I actually like that the ball joint is stiff, now you can drive it around your city like a car.

@luisemoralesfalcon4716 Ай бұрын

Now, this is an excavator. Since I have my owns I won't be getting this one, but the smaller ones serve the job in my world.

@Htownlegoshed Ай бұрын

Huge fan of this set. Needed it for a construction MOC. You are right about how strong it is for play. My 4 year old son has played with it a to since I got it. He has broken just about every vehicle we’ve made and he has yet to break that one.

@rexcadral3468 Ай бұрын

Really nice looking unit.... very realistic looking for its size.

@kanskejonasidag1 Ай бұрын

This is without a doubt the best playset excavator they've ever done! So detailed and (most importantly) realistic. My only gripe is that the middle joint on the arm has too little movement, you can't open or close the arm enough imo. But it's still great looking!

@klaykid117 Ай бұрын

Jang thank you for this review! No one else is talking about the treads not having a cheater wheel! That info was super hard to find.

@taliesinbourne7484 Ай бұрын

Lego have smashed these city sets out the park. Especially this and the crane. City is back with a bang and about time to!

@ReVision.. Ай бұрын

Great set, looks really good. Will buy this when it goes on Sale. Would Love to see you also review the big City Crane (60409)

@mikosoft Ай бұрын

The build almost looks like a scale toy, not a Lego set. Really well done

@kevinodw_ Ай бұрын

Such an amazing set!!

@SKuusk95 Ай бұрын

It looks great and I'm definitely going to get it, and maybe the Mobile Crane too, which also looks incredible, BUT I'm gonna wait to get them on sale. I feel like full price is a bit much, despite how good these things look. Also, I'm so hyped that Lego has made an excavator for City that doesn't use that same bucket that they typically use.

@on_brix Ай бұрын

No one is going to mention the elephant in the room? Or maybe the cat? 😅

@andrewgwilliam4831 Ай бұрын

That, ladies and gentlemen, is a thing of beauty.

@pierre-luco9056 Ай бұрын

I don't own City sets, nor do I have a Lego city (beside Ninjago), and I am not even a fan of construction stuff but having said that, I am really impressed by this set, it look really perfect!

@Regeor Ай бұрын

I’m pretty much the same only I have some older City stuff.

@oscarvilche4431 Ай бұрын

This has me super excited for that extra large mobile crane that's supposed to be out soon. Legos definitely gonna have my money this year!!😅😁

@NimbleSnek Ай бұрын

Love the shaping and part usage around the rear! Very nice design all around.

@MaxSupercars Ай бұрын

Great set. I got also the long mobile crane...

@MartyBricks Ай бұрын

This looks really good, I may have to get it! Thanks for another great review!

@KenTails Ай бұрын

Looks great (so much has changed since the last City digger set! And I thought that looked really back then), and really impressed by tread-friction mechanism. Earlier, I was listening to just the audio of the video and when I listened to the description of the thing, I just imagined that the tires extended out of the tread and touched the ground, but hidden much better than the previous 'cheater wheels' (and so Jang didn't call it cheater wheels). But now I'm watching the vid again with visuals, and what do I know, they are not! I imagine it'll come in handy when making armor/treaded vehicle type MOCs going forward. Thanks for the review!

@MayoHosko 18 күн бұрын

Those are the most effective caterpillar treads I’ve seen on a LEGO set yet

@Bucketroo Ай бұрын

Oh, this is a nice one! The shaping and design are really good, and so are the play features. I'm gonna have to get one at some point. I love City Construction stuff.

@petergoodmann9034 Ай бұрын

Looks great!! I can’t wait to find this one near me 🙂

@empatheticrambo4890 Ай бұрын

I like how well the functions are covered up

@rc-fannl7364 Ай бұрын

Neat looking excavator, wasn't expecting it to have a fake motor

@warrennewman5325 Ай бұрын

Looks epic awesome review jang 👍

@sanguine_potato7524 Ай бұрын

My wife bought this for my birthday, its a great model (although i want to upgrade some of the linkages now)

@Rojo-rj1ss Ай бұрын

For $55 it needs one more mini fig

@SO-ym3zs Ай бұрын

My inner 8-year-old is really digging this, pardon the pun. I would have loved this as a kid

@babyyodaking123 Ай бұрын

This one’s is really great! I’ve got an older one and this blows it out of the water 👏👏

@empatheticrambo4890 Ай бұрын

This looks super fun to play with!

@MrHangman56 16 күн бұрын

i really like this set, i may just go an buy it, seems very animation friendly without any modifications as well which is rare for a lego set. i know they aren't made for that but it's nice to see

@theblitzinkiller Ай бұрын

Thanks for your review as always, Jang! The digger looks great, and it's a good colour change from the usual yellow construction equipment. Here in Australia this set is very pricey, depending on which stores you go to it's around $80-90 bucks! I'll definitely pick this up if I find it discounted. P.S. The persimmon colour of the minifigure torsos is extremely close to many of the workshirts mining companies in Australia use!

@joncrosland6403 Ай бұрын

It's $58 currently at Big W for a while before going up in price

@Icypenguigo Ай бұрын

A neat-looking set. If I was a kid, I'd absolutely love this.

@rogerhalt3991 Ай бұрын

So fresh, so clean! Love it

@lopoa126 Ай бұрын

I wonder how heavy some 2x2 anti-stud pieces would be to cover up the "not camera friendly" side. Pretty solid set. Swapping out the blue for grey would be pretty easy.

@NicolasMiari Ай бұрын

Is this the first time a City excavator has had a proper bucket piece (instead of repurposing the wide, front-loader bucket)? The whole arm looks "40% City / 60% Technic" to be honest!

@Stigcrafter Ай бұрын

This might be the most perfect Lego set I've ever seen

@Zenlore6499 Ай бұрын

Hey, this looks nice! I like the new pieces!

@edwardwnewland Ай бұрын

Coolest city set in a while!!!

@sidneyblondell 27 күн бұрын

This setup would work great for a LEGO stop-motion movie (The Return of Emmet…)

@HelloSnake Ай бұрын

My little nephews would love this one.

@martingothberg3593 Ай бұрын

Looks like a brilliantly designed set. I might consider getting it just for display, will most likely wait for a discount though

@allonewordcaps Ай бұрын

Great video

@WaffleDragon Ай бұрын

It's really neat although I would've liked more yellow on it. I had lots of construction playsets as a kid, although trains were my biggest thing and still are.

@tawink Ай бұрын

I love it but will wait for a discount

@jeroencote5212 Ай бұрын

some toy shops sell it for about 45 euros in the netherlands now, which is a lot better, and Jang I love your honest reviews!!

@Qoonutz Ай бұрын

This will complement very well with the Lego Bricklink Modular 910008.

@darknova3529 Ай бұрын

beautiful set

@S_3182 21 күн бұрын

Why did they stop providing the rubber feet for the treads? The legacy thunder raider came with this and that made table/wood floor movement much better

@RPWStudios Ай бұрын

Great set.

@joshuabrickman1641 Ай бұрын

Looks like a really good play set. I can see lots to do with this for customers

@Howlox 26 күн бұрын

Maybe I just haven't been looking at Lego City sets that much lately, but is it just me or is this set very realistic? Like, really well done. I like it a lot. The only thing that looks out of proportion or hard to imagine as real is the digger arm itself. I love the engine, I love the detailing, I love the colour choice.

@betulaobscura Ай бұрын

Very good design!

@carbonclouds3689 Ай бұрын

Such a good set, had to snag it last week!

@13ON3S 25 күн бұрын

Awesome set

@STUFFfromthegooddays Ай бұрын

That’s a really quality looking build for Lego city these days.

@thedappercook Ай бұрын

Always great value.

@andrewepp6763 Ай бұрын

Dang that looks nice 👍

@empatheticrambo4890 Ай бұрын

Reminds me of last years blue crane

@AxlePlaysGames Ай бұрын

Wow it looks good

@real.ilya_remov Ай бұрын

Can the bucket go below track level?

@imaginationsquare Ай бұрын

Is this thing yellow or bright light orange?

@kevinhenderson9020 Ай бұрын

Its glorious

@romaindappe4139 29 күн бұрын

Currently AUD$58 in Australia. Good deal 👌

@dmonsef Ай бұрын

There seems to be some distribution/shortage type issue with the Excavator in the US?! Backorder is listed with a generalized 60 days, but a listed ship date by 9/6/24! Target does not have this(they haven't even put the June 1st releases on their site yet nor have in-store) and Walmart doesn't have it either. So what exactly is going on here? I would have assumed a LEGO City construction set would have the least issues being readily stocked.

@JANGsLEGOreviews Ай бұрын

This & the rest of the City sets weren't expected in North America until August 1. LEGO may be doing some sort of test, but this was definitely a limited release for us. Every other season they split some themes to release first in North America & everywhere else 2-3 months later, or vice versa. We just got incredibly lucky this time.

@nukers1234 Ай бұрын

So not possible to get the arm into transport posistion?

@mag5127 Ай бұрын

Only to some extent. One may to remove the cross shaft over the blue pin and then the arm folds closer, but the upper actuator then disjoints.

@dmonsef Ай бұрын

You will have to do some tinkering/maybe add pieces(to change the angle), with the hydraulics for the bucket and the apex of the one connected from the boom(arched arm) to the bucket arm.

@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 Ай бұрын

nice

@ManAetherslime14 21 күн бұрын

I feel like this set will be on backorder its whole shelf life 😕

@tomzicare Ай бұрын

Such an amaziiiiiiiiiiiiing set!!!!

@michaelcasserly5861 Ай бұрын

I was wondering if there was a cheater wheel. Good to see there is not.

@perceval110981 18 күн бұрын

I paid 45 euro in the Netherlands 😊

@elijahwee4263 Ай бұрын

Lego City has really improved since the last time I purchased it in 2013. I now only buy Star Wars and minifig factory but their creativity has definitely improved over the years.

@meowritz Ай бұрын

I wish they came out with a smaller excavator set that includes a trailer for it and a pickup or worker van for it

@dmonsef Ай бұрын

They did in the past. Either you have to get an older truck transport set and widen the loading bed or do a custom moc.

@tomokocchikuroki6200 11 күн бұрын

Its very overpriced, an equivalent of 77$ from where I'm from.

@RxCustoms Ай бұрын

Really Hope To See a Bigger Steam Roller From Lego City, If They Continue This Bigger Construction Theme!

@lilcuteli5843 Ай бұрын

This is possibly a new trend i. LEGO, detailed but expensive vehicles along with more standard ones and I'm all here for it. This excavator is just amazing, if I had this when I was a kid I would've actually went touch grass and dig it up but the old diggers were so barebone that I didn't like them at all. Funnily enough, I actually tried to make a realistic digger in that age but miserably failed multiple times, I stuck myself using the classic pieces they used on City diggers for years and that was quite limiting.

@dragonboi173 Ай бұрын

I heavily customized mine, i even cut, sanded and super glued peices to make it look better. When the 2x2 inverted tiles come out in orangey yellow colour I'm gonna get a few and swap them out foe the ones with the anti stud

@mbphilipblack8993 Ай бұрын

I'd honestly get this and i don't even have use for it apart from putting it on display, i don't have a city built lol. I would gotten the pure Technic version they did previously, i think it was at a similar scale to this but i just never got around to it. This excavator being as functional and appealing as it is definitely on my radar, same goes for the Lego Delivery Truck. City's been really good this year loved the return to prison island too.

@MaxRawhide Ай бұрын

Ooh, that looks good. Only criticism for me is that it's a teethed scoop. I've worked a lot around excavator but always with smooth edged scoops.

@Brick-Life Ай бұрын

Only needed if you have a big construction site!

@mug9468 Ай бұрын

Beautiful design with accurate scale. Having said that, I don't plan on buying it.

@M0torsagmannen Ай бұрын

im not in the excavator market, but this is a good build that fits the purpose very well

@charchar635 Ай бұрын

I rarely care about these types of vehicles but idk I dig it

@masterpenguins Ай бұрын

3:17 this bothers me, for kids without a large parts selection i really think that added joint would make the play pattern a lot more fun

@Rocket1377 Ай бұрын

It looks really good, but the limited movement of the crane arm is very disappointing, especially that non-functional hinge joint in the middle.

@mag5127 Ай бұрын

I thought the same about the immobilised joint. Then I did some research and it seems that heavy duty excavators are constructed exactly that way, with curved but stiff first section of the arm. My respect for the designer increased.