Question 1

What’s LEGO® City?

Accepted Answer

LEGO® City is a real-life based building theme within the LEGO Play System that focuses on creating buildings, vehicles, and scenarios that are familiar to those children encounter in their everyday life. With plenty of bricks, elements, and exciting open-ended story starters, children can stretch their imagination to it’s limits to play the way they want to play.

Question 2

How do I choose an age appropriate LEGO® City set?

Accepted Answer

LEGO® City offers sets and building experiences for kids as young as 5, and beginning in January 2019, we’ll be including products for kids 4 and up. Every child is unique and will engage with the LEGO building experience in their own personal way – but age marks serve as a general guideline to how complex a model is. For less experienced builders, the 4+ LEGO set series include a Starter Brick which will be an easy and pleasant introduction to building that can help boost their confidence. For kids that have been building for a while, or are older, sets that have a higher piece count, are larger, and include moving functions will give these more advanced builders an exciting challenge. For everyone else, there’s a wide range of building types and complexities that make choosing the right set simple.

Question 3

Why do LEGO® City have sub-themes and what are they?

Accepted Answer

LEGO® City strives to give children a building experience that exemplifies: “Real Action, Real Fun”. To correspond with the wide array of different experiences, buildings, vehicles, and people children will encounter, the LEGO® City sub-themes add and expand on the traditional LEGO brick-built city.

The current LEGO® City Subthemes are as follows:

Police (Sky Police, Mountain Police & Classic Police)

Fire Brigade

Great Vehicles

Trains

Arctic Expedition

Town

Mining Experts

Question 4

How do I build a LEGO® City helicopter, police car or fire truck?

Accepted Answer

Children can use the bricks and pieces in the entire LEGO® City assortment to build anything they can think of. If they’d prefer to use building instructions, they can use the instruction booklet included in LEGO City sets, or you and your child may visit the customer service building instruction page to download the available free building instructions. Simply find what you are looking for by searching the product name or number here.

For additional creative engagement and inspiration, children can submit and post their builds to the LEGO Life kid’s app, where they can also join fun building challenges and contests. Older LEGO fans can join LEGO Ideas where you can submit a LEGO set idea of your own or join the competitions.

Question 5

How do I set-up my LEGO City train and the powered-up function?

Accepted Answer

We’ve created informational videos that show you how to set up your LEGO® City trains, the Powered Up App and your smart devices to work together, or how to use the included handheld remote with remote controlled trains. You can watch the step-by-step tutorial videos right here.

Question 6

Are tracks included with the LEGO City train sets?

Accepted Answer

LEGO® City train sets include tracks, but additional train tracks are also available for purchase to extend and expand the track path for your trains. 60205 LEGO City Tracks set includes both straight and curved track pieces for longer train track paths, and 60238 LEGO City Switch Tracks include connector tracks so different track paths can be added to include more options on a train’s journey.

Question 7

Are LEGO City train tracks compatible with other train sets?

Accepted Answer

Over the years, we've never changed the width of the LEGO® City Train tracks. The train cars from all earlier LEGO train models will run on the new tracks and attach to the new trains. The new Powered Up trains can run on any of the track we’ve made over the years, but the older 9V and 12V motors need rails that have metal on them to conduct the electricity needed to move the trains.

Question 8

Can LEGO City sets be combined with other LEGO bricks, themes and sets?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely! The bricks and pieces from themes like NINJAGO, Marvel and DC Superheroes, and Friends fit together with LEGO City pieces so children can creatively build, expand and roleplay as many interesting scenarios as their wild imaginations create. The entire LEGO Play System, including LEGO City was created to work and build together, including LEGO DUPLO, which can fit a 2x2 classic LEGO brick onto one stud of a DUPLO brick.

Question 9

Can I buy a larger baseplate?

Accepted Answer

The biggest baseplate available right now is the 10701 LEGO Classic Gray Baseplate, which is 48x48 studs and measures 15 inches (38cm) x 15 inches (38cm). This baseplate can be used with other baseplates and LEGO bricks so children can expand their LEGO City.

For additional building space, 60236 LEGO City Straight and T-junction road plate and 60237 LEGO City Curve and Crossroad road plate add realistic street settings kids can use as the foundation of buildings and houses.

Question 10

Are there female characters included within LEGO City sets?

Accepted Answer

There are more female characters included within LEGO City sets, and you will see a larger number of female minifigures in action-oriented professions, like firefighters, police, and pilots. We strive to have a good balance between genders.