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Today, we’re going to take a closer look at the two LEGO City FunPacks from the current LEGO EDEKA loyalty promotion.
You can find all the information about the entire loyalty promotion here. And if you’d like to check out the previous reviews of NINJAGO, Friends, or Creator 3-in-1, you’ll find them here as well.
But today, we’re going to focus on LEGO City first.
Let’s get started!
The LEGO City Police Quad
Let’s start with the little police quad bike.
The FunPack consists of 39 pieces and includes a Minifigure.
In addition, we get the same familiar contents as the other FunPacks: the assembly instructions, the puzzle booklet with various puzzles, coloring pages, and game instructions, as well as a pack of Fun Cards needed for the game board printed on the bottom of the can.
The actual model is a small blue-and-white police ATV with a police officer and handcuffs.
The vehicle stands on four small wheels, has a fairly simple overall design, and features a few nice neon-yellow elements.
Of course, it’s not an incredibly complicated model, but it’s easy to use, especially with an existing LEGO City set. After all, you can always use a small police vehicle somewhere.
The Small Wheel Loader
Let’s move on to the second LEGO City FunPack.
This set includes a small wheel loader made up of 37 pieces.
Once again, this package includes everything we’ve come to expect from the other FunPacks: the activity booklet with puzzles, coloring pages, and game instructions; a pack of Fun Cards; and, of course, the actual building instructions.
The small wheel loader is mainly yellow and black and also includes a Minifigure. In keeping with the vehicle’s theme, the Minifigure is a construction worker wearing a hard hat.
At the front is the large shovel, which can be moved up and down.
In addition, we get two Dark Tan bricks that the wheel loader can transport from A to B.
The vehicle also has slightly larger tires with a deeper tread, suitable for use on a construction site, and there is a small warning light at the rear.
It’s all pretty simple, but it works really well for an existing LEGO City set or a small construction site.
And actually, of the two models, I like the wheel loader a little better.
And here we go again—the exact same thing
And that, unfortunately, brings us back to my biggest criticism of the entire FunPack series.
Because even with LEGO City, we get exactly the same game as with all the other FunPacks.
In my opinion, there really were a lot of possibilities right here.
For example, they could easily have developed a small city, police, or construction site game.
Or, to put it simply: add four little game pieces and print a small “Ludo”-style game board on the inside of the tin. Even something like that would have provided significantly more variety.
Instead, it’s the same game all over again.
And once again, the small game pieces needed for it aren’t included.
On top of that, I’m still missing a few simple pencils for the puzzles and coloring pages.
That’s really my biggest complaint about all eight FunPacks by now.
My Conclusion
Overall, the two LEGO City models are fairly simple in design, and we’ve already seen vehicles with similar shapes in past polybags, paper bags, or LEGO magazines.
Of the two, I like the wheel loader a little better.
It has at least one small function thanks to the movable shovel, it comes with two bricks, and overall, I can easily imagine this model fitting right in on an existing LEGO City construction site.
The police quad is also nice, but a bit too simple for my taste.
Still, you can easily integrate both models into an existing LEGO City set, and in my opinion, they work pretty well there.
However, with these two FunPacks as well, the boxes themselves are once again one of the highlights for me. They look stylish, are practical, and you can store the entire model back inside them afterward.
So when it comes to value for money, I would say:
You can do that for 5.99 euros.
However, if they had also included the necessary game pieces, a few small pins, and maybe a LEGO City game of its own, I think the overall package would have been much better.
So for me, it’s well within reach—but there’s still room for improvement.
Now I’m curious: What do you think of these two LEGO City FunPacks?
Which one do you like better—the police quad or the wheel loader?
And have you picked up both of them for yourselves?
Feel free to write anything in the comments!
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Author: Dante