Lego City – The Brick Life

Hi Res Images of the new Lego City 2012 Summer sets have been popping up on various sites around the web, and they are looking amazing!

Continuing with the Forest/City-outskirts theme of early 2012, the Lego City sets due for release anytime after June this year, include a beautiful (and very large) Lego Mine set as well as Mining Excavators, Trucks and Transporters.

There is also a new hospital to go with the already released ambulance and a multi-level city parking garage.

Let’s take a closer look…

Lego City 2012 Summer Sets

4200 Lego City Mining 4X4
4201 Lego City Loader And Tipper
4202 Lego City Mining Truck
4203 Lego City Excavator Transporter
4204 Lego City The Mine
4207 Lego City Garage
4429 Lego City Hospital

4200 Lego City Mining 4X4

Let’s mine for gold with the rugged LEGO City Mining 4×4 (4200)! Ride through the rocky mine on the Mining 4×4 to find the rock with gold inside, then use the dynamite and miner MiniFigure to blast it!

The miner is driving his rugged Mining 4×4 and is on the lookout for gold. It won’t be easy, but with his dynamite, hatchet and drill, it won’t be long before he strikes gold.

Blast the rock with the dynamite to find the gold nuggets and crystals!

The LEGO City Mining 4×4 (4200)features:

Miner MiniFigure
Mining 4×4 features rear storage compartment
Accessories include hatchet, drill, dynamite with timer and detonator, warning sign, big rock containing gold nuggets and 2 gold crystals, and mining helmet
Blast the rock with the dynamite!
Find the gold!
Drive over rocky mine terrain with the Mining 4×4!
Measures over 2″ (6cm) high, 2″ (5cm) wide and 4″ (11cm) long

4201 Lego City Loader And Tipper

Transport the gold out of the mine with the LEGO City Mining Loader and Tipper (4201)!

Scoop up the rocks with the Bucket Loader, load the Dump Truck and haul away the rock with gold nuggets inside in this mining adventure! Mining for gold is hard work!

Luckily the miners have the Loader and Tipper to help transport the big rocks from the gold mines. Help them use the dynamite and hatchet to find the hidden gold!

The LEGO City Mining Loader and Tipper (4201) features:

2 miner MiniFigures
Lifting bucket and dumping function
Includes dynamite with timer, warning sign and big rock containing 2 gold crystals
Accessories include 2 mining helmets and hatchet
Fill up the Tipper as you mine for gold!
Scoop up the rocks with the Loader!
Find the hidden gold!
Detonate the dynamite!
Loader measures over 2″ (7cm) high, 2″ (5cm) wide and 4″ (11cm) long
Tipper measures over 2″ (7cm) high, 2″ (5cm) wide and 4″ (12cm) long

4202 Lego City Mining Truck

Load up the rocks and find the gold with the LEGO City Mining Truck (4202)!

Dig in to a building adventure when you take the Mining Truck on a search for gold with all-terrain wheels, dynamite and big rocks to blast!

The LEGO City Mining Truck (4202) features:

Miner MiniFigure with mining helmet
Mining Truck features large all-terrain wheels and dumping function
Includes dynamite with timer and big rock containing 2 gold crystals and 3 gold nuggets
Fill up the Mining Truck!
Blast for gold with the dynamite and timer!
Mining Truck measures over 4″ (12cm) high, 7″ (19cm) wide and 5″ (13cm) long

4203 Lego City Excavator Transporter

Take on the heaviest work with the mighty LEGO City Excavator Transport (4203)!

Dig into any mine when the Transport Truck arrives carrying the Excavator with drill and bucket attachments – perfect for mining gold! When the heavy work really starts, it’s time for the mighty Excavator.

Unload it from the Transport Truck, fasten the drill and start breaking through the rock! Then switch the drill attachment for the bucket to scoop up even the biggest rocks!

The LEGO City Excavator Transport (4203) features:

2 miner MiniFigures with mining helmets
Vehicles include Transport Truck and Excavator
Transporter features articulated trailer, opening cab doors and accessory holders
Excavator features articulated arm, detachable drill and rotating cabin
Features 2 big rocks, each containing 8 gold nuggets
Accessories include dynamite, pick axe, shovel and coffee cup
Drive the Transporter!
Drill the rocks with the Excavator!
Attach the bucket or drill!
Blast for gold with the dynamite!
Transporter measures over 3″ (8cm) high, 2″ (7cm) wide and 14″ (36cm) long
Excavator measures over 3″ (9cm) high, 3″ (8cm) wide and 6″ (16cm) long

4204 Lego City The Mine

Dig for gold deep inside the LEGO City The Mine (4204)!

Build a gold-filled mine with a drill to break rocks, a crane or truck to excavate with and a conveyor belt to move the gold onto the train! The Mine is a busy place, full of miners digging for gold!

Break up the rock with the big drilling machine and transport it out of the mine with the train. Then load it onto the conveyer belt with the crane and haul it away with the truck! There’s even a safe to keep the gold inside.

Help the miners find even more gold by blasting with the dynamite!

The LEGO City The Mine (4204) features:

4 MiniFigures: crew chief, crane driver, driller and truck driver
Mine, drill, truck and crane
Accessories includes 3 dynamite packs, (1 with a timer), 2 detonators, 2 rocks each containing 6 gold nuggets, 36 small rocks in a selection of colors, 2 gold bars, explosion warning sign, storage box, jackhammer, fence with hazard lights, wheelbarrow, broom, shovel, pickaxe, walkie-talkie and coffee cup
Mine features train, train track, mine door, safe and working conveyer belt
Drill features spinning function
Crane features rotating cabin, moving arm and lowering shovel
Truck features articulated cab
Mine measures over 9″ (25cm) high, 9″ (25cm) wide and 22″ (56cm) long
Drill measures over 3″ (8cm) high, 2″ (7cm) wide and 6″ (16cm) long
Truck measures over 3″ (8cm) high, 2″ (7cm) wide and 6″ (16cm) long

4207 Lego City Garage

4429 Lego City Hospital

Lego City 2012 Summer Images

We will feature more information on the Lego City 2012 Summer sets as they are released. Thanks to Brickset for the images.

Lego Police is part of the Lego City theme and features sets like the ever-popular Lego Police Station or Lego Police Headquarters as well as Lego police car, motorcycle, helicopter and boat sets.

Lego Police sets are very popular and one of the cornerstones of Lego’s City/Town theme, along with the other perennial bestsellers – Lego Fire and Airport sets.

Lego Police Roleplay

Why do kids love playing police games and role playing at being police?

Ultimately there is something exciting about being a policeman or policewoman, chasing bad guys and bringing them to justice.

Children love to deal with absolutes and constantly experience the concepts of “good” and “bad” in their daily lives, at home and at school.

Kids often love to feel they are doing good and proving to others that they can be trusted, respected and powerful; they like to feel good about themselves.

In our modern world the Police are a universal symbol of power and justice. They protect society and it’s citizens from harm and use their power to enforce the norms and rules of a given culture.

In short they get to run around in fast cars/boats/motorcycles and chase bad guys-legally!

But seriously, Lego Police sets attract kids who are interested in their community, in providing a service to others and who question concepts like “right and wrong” in the world they see around them.

For these children, Lego sets based in “reality” may seem more interesting than those based on a fictional or fantasy scenario.

Lego Police Sets

Each year, every year Lego releases new Lego Police sets.

Unlike other themes that come and go Lego City Police is a constant that you will always be able to find at a local store or online for the retail price or less.

The most popular of the Lego City Police sets change very little, usually in design but rarely in concept. Each set will contain a playset and/or a vehicle, one or more minifigures like a police officer, a crook or criminal and other related figures and accessories like a police dog, handcuffs, mobile phones, money (to steal).

One thing you will never find in Lego Police sets are guns.

Lego has a policy not to represent modern weapons in their sets. While characters in their more fantastical sets like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Space Police will carry guns, the “reality” based city sets have never included firearm-based weapons.

2011 Lego Police Sets

2011 Lego Police Set Gallery

Lego Police sets are a good place to start if you want to test the waters with kids as they are familiar and full of potential to expand as a child grows older.

The Brick Life

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