LEGO City Emergency Rescue Helicopter 60405 review: Fresh, new, unique, good, inexpensive!

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[undead.rising]

As a helicopter person - I love this set. I love the use of those Creator car pieces recoloured into neon yellow and used in a city set, as well as the use of a different canopy piece for a change. This was a day one buy for me.

[Saucion]

BUILD THE HELICOPTER, AND START THE RESCUE !

[pipiferry]

Gotta say love to see a helicopter that is built rather than preformed front end and back. And 2 people in a cockpit situation - great. Nice to see Lego designers finally bringing something new and refreshing to the helicopter table. This set reminds me of 7903 from 2006 (because they are both built from bricks).

[thecelestialtoygazer]

The fact that they've introduced a winch mechanism that seemingly doesn't require kids to tie impossibly fiddly knots is amazing in itself

[lance]

So a bit of a fun fact I know about the 2006 commercial set 7903 (Rescue Helicopter) is that Tommy Andreasen was the writer for that commercial. (And with many other LEGO commercials.)
You can thank the co-creator of _Ninjago_ for spawning the "A man has fallen into the river in LEGO City!" meme!

[johnnations]

YES! More of this, please, Lego: brick-built rather than pre-formed chunks! As Jang suggests, i hope they make some more helicopters like this in different roles and colors.

[kentslocum]

This is actually the set I was most looking forward to from the new wave of LEGO sets. When I first saw it, I knew it was something special. I espocially appreciate the fact that LEGO has kept the same color scheme as some of their previous ambulances and medical response vehicles.

[Clawforge]

The LEGO City sets this year really do look compact. It is refreshing to see a helicopter which does not make use of a prefabricated piece for the cockpit area.

[undead.rising]

My favourite thing about this set is that it is fully built up, and doesn't rely on any cheat pre-fab big pieces, including the skids.

And yet again, for the conversion rate, it would be about $33 in AUD, but it's only $30 here in Australia. Very well priced.

[andrews_lego_tanks_and_more]

Genuinely one of the best city sets in some time, a definite buy for me.

[dnsstudios]

always a good day when Jang uploads new Lego review videos. Thanks for all the effort for making these quality content!

[Xiteri]

Love this helicopter, exactly styled like the Eurocopters seen in many places (except for the side winch), and the figures do match paramedic uniforms from my region exactly with the addition of Teal legs with silver reflective stripe (which were using just plain Sand Green legs in previous sets)
Especially a nice set as the last Hospital set from 2022 came with quite a comical helicopter, and the last medic Helicopter truck used a big prefab canopy which I don't like.

[dazblue]

That's a really nice looking helicopter, and a decent price - think i'll pick this up.

[migatron]

Finally! Some emt/paramedic representation! The helicopter looks awesome compared to builds from not long ago

[andyhuckle]

still one of - if not the best LEGO reviewers on the web.

[awesmenbdy]

As a huge fan of helicopters and LEGO, I have have many sets and custom helis and this is by far the best LEGO helicopter in many many years, I think that it could potentially be best city set of the year because of how good it is and how title flaws it has

[PhoenixClank]

Can I just say, this is the first time in quite a while that I've seen an aircraft (or, indeed, mech) cockpit with control sticks that a minifig can actually take in its hands. The use of those round 1x1 tiles with upwards bar stubs is one of my pet peeves and I'm glad they're showing intentions of moving away from that.

[Zenlore]

*_A MAN HAS_* gotten lost and might be hurt a little bit *_IN LEGO CITY_*

This is a pretty dang good set! I’m not even into helicopters but I would consider getting it!

[sean_]

Looks like a really nice build. I love the internal space for multiple minifigures. Especially when a set like the Ahsoka shuttle could only fit one minifigure.

[CarlosSempereChen]

I’m greatly amused that the M-Tron console is still in use. But like everyone is saying, these 2024 $20 sets are awesome. Wonderful review, too.