Review: LEGO CITY 60253 Ice Cream Truck

Today we are quickly interested in the LEGO CITY set 60253 Ice Cream Truck (200 pieces - € 19.99), a small box that offers something to get out of the usual triptych of police / firefighters / construction workers.

It is indeed a question here of assembling an ice cream truck which is moreover not quite adapted to our roads: if the steering wheel of the vehicle is placed in the center of the cabin, the counter which allows customers to be served is on the left side of the vehicle. Not very practical in countries where you drive on the right ... The more picky should however not have too much trouble reversing the direction of construction of the two side faces of the vehicle if the need arises.

There is nothing very complicated to assemble in this box intended for young fans who want to bring a little variety in Policeville. The most laborious is once again the large batch of stickers to stick. The board is also surprisingly provided for a set supposed to be assembled by children aged five and over. The good news is that most stickers could dress up the front of an ice cream shop without any problem, and you can easily find copies of this board retailing for under $ 1. on Bricklink.

The designer has thought of facilitating access to the interior of the vehicle by offering a movable side panel that allows the merchant to be easily placed in front of her counter. It's perfectly integrated and playability is assured even if little fingers will do better than those of an adult. The interior layout is rather basic but the cash register, a few cones and other scoops of ice cream are enough in my opinion to fill the cabin without limiting access. On the other side of the van, a sliding window allows customers to be served. Here too, the mechanism is simple but functional.

Impossible not to guess that it is an ice cream truck thanks to the big sign fixed on the roof. The latter is dressed with two large stickers so that both sides are covered. No significant difference in color between the blue background of the stickers and the room on which to install them. It is less obvious for stickers on a white background to stick on parts with an off-white color.

As usual, make sure when you unpack the set that the transparent parts are not scratched and do not hesitate to contact the brand's customer service to obtain replacement parts if this is the case.

In terms of minifigs, the set only provides the basics: an ice cream seller, a young customer on his skateboard and a dog. The merchant's torso is a new variation of the one seen on different characters in the sets 10232 Palace Cinema (2013) 10246 Detective Office (2015) et 10257 Carousel (2017) without the yellow neckline.

The rest of the items delivered in this small box are quite common, the dog even appearing already in about forty sets and the young boy's hair is that already seen on the head of Nick Fury, Dennis Nedry, Viktor Krum or even Lando Calrissian and Finn.

In summary, there is no reason to deprive yourself of this pretty truck with its sign on the roof and its thoughtful features that ensure maximum playability throughout. With a little patience, as usual, it will be possible to spend much less than the 20 € requested by LEGO to add a little variety to the streets of your cities using sets from the LEGO CITY range.

And a little competition with the other ice cream parlor, the one from The LEGO Movie set 70804 Ice Cream Machine marketed in 2014 will be welcome ...

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 22th February 2020 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.