Review - 3179 Repair Truck

Welcome to the next installment of my City reviews, the Repair Truck. I bought this as it is another one of the latest additions in the City line. I bought it from K-Mart for $18. It was a piece of cake to assemble. It takes about 20 minutes to go together and looks pretty good once finished.

Name: Repair Truck
Theme: City
Year: 2010
Pieces: 118
Minifigs: 1
Price: AUD $19.99 (S@H)

The front of the box:


The back of the box:


The contents. Haven't had instructions in portrait before:


Halfway through already!!


The kit complete:


The leftover bits:


Left side:


Right side. The rear locker has two spare globes in it, while the front locker holds a screwdriver, drill and an oil can. My truck won't be needing the oil!!


Front veiw:


Rear view:




Overall, I think this is a pretty cool truck. It has been well designed and has plenty of accessories for the price. It looks good and the cherry-picker functions well. I'm a little disappointed at how low the bucket hangs when resting, but that would be my only gripe. This set is a great addition to anyone's City layout.

I reccommend this set!

Enjoy!.

This repair truck reminds me of 6521 being the same colour.

Whilst that one was for repairing vehicles I think both would be cool to see side by side so I will be definitely grabbing one once they hit the shelves down here.

Great review marvinblue you got me keen to buy it.

Looks nice. At only $20, possibly something I could look into purchasing. Thanks for the review mate, keep them up.

Great review, I really enjoy them.

Interesting that Lego has positioned the steering wheel dead centre.

guymontag wrote:Interesting that Lego has positioned the steering wheel dead centre.

In a 6-wide vehicle, there really isn't anywhere else.

Thanks for this review marvinblue. I like the set except for the lift arm. I feel the click hinges are clunky and juniorised, and the mechanism is unrealistic. The truck itself makes up for that. I may even buy more of these to mod.

My son just got this truck for his birthday. It is the first lego set that he and his brother have put together independently of me because I fell asleep on the couch after work! They love the kit and I think it is excellent, particularly because it is has enough features to interest the kids but is more robust than say the garbage truck that came out a few years ago. Equally, it offers something for AFOLs because it looks the part in a city diorama.

I am thinking of using the design to make a CFA Tanker. Build it in red with lockers on both sides and it would look the part.

(CFA = Country Fire Authority, Victoria, Australia).

Mark.