Name: Tow Truck
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 60056-1
Rating: 86 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2014 is 0.13. PPP for this set is 0.1, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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Average PPM for System in 2014 is 18.1. PPM for this set is 21.59, which is worse.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 10 / 10 → 100 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

ttpm Recommendation: no 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Unscored reviews

Eurobricks

JANGBRiCKS

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Set information

Set ID: 60056-1
Name: Tow Truck
Parts: 227
Minifigs: 1

Retail price (USD):
Original: 19.99
Inflation adjusted: 21.59

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.09
Inflation adjusted: 0.1

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 19.99
Inflation adjusted: 21.59

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 10 / 10 by LukefromNJ

If I must criticize this set for anything, it's that it is a bit oversized for a tow truck, but as I said above, it looks fine towing other trucks. This is an outstanding set. It's a great-looking model with a lot of functions, an attractive color scheme, and a minimum of stickers.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 from 180 reviews

I'm currently working in a trucking-related field where a lot of my coworkers have toy semi-trucks on their desks. Being a die-hard fan of LEGO, I had to get this semi-truck wrecker for my office. It was fun to build and I'm sure that anyone from its intended audience, kids, would have hours of fun towing their LEGO vehicles around. The boom raises and lowers and also extends outwards and has a winch on a cable. You get a couple of tools that clip to the side and a driver with the obligatory coffee cup that every LEGO truck comes standard with. A great set for any city collection.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 180 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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ttpm

Recommendation: no 4 / 5

The details and moving parts in this set help kids play out a more realistic roadside rescue.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 4 reviews

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Eurobricks

by Prezes

The set is phenomenal! Solid construction, great colours, size, technical solutions.

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JANGBRiCKS

by Jang

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by Huw

There are some sets that, when you first seem them, you know you must have them ASAP. This was one such set for me. I'm a big fan of the 'Great Vehicles', as LEGO likes to call them, and this one did not disappoint.

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