Is this set meant for play or display?

With four minifigures and a workshop scene, it's clearly built for active play rather than just display. The open garage layout invites rearranging.

Why does it have so many unique pieces?

The 181 unique elements mostly come from tool, vehicle and garage details, each needing its own small specialist parts, which makes the build more varied than a typical vehicle set.

Does it fit with other LEGO® City police sets?

Yes, the black, white and blue colour scheme matches the wider City police range, so it combines easily with other vehicles and buildings from the theme.

Police

Custom Police Car garage

Set 60457 puts the workshop before the chase: a police garage with a custom, hands-on vehicle, 489 pieces and four minifigures. With 181 unique elements it's one of the more varied builds in its size class, mixing garage, tools and car into a small story rather than a single patrol scene. That makes it one of the more play-focused sets in the current LEGO® City police lineup.

Set number: 60457
Year: 2025
Pieces: 489
Minifigures: 4
Theme: Police
Different parts: 181

What can I build with it?

View the official building instructions at LEGO® ↗

Parts list 181

As BrickLink list (XML)

Import on BrickLink: Wanted → Upload, upload the file (or paste its content), pick a Wanted List and add the parts.

Minifigures 4

Police Officer, Bright Light Blue Torso, Dark Blue Legs, Dark Blue Cap fig-0146914 pieces × 1
Police Mechanic, Bright Light Blue Torso, Dark Blue Legs, Dark Blue Cap fig-0163944 pieces × 1
Police Mechanic, Bright Light Blue Torso, Dark Blue Legs, Dark Brown Hair fig-0163954 pieces × 1
Police Officer, Vibrant Yellow Torso, Dark Blue Legs, Dark Orange Hair fig-0163964 pieces × 1

Description

Built around customising, not just patrolling

Unlike a straightforward patrol-car set, this one is built around modifying a vehicle: visible tools, spare parts and an open garage layout all point to a car being upgraded rather than simply driven out of the box. That workshop angle sets it apart from typical chase-scene police sets and suits builders who like rearranging and tweaking a vehicle rather than leaving it fixed. With 489 pieces, there's enough here to build the tools, garage and car as separate pieces you can recombine.

181 elements, plenty of variety

For 489 pieces, 181 unique elements is a high ratio, which usually means lots of small, specific parts rather than repeated basics. Tool details, vehicle panelling and garage fittings each tend to need their own dedicated pieces, which explains the variety here. Sorting by colour before starting is worth it given how many different element types are involved; the full parts list on this page breaks everything down by colour and shape if you want to prep before building.

A restrained black, white and blue palette

White and Black form the classic police livery seen on real patrol cars, while Dark Blue adds accents across the vehicle and uniforms. Dark Bluish Gray covers the more technical parts, tools, engine details and garage structure, keeping those elements deliberately understated rather than colourful. The result reads closer to a real emergency vehicle than a bright toy, which fits the workshop theme better than a flashier colour scheme would. All four colours are listed individually in the parts list on this page.

Four minifigures for more than one scene

Four minifigures is generous for a set this size, and it suggests distinct roles rather than one lone officer: likely a mechanic, one or more police figures and possibly a suspect or rival character. That spread supports small, multi-character scenes rather than a single static patrol, which is where the set's play value mostly comes from. Exact outfits and roles are best checked against the box, while the parts list here covers every colour and shape used in the build.

FAQ

Is this set meant for play or display?: With four minifigures and a workshop scene, it's clearly built for active play rather than just display. The open garage layout invites rearranging.
Why does it have so many unique pieces?: The 181 unique elements mostly come from tool, vehicle and garage details, each needing its own small specialist parts, which makes the build more varied than a typical vehicle set.
Does it fit with other LEGO® City police sets?: Yes, the black, white and blue colour scheme matches the wider City police range, so it combines easily with other vehicles and buildings from the theme.