Jim Posted January 19, 2019 REVIEW - 42090 - GETAWAY TRUCK INTRODUCTION The Getaway Truck is the "other" Pull-back Racer of 2019. Since TLG has introduced the "cops and robbers" theme again, this set is considered to be the antagonist, or bad-guy if you will. The picture below shows the previous Getaway Truck from 2016. That set looked Bad-ass with a capital A. The latest versions follows TLG's new design philosophy (for smaller sets anyway), which is using less parts and more panels. Check out the picture below to see all the cool details. PICTURES Pictures can be clicked to view hi-res versions. More pictures can be found in my Flickr album. DISCLAIMER This set has been provided by the CEE Team of TLG. It's not my goal to promote this set. It's my goal to give you an honest opinion about it. Therefore, the opinion in this review is my own and is in no way linked to TLG. SET INFORMATION Number: 42090 Title: Getaway Truck Theme: Technic Released: 2019 Part Count: 128 Box Weight: 297 gram Box Dimensions: 26,2 x 14,0 x 7,1 cm Set Price (RRP): € 19,99 Price per Part: € 0,16 Links: Brickset, Bricklink THE BOX As usual this model can be combined with the other Pull-back to create a combined model. This time it is a rather unconventional tank-ish vehicle. You can see the image on the back of the box. The combined models are often odd vehicles, but this one is taking the cake. CONTENTS OF THE BOX The box contains: 1x Booklet 1x Sticker sheet 1x Pull-back motor 4x Tire 2x Unnumbered bag HIGHLIGHTED PARTS The only interesting parts in this set are the dark bluish grey panels. The 7x3 Curved Panels on the left have been introduced in 2017, so they aren't new. But the #3 and #4 Panels on the right are new in dark bluish grey. The previous Getaway Truck also used these panels, but they were black with stickers. PART LIST The complete part list for the 128 parts. COMPLETED MODEL Granted, the completed model definitely looks better than the Police Pursuit. But like that one, this model also relies heavily on panels. It's basically six panels connected with some liftarms. Spared no expense? On the contrary. Spared all expenses and made it as cheap as possible. Where are the wheel hubs?! The mandatory bottom view. The pull-back motor is dark bluish grey, but it looks like old dark grey in this pic. The usual left-over parts. SUMMARY I will repeat here what I said in the Police Pursuit review. The pull-back models confirm my suspicion that TLG is drastically looking at ways to optimize profit, instead of delivering cool sets. One can argue that kids will hardly notice the difference when they get a pull-back set, but only using a couple of panels and liftarms is totally different than the setup of the previous Getaway Truck. That one had a very cool design and cool details. PROS The design is better than its Police counterpart CONS Mostly comprised of panels Simple design Way less detail than the previous version SCORE How do I rate this set? (most scores are copied from 42091 - Police Pursuit) 6 DESIGN Okay-ish. 4 BUILDING EXPERIENCE Done in a minute. 7 FEATURES On par with other pull-back sets. 7 PLAYABILITY I have rated other pull-backs the same grade. 4 PARTS 42 parts less than its predecessor. 5 VALUE FOR MONEY The low part count makes this set less attractive than previous versions. 5,5 AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL VEHICLE FINAL WORDS Thanks you for reading this review. All pictures can be found here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ngoc Nguyen Posted January 19, 2019 I intended to get this set at first because it looks bad enough for a bad guy, and the general shape is recognizable as a pick up truck but the wrong proportions ruin it for me. The cabin is too small compared to the hood. It'd be better if the hood uses 3x5 panels instead, and the cabin is 2 studs longer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadow_elenter Posted January 19, 2019 Good reviews as usual, very in-depth for what they are. I didn't know about the panels coming in DBG, I feel a bricklink order coming up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rudivdk Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) Overall design also looks very very similar to stunt truck from 2017, but stripped down as @Jim mentioned. So double cop out as far as I'm concerned. Last year with Whack and Bash I broke my habit of yearly collecting the pullbacks, this years rendition makes that a final decision. Only thing they had going for them was design, and TLG took that out. I don't mind contributing to TLG's profits, but this is stretching it too much... Edited January 20, 2019 by Rudivdk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Posted January 20, 2019 10 hours ago, shadow_elenter said: I didn't know about the panels coming in DBG, I feel a bricklink order coming up. They are a welcome addition to the family. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HEC Posted January 29, 2019 Thanks for the review Jim. I've got both 42090 and 42091 in December despite being aware of decreased amount of parts and simplified design mainly because I wanted to add pullbacks to my collections and was tempted a little bit by the combined model too (plus I've got it for less than RRP). And I totally agree with Jim's conclusion / rating :( On top of that one of the pullback motors seems to be partially faulty as it have much higher resistance and rattles a bit so the wheels will stop spinning almost immediately unlike the other ones which runs nice smooth and quiet with much longer free spin. Anyone experienced the similar issue with the pullback motors? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny1360 Posted February 8, 2019 I ended up getting this, mostly for the panels and tires. I get the feeling the designer was told to create a truck with as few pieces as possible. It does resemble a truck albeit a very flat one. I understand that the pullback sets are not generally a good bargain but even at a discount this one is just plain ridiculously overpriced. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bricks Assembly Posted June 20, 2020 I hope you guys enjoy this video that I made! Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
