Generally speaking, my greatest LEGO theme loves tend to be action-oriented themes such as LEGO Chima and licensed themes like LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Harry Potter. Don’t get me wrong–I really do enjoy the classics like LEGO City, but rarely am I more excited about an upcoming LEGO City set than anything in the licensed themes. At the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2015, however, LEGO allowed photos for the first time of a set that’s topping my LEGO Summer 2015 sets wish list right now: the amazing LEGO City Town Square 60097!

Usually I like to begin by giving some background or history regarding the context of a set, but the LEGO 60097 Town Square set is pretty generic and self-explanatory, so let’s get right down to the meat of the subject and discuss just what this year’s biggest non-train LEGO City set is all about.

The number of components to the LEGO Town Square 60097 is downright overwhelming, so let me try to list off the entire contents of the set as bullet points:

• Brick-Built LEGO Store
• LEGO Store Delivery Truck
• Public Transit Tram (Two Car)
• Repair Truck / Tow Truck
• Coffee / Concession Stands
• Public Transit Station with Tree
• Street Vendor Cart
• Garage
• Pizza Delivery Scooter
• Newspaper Stand
• Red and Yellow Cars
• Helicopter
• LEGO Store Delivery Man Minifigure
• 14 Total Minifigures

In short, this is one packed Summer 2015 LEGO City set!

The highlight of this set for me–and I suspect the majority of other folks as well–is the new LEGO tram! This new tram just looks super-cool, and it’s even in my favorite color scheme of orange and black! I love that the sides of the tram are fully translucent so you can look inside and see the chair and passengers, as well as the “bikes” logo on the middle that makes it clear that bikes are welcome on this public transit. For me, this is the selling-point that is going to make me shell out $100+.

The second most-enticing element of this set–at least for me–is the brick-built LEGO Store and accompanying LEGO Delivery Van. The store is obviously more of a facade and not terribly large or deep, but the ability to add an official brick-built LEGO Store to my collection is an absolute can’t-miss. Brilliant idea here (although I wouldn’t mind a huge and detailed brick-built LEGO Store as part of the modular buildings lineup some day as well).

The LEGO City Playmat shown in the display is sadly not included with this set, but they’re pretty cheaply and easily available on their own, and definitely will add a unifying element to this set when it’s all out on display. Without the playmat, the various components of this set such as the repair shop garage and the concession stands end up feeling a lot more random.

The 60097 LEGO City Town Square set is scheduled to be released in June/July 2015, with a UK retail price of £140. The number of pieces included and U.S. price-point are presently unknown, but I’ll try to get those details when I visit the LEGO Booth at New York Toy Fair 2015 on February 13th, 2015, and you can ‘Like’ Bricks and Bloks on Facebook to have photos and updates sent directly to your Facebook Newsfeed!

What do you think of the LEGO City Summer 2015 Town Square set, LEGO fans? Are you excited to add elements like the tram and LEGO Store to your displays, or are you unimpressed with this fully-loaded LEGO City set?