2025 Speed Champions, City and more F1 sets revealed!

I have the Mercedes Petronas from the 2 pack, and I'd like to get one more to pair with it (I'm not a purist), but I want to see what will look the best with a minimum of stickering. Might have to go with the existing McLaren or the Red Bull Visa one. At least the RBV has cool colors and should be OK without every sticker.

Speed Champions look fantastic... And will lose their stickers again after a few months/years. And, no figs? Ugh.
I love the idea of mini collectible cars though!

Not an F1 fan but I would like the speed champions Red Bull F1!
I'm impressed by the novelty of the city set that has a built in handle. I don't know what to think about collectible micro F1's. They are really odd and hilarious.

This might be a bit of an expensive launch season as I want the full grid (2 of each team) for my display set up... dang it LEGO

"F1 cars all look the same"

Nope, Lego F1 cars all look the same!

Wow, a very impressive lineup! Reminds me when they had space involved across different themes.
Maybe I'm biased since I enjoy City, but those City versions look interesting!

I'll get the Ferrari, because i'm a fan of the brand, and maybe the Red bull, because one of their drivers is from New Zealand.

Jeez, that's a lot to take-in in one go!

@Robot99 said:
"What's up with the wildly inconsistent "18+" labelling?"

It appears to be on the 2 in particular that feature promo from Red Bull and Visa, red bull I can kinda understand but I don't get the other one

Man they are going full f1 commitment with huge segment of their budgets. I know nothing about f1 but like good looking cars. I might pick something out of these. I have 4 months to decide what to do

I mean... cool (the cars do look quite nice), but I worry that the entire Speed Champions line is exclusively F1 this year...

I have no interest in F1. I’m genuinely happy for FOLs who enjoy the theme. It’s just not my cup of tea.

May pick up the Ferrari or Mercedes to go with my 76919, don't really feel like getting a full grid though.

Also, (unless getting a full grid) who is buying a Hass, or Sauber?

Did they just come up with two made up teams to make there be 12 collectable mini cars?
What was wrong with just having the 10?

2024 was space theamed... will 2025 be racing theamed?

The Speed Champions sets look lovely, but the blindpacked line (can't really call them CMFs) is an incredibly easy pass.

@LegoMaster2006 said:
"2024 was space theamed... will 2025 be racing theamed?"

Yes it will! Specifically F1 themed. I hope Lego cintinues to do a main topic over multiple themes in the coming years, such as this year space, next year F1 etc...

Hey! I’m that set 60442 , that has my sig fig’s face, or aka, Jangs sig fig face!

@LegoMaster2006 said:
"2024 was space theamed... will 2025 be racing theamed?"

No. It is F1 themed. Which as I said in my previous comment makes no sense. F1 is very niche, racing could apply to all themes better since it can be various different types of car race, a boat race, air race, even a sci fi space racing situation.

I hope 2026 is Castle or Pirates but I would be equally annoyed if they made it too specific like 2025, for instance 'Forestman' instead of Castle more broadly.

hilarious meme IMO to make pit stop / team garage sets which the actual licensed cars can't fit into :skull:

let me guess - the licensed detailed cars don't even have the real drivers as minifigures?

idc I love this man. It's like collecting bionicles but less unique

I'm going to save so much money on Speed Champions...

So relieved the CMF-size cars are coming out now and not replacing the May-August CMF line. I was so worried.

Welcome back Xalax

@bnic99 said:
"Did they just come up with two made up teams to make there be 12 collectable mini cars?
What was wrong with just having the 10?"

The two additional ones are representing the F1 and F1 academy show car, just as stated in this post…

Everybody else has already stated my opinion. I wish the F1 would have just been a few Speed Champions sets because the city ones look better.
Also not a huge fan of F1 cars in genera

I’m guessing the smaller cars will be very popular based on the price point. Those look fun.

What a partnership. Even City is going Licensed.

I love F1 so the SC cars are definitely tempting. The CMF is kinda fun too.

I wonder if the Haas parts come in Ferrari labelled bags - just like the real thing ;-)

Seriously though, this is really good, and the "CMFs" are bonkers! I am probably a bit niche though as I design some of the real cars. Really chuffed. Loving the FW14. I might have to see if I can fit the rear tyres on Sennas car. Nige was a great influence growing up but Senna was super special. Never been anyone quite as amazing.

Some nice looking sets. I find it weird that none of the Speed Champions sets show the minifig outside the car. It really looks like there's a minifig in there, but I wonder is there something else going on?
Also these are obviously based off the 2024 cars. It seems likely that at least one of the teams is undergoing a name change an a couple may have main sponsor changes, so their 2025 cars may look quite different.

LEGO has Formula fever

Does this mean we can get a NASCAR Mustang & a better color designed NASCAR Camaro for Speed Champions 2026 ?

@Ephseb said:
" @vjl said:
" @Mavis_The said:
"Kind of insane to be making a Kick car given the amount of controversy and type of content promoted on that platform "

Honestly this right here. TLG has gotten away with a lot in the past - in 2017 making an escort into a minifig [and having her briefly in a Lego movie], seemed to go under most people's radar,"

it certainly went under my radar because I have no clue who you're referring to
"

Poor Harriet. Derided AND forgotten. Maybe the fact that she’s fictional makes it ok?

and there goes my streak of collecting every Speed Champions new era car...

I love the car blindpacks. They're hilarious and adorable and I'm buying a set of six at the earliest opportunity.

Ok but Lego is crazy if it thinks the small cars will sell more than Animall Crossing CMFs would sell.

The collectables would make great minifig scale go karts. I prefer the City F1 cars over the Speed Champions F1 cars as they will fit in my city better.

I'm happy because the Mercedes is clearly based on George Russell's car! I'll probably get that, the Williams, and some of the blind boxes.

Even as an F1 lover this decision to oversaturate lego sets with F1s is baffling. Like come on, 10 speed champions F1s? 10!?!? 2 of them are the exact same color schemes of existing ones and all the others are near identical. Very few differences and for the cost of $28 I will be shocked if these don’t get marked down quickly.

2025 just got a lot cheaper for me with 2 more entire themes out of consideration.

Good luck for the F1 fans out there!

About the truck, we had 2x Ferrari trucks as Speed Champions sets, we need new one! And it should be like car transporter for Speed Champions sets, cars, 10-wode trailer.

OK, so there's 10 teams.

What are the additional two cars in the "Collectible" range, as apparently there's 12 variants?

@speedorz4ever said:
"There's going to be an Amazon exclusive 10-pack with the Speed Champions (includes a poster).

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJDDY334?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2D5OjPmvl306ks1DfodAUDfpy_d0wuItwi3yq9cx2DPhthn6qZmHSFJyo_aem_mhGEE8rFNRO7dyJX8rZrhA&tag=bptag=20 "
Certainly hope Amazon UK will also carry that, and that it will be a decent reduction on the individual price (in a few months if not immediately).

@Murdoch17 said:
"Well, I know what I'm not spending my hard-earned money on! (who asked for Xalax 2.0!?!)

...and I never want to read they can't do My Own Train sets ever again because it uses up too many SKU slots... this F1 series of city sets proves they just hate train fans."

I'm a bit offended at this, because Xalax had some actual play value. This is just a really bad collectible scheme.

Gotta say, disappointed. I saw the article title and was excited to see what cool new things were going to pop up in Speed Champions. Turns out it's 10 of the same thing. I know, I know, there are subtle differences... But there are so many great cars that have not been made into Speed Champions yet, and now we'll have to wait another round to see them.

@Brickmasterboy said:
" @ShilohCyan said:
"So relieved the CMF-size cars are coming out now and not replacing the May-August CMF line. I was so worried.

Welcome back Xalax"
You’ve misread lol, they’re scheduled for may 1st
"

drat -_- who needs reading when you can take a news article at face value based on the pictures?

at least they look really good. Not as good as the 5-wide polybags that are the same price. but. I guess I'll take 12 of these over 1 of those per year.

@ra226 said:
"Gotta say, disappointed. I saw the article title and was excited to see what cool new things were going to pop up in Speed Champions. Turns out it's 10 of the same thing. I know, I know, there are subtle differences... But there are so many great cars that have not been made into Speed Champions yet, and now we'll have to wait another round to see them."

This is a multi-year partnership, so F1 might be able to keep other types of car out of Speed Champions for longer than a year.

@CCC said:
" @ra226 said:
"Gotta say, disappointed. I saw the article title and was excited to see what cool new things were going to pop up in Speed Champions. Turns out it's 10 of the same thing. I know, I know, there are subtle differences... But there are so many great cars that have not been made into Speed Champions yet, and now we'll have to wait another round to see them."

This is a multi-year partnership, so F1 might be able to keep other types of car out of Speed Champions for longer than a year. "
I suspect F1 is an additional SC wave, not a replacement. July/August for a 'normal' wave wouldn't surprise me!

Sticker hell.

i want a UCS spa francorchamps track for these

@Maxbricks14 said:
" @LegoMaster2006 said:
"2024 was space theamed... will 2025 be racing theamed?"

Yes it will! Specifically F1 themed. I hope Lego cintinues to do a main topic over multiple themes in the coming years, such as this year space, next year F1 etc..."

It was only kinda the first half of 2024 that was Space- the rest was like a normal year with a bit of D&D sprinkled on the top

@ShilohCyan said:
" @MisterBrickster said:
"The four horsemen of Lego press releases:

1. 'Who asked for this?' guy
2. 'Why does Lego hate [classic theme] fans?' guy
3. 'I'll grudgingly use it for parts in [classic theme] MOCs' guy
4. 'Meta commentary on the comments section' guy"

5. "Why isn't every single set Star Wars" guy"

6. Lists every type of LEGO press release horseman

Going to be a cheap wave for me, but that's ok

@Ridgeheart said:
"TLG: nooo guys we have to quit ties with Shell, Shell is bad you guys, guys noooo
Also TLG: PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR OUR NEW PROUD SPONSORS, PETRONAS AND ARAMCO!

I already hate 2025, and it hasn't even started yet."

Seriously, what difference is putting/not putting stickers of oil companies on children's toys going to make?

@Al_S said:
"OK, so there's 10 teams.

What are the additional two cars in the "Collectible" range, as apparently there's 12 variants? "

The post explains that ;)

F1 and F1 Academy show cars

I stopped following F1 and I'm still excited by these sets. The City ones are so great to play and the Duplo one is excellent

I'm so glad I have no interest in racing. That all faded when my son grew out of his Cars Movie phase.

So they are re-releasing the Mclaren and the Aston Martin F1 cars which only just came out this year but they've done the Aston Martin in the wrong green again. I hoped they would get the colour right this time but at least they have wider rear tyres now.

These are going to take a lot of space on store shelves, I hope it doesn't affect the release of newer and more original Speed Champions.

@lordofdragonss said:
"Ok but Lego is crazy if it thinks the small cars will sell more than Animall Crossing CMFs would sell."

Or another D&D. Though they're probably saving that for next year (fingers crossed).

Too bad that in City two of the teams are only in a 4+ set - so their car design is different than the rest = no complete lineup in City...

Strange that one of the mini collectible cars is also not 18+. Maybe the bull isn't visible and that's enough ;)

Well looks like I'll be saving myself some money the next year, while I don't mind having 1 F1 car mixed in with some Speed Champions sets, basically the same set over again, so I'll skip I think.

A bit OTT on F1, with 4 different formats. I can see the Ferrari SF-24 and Redbull speed champion cars selling out, but the rest having a luke-warm reception. I just hope they increase the quantities of the former to allow for this.

So there are 10 F1 teams and 12 mini cars, meaning two fictional liveries? One of them looks pink and purple, so does that mean that there's a differently coloured Friends F1 set on the horizon, a bit like how Space was in every theme in 2024, but next year it'll be F1?

The Speed Champions are better than I expected, will probably only get the Red Bull, as it looks the best to me, but the City sets are making me miss the days when the Speed Champions sets included pit lane and other builds / accessories. Love my 6-wide garages and pit-walls!
The price increase of £2 in the UK is a kicker, up almost another 10% ontop of this years rise. Hope that doesn't also apply to any 'standard' Speed Champion sets introduced in 2025 (but it will)
Really excited for Mansell's FW14 though - will have to get a set of those printed and wider wheels for my McLaren MP4/4!

@Ridgeheart said:
"TLG: nooo guys we have to quit ties with Shell, Shell is bad you guys, guys noooo
Also TLG: PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR OUR NEW PROUD SPONSORS, PETRONAS AND ARAMCO!

I already hate 2025, and it hasn't even started yet."

Counterpoint: Blacktron Renegade!

@Robot99 said:
"What's up with the wildly inconsistent "18+" labelling?"

18+ sponsorships on the cars.

This is the point where I'm going to stop collecting all the Speed Champions. It's getting too much. And I really do not like the prefab construction for the front wishbones and deflector over the front wheels.
From the large set I'm likely going to get onlyt the Red Bull.

@AllenSmith said:
" @ArchitectureFan said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Anyone understand why Set 76919 exists and then next year we will have 77251. I guess you get more pieces for the same price, but..... 8)"
They are different cars. One is the 2023 car, and the other is the 2024 car"
I honestly can't tell whether your answer is a bitingly sarcastic retort or an earnestly helpful explanation from the world of sportswheels.

It's okay. If Lego ever decided to make a 10-pack of locomotives in different liveries (HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA), I could write a similar earnestly helpful response that another reader could find equally ambiguous. Alas, Lego hates trains, so I will never get the opportunity…"

Ha, good point. Sorry for the sarcastic tone, no I was actually genuinely interested to know - are they all that different, I see some color variations, but wondered if F1 actually has different variations from year to year, or if they are the same? Or was it Lego perfecting the vehicle?

@ShilohCyan said:
" @MisterBrickster said:
"The four horsemen of Lego press releases:

1. 'Who asked for this?' guy
2. 'Why does Lego hate [classic theme] fans?' guy
3. 'I'll grudgingly use it for parts in [classic theme] MOCs' guy
4. 'Meta commentary on the comments section' guy"

5. "Why isn't every single set Star Wars" guy"

6. "Why has Lego Star Wars gone so far downhill?" guy, a. k. a. @StyleCounselor.

@Sarria said:"So they are re-releasing the Mclaren and the Aston Martin F1 cars which only just came out this year but they've done the Aston Martin in the wrong green again."

Those aren't straight re-releases but apparently (I don't follow F1) next year's cars, while the currently available ones are this year's cars.

@koruthaiolos said:
" @AllenSmith said:
" @ArchitectureFan said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Anyone understand why Set 76919 exists and then next year we will have 77251. I guess you get more pieces for the same price, but..... 8)"
They are different cars. One is the 2023 car, and the other is the 2024 car"
I honestly can't tell whether your answer is a bitingly sarcastic retort or an earnestly helpful explanation from the world of sportswheels.

It's okay. If Lego ever decided to make a 10-pack of locomotives in different liveries (HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA), I could write a similar earnestly helpful response that another reader could find equally ambiguous. Alas, Lego hates trains, so I will never get the opportunity…"

They were trying to be genuinely helpful. The real cars and the lego car builds are different between the two years. Just because the liveries look very similar, the actual car shapes are different."

Got it. Yeah I don't know that much about the different years between F1 builds. So was genuinely interested. Thanks!

I like the concept of that garage.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @ShilohCyan said:
" @MisterBrickster said:
"The four horsemen of Lego press releases:

1. 'Who asked for this?' guy
2. 'Why does Lego hate [classic theme] fans?' guy
3. 'I'll grudgingly use it for parts in [classic theme] MOCs' guy
4. 'Meta commentary on the comments section' guy"

5. "Why isn't every single set Star Wars" guy"

6. "Why has Lego Star Wars gone so far downhill?" guy, a. k. a. @StyleCounselor."

(Rides in on his blood-red chariot pulled by pitch black horses will roiling yellow eyes, snorting fire, and stamping lighting.)

We hate what we love because we love to hate.

Totally not my thing personally - but IMHO those Speed Champions models look amazing, and the entire new line seems well thought-out overall.

RE the CMF helmets, they are very cool and I think will be great for making custom space/classic space minifigures.

@kkoster79 said:
" @AllenSmith said:
" @ArchitectureFan said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Anyone understand why Set 76919 exists and then next year we will have 77251. I guess you get more pieces for the same price, but..... 8)"
They are different cars. One is the 2023 car, and the other is the 2024 car"
I honestly can't tell whether your answer is a bitingly sarcastic retort or an earnestly helpful explanation from the world of sportswheels.

It's okay. If Lego ever decided to make a 10-pack of locomotives in different liveries (HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA), I could write a similar earnestly helpful response that another reader could find equally ambiguous. Alas, Lego hates trains, so I will never get the opportunity…"

Ha, good point. Sorry for the sarcastic tone, no I was actually genuinely interested to know - are they all that different, I see some color variations, but wondered if F1 actually has different variations from year to year, or if they are the same? Or was it Lego perfecting the vehicle?"

F1 teams build a new car each year. So the McLaren F1 set 76919 that came out this year is a different vehicle from the one that you see in this article 77251.

@Robot99 said:
"What's up with the wildly inconsistent "18+" labelling?"

Red Bull is popular brand of energy drinks.

@ArchitectureFan said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Shouldn't the Speedchampion sets all be cheaper since they designed 1 car and are basically just recoloring it 10 times? "
All the cars are different. The sidepods, engine intakes, and s ducts are different for all of the cars.
"

yeah,...those are very small differences. It is pretty obvious they are virtually the same. Switching a curved slope with an inverted arch isnt exactly what I would call a completely new design...

@kkoster79 said:
" @AllenSmith said:
" @ArchitectureFan said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Anyone understand why Set 76919 exists and then next year we will have 77251. I guess you get more pieces for the same price, but..... 8)"
They are different cars. One is the 2023 car, and the other is the 2024 car"
I honestly can't tell whether your answer is a bitingly sarcastic retort or an earnestly helpful explanation from the world of sportswheels.

It's okay. If Lego ever decided to make a 10-pack of locomotives in different liveries (HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA), I could write a similar earnestly helpful response that another reader could find equally ambiguous. Alas, Lego hates trains, so I will never get the opportunity…"

Ha, good point. Sorry for the sarcastic tone, no I was actually genuinely interested to know - are they all that different, I see some color variations, but wondered if F1 actually has different variations from year to year, or if they are the same? Or was it Lego perfecting the vehicle?"

Oh, I wasn't accusing anybody of being sarcastic. I was observing that if one is like me and knows virtually nothing about racecars, they all basically look the same to him, and it would be funny to lampoon the repetitiveness by using indistinguishable differences as a rationale for why we needed another set. But if you live and breathe racecars, those differences (assuming they exist; I'll have to take somebody's word for it!) would be glaringly obvious and a perfectly reasonable rationale for a new set. And both replies could use the exact same words but have very different meanings!

Being railfan-adjacent, I have this kind of differential ability with American trains (less so with foreign ones, but still there)—where others see a collection of choo-choos, I see different manufacturers, eras, technologies, etc. But alas for me, Lego is run by a guy with taste for expensive motorcars rather than trains. I guess the question now is whether the market in general is sufficiently attuned to the differences between 2023 and 2024 Formula 1 cars to make this unprecedented outpouring of sets justifiable. My hunch would be no, but maybe I grossly underestimate the worldwide public's obsession with Formula 1. To me, they still just look like fast cars.

@kkoster79 said:
"Shouldn't the Speedchampion sets all be cheaper since they designed 1 car and are basically just recoloring it 10 times? "

There are build differences among all the cars. Not huge differences, mind you, but they are there. The varying piece counts bear this out.

Related question: do stickers get included in the piece count?

@Robot99 said:
"What's up with the wildly inconsistent "18+" labelling?"

Designers said it came down to sponsors on the cars. Though, looking at which cars got the 18+ label, I can't suss out which sponsors were deemed unsuitable for the 10+ crowd...

@DenDeze said:
"i'm a F1 fan, but i'm not spending more than 200€ to build the same thing 10 times"

Yeah, this is an incredible number of products slots for one particular IP! I just hope having all these doesn't take away slots for other non-F1 products. I see why they decided to represent every team, but unless you're an F1 completist this is just a ton of extremely similar sets that can largely be avoided.

@Bagelwolf said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Shouldn't the Speedchampion sets all be cheaper since they designed 1 car and are basically just recoloring it 10 times? "

There are build differences among all the cars. Not huge differences, mind you, but they are there. The varying piece counts bear this out.

Related question: do stickers get included in the piece count?"

No, stickers are not counted in piece count.

I think it is embarrassing that Lego is, intentionally or not, giving advertising to these brands! Red Bull, MoneyGram, Kick, Visa, etc. so strange!

The Aston and Sauber are both atrociously miscoloured. Teal and bright neon, not… whatever this is.

Having only given emotional investment to the sport since Monaco this year, I don't feel like I'm very qualified to give opinions.

However, I do think that the city sets look like f1 academy or f4 cars with the lack of sponsors. I would also give lego my money for a CMF line with the 20 drivers (and - even though he's not a driver next year *sniff* - a valterri bottas mullet hairpiece). I would also be interested if they started doing teams/drivers/cars from other eras like a car from 2020 or thereabouts because IMHO they were dead ugly with all the faffy bits coming off them.

it's actually shocking that they're allowing a set plastered in ads for Kick to be released and marketed to 10 year olds. genuinely gross imo, I hope enough people complain about this that they pull it

Every Lego fan that doesnt care about F1 will save a big amount of money in 2025... :P

On that note, I do think this collab is weird. So many stickers and ads and stuff about companies in this day and age that are not only far away from Lego as a brand (at least it used to be?), but also quite offensive in some ways... Even if the SC line is mostly towards older fans, its still Lego.

Anyway, I'm just waiting for the new Blacktron reveal. Please be good!

=)

I feel like the criticism of "all of these look the same" is a bit absurd. They're F1 cars, which are pretty heavily regulated and optimized. Of course all the cars look the same. I highly doubt most people are going to buy more than one or two of these sets to rep their favorite teams, so having the full selection of team is a really solid call IMO, especially when they can be had for multiple price points (and building levels) across the mystery packs, City sets, and Speed Champions (of course, I do have an issue with the mystery packs, but that's a larger issue with modern consumerism more than it is an issue with Lego itself). I really think, more than anything else, that diehard Lego fans need to recognize that not every lineup of sets is for them, and not every individual set has to be collected. Maybe the recent influx of recolors are meant to appeal to different audiences, instead of getting the very small minority of collectors and enthusiasts to buy a set twice.

And anyone who's shocked by this collaboration likely hasn't paid attention to F1 as of late - it's had a HUGE boost in popularity over the past couple years, and a lot of the fans are in the same demographic (upper-middle class millennials) that TLG is appealing to with their other adult-oriented sets.

I feel these Speed Champions F1 Lego sets aren’t really future proof. I mean, they will all look cool in their current 2024/25 liveries whilst new. But will anyone care about these in say 2030? I spose you could say the same for some other themes but feel these will get old pretty quickly

I LOVE THE RED BULL ORACLE! I think recoloring the exact same car 10 times was a bit obsessive but I like the color options.

@bnic99 said:
"May pick up the Ferrari or Mercedes to go with my 76919, don't really feel like getting a full grid though.

Also, (unless getting a full grid) who is buying a Hass, or Sauber?"

I got the whole grid but I would have picked up Haas even if I didn’t since it’s the only US team

Anyone see the Lego F1 ads on the Las Vegas Sphere during qualifying?

@SUPPORTFORISRAEL said:
"I LOVE THE RED BULL ORACLE! I think recoloring the exact same car 10 times was a bit obsessive but I like the color options. "

As has been pointed out multiple times, it's not the *exact* same car; there are differences between the models (how big those differences are, I have no idea) because there are differences between the real-world cars. If they were the exact same model recolored, they'd all have the same piece count.

@Huw Those small collectable bolids lack 'Minifigures' branding and do not include minifigures, so why are they included in 'Collectable Minifigures' theme here on Brickset?

@CapnRex101 said:
" @lordofthedreams9 said:
" @Huw Those small collectable bolids lack 'Minifigures' branding and do not include minifigures, so why are they included in 'Collectable Minifigures' theme here on Brickset?"

They are in the Collectable Minifigures set number sequence and are occupying the slot of a Collectable Minifigures series, although I agree it is not ideal. How would you or anyone else categorise them?"

The best solution might be getting rid of 'Minifigure' part of the theme's designation and making it 'Collectable Series'.

Easily the best Lego Reveal of all time! Can't wait to get my hands on the City sets in particular.

The halo on those City cars doesn't look all that effective...

And I thought 2024 had plenty of F1 sets already...

It seems they might be doing the same thing Space did in this year... but with F1. Really? Something as narrowly regulated and finite as an F1 car design...

When I heard the rumor of this I thought that person was joking.
Well... I guess this happens when a Brickset member sells his soul for Speed Champions to arrive faster. I hope he's having the time of his life right now...

@lordofthedreams9 said:
" @CapnRex101 said:
" @lordofthedreams9 said:
" @Huw Those small collectable bolids lack 'Minifigures' branding and do not include minifigures, so why are they included in 'Collectable Minifigures' theme here on Brickset?"

They are in the Collectable Minifigures set number sequence and are occupying the slot of a Collectable Minifigures series, although I agree it is not ideal. How would you or anyone else categorise them?"

The best solution might be getting rid of 'Minifigure' part of the theme's designation and making it 'Collectable Series'."

While I agree that would make sense on the surface, it might call into question why series like the Mario character series and maybe even vidiyo wouldn’t be included, even though they are separate things. I think the best solution right now is to just deal with it being a little off instead of reorganizing because of a single series.

@WizardOfOss said:
"The halo on those City cars doesn't look all that effective..."

At least they have them, which is more than can be said for the DUPLO cars.

I'm really only interested in the micro ones. Definitely will try to make it a goal to buy a couple every Walmart run. Even if I get duplicates, I plan to mix and match--so they aren't a problem.

@PhantomBricks said:
" @Bagelwolf said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Shouldn't the Speedchampion sets all be cheaper since they designed 1 car and are basically just recoloring it 10 times? "

There are build differences among all the cars. Not huge differences, mind you, but they are there. The varying piece counts bear this out.

Related question: do stickers get included in the piece count?"

No, stickers are not counted in piece count."

I believe that the sticker sheet actually counts as 1 part in itself so individual stickers are not counted but they do count 1 part for stickers. Not sure about sets w/ multiple sticker sheets though - and happy to be corrected if I'm wrong! :)

@fmiskolc said:
" @PhantomBricks said:
" @Bagelwolf said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Shouldn't the Speedchampion sets all be cheaper since they designed 1 car and are basically just recoloring it 10 times? "

There are build differences among all the cars. Not huge differences, mind you, but they are there. The varying piece counts bear this out.

Related question: do stickers get included in the piece count?"

No, stickers are not counted in piece count."

I believe that the sticker sheet actually counts as 1 part in itself so individual stickers are not counted but they do count 1 part for stickers. Not sure about sets w/ multiple sticker sheets though - and happy to be corrected if I'm wrong! :)"

The sticker sheets aren't listed in the inventories here, nor in the manuals in the physical sets, so I think it's safe to say that Lego does not consider them to be a part.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @fmiskolc said:
" @PhantomBricks said:
" @Bagelwolf said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"Shouldn't the Speedchampion sets all be cheaper since they designed 1 car and are basically just recoloring it 10 times? "

There are build differences among all the cars. Not huge differences, mind you, but they are there. The varying piece counts bear this out.

Related question: do stickers get included in the piece count?"

No, stickers are not counted in piece count."

I believe that the sticker sheet actually counts as 1 part in itself so individual stickers are not counted but they do count 1 part for stickers. Not sure about sets w/ multiple sticker sheets though - and happy to be corrected if I'm wrong! :)"

The sticker sheets aren't listed in the inventories here, nor in the manuals in the physical sets, so I think it's safe to say that Lego does not consider them to be a part."

I think you're correct that they don't consider it a "part" but they definitely account for it in the piece count that's also displayed on the (US) boxes.

For example: https://brickset.com/sets/60218-1/Desert-Rally-Racer is acknowledged as having 75 parts on the box and in databases but here on Brickset it says the inventory below only contains 74 pieces for 99%. Missing is the sticker sheet. Same for https://brickset.com/sets/30342-1/Lamborghini-Hurac%c3%a1n-Super-Trofeo-EVO and I think all the others w/ stickers too.

Also to answer my own questions around sets w/ multiple sticker sheets. https://brickset.com/sets/10220-1/Volkswagen-T1-Camper-Van has two sticker sheets and it looks like the inventory is 2 down from the piece count so each sticker sheet seems to count as 1 "part".

@fmiskolc: Plenty of sets that have sticker sheets have complete inventories here, and plenty that don't have them have incomplete inventories. 30343, for instance, has a sticker sheet, and all eighty-five parts in its inventory are accounted for.