Formula 1 helmets revealed!

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The Formula 1 season begins this weekend and, without any fanfare, LEGO has unveiled models of two Ferrari F1 drivers' helmets at LEGO.com this morning.

43014 Charles Leclerc Helmet and 43022 Lewis Hamilton Helmet, which comprise around 880 pieces each, will be launched on May 1st at a price of £79.99 / $89.99 / €89.99. Both come with a display stand and a minifig of the driver which have very funky hairstyles!

Given the gap between the sets' numbers, I think it's fair to assume that more will be revealed in the coming weeks.

View more pictures after the break.


43014 Charles Leclerc Helmet

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43022 Lewis Hamilton Helmet

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125 comments on this article

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By in United States,

Oh, great, yet another line of collectible helmets. I don't want to call them lazy, because the sculpting required is often quite impressive, but they are kinda boring and repetitive. That will be especially true of this lineup, I suspect. But, I imagine the F1 fans will love them regardless.

And, it looks like most (or all) decorations are prints! Unexpected and impressive; I guess this is where LEGO's printing budget for this year went. Not in love with the giant special mold for the visors, though....

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By in United States,

An infinite amount of forehead slap emojis would not be sufficient ….

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By in Australia,

I like the minifigs.

...

That's it.

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By in United Kingdom,

@BLProductions said:
"Not in love with the giant special mold for the visors, though...."

Not sure what they could’ve done otherwise in this case. If they’d used window panel pieces people would complain about the lines in between.

Shaping on these look fantastic, figs are nice too.

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By in United States,

These new Clone Trooper helmets are the worst!!!

What's all that advertising about death sticks, blue milk shots, and mythosaur horn virility treatments?!

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By in United Kingdom,

Does it come with a minifigure scale helmet or will the brick built helmet be suffice ?!

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By in Netherlands,

Indeed all prints? Now that's cool for a change! I do hope they improved their print alignment though....

As a long time F1 fan, I do kinda like these, though I'm a bit surprised by these picks. I mean, this is not exactly the most iconic helmet for Lewis (and certainly not the one he was most succesful with), and then also Charles? But then again, Ferrari is always a safe bet for merch, and it's probably the most logical team to make sets for both drivers of. I just can't imagine them doing the entire grid. Maybe they had better picked a couple of more iconic historic helmets?

€90 is a lot though, even when at least the quality seems there. And indeed those hairstyles.... The box art does look cool though!

Oh, and about those visors.....I'm kinda surprised they went for what seems to be a molded piece, though probably better than a big piece of vinyl. What bothers me more though is that even in these press pictures (renders?), in the Leclerc helmet you can see some Technic pieces inside. Now that's not a good look... I think they should at least have made the backside frosted, or the whole thing not transparent. Hopefully this is less of an issue in real life.

EDIT: just came across a leaked but oficial looking picture, showing also helmets for Verstappen, Alonso, and Senna. All with slightly different builds. That already makes it more interesting....

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By in United Kingdom,

More extraneous semi-adult fluff that detracts from interactive landscape play and the quality designs and prints those areas lack.
What purpose does this serve?

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By in Germany,

@CamberbrickGreen said:
"More extraneous semi-adult fluff that detracts from interactive landscape play and the quality designs and prints those areas lack.
What purpose does this serve?"


Making money?

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By in United States,

Too big for the minifigure, too small for me.

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By in Belgium,

The sponsors are going to be very happy…

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By in United Kingdom,

I feel like these will sell pretty well with non-Lego fans. F1 fans have money.

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By in Netherlands,

@xoddam said:
"I feel like these will sell pretty well with non-Lego fans. F1 fans have money."

Not anymore after they actually attended a race ;-)

I just watch on TV.....for this year that costs me just a bit more than one helmet. Maybe one and a half helmets after discount.

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By in United Kingdom,

I was a fan of F1 until a certain race then I went completely off it, and stayed off because of the politics and racism, but my mother is a slightly obsessed fan of Lewis and wants his helmet. And I'm going to have to build it, because I'm the afol in the household.

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By in United States,

@StyleCounselor said:
"These new Clone Trooper helmets are the worst!!!

What's all that advertising about death sticks, blue milk shots, and mythosaur horn virility treatments?!"


Right? Back in my day, we just paid the nice Jawas and didn't ask where it came from!

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By in United Kingdom,

@CamberbrickGreen said:
"More extraneous semi-adult fluff that detracts from interactive landscape play and the quality designs and prints those areas lack.
What purpose does this serve?"


Presumably to sell to F1 fans. So long as LEGO still make small toy cars in City and continue to pump out the huge range of toys aimed at children, I don't see the problem of them making some sets aimed at older teens and adults.

Does the argument also hold with semi-adult fluff like the Modulars and Botanicals, and the rest of the ICONS sets, most IDEAS sets, etc?

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By in United Kingdom,

The shaping is impressive but I can’t help but see the edges of parts and gaps between them as cracks. It looks like the helmets after an accident, albeit one where the headgear saved the drivers from serious injury.

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By in Netherlands,

Ironically, I would be hoping for stickers, as that is a lot of very useful curved bricks.

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By in Portugal,

Huh. It will be physically impossible for me not to get the eventual Senna helmet.

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By in Australia,

I'm sorry, but that just does not look like Charles Leclerc

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By in United Kingdom,

If the visor elements weren't printed, they could present some really interesting building challenges, like using a bunch for a glass skyscraper, or as part of a BIONICLE vehicle. Maybe they still can be,

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By in United Kingdom,

Looks good, will only get the Hamilton one and not bother with all the others that will inevitably be released.

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By in United Kingdom,

@CamberbrickGreen said:
"More extraneous semi-adult fluff that detracts from interactive landscape play and the quality designs and prints those areas lack.
What purpose does this serve?"


Yet, the same people complaining about this were those complaining about the play focused nature of Smart Brick.

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By in Australia,

Well I like them. Big motorsport and big Lego fan, this is a match made in heaven.

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By in Germany,

While I have lost interest in F1 years ago, these sets don't look half bad.
Whether all those decorations are actually prints remains to be seen, but if they are (and good quality at that), LEGO might actually be a step closer to catching up with the competition, quality-wise.

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By in Germany,

Give me power ranger helmets

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By in United Kingdom,

I do not understand people taking the time to write about how they do not like a certain franchise or criticise a series they will not be buying. Lego make loads of things that I am not in to. I do not like like everything. I cannot afford to buy everything anyway. I just scroll on by.

I think these look interesting and Lewis Hamilton's minifigure looks awesome.

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By in Sweden,

As a F1 fan, I have to say that I'm not interested. But there are different types of F1 fans, I suspect these will be more popular among the people who are into it for the characters, rather than the cars and the racing.

I suspect we will se 22 of these sets this year. Which makes them even more NOT interesting to me, as it would be almost €2000 to collect all of them.

Would have loved if the minifigs came with the SpeedChampions cars. But brick built helmets? Nah.

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By in Ireland,

Exactly the same build, just in different colours. And that big specialised part for the vizor is a bit meh, but probably a demand by Ferrari/ Bell/ F1.
Still, the price is not bad for what you get, and this at least is a set where the minifigure makes sense.
Unlike, say, 75430 Wicket...

I wonder if the other helmets in this series will all be current drivers.

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By in United States,

@Kre_O said:
" @CamberbrickGreen said:
"More extraneous semi-adult fluff that detracts from interactive landscape play and the quality designs and prints those areas lack.
What purpose does this serve?"


Yet, the same people complaining about this were those complaining about the play focused nature of Smart Brick."


I feel like i remember the majority of those complaints being that the Smart Brick was *bad for play*, rather than lamenting that it was play-focused at all.

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By in Estonia,

But why???

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By in Turkey,

Not a fan, easy pass... (Thank God).

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By in New Zealand,

Cool idea these helmets...But that forehead part with the Ferrari logo looks horrible with all the holes, there must be a better way to make that!!!

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By in United Kingdom,

With all the advertising on the models, LEGO should be paying fans to buy them.

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By in Ireland,

@daniellesa said:
"I was a fan of F1 until a certain race then I went completely off it, and stayed off because of the politics and racism, but my mother is a slightly obsessed fan of Lewis and wants his helmet. And I'm going to have to build it, because I'm the afol in the household. "

The one where Hamilton deliberately forced Verstappen off at one of the fastest corners on the race calendar that put Verstappen in hospital and Hamilton wasn’t even disqualified from the race? Then Hamilton went on to win the race and celebrate like he had won the title…

Yeah, that was bad alright.

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By in Netherlands,

5 years later and people are still butthurt because of that (despite some controvery still amazing!) season? Get over it....

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By in United Kingdom,

@gunther_schnitzel said:
" @daniellesa said:
"I was a fan of F1 until a certain race then I went completely off it, and stayed off because of the politics and racism, but my mother is a slightly obsessed fan of Lewis and wants his helmet. And I'm going to have to build it, because I'm the afol in the household. "

The one where Hamilton deliberately forced Verstappen off at one of the fastest corners on the race calendar that put Verstappen in hospital and Hamilton wasn’t even disqualified from the race? Then Hamilton went on to win the race and celebrate like he had won the title…

Yeah, that was bad alright."


No, I think it was the one where Verstappen forced Hamilton off by attempting an obviously impossible pass, which caused them both to crash and Verstappen's car to collide with Hamilton's cockpit in a way that would have seriously injured or killed him, were it not for the halo. Verstappen then just wandered off without so much glancing to see whether Hamilton was alright. Or maybe it was another one...

In all seriousness, either driver would have deserved to win the title based purely on their performances that season, but any reasonable person would have to acknowledge that the circumstances of the final race were dubious, at best. By the FIA's own admission, their race director literally changed the rules to facilitate an 'exciting' conclusion, in a way that gave Verstappen an almost unassailable advantage.

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By in United Kingdom,

@RTS013 said:
"
I suspect we will se 22 of these sets this year. Which makes them even more NOT interesting to me, as it would be almost €2000 to collect all of them."


I doubt they will do 22 in a year, especially the first year. They will be too similar and they'd eat each others sales. But 20 across multiple years is a possibility if the first ones do well.

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By in Netherlands,

After building helmet no1: Wow, this actually looks really cool. I love it!!!
After building helmet no2: Too bad, but this was almost the same built as the first one. Still looks nice though.
After building helmet no3: Yup... it's another helmet.
After building helmet no4: Damn, this one bored the shit out of me!
After building helmet no5: What do you mean after building it? No way I'm gonna build another one

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By in United States,

I wonder what's going on with Shell here because I know LEGO promised not to work with them ever again. I know this isn't directly working with them, but at the same time I'm no expert in LEGO's ties to the sponsors of a racing IP, IDK

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By in United States,

@darthnorman said:
"Give me power ranger helmets"
I would love this, as a fan of Power Rangers and Super Sentai. There are so many different helmets to choose from!

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By in United States,

I understand why they're using the eight time champion's Ferrari helmet, as it is his current one, but I would have much preferred Hamilton's Mercedes helmet.

Yes, I am aware of what the official record book says. I also know what I saw take place in 2021 and as far as I'm concerned, Hamilton won that championship.

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By in United States,

@The_Sly_Fox said:
"I do not understand people taking the time to write about how they do not like a certain franchise or criticise a series they will not be buying. Lego make loads of things that I am not in to. I do not like like everything. I cannot afford to buy everything anyway. I just scroll on by.

I think these look interesting and Lewis Hamilton's minifigure looks awesome. "


For a collective fan base that is supposedly known to be very friendly and accepting, some Lego fans really come across as entitled as hell, when the specific series they personally love isn't featured. And it's especially worst when the helmets are released. We get it, you don't like then and you are just so pretentious and cool. Lego sets are made with a very broad audience in mind.

The Star Wars Helmets were what got me back into Lego as an adult and now I've spent countless dollars all over the Lego lineup. Personally I think they are a really cool series and look great displayed. I enjoy the "model" look and feel to the designs and it feels like I'm really building something. Not everything is for everyone. Personally I never got into Formula 1, so I'll be passing, but I do find these fascinating and clearly they sell if Lego keeps churning them out.

What I'm most curious about is the licensing. They obviously have a lot of sponsor logos and such on these, so I wonder how that worked on the back end. Is that a deal that F1 has they can use those logos on products sold?

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By in Netherlands,

@damien said:
"After building helmet no1: Wow, this actually looks really cool. I love it!!!
After building helmet no2: Too bad, but this was almost the same built as the first one. Still looks nice though.
After building helmet no3: Yup... it's another helmet.
After building helmet no4: Damn, this one bored the shit out of me!
After building helmet no5: What do you mean after building it? No way I'm gonna build another one"


Considering the price, I don't expect all that many people to build so many to begin with.....if they would end up doing the entire grid, that's €2000 of helmets....
(plus more for legacy helmets like the Senna one)

In that regard I think it would have made more sense to keep them a lot cheaper (like the SC cars) to encourage getting them all. But that would probably have resulted in really tiny helmets, as these ones right now are not exactly big to begin with.

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By in Sweden,

Zero interest in these but the design looks fantastic, kudos to the designer!

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By in United States,

@daniellesa said:
"I was a fan of F1 until a certain race then I went completely off it, and stayed off because of the politics and racism, but my mother is a slightly obsessed fan of Lewis and wants his helmet. And I'm going to have to build it, because I'm the afol in the household. "

I didn't completely quit watching F1 because of 2021, but my love for it certainly disappeared and has been gone since.

I will say that I completely agree with your comment about the racism involved when it comes to said driver, and just leave it at that.

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By in France,

At last Hamilton the GOAT !!!!!!!

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By in Canada,

I would assume that are quite a few new parts in there (not just the visor). If those are indeed prints, this means we'll have to wait a bit before we can get them plain (for moccing).

This is not my thing but I'm always happy to see new parts or recolours. The comments from F1 fans above are mixed; then again, some people like the race itself, some people like the cars and the technology that goes into them, some people like the people doing the race (there is also quite a bit a national pride in those things). Happy for those who are into it - a little something to please all tastes in nature.

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By in United States,

Well, one thing’s for sure. That’s not another car.

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By in United States,

@CamberbrickGreen said:
"More extraneous semi-adult fluff that detracts from interactive landscape play and the quality designs and prints those areas lack.
What purpose does this serve?"


Oh boy you've got another thing coming...don't look up "Lego SpongeBob 2026"...

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By in United States,

I would have thought these would be a lot cheaper with all the advertising on them. ;)

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By in United Kingdom,

@gunther_schnitzel said:
" @daniellesa said:
"I was a fan of F1 until a certain race then I went completely off it, and stayed off because of the politics and racism, but my mother is a slightly obsessed fan of Lewis and wants his helmet. And I'm going to have to build it, because I'm the afol in the household. "

The one where Hamilton deliberately forced Verstappen off at one of the fastest corners on the race calendar that put Verstappen in hospital and Hamilton wasn’t even disqualified from the race? Then Hamilton went on to win the race and celebrate like he had won the title…

Yeah, that was bad alright.
"


Nope, it was when the FIA fixed the champion results.

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By in United Kingdom,

@damien said:
"After building helmet no1: Wow, this actually looks really cool. I love it!!!
After building helmet no2: Too bad, but this was almost the same built as the first one. Still looks nice though.
After building helmet no3: Yup... it's another helmet.
After building helmet no4: Damn, this one bored the shit out of me!
After building helmet no5: What do you mean after building it? No way I'm gonna build another one"


Plus you've got to buy them before building them. First few, £79.99 / $89.99 / €89.99. Next few, £84.99 / $95.99 / €95.99. Then the internal "We've got the suckers now" memo. Next few, £89.99 / $99.99 / €99.99.

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By in Ireland,

@daniellesa said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
" @daniellesa said:
"I was a fan of F1 until a certain race then I went completely off it, and stayed off because of the politics and racism, but my mother is a slightly obsessed fan of Lewis and wants his helmet. And I'm going to have to build it, because I'm the afol in the household. "

The one where Hamilton deliberately forced Verstappen off at one of the fastest corners on the race calendar that put Verstappen in hospital and Hamilton wasn’t even disqualified from the race? Then Hamilton went on to win the race and celebrate like he had won the title…

Yeah, that was bad alright.
"


Nope, it was when the FIA fixed the champion results. "


You mean Hamiltons first title where they knew about the Singapore GP race fixing and did nothing about it. Good call.

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By in United Kingdom,

@SithLord196 said:
"I understand why they're using the eight time champion's Ferrari helmet, as it is his current one, but I would have much preferred Hamilton's Mercedes helmet. "

I'm sure many would, but his current employer will not want their current star advertising another company.

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By in Ireland,

@SithLord196 said:
"I understand why they're using the eight time champion's Ferrari helmet, as it is his current one, but I would have much preferred Hamilton's Mercedes helmet.

Yes, I am aware of what the official record book says. I also know what I saw take place in 2021 and as far as I'm concerned, Hamilton won that championship. "


Seven. Should be six. Singapore GP 2008.

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By in United States,

I have no doubts these helmets are just sidepieces for the minifigures.

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By in United States,

@Jack_Rizzo said:
"If the visor elements weren't printed, they could present some really interesting building challenges, like using a bunch for a glass skyscraper, or as part of a BIONICLE vehicle. Maybe they still can be,"

SPACESHIP!!!!

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By in United States,

These are cool.

I have no interest in F1, but these make neat displays. I might grab one just to enjoy the build.

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By in Czechia,

Bring castles back!

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By in Sweden,

"Both come with a display stand and a minifig of the driver which have very funky hairstyles!"

Helmet hair.

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By in United States,

These are definitely not for me, but I’m always excited for new Fig bits!

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By in United States,

I like that tr.red piece... I just want that

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By in United States,

These look really well done. I wouldn't have guessed it since I'm not an F1 fan, but I did pick up a few of the cars. I don't follow any specific team or driver so would have no need for adding this to my shelf, but I like how they shaped it. I will consider if one looks exceptionally cool and a sale is had.

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By in Netherlands,

Those are some ferociously ugly helmets.

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By in United States,

I like the Shell logos. The minifigs will go well with 6381

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By in United States,

On the one hand, it's good that these are printed instead of stickers. On the other hand, that severely limits their utility as parts packs. The decoration on these helmets isn't well suited to Lego, because the lines are too narrow and jagged to brick-build. Building a smooth outer surface and then decorating every inch of it seems like a waste, because you're ultimately seeing the decorations, not the build.

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By in Germany,

So where are all the sticker defenders arguing that it's impossible for TLG to print everything because of limited storage space, budget and part reusability?
Star Wars fans sure got the shorter end of the stick with the helmet collection, considering the price of these F1 helmets with exclusive minifigures and licensing.

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By in Ireland,

@SithLord196 said:
"Yes, I am aware of what the official record book says. I also know what I saw take place in 2021 and as far as I'm concerned, Hamilton won that championship. "
Sounds like someone who keeps claiming that he won the 2020 USA election...

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By in United States,

@R0Sch said:
"So where are all the sticker defenders arguing that it's impossible for TLG to print everything because of limited storage space, budget and part reusability?
Star Wars fans sure got the shorter end of the stick with the helmet collection, considering the price of these F1 helmets with exclusive minifigures and licensing."


If you're familiar with the specific details of these two licensing deals, then by all means, explain. Sounds like it'd be a fascinating discussion once we had actual facts to discuss.

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By in Germany,

@iwybs said:
"On the one hand, it's good that these are printed instead of stickers. On the other hand, that severely limits their utility as parts packs."
It is really easy to wipe prints. I've done it loads of times, especially for my monofig collection.

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By in United Kingdom,

They look pretty good. I think it’s nice that F1 fans are getting a bit of variety.

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By in Puerto Rico,

Nice ones.

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By in United States,

@R0Sch said:
"So where are all the sticker defenders arguing that it's impossible for TLG to print everything because of limited storage space, budget and part reusability?
Star Wars fans sure got the shorter end of the stick with the helmet collection, considering the price of these F1 helmets with exclusive minifigures and licensing."


1. Compound curves.
2. See Point 1.

That is all.

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By in United States,

@StyleCounselor said:
"What's all that advertising about death sticks, blue milk shots, and mythosaur horn virility treatments?!"

Wait, Mythosaur horns increase virility?!? I hollowed out mine to store gunpowder. If only I’d known…

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By in United States,

Charles Leclerc's minifig's hair is a preexisting mold, but i believe Lewis Hamilton's minifig's hair is new

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By in Germany,

@PurpleDave said:
" @R0Sch said:
"So where are all the sticker defenders arguing that it's impossible for TLG to print everything because of limited storage space, budget and part reusability?
Star Wars fans sure got the shorter end of the stick with the helmet collection, considering the price of these F1 helmets with exclusive minifigures and licensing."


1. Compound curves.
2. See Point 1.

That is all."


Yeah right! Half of the parts are simple curved slopes. Besides, we have seen LEGO put stickers on compound curves before e.g. Speed Champions, Fortnite Mech, etc.

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By in United States,

F1 needs to stop pushing F1 on me. I don’t want your movie. I don’t want your tv broadcasts. I don’t want your toys

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By in United States,

But why are there no rangefinders?

Billund (2029) - "We are proud to announce that LEGO has made the decision to solely focus on F1 going forward with additional limited offerings of Marvel Hulkbusters, City ATVs, Star Wars X-Wings, and of course, Brickheadz."

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By in United Kingdom,

Well, we all know why Charles' hair is like that - must be the water.
I don't think it actually looks all that much like him to be honest.

But the helmet builds are quite cool. A little pricey, but cool. Given how expensive even small helmet replicas can be I think these are reasonable.

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By in Canada,

At first, I thought the helmet belonged to Richard Mille - then I saw both helmets had the name on it. Turns out Richard Mille is a guy that sells million dollars watches. Have a look at the RM 69 Titanium, it comes with Donald Trump sentences on it (only US$1,404,000.00).

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By in United Kingdom,

I think it would look good on an up-scaled minifigure body but I'm guessing it is a little too large to suit that combination.

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By in Belgium,

The thing that puts me off the most with the helmet series is how itsy bitsy tiny all of these are,...
like, ridiculously tiny...

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By in United Kingdom,

@HOBBES said:
"At first, I thought the helmet belonged to Richard Mille - then I saw both helmets had the name on it. Turns out Richard Mille is a guy that sells million dollars watches. Have a look at the RM 69 Titanium, it comes with Donald Trump sentences on it (only US$1,404,000.00)."

I know, I only had budget for a Lego UCS set or a Richard Mille watch.

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By in Germany,

Well they are sort of round.......ish

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By in Netherlands,

I think they look good. I don’t need any of them. Not a F1 fan. But i like the wig piece on Hamilton a lot

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By in United States,

I like the looks of them but I'm not sure if everyone truly appreciates how small they are, once completed. I have always considered these to be kind of a midlevel impulse buy, usually only when on sale. But the costs of these type "helmets" continues to grow significantly while they remain relatively the same diminished size, irrespective of the increase in piece count. A $60 set on sale is a much easier pill to swallow then a $90 set on sale (assuming you can find a sale).

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By in United Kingdom,

@daniellesa said:
"but my mother is a slightly obsessed fan of Lewis and wants his helmet."

Don't they all.

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By in United States,

I'm a big fan of the updated Jay hair piece, it'll be nice to give him a show-accurate shade. Hopefully it shows up in future sets too...

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By in United Kingdom,

Assuming these helmets are the same size as the Star Wars ones… well, I saw what Games Workshop was charging for the 1/4 scale replica Space Marine helmets they did with Weta Workshop, and those looked positively titchy and cost £120. And you don’t get the fun building experience. Lego helmets seem fine to me, even if I’m not all that interested in the F1 ones.

(I miss when they were partnering with Bandai, who definitely added a Games Workshop premium on but given Bandai's typical starting point you could get a nice chonky Salamander and not feel completely ripped off. The JoyToy/Weta partnerships have been a bit more wince-worthy.)

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By in United States,

@R0Sch said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @R0Sch said:
"So where are all the sticker defenders arguing that it's impossible for TLG to print everything because of limited storage space, budget and part reusability?
Star Wars fans sure got the shorter end of the stick with the helmet collection, considering the price of these F1 helmets with exclusive minifigures and licensing."


1. Compound curves.
2. See Point 1.

That is all."


Yeah right! Half of the parts are simple curved slopes. Besides, we have seen LEGO put stickers on compound curves before e.g. Speed Champions, Fortnite Mech, etc."


I’m seeing five elements on the yellow LH helmet that have compound curves. The visor is big enough they probably can’t have you put a sticker on it because it would be too difficult to get lined up. The rest may just be licensor requirements, like how Speed Champions sets need to have headlights (when they’re not brickbuilt) and logos printed. If the licensor demands something, that’s going to make a difference. Disney made them change the color of a Mixel joint (dark-bley when it was normally color locked to light-bley), and Minions 2 appears to have forced them to repeat the exact same change.

And just because a thing was allowed yesterday doesn’t mean it hasn’t been banned today. That’s how the whole “illegal technique” thing got started in the first place.

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By in United States,

Is that Perplexity sponsorship print on Hamilton's yellow helmet supposed to be upside down like that?

edit:
Ok, found an image of the real helmet and it's larger and further up on top and meant to be read from overhead looking forward so technically LEGO got the orientation right, but at this scale and placement it looks like a faux pas.

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By in United Kingdom,

@CCC said:
" @CamberbrickGreen said:
"More extraneous semi-adult fluff that detracts from interactive landscape play and the quality designs and prints those areas lack.
What purpose does this serve?"


Presumably to sell to F1 fans. So long as LEGO still make small toy cars in City and continue to pump out the huge range of toys aimed at children, I don't see the problem of them making some sets aimed at older teens and adults.

Does the argument also hold with semi-adult fluff like the Modulars and Botanicals, and the rest of the ICONS sets, most IDEAS sets, etc?"


I would argue that modulars are interactive enough to suit children fine but for kids who like F1 these are not adding to play value that much. While the production is decent on display and novelty sets it’s frustrating that the quality is repeatedly poorer on many interactive play sets.

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By in United States,

Charles has dark hair! Black would be much better.

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By in United States,

I don't get the hate and negativity from some people. If you don't want them, don't buy them! It's not like LEGO is lacking for options of stuff you can buy. Nobody's forcing you to buy F1 stuff just like no one is forcing you to buy Friends or Star Wars if you aren't a fan.

I for one don't personally follow F1, though I am a NASCAR fan. Despite this, I like some of the F1 cars and have bought all the Speed Champions, plus I want to get one or two of the big Technic models. Sadly I don't think I have room in my collection for these as well, especially not being a diehard fan. However, the sculpting on these looks fantastic and if someday they could extend these to some NASCAR drivers I'd be hard-pressed to pass them up.

TL;DR - These probably aren't something I will buy, but they look great and I have no issue with LEGO making them for the fans who will buy them.

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By in Brazil,

At least the visor looks like a cool piece. I look forward to seeing if it’ll be used in Star Wars.

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By in Sweden,

@PurpleDave said:
" @R0Sch said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @R0Sch said:
"So where are all the sticker defenders arguing that it's impossible for TLG to print everything because of limited storage space, budget and part reusability?
Star Wars fans sure got the shorter end of the stick with the helmet collection, considering the price of these F1 helmets with exclusive minifigures and licensing."


1. Compound curves.
2. See Point 1.

That is all."


Yeah right! Half of the parts are simple curved slopes. Besides, we have seen LEGO put stickers on compound curves before e.g. Speed Champions, Fortnite Mech, etc."


I’m seeing five elements on the yellow LH helmet that have compound curves. The visor is big enough they probably can’t have you put a sticker on it because it would be too difficult to get lined up. The rest may just be licensor requirements, like how Speed Champions sets need to have headlights (when they’re not brickbuilt) and logos printed. If the licensor demands something, that’s going to make a difference. Disney made them change the color of a Mixel joint (dark-bley when it was normally color locked to light-bley), and Minions 2 appears to have forced them to repeat the exact same change.

And just because a thing was allowed yesterday doesn’t mean it hasn’t been banned today. That’s how the whole “illegal technique” thing got started in the first place."


I only see TWO types of pieces with compound curved surfaces that have to be prints, the 5x5 quarter domes used at the back, and the 2x2 dishes lower down. Everything else that you are referring to are ruled surfaces, which unlike compound curved surfaces can be flattened without stretching or deforming. Look it up. As it also works in reverse, you can take a flat sticker and bend it to fit a ruled surface without stretching or deforming it. That is why it has been done in sets before, on thing like cylinders and cones, as well as headlight slopes and windscreens in SpeedChampions. For compound curved surfaces that simply cannot be done.

Sorry, it's just one of my pet peeves. Ruled surfaces and compound curved surfaces are not the same thing, and people confuse them all the time.

As for stickers and prints in Lego sets, they both have their pros and cons. Sometimes I prefer prints and sometimes I prefer stickers.

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By in United States,

@RTS013 said:
"I only see TWO types of pieces with compound curved surfaces that have to be prints, the 5x5 quarter domes used at the back, and the 2x2 dishes lower down. Everything else that you are referring to are ruled surfaces, which unlike compound curved surfaces can be flattened without stretching or deforming. Look it up. As it also works in reverse, you can take a flat sticker and bend it to fit a ruled surface without stretching or deforming it. That is why it has been done in sets before, on thing like cylinders and cones, as well as headlight slopes and windscreens in SpeedChampions. For compound curved surfaces that simply cannot be done."

Point is that on those parts forming the forehead, alignment becomes a massive pain because it’s difficult to center the sticker, it’s difficult to orient the sticker, and if you don’t do both pretty well the result looks terrible. While it may be possible to put stickers on them, it looks like they haven’t done a sticker that fully covers the flank of part 41749 or 41750 since 2015. Small stickers, sure, but those are a bit more manageable on such a curvy surface.

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By in United States,

@StyleCounselor said:"These new Clone Trooper helmets are the worst!!!

What's all that advertising about death sticks, blue milk shots, and mythosaur horn virility treatments?!"


Best comment, can't be topped.

ra226 said:"Right? Back in my day, we just paid the nice Jawas and didn't ask where it came from!"

I stand corrected.

@AustinPowers said:
" @iwybs said:
"On the one hand, it's good that these are printed instead of stickers. On the other hand, that severely limits their utility as parts packs."
It is really easy to wipe prints. I've done it loads of times, especially for my monofig collection. "


"Bring out the fleece-crested scepter of Q-Teep and the Pol'eesh remover of Na'il."

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By in United States,

These have to be some of the worst LEGO sets I've ever seen in my entire life.

Why anyone would pay money for copy / pasted builds that, even with so many specialized parts, still only manage to do a mediocre job of imitating boring, commonplace objects designed for safety is beyond me. What's next? Brick built LEGO disposable masks? Maybe we'll start seeing a "hats and caps of the world" collection in the near future.

It doesn't even hold up as a parts pack because the new and most desirable parts unique to these sets are covered with corporate brand logos. With taxes and everything else, people are essentially paying close to $100 USD EACH for the privilege of advertising for corporations inside their own home. Wow. Amazing.

Being a fan of something is well and good--I think it's important that people have hobbies or things that they're passionate about and can connect with other people over, but there is a point when describing yourself as a fan really just becomes an excuse for being an idiot. These sets are that point.

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By in United States,

@graymattr said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"What's all that advertising about death sticks, blue milk shots, and mythosaur horn virility treatments?!"

Wait, Mythosaur horns increase virility?!? I hollowed out mine to store gunpowder. If only I’d known…
"


If you blow on it hard enough, it should still work. That's what I heard anyway.

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By in Netherlands,

@PurpleDave said:
"Point is that on those parts forming the forehead, alignment becomes a massive pain because it’s difficult to center the sticker, it’s difficult to orient the sticker, and if you don’t do both pretty well the result looks terrible."

Has that ever before stopped Lego from using stickers instead of prints?

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By in New Zealand,

These are great. I hope they do Star Wars ones too.

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By in United Kingdom,

@namekuji said:
"These are great. I hope they do Star Wars ones too."

You hope that they do a series of Star Wars helmets?!?

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By in United States,

You know what? Sure. As long as it's not a fifth version of the same car in 2 years.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Vesperas said:
"These have to be some of the worst LEGO sets I've ever seen in my entire life.

Why anyone would pay money for copy / pasted builds that, even with so many specialized parts, still only manage to do a mediocre job of imitating boring, commonplace objects designed for safety is beyond me. What's next? Brick built LEGO disposable masks? Maybe we'll start seeing a "hats and caps of the world" collection in the near future.

It doesn't even hold up as a parts pack because the new and most desirable parts unique to these sets are covered with corporate brand logos. With taxes and everything else, people are essentially paying close to $100 USD EACH for the privilege of advertising for corporations inside their own home. Wow. Amazing.

Being a fan of something is well and good--I think it's important that people have hobbies or things that they're passionate about and can connect with other people over, but there is a point when describing yourself as a fan really just becomes an excuse for being an idiot. These sets are that point."


This post could be applied to any adult sets where you are not a fan of the subject matter.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Vesperas said:
"These have to be some of the worst LEGO sets I've ever seen in my entire life.

Why anyone would pay money for copy / pasted builds that, even with so many specialized parts, still only manage to do a mediocre job of imitating boring, commonplace objects designed for safety is beyond me. What's next? Brick built LEGO disposable masks? Maybe we'll start seeing a "hats and caps of the world" collection in the near future.

It doesn't even hold up as a parts pack because the new and most desirable parts unique to these sets are covered with corporate brand logos. With taxes and everything else, people are essentially paying close to $100 USD EACH for the privilege of advertising for corporations inside their own home. Wow. Amazing.

Being a fan of something is well and good--I think it's important that people have hobbies or things that they're passionate about and can connect with other people over, but there is a point when describing yourself as a fan really just becomes an excuse for being an idiot. These sets are that point."


And there we have it (if these sets aren't stickers), we have someone moaning that pieces are printed instead of having stickers.

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By in United States,

@WizardOfOss said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Point is that on those parts forming the forehead, alignment becomes a massive pain because it’s difficult to center the sticker, it’s difficult to orient the sticker, and if you don’t do both pretty well the result looks terrible."

Has that ever before stopped Lego from using stickers instead of prints?"


Recently? Yes. Look at the UCS plaques.

@ShilohCyan said:
"You know what? Sure. As long as it's not a fifth version of the same car in 2 years. "

Got you covered! The fifth version released in only one day, so we’re well into double digits during the second year.

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By in Belgium,

@Kre_O said:
" @Vesperas said:
"These have to be some of the worst LEGO sets I've ever seen in my entire life.

Why anyone would pay money for copy / pasted builds that, even with so many specialized parts, still only manage to do a mediocre job of imitating boring, commonplace objects designed for safety is beyond me. What's next? Brick built LEGO disposable masks? Maybe we'll start seeing a "hats and caps of the world" collection in the near future.

It doesn't even hold up as a parts pack because the new and most desirable parts unique to these sets are covered with corporate brand logos. With taxes and everything else, people are essentially paying close to $100 USD EACH for the privilege of advertising for corporations inside their own home. Wow. Amazing.

Being a fan of something is well and good--I think it's important that people have hobbies or things that they're passionate about and can connect with other people over, but there is a point when describing yourself as a fan really just becomes an excuse for being an idiot. These sets are that point."


And there we have it (if these sets aren't stickers), we have someone moaning that pieces are printed instead of having stickers."


Well it depends on what type of LEGO-fan you are I suppose.

-As a moc-builder, I love stickers, because I can shoose not to apply them, so I can use the parts as they are.
-As a display-fan/collector, I suppose you hate stickers and want printed pieces all around.

You can't please both, because there is conflicting interest...

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By in United States,

@Vesperas said:
"Being a fan of something is well and good--I think it's important that people have hobbies or things that they're passionate about and can connect with other people over, but there is a point when describing yourself as a fan really just becomes an excuse for being an idiot. These sets are that point."

We didn't sufficiently put our foot down when it was "why this popular license? I've never heard of it from under my rock" and "why would anyone want to build a Lego version of a real object?" and look where we are now. '"People who like the set I don't like are idiots." I blame myself, personally.

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By in United Kingdom,

I like F1 but wouldn't recognise any individual's helmet. These do look pretty good though. Might be tempted in a few months, when they're about £55.

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By in United States,

@BelgianBricker said:
"Well it depends on what type of LEGO-fan you are I suppose.

-As a moc-builder, I love stickers, because I can shoose not to apply them, so I can use the parts as they are.
-As a display-fan/collector, I suppose you hate stickers and want printed pieces all around.

You can't please both, because there is conflicting interest..."


For an individual it can even depend on the intended use. If I don’t want the print on the part, or I want to use it on a different (compatible) part, stickers are usually preferred. But as soon as 14769pb209 became available, I bought two to sub in for the pair of 4150pb151 that were on the front wheels of my Shellraiser MOC. Now it’s 100% sticker-free, and I don’t have to worry about them getting damaged at outdoor shows.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Kre_O said:
" @CamberbrickGreen said:
"More extraneous semi-adult fluff that detracts from interactive landscape play and the quality designs and prints those areas lack.
What purpose does this serve?"


Yet, the same people complaining about this were those complaining about the play focused nature of Smart Brick."


I wouldn’t complain about a focus on play but fad-like gadgets, expensive novelty gimmicks or an exclusively adult market, yes.

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By in Germany,

Looks like the visor has stickers after all. But there are spare ones included on the sheet and also, besides a long strip, the possibility to use 3 shorter ones if you're not very dexterous. (source: JBS ig reel)

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By in United States,

@R0Sch said:
"Looks like the visor has stickers after all. But there are spare ones included on the sheet and also, besides a long strip, the possibility to use 3 shorter ones if you're not very dexterous. (source: JBS ig reel)"

That’s…weird. I can’t recall them ever offering advanced/novice options for stickers in the same set before. Extra stickers that weren’t needed in the original Batman theme from 2006-2008, sure, but those didn’t have any correlation to the stickers called for use on the models. They were purely bonus stickers, usually of the oval Batman logo.

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By in United States,

If they really do a Senna helmet, I'm all in.

The modern helmets don't excite me as much, but I'm pleased with the way they turned out.

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By in United Kingdom,


Imagine paying all that money for a product and then it just sits there, advertising at you, forever.

Paying to be advertised to; what a dystopian timeline we're in!

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By in Ireland,

@bananaworld said:
"Imagine paying all that money for a product and then it just sits there, advertising at you, forever.
Paying to be advertised to; what a dystopian timeline we're in!"

Imagine paying £100 for a shirt that's worth a tenner, so you can advertise for your favourite football team's sponsor...

Just noticed on Lego.com that the helmets are part of a theme "Editions", along with the Fifa trophy and the football.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Duq said:
"Imagine paying £100 for a shirt that's worth a tenner, so you can advertise for your favourite football team's sponsor..."

Exactly!

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By in United States,

@bananaworld said:
"
Imagine paying all that money for a product and then it just sits there, advertising at you, forever.

Paying to be advertised to; what a dystopian timeline we're in!"


60500

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By in United States,

@Duq said:
" @bananaworld said:
"Imagine paying all that money for a product and then it just sits there, advertising at you, forever.
Paying to be advertised to; what a dystopian timeline we're in!"

Imagine paying £100 for a shirt that's worth a tenner, so you can advertise for your favourite football team's sponsor...

Just noticed on Lego.com that the helmets are part of a theme "Editions", along with the Fifa trophy and the football."


From https://brickset.com/article/127596/lego-fifa-world-cup-football-sets-coming-in-2026!: "LEGO Editions is a new platform that will connect young people with their icons and passions, creating a space to celebrate achievements and talent." Which is typical marketing buzzword-speak, but you get the idea.

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By in United States,

Not my thing personally, but come on, folks, these helmet designs are pretty cool-looking.

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By in United States,

So basically a bunch of models with not much more than a recolor and change of stickers ........................ thank GOD we have the F1 cars themselves.................

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By in United States,

@GotMeBrickedUp said:
" @BLProductions said:
"Not in love with the giant special mold for the visors, though...."

Not sure what they could’ve done otherwise in this case. If they’d used window panel pieces people would complain about the lines in between.

Shaping on these look fantastic, figs are nice too. "


I agree. The figs are amazing, but the set is just way too expensive in my opinion. :(

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