Review: 77262 Ken Block's 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V1
Posted by CapnRex101,
76921 Audi S1 e-tron quattro was launched two years ago, based on the car designed to appear in Ken Block's last Gymkhana videos. 77262 Ken Block's 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V1 is inspired by an earlier video and I think the car looks fantastic in LEGO form!
Block's heavily modified Ford Mustang makes a pleasing change for Speed Champions, which has been dominated by modern supercars and F1 cars lately. Brilliant though many of those sets are, I am happy to see something new, with an outstanding Ken Block minifigure included as well.
Summary
77262 Ken Block's 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V1, 345 pieces.
£22.99 / $29.99 / €27.99 | 6.7p, 8.7c, 8.1c per piece.
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This recreation of the Hoonicorn Ford Mustang V1 is a brilliant tribute to Ken Block
- Distinctive and authentic shape
- Unexpected interior detail
- Great building techniques
- Highly detailed minifigure
- Door ridges are exaggerated
- Radiator should be printed
Minifigure
Minifigures are rarely a focus for Speed Champions sets, but the graphic designer has clearly made sure to give Ken Block particular attention. The late rally and gymkhana driver features ample detail here, dressed as he was in the Gymkhana Seven video, with a grey bandana and an open-faced helmet.
I recognised this helmet element when the set was announced, but only just realised this is the piece designed for Bad Cop from The LEGO Movie, moulded entirely in black rather than black and white. The original helmet is decorated with the American flag and Ken Block's surname on the reverse, but the simplified design looks good to me.
This minifigure also comes with a printed cap and an alternative head, without the sunglasses. While wearing the helmet, a double-sided head would be fine, but with the cap on, the back of the head must be plain. Normally, I would like Speed Champions to reserve more of each set's budget for the car, but in this case, I am glad Ken Block has received a premium minifigure.
Reference
Source - motorauthority.com
The Completed Model
As is often the case for Speed Champions cars, this model is instantly recognisable, although certain features of the real car are exaggerated a little. The proportions are accurate and I like the new wheel arches in particular, which are unlike anything seen on other Speed Champions cars, so they help this one stand out even more.
Notably, the Monster branding on the original car is absent and I do miss those green accents, although I can understand avoiding energy drink advertisements. Even so, this combination of black and pearl gold looks lovely and I think the designer was wise not to attempt the real car's subtle camouflage pattern, which would need to cover the whole vehicle.
There are quite a few stickers and printed pieces included, however. The headlights are printed and I hoped the radiator would be too, as an essential detail, but this and the Hoonigan designs above and below use stickers. The bodywork shape is impressive though, capturing the angular edges over the headlights and the splitter.
You could be forgiven for assuming this is a relatively simple design for Speed Champions, as the original car is quite 'blocky'. It is remarkably complex though and the velocity stacks on the bonnet are a particular highlight. A lesser rendition of this car would include four pipes between the intake and the engine, which would be easy, but this one ingeniously captures all eight.
A couple of new elements have been developed for the Hoonicorn, including wheel inserts and the aforementioned wheel arches. The latter could be useful for various performance cars, with wide body kits, while the wheel inserts are moulded to match the real car. Ideally, they would be metallic gold, but I think pearl gold looks fine.
I earlier alluded to exaggerated features and the ridges on the doors are a prime example, as these should be quite subtle, but at this scale, 1x2x2/3 slopes were really the only option. The racing numbers therefore look slightly awkward from certain angles, with an obvious split down the middle. I love the use of minifigure neck brackets further back though, denoting unpainted sections of the wheel arches.
77263 BMW M3 (E30) attracted a lot of attention for its new windscreen with dual-moulded A-pillars, but they are available here too. The lack of these pillars on other sets has never really bothered me before, although I am happy to see them represented, at last. A sticker is applied along the top of the windscreen, with two more on the roof.
The interior is not terribly spacious, but there is just enough room to seat Ken Block behind the steering wheel, with the pearl gold E-brake beside him. Gold is an accurate colour for the lever and there are plenty of other accurate interior details too, such as the printed speedometer and angled switch panel flanking the steering wheel.
In addition, Minecraft ladders are neatly integrated on either side, representing sections of the Hoonicorn's reinforced chassis. These are almost completely hidden when the roof is attached, but I am glad such small details are included, nonetheless.
The car looks relatively simple towards the back, using 2x2 curved wedge slopes for rounded bodywork on each side and a pair of spoiler elements designed for four-wide cars as a bigger spoiler here, which I find quite funny. The brick-built rear lights also look superb, with a printed Mustang RTR badge in the middle.
Overall
Speed Champions seems to improve every year, often benefiting from versatile new elements and developing unique building techniques. 77262 Ken Block's 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V1 takes full advantage of both, recreating the car with impressive accuracy. Furthermore, the Ken Block minifigure is exceptional, especially with its alternative heads.
There are nineteen stickers included, which is quite a lot for a model of this size, though fewer than many Speed Champions sets. Still, I wish the radiator had been printed because the truly essential details often are, in case you prefer not to apply stickers. The cost of individual Speed Champions cars has now risen to $29.99 in the US, which is beginning to feel quite expensive, but £22.99 or €27.99 in Europe still seems reasonable to me.
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A guy named Block gets made in blocks, gotta love it.
€27,99 converted to US dollars is $32,24. the European price is much too high.
@Peterb1602 said:
"€27,99 converted to US dollars is $32,24. the European price is much too high."
if that is including with VAT that is basically the exact price i paid for mine with my local sales tax
Loved many of Ken Block's videos.
Great set, once again shame about the stickers though.
Maybe we get lucky one day and Mould King gets to make a version of this car. Then it would be all prints, include a display case and still be only 20 Euro. Alas, one can dream.
I haven’t purchased this set yet, but it’s on the top of my list. I appreciate the attention to detail. I may modify with a chain out the back tho. Interesting side note, I first saw the video as part of my “orientation training” when I started working for a certain city.
I wasn't sure about this, but I'll probably get it on sale and not apply most of the stickers.
I met Ken way back in the day, probably late 00s? Very nice guy, glad to see he's getting a blocky representation.
@ickis said:
"A guy named Block gets made in blocks, gotta love it."
His personal theme should be "Block Rockin' Beats" then
What is the front grille piece under the sticker? If it's a 1x4 panel, could that be replaced with a black 1x4 fence? I know it's not quite the same, but it'd look good enough I think.
I can't do $30 for SC. I love the line still but haven't bought a set in a while since it creeped up above $25.
I used to buy a car as an impulse purchase when I went to a big box store, and I know it seems like $5 shouldn't make a huge difference, but they used to feel like a fantastic value for the price. Now they're just a fair value.
A blocky car for Blocks. It makes sense.
Really nice copy of the original in a brick form!
Who is going to be first to make out of this an GT500KR?!!
I didn't know this car existed and I don't feel particularly drawn to it. American muscle cars with silly engines sticking out don't do it for me, buuuttt... I do like the Lego-fication of this one. And I like Speed Champions. Since I also very much dislike stickers, this might be the first SC car I'll build without putting stickers on (except the grille I guess.) As soon as it dips below 25% off that is (it's at 21% now).
No idea who that is, but the ears on that skull confuse and enrage me.
I've built it a few days ago. Must say that the building techniques all along the process are impressive indeed. Each time I wonder how the designers come to think to such clever solutions so that the overall shape comes smooth and almost seamless in the end. Really impressed by their knowledge of available and existing parts and the way you can assemble them together. Excellent building experience. I chose to not apply all the stickers (just the 2 figuring the exhaust in fact are on) and I have to say that the model is gorgeous as it is, all in its black livery.
Liked so much that I pre-ordered a while ago (to help make the threshold for 40907. (A couple more great GWPs due or rumoured shortly)
@Crux said:
"No idea who that is, but the ears on that skull confuse and enrage me."
Those aren't ears, they're crossbones. The actual logo is a "cartoonified" skull and crossbones, where the bones are behind the skull.
I love this theme, but the recent $42.99 price hike in Canada is so egregiously out of touch.
Nearly $50 after sales taxes for a single vehicle.
Not to mention, the upcoming Jag/LR double pack at $84.99. The still available Mercedes-AMG two pack is $59.99, with nearly 70 MORE parts. A nearly 42% increase in price in just two years...
I can't even begin to consider these sets now without a massive discount.
Ken who? Gymkhana? Like posh girls on ponies?
I'm not even going to bother to search this one, like I do with so many of the other reviews. It doesn't matter. I'm not complaining: I've got Creator, and City, and a few others to console me and which don't make me feel impossibly out of touch...
I'll probably still buy it because it seems like it's a clever build. I don't have to use all those garish stickers.
@WokePope said:
"I can't do $30 for SC. I love the line still but haven't bought a set in a while since it creeped up above $25.
I used to buy a car as an impulse purchase when I went to a big box store, and I know it seems like $5 shouldn't make a huge difference, but they used to feel like a fantastic value for the price. Now they're just a fair value."
I love SpeedChampions, but I haven't bought a single one at full price for a long time. Here they are now 370SEK, which is around 34EUR or 39USD. That includes 25% tax, but is still way over what I'm willing to pay.
With some patience however, most eventually reach 40% off at the big online sellers, and that takes things back down to a very reasonable price-point again. It just seems very random. 77241 for example, seem to be stuck at close to RRP, or in some cases even over. While 77263 is already 34% off, and 77262 30%.
I would prefer giving my money directly to Lego, but with price differences this big I just can't justify it. With the same budget I would only have 60% of my sets if I did.
The profit margin they have at full RRP must be insane.
"77263 BMW M3 (E30) attracted a lot of attention for its new windscreen with dual-moulded A-pillars, but they are available here too."
Are they really dual-moulded? I have now seen a couple of YT-reviews call them "printed", and that would make more sense to me. I would love to see some close-ups proving either which way.
The Monster logos would have added a splash of colour to the body of the car. It's a shame Lego didn't/couldn't get the Licensing from them and make the set 18+ like Red Bull.
I just had to check the instructions for how they did those 8 pipes, but that's pretty smart. And exactly the kind of tricks that make Speed Champions so great.
Also, those cheese slope corner pieces, are those new too? Never seen those before.
All in all a cool set, which I at some point will probably buy. Just (unfortunately as usual with SC), a shame about the stickers. Though in this case I would probably just leave a bunch of them off. And as for the missing Monster branding, they should do an experiment: Make both a 18+ version with Monster stickers, and this 9+ without, and see which sells best....
@MugenPower said:
" @Crux said:
"No idea who that is, but the ears on that skull confuse and enrage me."
Those aren't ears, they're crossbones. The actual logo is a "cartoonified" skull and crossbones, where the bones are behind the skull."
We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/136454715
"You could be forgiven for assuming this is a relatively simple design for Speed Champions, as the original car is quite 'blocky'. It is remarkably complex though and the velocity stacks on the bonnet are a particular highlight. " Sometimes you go into a Speed Champions build expecting it to be complex (an F1 car, for example) and sometimes they surprise you. 77237 was one of those that surprised me with the amount of SNOT it used.
These should never cost more than 20$.
@RTS013 said:
""77263 BMW M3 (E30) attracted a lot of attention for its new windscreen with dual-moulded A-pillars, but they are available here too."
Are they really dual-moulded? I have now seen a couple of YT-reviews call them "printed", and that would make more sense to me. I would love to see some close-ups proving either which way."
Looking closely at one of the pics when they were first revealed, there appears to be two layers of color on the pillar, with the second layer being behind the “glass”. The color also goes to various edges that I would never expect them to print right up to. I’m inclined to believe dual-molded until proven otherwise, in person.
@Crux said:
"No idea who that is, but the ears on that skull confuse and enrage me."
What did they do to poor Shrek?!
I agree that it is nice to have a non-modern supercar, or F1 car, for a change. Ken's minifigure looks amazing.
I am looking forward to building this one.
@Crux said:"We are men of action. Lies do not become us."
Well spoken, sir.
@RTS013 said:
""77263 BMW M3 (E30) attracted a lot of attention for its new windscreen with dual-moulded A-pillars, but they are available here too."
Are they really dual-moulded? I have now seen a couple of YT-reviews call them "printed", and that would make more sense to me. I would love to see some close-ups proving either which way."
It's definitely dual-moulded. I did see Jang call it a print in his review but I can assure you it's dual-moulded.
It's hard to capture in photos, but if you look closely at this one (https://images.brickset.com/news/132372_Ken%205.jpg) you can see where the clear plastic has a very tiny edge where it makes way for the black a-pillar and so has its own reflection of the light, separate from the black section's reflection.
@Rare_White_Ape said:
" @RTS013 said:
""77263 BMW M3 (E30) attracted a lot of attention for its new windscreen with dual-moulded A-pillars, but they are available here too."
Are they really dual-moulded? I have now seen a couple of YT-reviews call them "printed", and that would make more sense to me. I would love to see some close-ups proving either which way."
It's definitely dual-moulded. I did see Jang call it a print in his review but I can assure you it's dual-moulded.
It's hard to capture in photos, but if you look closely at this one (https://images.brickset.com/news/132372_Ken%205.jpg) you can see where the clear plastic has a very tiny edge where it makes way for the black a-pillar and so has its own reflection of the light, separate from the black section's reflection."
Jang usually knows his stuff, I struggle to see him not call out a new dual-mould having it in his hands. Rather he praises the quality of the printing. So does two others that I have seen. I haven't seen anyone holding the piece call it a dual-mould. But, I guess I will just have to find out myself eventually. If it's a print, it's evidently very good quality so that's great. If it's a dual-mould it's probably even better.
I guess I just find it irritating with conflicting information. Also strange that there doesn't seem to be anything official either. I would imagine they would make a deal out of presenting a new dual-mould, or new print techniques allowing printing over corners and all the way to the edge.
I may have missed this, but why is the Lego name for it "Hoonicorn" when the car stickers say "Hoonigan"?
@absdependency said:
"I may have missed this, but why is the Lego name for it "Hoonicorn" when the car stickers say "Hoonigan"?"
I was also curious! I believe Hoonigan was the name of his team, hence being plastered on everything, but the specific car this is replicating is known as the Hoonicorn (because it’s an upgraded mustang - so unicorn).
Nice lookin car but i am out, easy pass for me! The SC theme is getting realy boring, still no functions.. You got the minifigure but no play features! Not even one! That is bad concidering that these cars are 8 studs wide! Very lazy, design wise, in my opinion.
I really miss the Monster M. This is clearly a set targeted at adults - how many kids know Ken Block? And it's not alcohol or cigarettes, it's just an energy drink.
@Oli said:
"Nice lookin car but i am out, easy pass for me! The SC theme is getting realy boring, still no functions.. You got the minifigure but no play features! Not even one! That is bad concidering that these cars are 8 studs wide! Very lazy, design wise, in my opinion."
What kind of functions would you expect? I'd say Speed Champions are all about replicating the design, so very much a display set first and a play set second. Granted, some succeed better in that than others.
The only two feautures I could ralistically imagine in a set this size would be opening doors/hood/trunk, and maybe steering. But both would hurt the looks, so I'd say it's better like this. And even competing brands seem to agree: Even when some try to outdo Lego by doing all prints or including a case, I don't think I've seen any that had actual functions.
As the car is presumably 10-wide with those wheel arches - is the interior distance between the wheels still 6 studs? I ask only because I couldn't put it in my wall display if not.. I had the same issue with the Solus (although tbh that whole car was 9-wide)
The borders of stickers on darker colors tend to stick out quite a bit and given the ones in this set are mostly black with some white decorations on them I feel like despite missing the proper livery the car would look better with the stickers left off. Does it really cost lego so much to fully print all of these? I don't expect that with some sets like the F1 cars given those can have over 30 stickers but I think they could've fully printed this model and some of the other more recent ones.
Stickers aren't all bad because they give you the option to omit decorations which can make the pieces useful in custom builds but I reckon most are going to buy this set to build it as is, even then there's always ways to remove prints for those who really want to use specific pieces without their decorations (albeit I'd personally rather avoid doing that myself)
@RTS013 said:
""77263 BMW M3 (E30) attracted a lot of attention for its new windscreen with dual-moulded A-pillars, but they are available here too."
Are they really dual-moulded? I have now seen a couple of YT-reviews call them "printed", and that would make more sense to me. I would love to see some close-ups proving either which way."
It is a good question and I have seen the same thing with sources saying different things, so I have published a separate article about this: https://brickset.com/article/132441/
@danishbricklayer said:
"As the car is presumably 10-wide with those wheel arches - is the interior distance between the wheels still 6 studs? I ask only because I couldn't put it in my wall display if not.. I had the same issue with the Solus (although tbh that whole car was 9-wide)"
Yes, using the normal 2x6 wheel bearing: https://brickset.com/parts/design-3668. The wheels are the wide rear wheels from Formula 1 cars, so the whole car is ten studs across at its widest.
@dimc said:
"What is the front grille piece under the sticker? If it's a 1x4 panel, could that be replaced with a black 1x4 fence? I know it's not quite the same, but it'd look good enough I think. "
The piece stickered for the grill is a 4-module long cheese slope. (Which is still difficult to acknowledge the existence of.)
I have to say, I think the Pearl Gold is fine, but Metallic Copper would have been the most accurate choice for the wheels/accents, even though its sudden resurrection would be extremely unlikely.
@RTS013 said:
"Jang usually knows his stuff, I struggle to see him not call out a new dual-mould having it in his hands. Rather he praises the quality of the printing. So does two others that I have seen. I haven't seen anyone holding the piece call it a dual-mould. But, I guess I will just have to find out myself eventually. If it's a print, it's evidently very good quality so that's great. If it's a dual-mould it's probably even better."
If someone had asked me before I saw it, I would have assumed it was something that just wouldn’t be feasible. Every dual-molded part I know of has enough room inside to form shapes that will lock the two sections together. I wouldn’t think that could even be possible with something like a windshield, but the first pics of it just didn’t make sense for a printed element (plus why put a sticker over a print?). I’d have to actually examine a piece in person to get a better idea of exactly what’s going on inside the part (no offense to @CapnRex101, but I can’t tell enough from the pics he just posted in the windshield article). My only hope is that the two layers are fully bonded to each other, and we don’t see problems with them delaminating down the road.
Incidentally, an easy way to check for two-shot dual-molding (as opposed to blended shot dual-molding like the Bohrok faceplates) is to run a fingernail across the border. There’s always a distinct groove formed between the two sections.
@RTS013 said:
" @Rare_White_Ape said:
" @RTS013 said:
""77263 BMW M3 (E30) attracted a lot of attention for its new windscreen with dual-moulded A-pillars, but they are available here too."
Are they really dual-moulded? I have now seen a couple of YT-reviews call them "printed", and that would make more sense to me. I would love to see some close-ups proving either which way."
It's definitely dual-moulded. I did see Jang call it a print in his review but I can assure you it's dual-moulded.
It's hard to capture in photos, but if you look closely at this one (https://images.brickset.com/news/132372_Ken%205.jpg) you can see where the clear plastic has a very tiny edge where it makes way for the black a-pillar and so has its own reflection of the light, separate from the black section's reflection."
Jang usually knows his stuff, I struggle to see him not call out a new dual-mould having it in his hands. Rather he praises the quality of the printing. So does two others that I have seen. I haven't seen anyone holding the piece call it a dual-mould. But, I guess I will just have to find out myself eventually. If it's a print, it's evidently very good quality so that's great. If it's a dual-mould it's probably even better.
I guess I just find it irritating with conflicting information. Also strange that there doesn't seem to be anything official either. I would imagine they would make a deal out of presenting a new dual-mould, or new print techniques allowing printing over corners and all the way to the edge."
I happen to physically have the car and this windscreen piece as well, so between me and CapnRex101 you could call us the first to state it's dual-moulded!
As far as Jang's quote about it being printed, probably the most likely explanation for it is that he just didn't put all that much thought into it when crafting his review.
@SideSwept said:
"The piece stickered for the grill is a 4-module long cheese slope. (Which is still difficult to acknowledge the existence of.) "
I meant the one with the Mustang logo, and it's a 1x4 tile. I'm not sure there are any lattice pieces that could go in there though.
30$ you lost the plot Lego
@Rare_White_Ape said:
"I happen to physically have the car and this windscreen piece as well, so between me and CapnRex101 you could call us the first to state it's dual-moulded!"
We could, but I called it May 24th 2026 03:00 Brickset Daylight Time:
https://brickset.com/article/131996/lego-speed-champions-bmw-m3-(e30)-official-images!
@WizardOfOss said:
" @Oli said:
"Nice lookin car but i am out, easy pass for me! The SC theme is getting realy boring, still no functions.. You got the minifigure but no play features! Not even one! That is bad concidering that these cars are 8 studs wide! Very lazy, design wise, in my opinion."
What kind of functions would you expect? I'd say Speed Champions are all about replicating the design, so very much a display set first and a play set second. Granted, some succeed better in that than others.
The only two feautures I could ralistically imagine in a set this size would be opening doors/hood/trunk, and maybe steering. But both would hurt the looks, so I'd say it's better like this. And even competing brands seem to agree: Even when some try to outdo Lego by doing all prints or including a case, I don't think I've seen any that had actual functions."
Sorry, i disagree! For my taste, since a minifig is always included, the doors or trunk should open up. i would them minifigs hold the door open standing beside the car to display minifig and car at the same time. i would prefer this over the looks. It is lego, what will you expect anyways? its blocky and lego will never get as close as a metalmodel of the same size, so why not add minimal functions for a change?!
i have build 6stud wide cars with opening doors, trunk, bonnet and the top is removable as well! It replicates a classic car, nothing in perticular but i am not a designer at lego and i am able to create that with just 6 studs of width and it has great looks in my opinion!
As nice as sc cars look today, its getting boring by now. Even the building techniques arent as good anymore and sometimes not necessary in my opinion. i mean sometimes it needs much less to create the same effect.. maybe you understand what i mean.
Great that we get two different heads, you can use one of them for the 76921 Audi S1 e-tron.