First Fast & Furious set revealed!
Posted by Huw,
The first product resulting from LEGO's relationship with the Fast and Furious franchise has been revealed today. Vin Diesel's pimped-up ride has been given the LEGO Technic treatment.
Here's the press release:
42111 Dom's Dodge Charger, 1077 pieces
USA $99.99 / DE €99.99 / UK £89.99
Available to pre-order from LEGO.com today, to ship on 27th April.
Muscle car lovers and Fast & Furious fans are getting set for the ultimate thrill. Today, the LEGO Group and Universal Brand Development revealed the first LEGO set inspired by the high-octane, global blockbuster franchise: the awesome LEGO Technic Dom’s Dodge Charger. The 1,077-piece replica of fearless street racer Dominic Toretto’s legendary 1970 Dodge Charger R/T will provide an exciting new building challenge as fans gear up for the latest instalment in the Fast saga – F9, which hits theatres around the world beginning in April 2021.
But the fun doesn’t stop once the chequered flag comes down. Once the build is complete, fans can try out Dom’s cool stunts and recreate the daring high-speed chases from the Fast & Furious films with the model. And when the streets need a rest, the model can be proudly displayed in its famous wheel-stand position.
The authentic replica of Dom’s all-time favourite car is packed with the same realistic details seen in the films. Just like the full-size version, the bonnet of the LEGO Technic Dom’s Dodge Charger pops open to reveal the iconic V8 engine. Fans can feel like they’re in the garage with Dom fixing up his latest project as they build moving pistons, double wishbone suspension, a wheelie bar to show off the car’s best moves and (of course) put the nitro bottles in the boot. If things get too hot, there’s a fire extinguisher in the cockpit too.
Inspired by the action-packed scenes from the Fast saga, the 1:13 scale LEGO Technic Dom’s Dodge Charger is designed for builders aged 10+. The set will be available to pre-order from 30 March from LEGO.com and to buy globally from 27 April 2020.
Samuel Tacchi, designer of LEGO Technic Dom’s Dodge Charger, said: "The high-octane action of the Fast & Furious franchise has captured the hearts and imaginations of petrol-heads the world over. We want to inspire people of all ages to explore their creativity through building whatever their passion is, and we know fans of LEGO Technic and the blockbuster franchise love cool cars and adrenaline-fuelled fun. Brought together by that same passion, we worked really closely with the Universal team to bring Dom’s Dodge Charger to life in the most minute detail to inspire Fast & Furious fans and LEGO Technic builders around the world.”
You will find many more pictures on the set details page.
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This might not be the best Lego set ever made, but somtimes a set just makes your inner child happy and this is one of those, well done Lego!
Toretto!! Wait aren’t NOS bottles usually blue? Looks pretty cool!
For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard.
The model looks okay, but 100€ for 1000 technic pieces? phew..
In my view they have picked the right vehicle, I like the size and the price will soon come down to 20-40% as with all Technic sets...definitely getting this one.
While a cool build, did they need a license to make a car like this? And of all the licenses, the Fast and Furious? Is TLG still arguing Fantasy violence?
@darthnorman said:
"For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard."
They are colour locked, for good reason. Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins...
So Lego still purports to have their standard on no modern weapons, etc., right? I remember that with their "likely no Brickarms" for the new Bricklink. So how are they reconciling Fast and the Furious with that supposed family-friendly perspective?
"For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard."
They are colour locked, for good reason. Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins...
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Then why are there grey technic pin/pin and grey technic pin/axle...if this was possible in the old days, then why suddenly not now anymore? Makes no sense...
This needs a mod to a 69 charger in orange! General Lee here we come. YeeeHaaaa!
At first I thought, cool.
Then I thought again and wondered, why Technic? Why not Creator Expert like the Mustang? And those blue pins have never looked as out of place as here.
Colour locked? Total baloney. These pins used to be available in black. I just built a second-hand 7662 I bought from a colleague and it has quite a few of them ( https://brickset.com/parts/655826/connector-peg-w-friction-3m ) .
No problem at all finding them if one keeps their collection of parts properly sorted. And as this is clearly a set for AFOLs I would expect there to be few who just throw their pieces all in one bin. And if they do it would serve them right to have to look for the proper pieces every once in a while.
I usually don't by Technic sets, and this one won't change this. But I think it looks quite good (for an official Technic release :) and the price doesn't sound too bad to me.
Just the good ol'boys,
Never meaning no harm,
Beats all you never saw,
been in trouble with the law,
since the day they was born....
Oooh man I so want a General Lee version of this car, from one of my all time favourite childhood TV series: The Dukes of Hazzard!
Although I don't care much for the Fast and the Furious, this is a cool set, because: awesome muscle car!
@Kanduu said:
"So Lego still purports to have their standard on no modern weapons, etc., right? I remember that with their "likely no Brickarms" for the new Bricklink. So how are they reconciling Fast and the Furious with that supposed family-friendly perspective?"
Well, fast and the furious is all about family.
Not sure who they've aimed this as as think the fast and furious fan, lego fan and technic fan overlap has gotta be pretty small.
Personally, it doesn't look great to me, and I think the Fast movies are rather meh worthy, so I certainly won't be picking it up.
@Tuun said:
" "For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard."
They are colour locked, for good reason. Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins...
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Then why are there grey technic pin/pin and grey technic pin/axle...if this was possible in the old days, then why suddenly not now anymore? Makes no sense..."
Absolutely. This whole business of dumbing down everything is maddening. As if kids nowadays were as stupid as many of them are educated to be from the get go.
There used to be the edict of "fördern durch fordern" (would translate to something like "fostering/promoting by demanding"). Whatever happened to that?
Have more faith in the intelligence and ability of kids, I say.
not a big technic fan, I feel creator expert wud have been better. Also will this suffer from the many shades of black?? or are Technic pieces not like that?
@AustinPowers said:
"At first I thought, cool.
Then I thought again and wondered, why Technic? Why not Creator Expert like the Mustang? And those blue pins have never looked as out of place as here.
Colour locked? Total baloney. These pins used to be available in black. I just built a second-hand 7662 I bought from a colleague and it has quite a few of them ( https://brickset.com/parts/655826/connector-peg-w-friction-3m ) .
No problem at all finding them if one keeps their collection of parts properly sorted. And as this is clearly a set for AFOLs I would expect there to be few who just throw their pieces all in one bin. And if they do it would serve them right to have to look for the proper pieces every once in a while. "
They made the change a few years ago for ease of building. Not everyone is an idiot, but LEGO are still committed to providing the best possible experience, so they make the parts as easy to find as possible. Even if the target audience is adults, LEGO still makes all sets with kids in mind. Even 75192 has play features.
That is gorgeous! Well done Lego.
This looks great.
Well that's a MAYBE at best... Wanna see it in real life first.
Might have been better as a Creator Expert set.
Seems like these Technic cars are heading down-hill...
Bugatti (awesome) > Porsche RSR (ok) > Dodge (meh)
Personally, I like it. Actually would have preferred a bit larger model with more detail, but (as a Technic fan) I'm sure I'll get this at some point. I wonder how it compares in size side-by-side to the Ford Mustang?
To be brutally honest it looks extremely bland, looks more like a late 2000s set than a set from 2020
Stop whining about the pins. The model has 40+ Technic holes throughout the body panels and you're whining about 6 blue pins.
As for the model, it's actually pretty nice and very recognizable but F&F really isn't my thing. I do enjoy a good Technic set every now and then this one isn't it.
The box art looked fine, but then I saw the other views. I think it looks pretty clunky in Technic. I think it needed to capture the look of the 'Stang in Creator Expert (it's certainly made me want that set more...) to really sell me on it. However, if they do a good job on Lettie's Jensen Interceptor from number 6...
@Huw said:
They are colour locked, for good reason. Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins...
Or, If you've ever built the big Batmobile, try finding a black pretty much anything among a sea of black everything.
"
I don't know why TLC chose to devote a set to that rubbish franchise*: it's definitely not worth it!
* Why do I call it rubbish? I mean that your 'willing suspension of disbelief' must be infinite if you like it. I hear people saying: "What about Star Wars, then? Light swords make no sense!" Well, "Star Wars" is a space opera, it's fantasy, a particular genre which implies that suspension of disbelief is de facto greater. FF films are advertized as action films, though they should be labelled as speculative fiction, since the laws of physics don't apply, for instance. By the way, I wonder if this car has 15 gears, because Don (Vin Diesel) seems to use as many in the films…
"Fast and Furious" is just another one of those franchises that is a weird fit, with Lego. I get it, because it'll give Lego an excuse to make lots of iconic vehicles (and building cars is something they've done since, oh, forever) that have pop culture relevance, but it's another one that I find myself going, eh?
I mean, sure, Lego has this family-friendly image to maintain. What's more family-friendly than Jason Statham beating an entire jumbo jet full of armed soldiers to death with his bare hands, while carrying a baby under one arm, am I right?
As much as I agree about the color issues with some parts, My biggest issue is the wheels and tires. At the very least, they should have made some larger tires for the back. I also feel that although the overall design is good, some areas seem pretty poorly done. It's like they get to a point with some sets where they are in a rush to get it out so they slap some bricks together and think that's good enough.
@Huw said:
" @darthnorman said:
"For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard."
They are colour locked, for good reason. Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins...
"
I remeber a time when this wasn't the case.Hardly a problem but the models looked waaaay better!
In my opinion, it goes the way of the Aston Martin. It's good by itself but it would be a thousand times better with a Minifigure.
Obviously it is only my personal taste, but ... that sucks!
No displeasure to let this useless model pass.
Looks decent, UK price shouldn't be too bad either if it's $100/€100. Seems like it has a pretty standard feature set for a technic car of this size (aside from that raising/wheelie(?) function), and it's much closer in price to the unbranded rally car than the white Porsche, which was my concern with this.
Not a day 1 for me, with the Covid stuff, but definitely something I'll be waiting for the right time on.
I dont like it for myself, but everyone needs to lighten up. It's more for the younger generation, 10+ and I'm sure this age group will love it.
The Speed Champions 1970 Dodge Charger R/T in 75893 is so much better than this.
@Tuun said:
"Then why are there grey technic pin/pin and grey technic pin/axle...if this was possible in the old days, then why suddenly not now anymore? Makes no sense..."
Grey pins have less friction. There did used to be grey peg/axles but it’s been a decade or two since the split to blue for friction, tan for freely moving.
@Huw knows all about the history, too: he wrote https://brickset.com/article/42193/a-history-of-technic-pins
I have been a fan of the Charger for many years but this doesn't float my boat at all, I don't think it looks enough like the actual car to interest me (I know there are limitations with Technic). I think a system version would have been better.
@TheBigLegoski said:
"Just the good ol'boys,
Never meaning no harm,
Beats all you never saw,
been in trouble with the law,
since the day they was born....
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Straightenin’ the curves
Here’s a second choice
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale...
Yes, nothing really to do with the article but it started an ear worm and I have to share it with everyone
It's sets like this that really make you wish LEGO would do other colors of Technic pins. Geez.
Would have been nicer if they included the parts to make a 'stock' version as well in the set.
It's weird, the way the set's been designed it just shouldn't work and fail in every category. Like has been mentioned, it looks like something designed 10+ years ago, has a very bland colour scheme (yes, I know the real one is all black, but this does seem even blander, somehow), has the blue technic pins standing out, and has plenty of unsightly beams and axles showing when posed.
But I don't know - there's something about its simplicity that I really do like. There's no highly specialised parts, as far as I can see, very few stickers and the fact that such a simple build can create something that does ultimately look the part does kind of rekindle what to me Lego is about - using what you've got and letting your imagination take you places instead of relying on highly realistic, highly specialised parts.
@Mr__Thrawn said:
"They made the change a few years ago for ease of building. Not everyone is an idiot, but LEGO are still committed to providing the best possible experience, so they make the parts as easy to find as possible. Even if the target audience is adults, LEGO still makes all sets with kids in mind. Even 75192 has play features.
"
Nothing wrong with play features, nothing wrong with facilitating ease of building.
But everything has limits. And in case of these hideous blue pins that make so many final models look so much worse because that blue is totally out of place on most colours it is definitely a step for the worse. Judging by what one reads in countless comments on set reviews everywhere I am not the only one to think so.
It's not as if LEGO should dump those blue pins totally, but why not provide black ones for those spots that are visible from the outside on the final model?
It's also not without precedent to have sets that have both the black and blue versions of said pin.
I don't care one jot for the licence, but that's a nice looking car and I want one.
@Zordboy
@GrizBe said:
"Not sure who they've aimed this as as think the fast and furious fan, lego fan and technic fan overlap has gotta be pretty small."
LEGO doesn't market to AFOLs. It markets to KFOLs and adults, but not AFOLs. The point of many licences is that they appeal to non-FOLs who are interested in that particular franchise - Fast & Furious in this case - in the expectation that a certain proportion will then become AFOLs. Thereafter, LEGO regards them as hooked and not needing to be targeted.
*** The idea that LEGO doesn't market to AFOLs isn't speculation on my part. That's from a former member of LEGO's adult segment marketing team.***
So if LEGO is serious about their F&F license (they probably are) this will be the first vehicle of several, part one of what could become an iconic collection line. I agree that it isn't the most stunning thing to roll out of the Technic garage, but depending how future models perform this set might end up as the missing piece in a lot of people's collections, and we all know how the first two Modular buildings are doing 10 years later...
This is awesome! Not a big F&F fan but the charger is very cool.
More F&F sets like this would be awesome! (Supra, Murcielago, Rally Fighter)
@Huw said:
" @darthnorman said:
"For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard."
They are colour locked, for good reason. Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins...
"
Well, for many of us that is nostalgia....
In some ways, I do not think we should make it too easy on people. And whereas in Lego the designers have become quite good at covering up ugly off colour pieces, in quite a few Technic sets they are IMHO an eyesore...
Now I'm not a Technic builder myself, but isn't it an unusual high amount of system parts in this?
Although it looks pretty good ffor a Technic set I would have preferred Speed Champions style (8-stud wide) vehicles with minifigs and perhaps a sidebuild. Would have been better as a playset and better price too. Lego has already showed that they can make very accurate vehicles in that scale. Or else a Creator style vehicle but that would be even more expensive than this Technic set.
I'm very curious to see how this new Theme will develop. Hopefully it won't end with just one vehicle
This is quite a good-looking set, although I would much prefer minifigure-scale sets of the most famous cars, like the Supra, Mitsubishi eclipse, s2000, etc.
I love that they have the license but we need more like the Mustang. The cars need the smooth lines to be iconic. I have seen better Chellengers made out of the Mustang set! This looks really bad to me, so many gaps, holes, broken body lines that make it look like, as somebody said earlier, " an early 2000's" set. Being a car guy I REALLY hope that this is a one and done and they go to the Mustang"creator" style sets for future cars.
omg why Technic, why not Creator Expert?
I wished it was Creator Expert rather than Technic. It would look out of place next to my Astin Martin and Ford Mustang.
"...bring Dom’s Dodge Charger to life in the most minute detail..."
Err.... no. The Creator Expert Mustang, that's minute detail.
It's another Technic car with little more to offer than steering, suspension and an engine. It's not cheap but neither was last year's Rally car that had a similar piece count and RRP.
Technic licenses are very much hit and miss. The deals with Volvo and Claas work fine. The deals with BMW, Porsche, Bugatti, Lamborghini have produced great sets.
And then there's the Top Gear and Fast & Furious licenses....
@darthnorman said:
"For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard.
The model looks okay, but 100€ for 1000 technic pieces? phew.."
I take it you probably weren't familiar with the whole HID headlight craze when the first film came out. The legit HIDs only came equipped on luxury cars. The cheap look came from blue tinted halogen bulbs.
Also, who said blower gears can't be red or any other color? It's not 100% accurate to the source material but LEGO isn't claiming this is a scale model either. I think it's a mix of ease of part identification but mostly different color palette textures to make it more interesting to the eye. Otherwise it'll just look like a boring old gray Star Wars set.
This is so much better than what I figured we get; a la what happened with the Top Gear set.
Not bad (especially for Technic); but it would make more sense in Creator Expert. Even as a car guy myself who thinks the F&F franchise is a little over the top, I think a Mustang vs. Charger diorama would look pretty cool.
I'm 100% getting it but not straight away. I'll wait for a sale
I don't like F&F at all, but I really like this car as a Lego set.
These photoshoped images of adults building are creepy...
Nice model, but the price CHF 129.00 is not fair with the today exchange rate (1 CHF = 1.04 USD).
This car looks great, but I really would like to see some minifigure scale system sets.
@madforLEGO said:
"Would have been nicer if they included the parts to make a 'stock' version as well in the set."
Ditto! I would vastly prefer just a black charger to go alongside the Mustang!
@MTBrickHouse said:
" @darthnorman said:
"For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard.
The model looks okay, but 100€ for 1000 technic pieces? phew.."
I take it you probably weren't familiar with the whole HID headlight craze when the first film came out. The legit HIDs only came equipped on luxury cars. The cheap look came from blue tinted halogen bulbs.
Also, who said blower gears can't be red or any other color? It's not 100% accurate to the source material but LEGO isn't claiming this is a scale model either. I think it's a mix of ease of part identification but mostly different color palette textures to make it more interesting to the eye. Otherwise it'll just look like a boring old gray Star Wars set."
The press release does say "authentic replica", so...
Marmite
Speed Champions would be a better theme to release some of of these. Mostly for the minifigures. Creator Expert would work as well; it would be more consistent with the Aston Martin, Mustang etc.
Anyway, I don’t mind this set, but I don’t really buy Technic and haven’t seen any of these films.
Not into F&F at all. Car looks sharp, but I will no longer buy Technic sets. Had to draw the line somewhere. Had this been Creator Expert then maybe, but this is another line I will have to say no to. I am glad it was not in speed champions. I have all of those and it may have made me think a bit.
This set is just 2 fast, 2 furious for me and my collection.
Call me when Doc's DeLorean is finally a reality.
Wished was made as a Creator Expert set
"Actually I quite liked it."
@speedorz4ever said:
" @MTBrickHouse said:
" @darthnorman said:
"For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard.
The model looks okay, but 100€ for 1000 technic pieces? phew.."
I take it you probably weren't familiar with the whole HID headlight craze when the first film came out. The legit HIDs only came equipped on luxury cars. The cheap look came from blue tinted halogen bulbs.
Also, who said blower gears can't be red or any other color? It's not 100% accurate to the source material but LEGO isn't claiming this is a scale model either. I think it's a mix of ease of part identification but mostly different color palette textures to make it more interesting to the eye. Otherwise it'll just look like a boring old gray Star Wars set."
The press release does say "authentic replica", so..."
Authentic replica doesn't automatically mean the entire model needs to be 100% accurate. It could be less than that and still be called an authentic replica.
If someone is that gullible a Lego set is 100% accurate then I've got a bridge to sell them on Mars at a great price.
@Zander said: "*** The idea that LEGO doesn't market to AFOLs isn't speculation on my part. That's from a former member of LEGO's adult segment marketing team.***"
Of course Lego doesn't market to AFOLs.
What six-year-old *doesn't* have six hundred dollars to spend on gigantic sets based on franchises from last century like Voltron or the original Star Wars or Jurassic Park films?
@Huw said:
" @darthnorman said:
"For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard."
They are colour locked, for good reason. Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins...
"
The Pin to Axle converter parts did come in black in the past if I remember right, I don't know how many sets have them or in what quantity per set but I'm sure it was included in a few of the early Bionicle sets and some other early 2000s Technics sets.
This set is really solid and I like the way it looks a lot! I don't understand why it couldn't have included at least 1 Minifigure based on the movie, without any characters or special vehicle modifications or designs taken directly from the film there really isn't any need to double license the set. Now that the movie has been delayed a year there is now plenty of time to develop a full LEGO The Fast and the Furious theme with minifigures and movie accurate sets so I hope it happens! I also hope LEGO Fortnite and LEGO Star Trek themes come out next year as well!
Now for TLG to put out a Technic Suzuki Liana for the Top Gear theme!
Seriously though. Please stop with all these LEGO cars. My wallet is still trying to get the Speed Champions vehicles and not succeeding. I want an Aston, the Caterham, the 500, the Veyron...
I think it's very much worth mentioning (and I've not seen it anywhere yet) that this is Technic's first ever foray into something other than a contemporary (or futuristic) vehicle or machine. Quite a landmark moment irrespective of other aspects of the set.
This won’t sell well.
@Zordboy said:
" @Zander said: "*** The idea that LEGO doesn't market to AFOLs isn't speculation on my part. That's from a former member of LEGO's adult segment marketing team.***"
Of course Lego doesn't market to AFOLs.
What six-year-old *doesn't* have six hundred dollars to spend on gigantic sets based on franchises from last century like Voltron or the original Star Wars or Jurassic Park films? "
Your rhetoric doesn’t change the fact of what I said. But even if it did, you have missed the point. It’s not about KFOLs vs AFOLs. It’s about AFOLs vs adult non-FOLs. LEGO is marketing to non-FOL adult fans of Voltron, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and numerous other brands, franchises and interests.
@Huw said:
"Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins..."
I always understood this as a part of the challenge / fun.
It is getting harder to find anything worth buying in Technics... this one is definitely no exception....
@Zander said: "It’s about AFOLs vs adult non-FOLs. LEGO is marketing to non-FOL adult fans."
So they're making products for adults, then? I'm so glad we sorted that out.
@Kanduu said:
"So Lego still purports to have their standard on no modern weapons, etc., right? I remember that with their "likely no Brickarms" for the new Bricklink. So how are they reconciling Fast and the Furious with that supposed family-friendly perspective?"
Fast and Furious franchise is all about family. :)
Blue pins are too out of place. I change them wherever I could. I hated them on 75532 SW speederbike. Luckily I had some gray and tan axle pins so I managed to change them.
@Tuun said:
" "For god's sake lego... make some of those parts in different colors! Black for the pins with axle on the lights and a grey/silver gear for the motor.. can't be that hard."
They are colour locked, for good reason. Try finding a black pin/axle among a sea of black pin/pins...
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Then why are there grey technic pin/pin and grey technic pin/axle...if this was possible in the old days, then why suddenly not now anymore? Makes no sense..."
Be... cause the descision to color lock them has nothing to do with manufacturing capabilities? Do you genuinely not understand that? Yes its *possible* for them to manufacture these parts in other colors, they *choose* not to because they believe its a bad idea. Whether or not you agree with that decision, the technical possibility of them doing so (and thus the fact that they did so in the past) is irrelevant. TLG used to do *a lot* of things that they'd never do these days
Like many others I don't care about F&F - pretty lame franchise, in my opinion.
...but LEGO doing classic MOPAR in this scale? Sure, I'll bite.
@Sandinista said:
"While a cool build, did they need a license to make a car like this? And of all the licenses, the Fast and Furious? Is TLG still arguing Fantasy violence?"
Yes they actually did need a license. FCA is notoriously difficult to get licensing for any of their vehicles for. I have a very good friend of mine who worked on the charger and demons that and it took them years to get an FCA-based product done. Quite frankly I’m surprised that they did it with this app because he told me that the Lego group was one of the most difficult groups he’s ever had to work with and he’s done Chrysler licensing products for over 30 years
Why the hell do they build it as Lego Technic. It has almost no Technic functions and still looks like crap (compared to a Creator Expert set). Worst of both worlds. You could easily include the same functions in a Creator Expert Frame, which would then be best of both worlds.
I see black pins used in this set (viewed from above along the top of the side panels) - so much for the color locked argument.
If is for AFOLs, it should be done in Creator Expert theme
Would look better as a creator expert set, but as a technic model costing about the same as the Fiat here in Canada, not a bad buy. Other than this being another muscle car model, what's sold me on this more than anything is it doesn't scale much differently than the mustang or other creator cars. Not at all a fan of anything much bigger than this when display space in often short in supply. The model is definitely flawed when up close, but should display great from a 3/4 front facing shelf where the hole riddled sides/unfinished fenders are in plain view.
Also weren't there also rumors of Brian's car in technic for summer? Or were the rumors for this model, and hugely mistaken?
Like all cars form the 70's, the Real thing is covered with CHROME! Please, oh please! TLG find a way to bring back chrome pieces!!!
My 42050 looks better than this
If it was a Creator yes. This. Meh.
I personally Love It,
It will absolutely be a Day 1 get for Me.
Now I will just pray That TLG & FCA Continue to work together,
And We Sooner rather than later get A Year 2016+
Dodge Challenger R/T.
Because I was deeply disappointed in the Yellow
6 stud wide 2018 Challenger SRT Demon We got in a Speed Champions Wave a few years back.
But If TLG gave The Challenger The Creator Expert Treatment.
I'd sign My House over to them,
Even just a Technic Set in the same scale as This Road&Track Charger.
But for that they don't get the whole of the House,
But I'll Rent them a room that includes Turn over and Room service.
Not up for pre-order now
I know I might insult a ton of people, but I thought this was an April's fool joke.
@Kanduu said:
"So Lego still purports to have their standard on no modern weapons, etc., right? I remember that with their "likely no Brickarms" for the new Bricklink. So how are they reconciling Fast and the Furious with that supposed family-friendly perspective?"
Reply:
Yeah, the whole franchise started with robbing semi-trucks of Panasonic VCR's and was all about illegal street racing, but then Dom is a "family" man, so who knows what logic they are following. Anyway, can't wait to see the Orange Toyota Supra or the 7 Speed *haha* Green Mitsubishi Eclipse.