Another upcoming Speed Champions set announced!
Posted by CapnRex101,
Official images of the newest Speed Champions range, scheduled for release on the 1st of March, have now been published on LEGO.com.
These include another set which was not revealed earlier, 76909 Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance & Mercedes-AMG Project One!
Find additional images of this set after the break...
76909 Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance & Mercedes-AMG Project One
- 564 pieces
- £34.99, $29.99, €39.99
High-quality additional images of every new Speed Champions set are now available in the database.
I have been looking forward to Speed Champions' first foray into Formula One since the new eight-wide standard began, but have you? Let us know in the comments.
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Loving the printed tyres! As an F1 fan I wish they would do more than 1 team though. Guarantee I would buy all of them every year… on second thought best that they don’t.
That $ to £/€ ratio, oof…
It’s a lovely set though, especially the F1 car!
I'm not someone who collects Speed Champions sets, but these cars look absolutely amazing.
I’ll probably regret pointing this out but…. I’m surprised Lego opted for Hamilton’s car and a yellow mini fig head. And yes I know yellow represents everyone, and it’s not meant to be him, but I’m sure it’ll still be made into an issue.
My god this looks good, the printed tires <3 :O
Ohhh yes! Finally revealed! And I loved it! Always been a fan of Mercedes cars, and these look really nice. Instant buy for me.
@Padraig said:
" I’ll probably regret pointing this out but…. I’m surprised Lego opted for Hamilton’s car and a yellow mini fig head. And yes I know yellow represents everyone, and it’s not meant to be him, but I’m sure it’ll still be made into an issue. "
Fair question: What other recent LEGO minifigure depictions of real people have used a yellow head? I’m just curious!
Expecto Petronas! Charm those Pirelli tires into my collection, but on a Ferrari!
Day one purchase.
Extra parts for the Bottas car but no hair!
Considering how the W13 gets revealed in a few weeks I’m a little disappointed this set is the older W12.
@Padraig said:
" I’ll probably regret pointing this out but…. I’m surprised Lego opted for Hamilton’s car and a yellow mini fig head. And yes I know yellow represents everyone, and it’s not meant to be him, but I’m sure it’ll still be made into an issue. "
The photos on Lego.com show it comes with both 44 and 77 number pieces, so I'm guessing that explains the choice of yellow for the single minifig face - it can represent either driver? It does only come with Hamilton's hair though.
I'm assuming the $29.99US price is a typo or mistake somewhere along the line, but would be great if the double sets came down in price. $40 isn't unreasonable, but I don't usually want both cars.
Even as a Red Bull Racing fan, this is amazing. I've been wanting new F1 cars for awhile.
Don't understand why they put the wet tyres colour in the Pirelli wheel instead of slicks colour...
The car is nice
Really good. A huge improvement on the 6 wide F1 Speed Champions. The Halo's not offering too much protection at that height though!
I'm not sure I can wait for the inevitable Amazon discounts... I'm feeling a day 1 complete wave may be irresistible!
Apparently for added realism Lego are going to delay this set slightly to allow another set to come out just before it! (on fresh tires)
I'm glad there is 77 alternative. I'm not big Mercedes fan, but I can be happy with 77.
@Peek_a_boo_ said:
"That $ to £/€ ratio, oof…"
Hopefully just a typo, that is unfair pricing.
the seat in F1 car is too much high: pilot's head doesn't go out from the Halo :P
@Padraig said:
" I’ll probably regret pointing this out but…. I’m surprised Lego opted for Hamilton’s car and a yellow mini fig head. And yes I know yellow represents everyone, and it’s not meant to be him, but I’m sure it’ll still be made into an issue. "
Pure conjecture, but it might be something to do with using athletes' likeness in a set, which would incur an additional cost. I'm not sure how commonplace this is in motorsport, but I'm sure big international athletes have their likeness trademarked. Besides, this isn't the first time we've seen numbered cars without their drivers named - Mitch Evans and Christina Nielsen are the first ones who spring to mind.
@lluisgib said:
"Don't understand why they put the wet tyres colour in the Pirelli wheel instead of slicks colour...
The car is nice"
Because the LEGO tyres are not slick?
Best Wave yet! So excited for all of it there is no bad set here!
@LuvKernow said:
"Perfect opportunity to support Black people and they by pass it utterly. Careful, Lego, I’m starting to wonder…"
They may not have had permission to use LH's likeness.
@sjr60 said:
"Really good. A huge improvement on the 6 wide F1 Speed Champions. The Halo's not offering too much protection at that height though!"
In a Lego racing accident the doctor can just reattach the driver's head :)
@LuvKernow said:
"Perfect opportunity to support Black people and they by pass it utterly. Careful, Lego, I’m starting to wonder…"
You can put the clown shoes away, literally every other Speed Champions minifig has been yellow
This thread is going to turn out awful isn't it
@CapnRex101 UK price is £34.99 on Lego.com not £39.99
Rear wing looks a bit suspect. May not be legal.
@gunther_schnitzel said:
"Rear wing looks a bit suspect. May not be legal."
In a racing sense or a connection sense?
@fakespacesquid said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Rear wing looks a bit suspect. May not be legal."
In a racing sense or a connection sense?"
In the sense that Merc were running a dodgy rear wing at times last season.
@LuvKernow said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Rear wing looks a bit suspect. May not be legal."
In a racing sense or a connection sense?"
In the sense that Merc were running a dodgy rear wing at times last season.
"
Pfft! And Red Bull weren't...? Are we going to play Spot the Max Apologists now?
"
When was Red Bull disqualified from qualification?
Finally an F1 car in the Speed Champion's series.
The older Formula E car set 76898 stood in for an F1 car until now! That set was a great value at $30 for two cars and start/finish line thing. This new F1/Safety Car set it $30 as well. Amazing value for a licenced set.
I LOVE the small detail of the blue-striped wet weather Pirelli tires. It even has the Petronas cyan color stripe.
@LuvKernow said:
" @vendys said:
" @LuvKernow said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Rear wing looks a bit suspect. May not be legal."
May not have been disqualified but eh… He should never have been near the championship.
Still, should’ve been a black minifigure for Lewis Hamilton. Can have yellow for Max seeing as he’s chicken shit.
In a racing sense or a connection sense?"
In the sense that Merc were running a dodgy rear wing at times last season.
"
Pfft! And Red Bull weren't...? Are we going to play Spot the Max Apologists now?
"
When was Red Bull disqualified from qualification?"
"
Red Bull were making repairs to their wings a lot of race weekends, it was frequently witnessed and reported. Mercedes were only disqualified once, and they never worked on their wings.
It shouldn't matter whether they're licensed to use Lewis or not. They're using the number which is Lewis number, he picked it. Bottas picked his too. Mercedes has tweeted the set. So they should use the right skin colour for each driver. Otherwise why use the numbers or based the set on the W12?
@Yellow said:
" @lluisgib said:
"Don't understand why they put the wet tyres colour in the Pirelli wheel instead of slicks colour...
The car is nice"
Because the LEGO tyres are not slick?"
I thought that. But blue is for full wet, and they aren't the most recognisable tyres for not pure F1 fans. Anyway, LEGO tyres look more like intermediate than full wet :D
@daniellesa said:
" @LuvKernow said:
" @vendys said:
" @LuvKernow said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Rear wing looks a bit suspect. May not be legal."
May not have been disqualified but eh… He should never have been near the championship.
Still, should’ve been a black minifigure for Lewis Hamilton. Can have yellow for Max seeing as he’s chicken shit.
In a racing sense or a connection sense?"
In the sense that Merc were running a dodgy rear wing at times last season.
"
Pfft! And Red Bull weren't...? Are we going to play Spot the Max Apologists now?
"
When was Red Bull disqualified from qualification?"
"
Red Bull were making repairs to their wings a lot of race weekends, it was frequently witnessed and reported. Mercedes were only disqualified once, and they never worked on their wings.
It shouldn't matter whether they're licensed to use Lewis or not. They're using the number which is Lewis number, he picked it. Bottas picked his too. Mercedes has tweeted the set. So they should use the right skin colour for each driver. Otherwise why use the numbers or based the set on the W12?"
75879 also based on a real F1 car, with numbers 5(Vet) and 7(Rai) and the fig is LEGOs race fluid yellow. Why is it so bad the fig isn't black?
@Padraig said:
" I’ll probably regret pointing this out but…. I’m surprised Lego opted for Hamilton’s car and a yellow mini fig head. And yes I know yellow represents everyone, and it’s not meant to be him, but I’m sure it’ll still be made into an issue. "
Well, I regret you pointing it out... were there no such issues when 75883 came out?
I really like the subject matter, but I'm not fully convinced by the execution. The F1 car's proportions look off, probably because the wheels are too small, and the Project 1 looks oddly flat. Still a decent set IMO.
@LuvKernow said:
" @vendys said:
" @daniellesa said:
" @LuvKernow said:
" @vendys said:
" @LuvKernow said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Rear wing looks a bit suspect. May not be legal."
May not have been disqualified but eh… He should never have been near the championship.
Still, should’ve been a black minifigure for Lewis Hamilton. Can have yellow for Max seeing as he’s chicken shit.
In a racing sense or a connection sense?"
In the sense that Merc were running a dodgy rear wing at times last season.
"
Pfft! And Red Bull weren't...? Are we going to play Spot the Max Apologists now?
"
When was Red Bull disqualified from qualification?"
"
Red Bull were making repairs to their wings a lot of race weekends, it was frequently witnessed and reported. Mercedes were only disqualified once, and they never worked on their wings.
It shouldn't matter whether they're licensed to use Lewis or not. They're using the number which is Lewis number, he picked it. Bottas picked his too. Mercedes has tweeted the set. So they should use the right skin colour for each driver. Otherwise why use the numbers or based the set on the W12?"
75879 also based on a real F1 car, with numbers 5(Vet) and 7(Rai) and the fig is LEGOs race fluid yellow. Why is it so bad the fig isn't black?"
Because this is one of the most prominent black sportsmen on the planet. For us white people, it doesn’t really matter if yellow or not…
"
I personally would love to have white Vettel/Raikonen and black Hamilton and white Bottas. But they decided on yellow, Mercedes probably had a say in this, maybe even Hamilton.
Absolutely ridiculous comments here. Speed Champions use yellow heads, end of story.
I’m surprised the US price is less. Is that just to try to move product here? F1 simply isn’t that popular here so it kind of makes sense. I guess?
Or maybe it really is just an error.
I'm not a particularly a fan of Speed Champions, but I must say, I am a complete fan of whoever the designers are! The pictures are just so inspiring as to how Lego can be used to create iconic vehicles. I really hope Lego will do a new version of the Back to The Future DeLorien.
@florian00777 said:
"My god this looks good, the printed tires <3 :O "
It seems to me they are new parts (new wheels covering the side of rubber), but we'll know soon enough.
Wow! This is great!
@Sparky_Ham said:
"I'm not a particularly a fan of Speed Champions, but I must say, I am a complete fan of whoever the designers are! The pictures are just so inspiring as to how Lego can be used to create iconic vehicles. I really hope Lego will do a new version of the Back to The Future DeLorien."
There are rumours that this year there will be a new DeLorean
@tjkopena said:
"I'm assuming the $29.99US price is a typo or mistake somewhere along the line, but would be great if the double sets came down in price. $40 isn't unreasonable, but I don't usually want both cars."
I think it's correct, see previous examples 76898 and 76903
Yellow means generic skin color. It means any skin color, just put your imagination in it. Just like emoji faces.
LEGO's policy regarding minifigure skin tones has been consistent since 2004. Perhaps that will change in future, but this comments section is not the right place for discussion of such sensitive issues.
Further comments regarding the skin tone of the Lewis Hamilton minifigure will be removed.
The price seems to be the best part.....until I noticed only the US price is that good.
As for the builds.....I'm not so convinced. Obviously, these are very difficult designs to capture in Lego, especially at this scale. On both cars, there's hardly a straight line or a hard edge to be found. Both builds look rather blocky though. Especially the Project One looks almost unrecognizable, if not for the stickers. The F1 is slightly better, I especially like how the wings are done. However, I wonder why they went with those grey axle connectors, while it's obviously near impossible to replicate F1 suspension at this scale, this way they stand out way too much. And if Lewis was sitting like this in the real car, Monza would have ended quite a bit worse for him...
And personally, I would have loved to see a different combo-set: why not the Mercedes and the Red Bull together? It's probably obvious who my favorite would be, but after everything that happened last season, I'd love to have both of them right next to each other. Despite that controversial final race, the both of them gave us one of the most spectacular and memorable seasons since I've been following the sport, for over 30 years.
@Padraig:
I don’t follow motorsports at all, so I had to read the other comments to understand what was going on. With the exception of The LEGO Movie and The LEGO movie 2, all minifig-based LEGO themes since 2004 have been separated into Fiction and Non-Fiction. The former get yellow heads, and the latter get fleshies, but TLM/TLM2 are the only sets that have mixed the two with one notable exception. That set is 10123, which had a brown Lando with yellow Luke/Han/Leia. Together with The Simpsons having color-coded that “yellow = Caucasian” for over three decades (not their fault, but they did dip their toes in that pool by licensing the IP), their official policy isn’t going to brush this away. You may regret pointing it out, but not doing so clearly wouldn’t make people not notice, it wouldn’t keep some people from being offended, and it wouldn’t keep other people from being offended that some people were offended.
Regardless, Speed Champions is about the cars. The characters are fictional. They don’t license the likenesses if anyone, and giving this minifig reddish-brown parts could have opened them up to a lawsuit. I’m guessing between the two, 44 is the faster car, so using 77 would have looked awkward. Using only 44 would have also looked awkward. Including both looks awkward, when the Jaguar Formula E car only has one set of racing numbers. The set designer may have included that hairstyle as a way of acknowledging that a racially-generic minifig is standing in for a specific minority driver, which also looks awkward. But making the minifig reddish-brown would have looked far more awkward. Do that, and now you have to explain why that’s the only minority minifig in a theme full of “white” minifigs. You also have to explain why this is the only driver whose likeness has been licensed when several models over the theme have represented very specific cars whose drivers are a matter of public record. You also have to explain why, if you’re making this one exception for Speed Champions, you aren’t for any other themes.
If they could go back in time, I wonder if they would have killed the NBA license (the first use of fleshies), and told LEGO Direct that they could only release Cloud City if they made Lando yellow like everyone else.
The tyres are not printed, it's a hub plate like on the Nascar set a couple of years ago.
Going to be part of my collection :)
"get in there Lewis"
The set looks cool! However, the driver's head sticking out of the halo bar kinda defeats its purpose, doesn't it?
$29.99 for a pair of exemplary licensed car models with the cutting edge of LEGO parts and building techniques, that would probably be sold for that much individually in any other theme... not my favorite set of this wave, but a very high quality one.
Is that the set of tyres he finished the Abu Dhabi GP on?
Regarding the use of purely fictional mini figures in the speed champions line, I’ll point out that the 75886 Ferrari 488 GT3 minifigure was almost certainly a representation of Christina Nielsen, although not officially licensed.
I dare say licensing Hamilton’s likeness would be an expense many times over that of the 2021 Mercedes car, particularly in light of other Mercedes products LEGO can and will make. I bet the folks at FOM would get more involved in that instance.
Is that a new part used for the headlights of the grey car? It must be relatively new, at least; I've never seen it before...
@gunther_schnitzel said:
"Is that the set of tyres he finished the Abu Dhabi GP on? "
Idk if your joking or not if you aren’t No, the tires shown here are likely wet tires while Hamilton finish Abu Dhabi on Hard tires.
8-wide rocks!
@TheMikeStrikesBack:
It is new, but we’ve seen it before. The Lotus and the grey Aston-Martin that were just announced use the same part. It also has the same fin as the like Aston-Martin car, and I’m still not sure if that’s new or not. The F1 has teal hand-studs, which I’m sure at least one person, somewhere, will find exciting.
@gylman:
No, I’m pretty sure these are cars, and fast ones at that, by the look of them.
The F1 Benz looks a bit rough and only depicts last seasons runner up. TBH this one looks much better ;-)
https://ideas.lego.com/s/p:ba99dbcac70a4081b894d59c9450b235
@CAC101 said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Is that the set of tyres he finished the Abu Dhabi GP on? "
Idk if your joking or not if you aren’t No, the tires shown here are likely wet tires while Hamilton finish Abu Dhabi on Hard tires."
It was clearly a joke, obvious to anyone who is into to F1, given the significant of Hamilton’s tyres on that last lap.
I’ve watched that lap a couple of dozen times at this stage, reliving the moment where Verstappen gets payback for Hamilton putting him in hospital at Silverstone.
Carma [sic] :)
One thing I just noticed: On the box is shown how you can flip up the halo, as if it were a function. I really don't mind that it isn't fixed in place (as it is on the real thing), but why would you want to emphasize that? If something isn't supposed to move, just don't show that it can....
Even Lego don't apply their stickers correctly in official images (top pic, 77 flag).
Need more prints.
@WizardOfOss:
If it’s presented as a feature, it’s likely an intentional design choice. In this case, it’s probably meant to make it easier to get the minifig in and out. I don’t think anyone believes for a second that the back of the Mystery Machine really swings open or has a removable roof like 75902 does, but it’s necessary for kids to access the interior and imagine the Scooby Gang doing all kinds of wholesome detectivey things that we all know are not at all what took place in that hidden space that has (as far as I know) gone sight-unseen for decades.
As I said, I don't mind it as a design choice. Even if it wouldn't be necessary to access the figure, any way to fixate it would make it look worse. But it's odd to show it on the box. I mean, they don't seem to show you can take off the roof on the box of any of the other cars, which is a lot less obvious.
On the 75902 it made much more sense, as the possibility to swing it open elevates it from mostly a display set to a fine play set. That is a feature worth emphasizing.
@daniellesa said:
" @LuvKernow said:
" @vendys said:
" @LuvKernow said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Rear wing looks a bit suspect. May not be legal."
May not have been disqualified but eh… He should never have been near the championship.
Still, should’ve been a black minifigure for Lewis Hamilton. Can have yellow for Max seeing as he’s chicken shit.
In a racing sense or a connection sense?"
In the sense that Merc were running a dodgy rear wing at times last season.
"
Pfft! And Red Bull weren't...? Are we going to play Spot the Max Apologists now?
"
When was Red Bull disqualified from qualification?"
"
Red Bull were making repairs to their wings a lot of race weekends, it was frequently witnessed and reported. Mercedes were only disqualified once, and they never worked on their wings.
It shouldn't matter whether they're licensed to use Lewis or not. They're using the number which is Lewis number, he picked it. Bottas picked his too. Mercedes has tweeted the set. So they should use the right skin colour for each driver. Otherwise why use the numbers or based the set on the W12?"
Mercedes were disqualified because the rear wing broke on one side and thus was not legal at that point. Not because the wing was set up illegally.
Cool! Looks like the headlights are printed.
@MarkingX:
As I pointed out in the other article, the headlights are printed on new curved wedge slopes, which may have a compound curve shape that won’t take stickers very well. If the sticker is really narrow, it can sometimes be applied without buckling the edges, but for stickers that have a more full shape, the edges won’t lay flat.
Of the seven cars depicted in five sets that have just been unveiled, six have headlights. Four use these same parts with custom print. As far as I can tell, only the Countach uses stickers for what I’m guessing are pop-up high beams, and either fog lights or parking lights, but it still has what appear to be brick-built low beams. So one thing I hadn’t been thinking about before is critical features. Back toward the end of the Chima run, they did a few Legend Beasts that got a lot of attention for their use of both prints and stickers. One interview or comment I read noted that the prints were restricted to the animals’ faces, where claws and spots and such were all stickers. These were small sets, in the $10-20 range, and well within the capacity of a young builder to tackle solo. The thing is, stickers are always a problem for young hands. They tend to get applied crooked, hanging off an edge, not pressed down firmly, on the wrong part(s), with the wrong orientation, and/or with dirt and pet hair trapped underneath. The intent was apparently that the kids wait for older siblings or actual adults to handle all the sticker application, whenever they had free time. But a kid won’t want to wait several hours to get stickers applied, so the set has to be playable right out of the box. Just printing the animals’ faces gives them enough life that kids can start playing with them as soon as they’re built, and someone can add the other less-critical details at a later time.
So, headlights are one of the more iconic components of a car (to the point that NASCAR cars really do have stickers to represent them). Excluding stuff like this F1 racecar, not having any form of headlights just makes cars look weird and unnatural, and maybe they’ve decided to eliminate the use of stickers for headlights altogether. Or maybe the set designers have just decided to force the issue by always using these new unprintable parts to represent the headlights that can’t be brick-built, so they can say they only use printed headlights because stickers won’t work on those parts.
Kinda wish it was a 2 car F1 set, since they have VB77 anyway. Now I gotta pick up two sets and offload 2 AMG Ones. And licensed helmets would’ve been nice too. To complement my Schumacher/Barrichello and Raikkonen/Massa minifigs.
Could somebody show me the new slope, please? I don't know what you're all talking about...
@Modeltrainman said:
"Could somebody show me the new slope, please? I don't know what you're all talking about..."
It's the piece the headlights are on.
This wave of cars will run over my wallet and flatten it.
Is that a new steering wheel piece in the F1 car?
@lost_scotsman said:
"Is that a new steering wheel piece in the F1 car?
"
Nope, is the gamepad from CMF Gamer figure. I used it as F1 Steering wheel when it was launched in 2019 :D
@Modeltrainman:
Look at headlights on the grey car. They’re printed on what appear to be 3x2 curved slopes with L/R angled tips.
@lost_scotsman:
No, it’s a video game controller.
Too bad that the Speed Champions degenerated to display objects which don't fit minifigures at all anymore.
It used to be one of my favorite themes...
@peterlmorris said:
"I’m surprised the US price is less. Is that just to try to move product here? F1 simply isn’t that popular here so it kind of makes sense. I guess?
Or maybe it really is just an error."
Since Drive to Survive came out, F1 is growing in the US like wildfire. I wouldn't be shocked if the price was related to the US being a huge growing market for the sport.
Wonder if the designers had to break the rules to make this set for entertainment purposes like Michael Masi did in that F1 finale.
I don't even like Mercedes or F1, but, maaan those printed tires and that color scheme really got me.
Wow, a twin-pack of cars where both cars actually look worth having! Haven't seen one of those in a while...
@MandaPanda742:
The tires aren’t actually printed, and probably wouldn’t hold the print well if they were (Dr. Inferno and Dr. D. Zaster have printed stripes on their hair that you can just peel off like a piece of tape). There’s a plastic insert that fits snug against the sidewall of the tire and looks like the rim of a racing wheel in the center, and they just print on the flange if that piece. It’s not the Formila E Jaguar, but at least one other SC set got this treatment before.
@PurpleDave said:
" @MandaPanda742:
The tires aren’t actually printed, and probably wouldn’t hold the print well if they were (Dr. Inferno and Dr. D. Zaster have printed stripes on their hair that you can just peel off like a piece of tape). There’s a plastic insert that fits snug against the sidewall of the tire and looks like the rim of a racing wheel in the center, and they just print on the flange if that piece. It’s not the Formila E Jaguar, but at least one other SC set got this treatment before."
Yea verily! https://brickset.com/sets/75891-1/Chevrolet-Camaro-ZL1-Race-Car
At $29.99, this is probably a day 1 purchase for me. I'm not a gearhead nor really into the racing scene, but I've been appreciating the Speed Champions line for years because of how much I'm enjoying the designs. Granted, when comparing the LEGO models to the actual vehicles, there's plenty of room for more accuracy but i'm continually impressed by how much TLG has been able to squeeze into these small models. Right now, 75880: McLaren 720S, 76900: Koenigsegg Jesko and 76895: Ferrari F8 Tributo are sitting on my desk. One of the perks of working from home!
@Padraig said:
" I’ll probably regret pointing this out but…. I’m surprised Lego opted for Hamilton’s car and a yellow mini fig head. And yes I know yellow represents everyone, and it’s not meant to be him, but I’m sure it’ll still be made into an issue. "
Knowing LEGO fans it will absolutely be made into an issue. Btw I absolutely agree with you, yellow was a dicey choice...
Tyres aren't printed but still have a convincing look using those printed insert discs as it matches the size and shape very well.
Price with Europe vs US is a bit weird , but 76898 : Formula E Panasonic Jaguar Racing GEN2 Car & Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY had a similar pricing difference with a Formula Car.
Maybe the US price is lower as they might move less sets there because US has it's own race variants with Daytona, Indy Car, Nascar that likely get a lot more popular/broadcast/bigger viewership in US.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Modeltrainman:
Look at headlights on the grey car. They’re printed on what appear to be 3x2 curved Tslopes with L/R angled tips.
@lost_scotsman:
No, it’s a video game controller."
Thanks, Dave!
@Padraig said:
" I’ll probably regret pointing this out but…. I’m surprised Lego opted for Hamilton’s car and a yellow mini fig head. And yes I know yellow represents everyone, and it’s not meant to be him, but I’m sure it’ll still be made into an issue. "
It could have been Georges Russell when he drove the 44 when Hamilton was sick. But it was in 2020, not for the 2021 season (with this W12 car)
@peku said:
"It could have been Georges Russell when he drove the 44 when Hamilton was sick. But it was in 2020, not for the 2021 season (with this W12 car)"
Also, Russell kept his own number 63 when he drove the Mercedes (the numbers are linked to the driver, not the car): https://i.imgur.com/JO9RyNw.jpg
Extraordinary set!! It will be fantastic to have a F1 car in 8-stud wide version!! Awesome. Now, the dimensions will be so real...
Definitively, this year I spend most of the money on Speed Champions set...what a collection in the same year!!
For an extra €50,000 you get the limited edition set with Max minifigure touching rear wing.
@lluisgib said:
" @Yellow said:
" @lluisgib said:
"Don't understand why they put the wet tyres colour in the Pirelli wheel instead of slicks colour...
The car is nice"
Because the LEGO tyres are not slick?"
I thought that. But blue is for full wet, and they aren't the most recognisable tyres for not pure F1 fans. Anyway, LEGO tyres look more like intermediate than full wet :D"
How much uproar if they put a slick tyre color on a tyre that wasn't slick? Also, true to detail, the lego types have the Cinturato branding rather than P-Zero for wet weather.
This reminds me of excellent F1 models designed by LegoCG on rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-71015/LegoCG/f1-mercedes-w12/
Countach! Yes!