Just as we are seeing Space spread across major themes this year, we are also seeing a range of new racing vehicles being represented across Technic, Icons and Speed Champion ranges. this brings similar vehicles across different scales and parts families…just right for different members of the family to share the joy of racing cars together.
We see the arrival of four different Formula 1 cars, including a tribute to Ayrton Senna in the LEGO Icons range.
Billund, February 1st, 2024: Today, the LEGO Group is revealing new products as part of a large celebration of the exciting world of racing, that sees the company partnering with a variety of iconic car and racing brands including BMW, McLaren Racing & Senna brand, and Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team, to bring incredible vehicles to its different themes.
With the new range of vehicles, the company aims to celebrate fans’ passion for racing and create exciting play experiences for families to enjoy together, as they recreate some of the most iconic cars of the industry.
Launching on March 1st will be two LEGO Speed Champions sets created in collaboration with partners at McLaren Racing and BMW, two LEGO Technic cars from Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team, one LEGO Icons car from McLaren and the Senna brand as well as two new racing inspired cars from LEGO City.
“Play is a great way for families to bond over shared passions,” says Niels Henrik Horsted, Head of Product at the LEGO Group. “Coming together with a group of partners to create a variety of play experiences for families out there is a great opportunity for the LEGO Group, and we have created vehicles for both adults and kids, so they can enjoy a shared play experience together, as they build. We might all have different cars we prefer, different championships or competitions we like, different racing teams we cheer on, but what unites us is our shared love of exciting racing and incredible cars!”
LEGO ICONS has recreated one of the most successful F1 cars of all time, the 1988 McLaren MP4/4. Developed in collaboration with McLaren Racing and the Senna brand, the LEGO ICONS McLaren MP4/4 & Ayrton Senna has accurate detailing and realistic functions. The product includes working steering, rod suspension, an adjustable rear wing, slick tires, mirrors, a gearshift and a detailed turbocharged V6 engine, and a display stand for the car and Ayrton Senna minifigure.
Included in the new range is even the same car in two different versions, for different recommended ages. So now, families can bond over a great building experience with the LEGO Technic Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance for adults ages 18+ and the pull-back version for kids ages 7+. The 1:8 scale model for adults features authentic livery details, a working V6 engine with moving pistons fans can explore up close when removing the engine cover, an opening wing, individual suspension, functioning steering and slick tires. The pull-back version for kids offers both an authentic look and great action-packed play, as kids can recreate their favourite racing moments.
LEGO Speed Champions 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Race Car for kids ages 9+ gives young fans the opportunity to experience the black-and-papaya livery as well as iconic design details from the real-life race car coming to life as they build. The LEGO Technic McLaren Formula 1 Race Car which launched in 2022 remains in the LEGO Group’s portfolio, so families can share a fun building experience together.
The LEGO Speed Champions BMW M4 GT3 & BMW M Hybrid V8 Race Cars pack features two models as well as two LEGO minifigure drivers. Fans aged 9+ can enjoy the double-pack and put the cars to the test racing against each other once the build is finished. Each of the race cars is packed with authentic details highlighting the iconic German car maker’s style and high performance.
LEGO City introduces two new racing inspired sets for kids ages 4+ the LEGO City Green Race Car including driver and photographer, sporty tires, and a cool rear spoiler. The LEGO City Race Car and Car Carrier Truck which includes a race car with sleek ‘slammed-wide’ design with lowered suspension and flared fenders for ultimate handling and traction as well as a transporter with loading ramp and two minifigure drivers.
Here are the details of the sets:
Product Details
LEGO® Icons McLaren MP4/4 & Ayrton Senna
· Age: 18+
· Price: €79.99/$79.99/99.99 AUD/749 CNY/31990 HUF/99.99 CAD/1999 MXN
· Pieces: 693
· Product No.: 10330
· Dimensions: Measures over 5 in. (12 cm) high, 12.5 in. (32 cm) long and 6.5 in. (17 cm) wide
· Available for pre-order from www.LEGO.com
TECHNIC
I love the idea of Technic releasing both a pullback scale, as well as a full scale ’18+’ build of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance. This certainly gives enthusiastic kids the chance to build the same car as their household adults, but with a greater level of play value. I note that the pullback is roughly half the length of the the 18+ model.
LEGO® Technic™ Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance
· Age: 18+
· Price: €219.99/$219.99/299.99 AUD/89990 HUF/1899 CNY/289.99 CAD/
· Pieces: 1,642
· Product No.: 42171
· Dimensions: Measures over 5 in. (13 cm) high, 25 in. (63 cm) long and 10 in. (26 cm) wide
LEGO® Technic™ Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance Pull-Back
· Age: 7+
· Price: €26.99/$26.99/39.99 AUD/249 CNY/9990 HUF/34.99 CAD/679 MXN
· Pieces: 240
· Product No.: 42165
· Dimensions: Measures over 2 in. (6 cm) high, 9.5 in. (24 cm) long and 4 in. (10 cm) wide
Speed Champions
LEGO® Speed Champions 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Race Car
This car was represented in the ICONS set - at least the 2022 version was. This car is also represented in the 30683 Polybag, at a drastically reduced scale.
· Age: 9+
· Price: €26.99/$26.99/39.99 AUD/249 CNY/9990 HUF/34.99 CAD/679 MXN
· Pieces: 245
· Product No.: 76919
· Dimensions: Measures over 1.5 in. (4 cm) high, 7 in. (19 cm) long and 2.5 in. (7 cm) wide
LEGO® Speed Champions BMW M4 GT3 & BMW M Hybrid V8 Race Cars
· Age: 9+
· Price: €49.99/$44.99/74.99 AUD/449 CNY/17999 HUF/59.99 CAD/1149 MXN
· Pieces: 676
· Product No.: 76922
· Dimensions: The BMW M4 GT3 measures over 7 in. (18 cm) long
LEGO® City
These city sets have been available for a couple of months now… but lets just rememebr that they are there.
LEGO® City Green Race Car
· Age: 4+
· Price: €9.99/$9.99/14.99 AUD/399 CNY/690 HUF/13.99 CAD/259 MXN
· Pieces: 56
· Product No.: 60399
· Dimensions: Measures over 1 in. (3 cm) high, 4.5 in. (11 cm) long and 2 in. (5 cm) wide
LEGO® City Race Car and Car Carrier Truck
· Age: 6+
· Price: €29.99/$29.99/49.99 AUD/269 CNY/10990 HUF/39.99 CAD/759 MXN
· Pieces: 328
· Product No.: 60406
· Dimensions: Measures over 3 in. (7 cm) high, 6.5 in. (17 cm) long and 2.5 in. (6 cm) wide
The new LEGO sets celebrating racing passion are available from March 1st, 2024, via LEGO stores, http://www.lego.com and from select leading retailers around the world.
I’d love to know what you think of these sets: Are LEGO Cars your thing? Racing cars of some form or another have been a cornerstone of LEGO sets since the early says of LEGO Town (and even before then, with the LEGO Expert Builder’s series), and I am looking forward to having a play with these. To say nothing of comparing the small and large Mercedes builds.
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As someone who enjoys F1 and attends the Indy 500 every year, I’m very happy to see these F1 sets in different sizes and prices. And race cars of every kind are just cool.
Which one appeals most?
Probably the Speed Champions McLaren as it’s the same scale as the Mercedes W12 Speed Champions car that’s already available and I’d like to see Lando Norris break through for his first win. It doesn’t hurt that McLaren uses the same colors on its F1 and Indy cars. I’m also interested in the large Technic Mercedes. I have never built a large Technic model, but if I ever do, it will most likely be an open wheel race car, and I don’t know why, but I like that Mercedes better than the large McLaren. And while my kids don’t watch F1 with me, they always want to know how Lewis Hamilton did.
And I posted this just minutes before seeing the news that Lewis Hamilton will move to Ferrari. Unbelievable!
Good thing the Mercedes sets don’t come with minifigures! I wonder if there is a publicity film being reshot as we speak?
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Awesome news with Lego revealing a range of F1 cars and Lewis signing for Ferrari on the same day. Definitely will get my hands on Gordon Murray’s MP 4/4 and the 2023 McLaren Speed Champions car. Of course I would have been even more content getting a minifig version of Alain Prost too, but understandable with the upcoming 30th anniversary of Senna’s fatal accident in Imola on May 1st this year.
I’m indifferent to racing, but I hope the yellow and orange motorcycle helmets in the Speed Champions and Icons sets would mean that unprinted yellow and orange helmets would come up on Lego Pick-A-Brick. Yellow is the rarest of the Mondrian colors, and Orange is extremely rare, having only been widely released in printed form.
42619 for the win.
The big technic sets are overpriced as are the dinky speedchamps imo.
F1 bores me, w.r.c and b.t.c. is far more exciting!
Bike racing too but lego bikes suck i.m.o.