I like my LEGO with a bit of colour. I like my cars with a bit of colour (heck, my own car has essentially a triple colour paint). So being presented with a teal supercar is cool.

Given the size of this set I didn’t expect anything too exciting, but I was curious how well the very curvy shapes of the Aston Martin Valkyrie could be captured and then I noticed a computer game mentioned on the box!

Join me while I explore why this game is mentioned on a LEGO set, and explore how well this decidedly not-straight vehicle translated into LEGO.

42208 Aston Martin Valkyrie contains 707 parts and is available from the 1st of June 2025 for AU$99.99/£54.99/US$64.99/€59.99. This set was provided by LEGO for review, all opinions are my own.

Aston Martin Valkyrie

The Aston Martin Valkyrie was a joint development between Aston Martin and Red Bull (yes), and the resulting machine is “entirely usable and enjoyable as a road car” according to wikipedia. To put this in context; this car is claimed to be able to generate 1000hp. This is about the same power as the trucks pulling road trains through Australia. Those are trucks that drive with 3 heavily loaded trailers of cargo. At least the available torque for the Valkyrie is a modest 750Nm, where a Toyota Camry has a peak at about 220Nm. Interesting snippet, a typical dual motor electric car can generate 600Nm-ish, even when not a supercar.

In other words ‘enjoyable as a road car’ doesn’t really seem to cover it. The Valkyrie car is a beast.

In the box

The box shows an elegant very curvy vehicle, with a small picture of the real thing, and an image of the LEGO car in a computer game ‘Asphalt Legends Unite’.

Opening the box reveals five plastic bags, an instruction manual, an extensive sticker sheet and a sheet of paper with a code that can be redeemed for ‘gifts’.

What the game?

The game ‘Asphalt Legends Unite’ is the latest rendition in the ‘Asphalt’ series of arcade racers, commonly played oh mobile platforms (such as a phone) where you slowly unlock tickets and cards and credits to eventually unlock and upgrade cars. The races are very lightweight and short and the whole thing feels more like a gambling setup than a racing game.

I was hoping that redeeming the code within Asphalt would result in the ability to play a LEGO version of the Valkyrie, a bit like in Forza Horizon a few years ago, but reality is a bit different. The code resulting in getting 50 (out of 85) unlock tickets for the regular Aston Martin Valkyrie and it doesn’t come with the teal paintjob as default.

In addition a large stack of cards for various cars was given plus 1750 tokens and 1,000,000 credits.

Buying the same thing in the game would cost upwards of $40, so if you really enjoy playing this game you could consider this good value as a bonus with the LEGO set, but I am disappointed that the given tickets for the Valkyrie only get you barely halfway towards unlocking it and it doesn’t even seem to be the LEGO version!
I am wondering; who came up with this three party license? Was it the game developer Gameloft, was it Aston Martin? Did Red Bull have something to do with it, or did someone at LEGO like playing the game and thought they could bring some things together? [ed: Gameloft was the company that brought us LEGO Legacy: Minigiures Unboxed back in 2019, so they have done work with The LEGO Group previously, Aston Martin have also had a pre-existing relationship, and Redbull have been lurking around the edges with one of the first 18+ Speed Champions F1 set. A collab at this level seemed inevitable.)

On to LEGO then; the build

With only 5 bags the build goes pretty quick. Step one builds most of the lower chassis and seats, notice the ladybug under the right front seat.

This is followed by the engine with 12 cylinders (and crank-discs). When these move, it is satisfying to see these 12 pistons wave up and down.

Which brings us to the wheel arches, kicking off the curved parts of the car. The nature of Technic panels allows for very elegant curved surfaces, and it occurred to me that Technic is better suited for such curved shapes than regular LEGO; comparing these curves with the shape of the 10321 Corvette from a few years ago. Is Technic cheating though; look at the size of those wheel arches!

Also, look at those curves. The first parts with some stickers start to appear to add the thin lime line accents along the edge of the car.

Next up is the front of the car, which is where it becomes unstuck. The headlight pieces just don’t connect to the wheel arches well and seen strikingly separated from the rest of the vehicle panels. It’s like they ran out of ‘smooth’ and just slapped a band-aid on.

Finally we add the engine cover at the back , the cabin roof and the wheels to finish the car. With the roof the stickers really go nuts with several pieces next to each other showing a curve, that doesn’t quite align as well on the set as they did on the sticker sheet because the parts are a bit farther apart. I would have thought that the designers could take that into account when designing the sheets.

Parts

This set has a lot of teal parts and I know at least 1 person who will greatly enjoy these parts and I doubt he’s alone. I am very pleased to see colour coded axles and pins, making it easier to separate them during building and giving us a bit more options in otherwise very bland parts.

The biggest surprise was the inclusion of two ladybug tiles (one is hidden under the seat in the car). Please let us know if you know about the significance of this insect in this car.

Conclusions

What can I say; I didn’t expect much, and the set didn’t deliver much. I like the colour of the car, and from certain angles (in particular from the rear) the car does look good, but several angles, especially when you can see the front, just don’t look right.

This car has an incredibly difficult shape to capture in LEGO so I have to applaud the designer for capturing the essence, but I think I might struggle to recognize the car by just looking at the LEGO version.

I give this set 3 out of 5 arbitrary praise units as ‘passable’ and nice enough if you like a simple car, but I would recommend to get some Speed Champions instead, or a larger scale vehicle if you can stretch your budget; you will enjoy it more.

The 42208 Aston Martin Valkyrie will be released on June 1st, 2025. It contains 707 parts and has a RRP of AU$99.99/£54.99/US$64.99/€59.99.

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