- Lego celebrates the Koenigsegg Sadair Lance with a life-size model
- It is made of 327,906 Lego elements.
- A slightly less challenging 4104 brick version can be purchased
Lego’s Technic sets might push the boundaries of what’s possible with a bunch of plastic bricks, but the company isn’t content to simply offer realistic models of high-performance cars for adults to painstakingly build on a wet weekend.
This week, the Danish toymaker decided to release a life-size version of its own 4,104-piece, 1:8 scale Technic Koenigsegg Sadair Spear model, based on the real Koenigsegg that set a record at the famous Goodwood hillclimb during last year’s Festival of Speed event.
It’s all very meta, but the 1:1 version managed to drive down arguably one of the most famous residential roads in the world at a speed of 69 mph with, you guessed it, the same Koenigsegg test driver who set the record last year behind the wheel.
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While it’s impossible to build a fully drivable car entirely out of Lego (if only), the teams behind the massive model said the project took 9,400 hours to develop and build, with some 327,906 Lego elements needed to design the body. This alone weighs 880 pounds (400 kg).
The overall build tips the scales at a hefty 3,900 pounds (1,800 kg), but it features genuine Koenigsegg wheels, an FIA-spec roll cage, and a small electric motor driving the rear wheels. The 1,603bhp 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 in Sadair’s Spear probably didn’t fit.
Speaking to Top Gear, Lego design chief Lubor Zelinka said the brief called for a Lego Technic vehicle that could “go very fast” and, as a result, was “the most complex build in the shortest time of any Lego Technic car.”
Zelinka also revealed that there are a number of excellent Easter eggs scattered throughout the build, including the fact that part of the lighthouse canopies are from Lego Star Wars ships, while sections of the Koenigsegg’s famously intricate Triplex suspension system are taken from a Ninjago set.
Where can you buy one?
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Lego says the Technic Koenigsegg Sadair Spear Megacar set (model number 42232, for brick fans) will be available in July priced at $449.99 / £399.99 / €449.99, but the 1:1 replica is, unfortunately, for internal use only.
Reaching 69mph along Goodwood’s famous hill climb route makes it the fastest Lego Technic Big Build car of all time, knocking out the McLaren P1, driven by F1 driver Lando Norris, from the top spot. That managed a measly 40 mph.
While it’s not confirmed, it’s highly likely that ticket holders for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed event in the UK will be able to get up close and personal with the bold build which, when Ghost Mode is activated, will see the doors, bonnet and engine cover slide open so you can get a good look at the suspension system. Good touch.
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