If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’ll know that Speed Champions set reviews don’t typically show up here… well… ever. There is always a chance for a first, right? I ordered set #76934-1: Ferrari F40 to add to the Bricks for Bricks Bricklink store in the future. When the set arrived, the box was beat up pretty bad from shipping (as in, it was opened). I sent a damaged item request in expecting to send it back and was told to keep the damaged set and I would get another one. So why not build it?
This set was released on 1 August 2024 and it contains 318 pieces. It retails for $26.99 which is insane that Speed Champions sets have gone up so much in recent years. Still, the set is $0.085 per piece, which isn’t too bad, but don’t forget that the pieces are pretty small.
The front of the box shows the set with the Speed Champions logo. The back gives a few more views along with a picture of the actual car.
The contents are four numbered parts bags, a bag with two sets of hubcaps, a base piece for the car, a sticker sheet with a bunch of tiny stickers, and the instructions.
Having never built a Speed Champions set before, I did not realize how much detail is packed into these sets. Just in this bag, you add some of the initial internal structure in, you get seats, a parking break, a shifter, and a few printed pieces. This bag includes a female minifigure with a shirt with the Ferrari name on it. She has a wrench to help tune up her vehicle.
The second bag installs the engine, the back, and the doors. Compared to the real car, the designers did an amazing job using some small pieces to capture all of the details. The engine isn’t exactly super detailed, but it works for the size. There are a few small stickers that you add in. I wasn’t a fan of trying to get them on, but I made it work. I was also impressed how they got the angle of the door to work in a small space.
The third bag starts to go to the details on the front of the car. It’s really starting to come together.
The fourth bag wraps up the car. I was thankful a few pieces had printing versus stickers. Definitely the windshield and the main logo on the hood of the car as printed pieces were perfect as I’d mess those up. Spoons as the mirrors are not the greatest look, but it captures the main idea. At the risk of repeating myself over and over, I’m just shocked at how much detail is packed into such a small space. The designers really got the look of the car with a lot of small details. It’s impressive the pieces LEGO has now and what you can do with them. I like how this car turned out. I’m not a fan of the stickers. I’m glad there was some printing, but overall, they were tiny and a pain to get on some of the pieces. Although I can’t imagine the cost of this set with no stickers and all printing. At $27, this single Speed Champions car is expensive. I got it for $21 (before it was wrecked during shipping and given to me for free) and even that’s too much. I get that LEGO and their retailers need to make money, but this is more of a $15 car and then $12 on sale in my opinion.
What do you think? I say if you are a Ferrari or Speed Champions fan, grab this one, otherwise find another set to buy.
Speaking of other sets, back when we had a Creator Expert line, LEGO build set #10248-1. It’s slightly bigger and I have to say they look great together! I need to find a fun way to display it, but there’s an opportunity for LEGO to make Speed Champions and then a corresponding LEGO Icons car to go with it at a higher price point. That way suckers like me will grab both.
Happy building!
