- Lego celebrates Koenigsegg Sadair’s spear with a life-size model
- It is made of 327,906 Lego elements
- A slightly less challenging version with 4,104 bricks can be purchased
Lego’s Technic sets may push the boundaries of what’s possible with a bunch of plastic bricks, but the company doesn’t stop at just offering lifelike 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-part, 1:8 scale Technic Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear model – itself based on the real Koenigsegg that set the record at Goodwood’s famous hill climb during last year’s Festival of Speed event.
It’s all very meta, but the 1:1 version managed to drive down one of arguably the world’s most famous residential driveways at a speed of 69 mph with, you guessed it, the same Koenigsegg test driver who set the record last year at the wheel.
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While it’s impossible to build a fully drivable car entirely from Lego (if only), the teams behind the massive model said the project took 9,400 hours to develop and construct, with around 327,906 Lego pieces required to form 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 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 from Sadair’s Spear probably didn’t fit.
Speaking to Top Gear, Lego design lead Lubor Zelinka said the brief called for a Lego Technic vehicle that could “go very fast”, and as a result it was “the most complex build in the least amount of time of all the Lego Technic cars”.
Zelinka also revealed that there are a number of excellent Easter eggs scattered around the building, including the fact that part of the headlamp canopies are from Lego Star Wars ships, while parts of 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’s Spear Megacar set (model number 42232, for brick fans) will be available in July for $449.99 / £399.99 / €449.99, but unfortunately the 1:1 replica is for internal use only.
Traveling 109km/h up Goodwood’s famous hill course makes it the fastest Lego Technic Big Build car ever, beating the McLaren P1 driven by F1 driver Lando Norris out of first place. It managed a paltry 40 km/h.
Although it’s not confirmed, it’s highly likely that ticket holders to 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 bonnet open to give you a good look at the suspension system. Nice touch.
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