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Void_S

Void_S

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Wow, TLG is now taking advantage of more and more use of not only SNOT in their traditional form - Studs On Sides / Underneath, but now a kind of Studs Are Inclined.
I didn't like how it was made in many MOCs because of tiles being placed at too chaotic angles, so the model looks more like a pangolin than a streamlined supercar.
Now, in TLG interpretation, it comes gentler, not ruining the shaping but adding nice, sharp edges.

From the trio of new supercars, my vote goes to the Bugatti first, with amazing shaping and eye-catching wheels (but I don't like the rear, with a lazy brick-built "wall"). The second is Ferrari - a more traditionally-built car, noting special, but these new wheels (not the covers, exactly wheels) are really something new in LEGO (ha-ha, who is the copycat now...). McLaren, as for me, looks more ugly rather than beautiful, with too many exposed unfinished edges. 

Jaromir

Jaromir

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Wow, I am really happy with final look of these models. McLaren is my favourite so far, got mixed feelings with Bugatti, it has most interesting and complex look, but front is little bit weird. My least favourite is Ferrari, but still looking great. All of them are must have.

ParmBrick

ParmBrick

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So much new pieces, so much new opportunities. The next year will be awesome for us moc makers. Too late to see the newborn universe, too early to see its death, but just in time to see Lego churn out so many beautiful sets with so many new pieces, and all before GTA VI :laugh: Btw, my favourite for this wave is the Bugatti, almost completely studless design, very solid and captivating! 

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6129c04

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I am getting 77254. I am very satisfied by its looks. Also it has few stickers, meaning I can leave them off.

Having missed the F8 Tributo this is a worthy replacement for me (I do need a red supercar after all in my very modest SC collection). I am so glad I skipped on the 76934 F40, I wasn't happy with how it turned out and what do you know I am getting a nice looking red Ferrari launching in January not March, this means Easter discounts could bring it down to 17-18 euros, I wouldn't have to wait until BF. Yay!

I don't like the headlights that much, I mean I don't like them on the real car however the model print is somehow not 100% accurate to the real one, it looks marginally worse, I would say that it's because the print doesn't have  dark red accents where the narrow edge of the headlight ends to imitate the shadowed indents/notches on the real car.

P.S. as GreenBrick on YT noted it's too bad TLG didn't use black tiles with cut corners on the spoiler instead they used studded 26601. I mean they've already made and used the new tile piece in red in this same set so why make an a-hole move like that? Well to get people to order the new tile in black from Overpay-A-Brick when it gets added there. You can always count on TLG to not give 100% when making a new set. :thumbdown:

6129c04

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RacingBrick to the rescue!

Big win!

On 12/12/2025 at 4:54 PM, 6129c04 said:

P.S. as GreenBrick on YT noted it's too bad TLG didn't use black tiles with cut corners on the spoiler instead they used studded 26601.

Facepalm, my bad! 24299 and 24307 shaped tiles not 26601.

Yeah RacingBrick also mentions them, but the budget argument has no place here, recolors are not an economic burden like the effort of designing a new element and the cost of making a new mould. Like wtf the Friends sets have a ton of pieces in the new color Light Coral. Comparatively 77256 has more mass, a ton of prints and two minifigs for the same price. It's purely done so they can milk people afterwards when some will buy the black tiles from Overpay-A-Brick.

On 12/12/2025 at 4:54 PM, 6129c04 said:

I don't like the headlights that much, I mean I don't like them on the real car however the model print is somehow not 100% accurate to the real one, it looks marginally worse, I would say that it's because the print doesn't have  dark red accents where the narrow edge of the headlight ends to imitate the shadowed indents/notches on the real car.

^This right here! I built the Porsche 77239 yesterday, and those orange shadows in front of the headlight to represent indents are missing on the Ferrari. Definitely the narrow portions of the headlight would've benefitted from dark red shadows. Without the shadows the headlights don't look real they look like stickered two dimensional headlights on a real car.

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On another note I'm also considering 77256. Mostly as a parts pack, it also has many prints, having two minifigs increases the value and overall I get more than with a "regular" SC car for the same price.

It's pretty obvious that the price increase for the regular cars this year was done in order for the "Hollywood Champions" sets to achieve price parity with them, but you clearly get more with set 77256. Which in turn puts the regular cars in a bad light and makes their current price ridiculous. Compare whichever 28 $/€ SC car from this year with 76181 which was 30 $/€, significantly more mass, two minifigs and licensed to the gills, there is no contest. 25 $/€ is the correct price for a SC car of THIS format (meaning toothpick F1s should be 23), in spite of the mental gymnastics about the cost of new parts and other blah blah blah copium.

Hopefully Mattel and Power Block take the gloves off and give TLG a reality check.

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@carlo.fadel

Skinny polybag is skinny. The first four (2019-2023) polybags were substantial. Less and less content for the same price or similar content for higher price this is the M.O. nowadays for SC apparently.

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On another note I watched some reviews for 77254 and 77257 (four reviews for each: RacingBrick, KeepOnBricking, let's build! and BensBricks).

The concern is that the headlight printing is quite poor.

For 77257 the vertical alignment is really bad, in all four reviews the samples have the left headlight lower than the right one. Clearly lower the only one that is acceptable is the sample KeepOnBricking had.

The printing on the curved piece on the door is really bad, it's too far from the edges, the double sided printed 6801 pieces in 77239 were much better in this regard. Poor design choice period, instead of that printed 15068, an orange 11477 and a black 11477 should have been used instead. The argument that there is a slight upward curve which could not have been achieved with two 11477s is complete nonsense, that detail is insignificant there are other more important aspects of the car which should have priority: the accuracy of the proportions, the number of exposed studs, the sturdiness etc.

With 77254 the vertical alignment seems a bit better than on 77257, here the right headlight is always a bit lower, the only sample that looked spot on was let's build!'s sample.

One more problem with 77254 is the horizontal alignment as well, as the headlight is supossed to be positioned right above the notch in the 6929/6930 piece. So not easy getting a specimen that has printing like in let's build!'s example.

I don't know if the print quality will increase as the months pass, hopefully it will, maybe it's a coincidence but when I got the 76920 Mustang three months after launch one print for the rear headlights was pretty bad.

So early buyers beware! If however this is normal variance then it's a gamble even after more than six months, it will be pretty hard to get a proper specimen.

Void_S

Void_S

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I think it always makes sense to address it to TLG Support if the printed parts are really awfull. I remember these ugly stickers for Lime-Green Pullback Shelby (Technic set), and I got a new stickers sheet with a correct Lime-Green shade. So, I belive the prints should be also acessible for substitution.

Stepping asside, I had an experience with replacement of sunglasses, it took 5 times to finally replace them to the ones with finally correct finish coating, but well, this summer they were permanently fresh and new, after each replacement 😅

BrickMonkeyMOCs

BrickMonkeyMOCs

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Post-review mod of the McLaren W1. The tops of the rear fender are higher, the exposed studs on the side are tiled over, and the orange-black color transition at the nose is a plate lower. I used a couple of small non-Lego parts for the stud-reversal at the front, but I think lowering the front does a lot to improve the model. Stock on left, modified on right.

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6129c04

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@BrickMonkeyMOCs

Good job!

The front definitely looks better as the orange goes lower to meet the bottom edge of the fender, the color continuation is very eye pleasing. Also the effort to address the stud fest of the original.

It goes to show what happens when someone passionate about the subject matter gives it a try. The Lego model is a hard sell at 25 let alone at 28.

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On another note only now I realized that set 77255 is nuked. It has two 3023 on the front hood which are there solely for the studs, even though there are four red tiles in the set's inventory. So this is pretty much a statement that TLG is actively nuking sets to uphold their BS principle that models should not be studless else they're not "legos" anymore. I'm genuinely surprised that the designer (same guy who did 77237) basically conformed to what the greedy suits and talentless bean counters barked at him.

Lyichir

Lyichir

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7 hours ago, 6129c04 said:

@BrickMonkeyMOCs

Good job!

The front definitely looks better as the orange goes lower to meet the bottom edge of the fender, the color continuation is very eye pleasing. Also the effort to address the stud fest of the original.

It goes to show what happens when someone passionate about the subject matter gives it a try. The Lego model is a hard sell at 25 let alone at 28.

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On another note only now I realized that set 77255 is nuked. It has two 3023 on the front hood which are there solely for the studs, even though there are four red tiles in the set's inventory. So this is pretty much a statement that TLG is actively nuking sets to uphold their BS principle that models should not be studless else they're not "legos" anymore. I'm genuinely surprised that the designer (same guy who did 77237) basically conformed to what the greedy suits and talentless bean counters barked at him.

"Nuked"? It's always frustrating to see this kind of hyperbole and insult-slinging about something as absolutely benign as a handful of visible studs. You've automatically jumped to the conclusion that the designer was forced by corporate meddling to include studs as opposed to... just wanting them to be there (there's plenty of logical reasons to do so, including making the scale of a model like this more evident so people don't mistake it for the sorts of simpler, more basic Cars sets of the past).

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@Lyichir

I don't have a problem in general with visible studs here and there, sometimes they are used for texturing which for certain models is completely understandable and sometimes they are present because they come from underlying pieces which are partially covered, pieces which have a structural role (various SNOT pieces) and thus studs cannot be avoided unless you tile them over which in some cases creates a visible step between those tiles and the adjacent ones which are a plate lower.

But in this case it is beyond obvious that a studless form could've been achieved effortlessly. And yes I'm convinced that any designer would be proud to achieve a studless model without mind-bending and possibly fragile techniques/connections. Why would someone ruin his achievement like this? Because this opens the door for criticism and negates the possibility of praise given for studless. Also the scale can be pretty easily deduced by looking at the pieces and the lines that separate them, the proportions, the notches in the curved pieces used for the headlights, the antistuds on the spoiler. Okay less obvious than gauging size using studs but what's an extra minute or so?

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