42235 Ferrari 488 Pista

[Ngoc Nguyen]

 

Edited May 1 by Ngoc Nguyen

[Auroralampinen]

Interesting that the asphalt legends collabration isin't in here. Instead we got forza horizon collaboration 

Edited May 1 by Auroralampinen

[Jay Psi]

32 minutes ago, Auroralampinen said:

Interesting that the asphalt legends collabration isin't in here. Instead we got forza horizon collaboration 

Forza Horizon is probably the most well-known (and one of the most highly-acclaimed) driving* games around, with the sixth game in the series releasing in a couple of weeks.

It's been called a 'celebration of cars,' which fits modern Technic like a glove, for better and for worse.

*Forza Horizon is much more realistic than Asphalt Legends, but it isn't anywhere near a sim racer.

[Jurss]

New wheel arches?

And what are the parts at sides of the front hood? Some system elements?

[Auroralampinen]

Ok, this model too have the dark blue axles on the front wheels just like in the 42236 mustang and the dodge. Interesting that now we have dark blue axle in the colorpalette

[langko]

29 minutes ago, Auroralampinen said:

Ok, this model too have the dark blue axles on the front wheels just like in the 42236 mustang and the dodge. Interesting that now we have dark blue axle in the colorpalette

What length do we think these new axles are? I haven't read all the threads so not sure if its been mentioned... I think they might be 3.5 with stop at the end. Look at the front corner of the roof and it looks like the same dark blue colour to me.

[mpj]

1 hour ago, Jurss said:

New wheel arches?

And what are the parts at sides of the front hood? Some system elements?

Yes new wheel arches at the rear.

The parts at the sides of the front hood remind me the new triangular panels introduced with the Volvo EC500, but look also different.

[HTM]

Saturation point with all these small scale cars. I’ve stopped buying them but they must be selling well

[zoo]

1 hour ago, mpj said:

The parts at the sides of the front hood remind me the new triangular panels introduced with the Volvo EC500, but look also different.

Not sure what parts you are refering to. But if the ones right inside of the curved panels used as wheel arches, they look to me to be 2l half beams and 1l beams stacked together or similar already exising parts.

[Satisfied]

This design of the front wheel arch panel has been seen many times on previous small car models.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

30 minutes ago, zoo said:

Not sure what parts you are refering to. But if the ones right inside of the curved panels used as wheel arches, they look to me to be 2l half beams and 1l beams stacked together or similar already exising parts.

The part to the right of the left front fender looks like the hypothenuse of this part, that's what he meant.

[Jurss]

I zoomed in, and they look like some 2L beams or halfbeams connected with Technic Pin Connector Round

[R0Sch]

You gotta love the attention to detail with the stickered headlights, exhaust, grille and Ferrari logos... at least no visible blue pins this time. Notice the half bush is barely holding on to the front axle? And it's the same with the Viper.
And at what point will TLG finally see it fit to release new rims for these Car Transporter scaled cars? Can they really be this lazy to re-use the same old 30mm truck rims over-and-over again forever?

Edited May 1 by R0Sch

[Ngoc Nguyen]

14 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

You gotta love the attention to detail with the stickered headlights, exhaust, grille and Ferrari logos... at least no visible blue pins this time. Notice the half bush is barely holding on to the front axle? And it's the same with the Viper.
And at what point will TLG finally see it fit to release new rims for these Car Transporter scaled cars? Can they really be this lazy to re-use the same old 30mm truck rims over-and-over again forever?

Not until they release all the possible new panel molds so collectors cant build new models from their part bins. It's a vital business strategy.

[Timorzelorzworz]

Clean design, and then a single yellow axle is sticking out 🫣

[R0Sch]

1 minute ago, Timorzelorzworz said:

Clean design, and then a single yellow axle is sticking out 🫣

That's the Ferrari horse logo. You just didn't zoom in all the way. 

[2GodBDGlory]

8 hours ago, langko said:

What length do we think these new axles are? I haven't read all the threads so not sure if its been mentioned... I think they might be 3.5 with stop at the end. Look at the front corner of the roof and it looks like the same dark blue colour to me.

Agreed, I think those are 3.5L with stop. Should be handy! I'm trying to remember, but I think my current MOC is using a 3L with stop in a place where a 3.5 would be perfect. Might have to get out the hacksaw soon and make some! Gotta love it when the parts palette expands, and I don't even have to buy the newly legal parts!

As for the set, it's another car of course, but I do think it's well-executed.

3 hours ago, R0Sch said:

You gotta love the attention to detail with the stickered headlights, exhaust, grille and Ferrari logos... at least no visible blue pins this time. Notice the half bush is barely holding on to the front axle? And it's the same with the Viper.
And at what point will TLG finally see it fit to release new rims for these Car Transporter scaled cars? Can they really be this lazy to re-use the same old 30mm truck rims over-and-over again forever?

I don't think we can really fault the stickered headlights here. I guess they could be printed (reducing parts reusability), but if you look at how little space they have above the front tire, I'm not sure any brick-built solution would have worked here.

100% agreed about the rims, though! They're definitely making enough of these sets to pay off a new mold, and it would really improve the looks!
Is the issue maybe that once they make a detailed rim, people will complain that it's the wrong rim for a given car? Right now it's equally bad for everything, but maybe making it better would make it too specific, and they can't make molds for every car? There's got to be some workable middle ground

[gyenesvi]

I agree that this car is actually well executed, smooth all over the place.

[R0Sch]

33 minutes ago, 2GodBDGlory said:

100% agreed about the rims, though! They're definitely making enough of these sets to pay off a new mold, and it would really improve the looks!
Is the issue maybe that once they make a detailed rim, people will complain that it's the wrong rim for a given car? Right now it's equally bad for everything, but maybe making it better would make it too specific, and they can't make molds for every car? There's got to be some workable middle ground

It's really not rocket science. Make a 5 spoke rim and a 10 spoke in 2 different width and the cars will look 10x better. Make exchangeable wheel caps like on Speed Champions, if it's really too much hassle, but do something different!

[R0Sch]

So there is a visible blue pin after all. That little bugger was just hiding behind the small panel on the box cover. And I'm pretty sure that gaping hole around the front wheel will not be black and hidden by a shadow either irl, but you'll see all the nice rainbow colors popping out. One more specialized curved panel wouldn't have made a big impact on the cost.

[Cardboy]

On the Lego website with new images you can see the new axle will be 3.5 with stop in dark blue pat on the back for all those who worked it out before

So we will be getting at least 6 in this set

Edited May 1 by Cardboy

[R0Sch]

@Cardboy Nice find!

[Stereo]

The set has 2L beams (side mirrors) so I don't see why the hood would be stacking 2L thin beams.  Maybe they're using this piece https://rebrickable.com/parts/72008/technic-connector-2-x-2-with-1-x-1-cut-out-with-axle-holes/ to make it easier to build? As the internal stop of an axle connector means you just stick the axles all the way in, instead of trying to line up a whole stack of parts.

Edited May 1 by Stereo

[Cardboy]

Also why is the front badge a sticker when the https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/ferrari-daytona-sp3-42143 has a printed part I think less people would complain about a printed part being a bit large over a sticker 

[zoo]

On 5/1/2026 at 10:55 AM, Ngoc Nguyen said:

The part to the right of the left front fender looks like the hypothenuse of this part, that's what he meant.

Right, thought so.

23 hours ago, Jurss said:

I zoomed in, and they look like some 2L beams or halfbeams connected with Technic Pin Connector Round

Agreed.