Where to Buy the LEGO McLaren F1 Race Car and Some Game-to-Bricks Gems!

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Ever since we snapped that Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill (21331) together, we've rediscovered our love of LEGO building. Obviously, there are a ton of actual game tie-in sets available (check the bottom of this article for those) but we're not afraid to highlight the odd set which is gaming adjacent. Today's topic, for example, isn't tied to any Codemasters title—but hey, it also wouldn't look out of place in a game-cave that's already rocking a racing seat.

Unless you have nearly 300,000 LEGO bricks tucked away in the toy bucket (and close to 2000 hours of spare time up your sleeve) replicating the life-size F1 replica LEGO recently unveiled at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix is out of the question. Fortunately, there's a compromise: the LEGO McLaren Formula 1 Race Car. It may not be life-sized, but at a whopping 65cm (25.5 in.) long it's still surprisingly large for a LEGO model.

Made in conjunction with McLaren, the LEGO McLaren Formula 1 Race Car is designed to recreate the look of McLaren's 2022 F1 car and is a mix of complex Technic architecture, faithful suspension and steering geometry, a number of moving mechanical features, and sweeping aero accessories.

The LEGO McLaren Formula 1 Race Car isn't the first large, Technic open-wheel race car LEGO has designed. Indeed, LEGO released a similarly enormous, 1:8 scale Ferrari F1 car back in 2006 (as well as the non-F1 licensed LEGO Technic Grand Prix Racer, set #42000, in 2013).

However, while the Ferrari features some pretty significant sections of the car that are entirely see-through (and has a slightly more skeleton-like appearance overall) the McLaren looks a little more finished-off when completed. LEGO has made one deliberate clear omission to keep the V6 engine