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june 27, 2017 - Mclaren
Build your own full-size LEGO® McLaren 720S at Goodwood
- McLaren partners with LEGO® to build 1:1 scale 720S
- 280,000+ bricks used in total to build the car
- Team of six worked for more than 2,000 hours to build the model
- But it’s not finished yet ... visitors to the McLaren’s Goodwood stand will help finish the car
One very special #mclaren #720s is set to make an appearance at Goodwood, swapping its usual aluminium and carbon-fibre structure for bright orange LEGO® bricks.
Following on from the launch of the 75880 LEGO® Speed Champions #mclaren #720s miniature set, McLaren’s all-new supercar will be fully realised in LEGO® form at the Festival of Speed.
But there’s a twist. The 1:1 scale model will arrive at the Goodwood stand incomplete. In order to finish the build, visitors to the #mclaren stand will need to place orange #mclaren bricks in designated parts of the car, with the #720s reaching completion by the Sunday at the end of the Festival of Speed.
Just preparing the car for Goodwood has required more than 267,300 LEGO® bricks, with #mclaren fans visiting the stand expected to add over 12,700 to completely finish the build. The end result will be a full-size LEGO® #720s weighing in at no less than 1.6 tons; more than the road-going 720S’s 1283kg lightest dry weight.
In order to produce such an accurate representation of the #720s, #mclaren #automotive worked closely with the Speed Champions LEGO® team based in Billund, Denmark, providing in-depth vehicle CAD data so that the model could be fully realised.
The model was built up around a steel frame, with a team of six working for over 2,000 hours to build the car by hand. For comparison, a real-world production #720s takes around 12 working days in the #mclaren Production Centre to assemble.
Also featured on the LEGO® #720s build is the all-new Pirelli P Zero CORSA tyre used in its road-going equivalent, complete with silver ‘Pirelli Colour Edition’ graphics.
The #mclaren #720s is available to order pre-assembled, with prices starting at £208,600.
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