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Lengthy earlier than Minifigures, Star Wars units, films, theme parks, and even injection-molded plastic, there have been vehicles. Automobiles have been core to Lego since earlier than the model from Billund, Denmark, turned synonymous with brilliant bricks the world over. Again in 1932, Lego’s founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen, made wooden variations of utilitarian autos reminiscent of hearth vehicles, trains, and pickup vehicles years earlier than he invested in an injection-molding machine—and altered toys endlessly. In terms of vehicles, few manufacturers spark pleasure in youngsters and adults like Ferrari. Lego’s first Ferrari got here out in 1998, a yr earlier than the primary Star Wars–branded toy, and the connection with the prancing horse has marched on ever since. From essentially the most primary Duplo units aimed toward toddlers to lust-worthy fashions it could take adults an extended weekend to finish, Lego has replicated a few of Ferrari’s most spectacular machines, from inside to out. That is each Ferrari set Lego has produced.
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Ferrari System 1 Racing Automotive
Launch date: 1998
Set: 2556
Items: 580
Whereas it bears the prancing horse stickers, the primary Ferrari that Lego produced, in 1998, was a collaboration with Shell and bought at native fuel stations. Shell offered gasoline and lubricants to a younger driver named Enzo Ferrari again in 1924. When the primary Ferrari rolled out of Maranello in 1947 it had Shell gasoline inside. Ferrari added the horse emblem to honor Francesco Baracca, an Italian World Battle I pilot who had it painted on his fuselage. After Baracca shot down a German aircraft, which carried the horse emblem borrowed from Stuttgart’s coat of arms the place it was manufactured, he had it added to his fuselage (Porsche would later use the black horse to pay the identical homage to its house metropolis). The Lego model of the Ferrari F310, used throughout the 1996 and 1997 F1 seasons, is about 13 inches lengthy, full with an in depth cockpit. The hood is well detachable, displaying off the primary Ferrari V-10 engine.
Launch date: Could 2004
Set: 4693
Items: 5
Aimed toward youngsters as younger as 18 months previous, this chunky set features a one-piece, sticker-clad F1 automotive, a Minifigure, and a silver cup. In the course of the 2004 season, Ferrari’s F2004 received 15 out of 18 races with Michael Schumacher behind the wheel for 13 of these wins, incomes it a spot on Automotive and Driver’s Best Ferraris listing.
Launch date: Could 2004
Set: 4694
Items: 37
This set makes use of the Duplo model of the F1 from the earlier set, outfitted right here with a pit cease space. After race and shopper vehicles, Lego makes use of scenes like this, which embrace the Scuderia way of life of F1 with pit stops, garages, and transport trailers. Regardless of solely having 37 items, that is the primary Ferrari set to characteristic a baseplate and alternate establishments to create a diagnostics area the place the Minifigure can crawl below the automotive and tinker with a wrench. After 2004, Lego by no means launched one other Duplo Ferrari set.
Launch date: April 2004
Set: 8362
Items: 112
Following the easier Duplo fashions earlier within the yr, Lego releases its first batch of bigger, extra complicated Ferraris below the Racers line, which started in 2001 and went on to cowl Williams F1 and Lamborghini. These had been the primary units to incorporate traditional-sized Minfigures, albeit clad in stickers—the bane of collectors preferring printed components. Between the rear wheels is a Lego brick motor that compresses a steel coil as you pull again. Let go, and the vitality launches the 7.5-inch lengthy, 1:24 scale automotive alongside. Among the higher particulars listed below are a pair of operable barge boards on both aspect and chunky sidepods.
Launch date: April 2004
Set: 8375
Items: 242
With some Lego followers, the variety of Minfigures included in a set is indicative of its worth—and this one comes with seven. The F1 automotive is a scaled-down model of the one within the earlier set however nonetheless retains particulars like sidepods and the airbox above the driving force’s head. There may be loads of playability right here, because the Minfigures do every part from holding signage (the lollipop man) to lifting the entrance finish, altering tires, and refueling. The pit is outfitted with a number of particular instruments like a wrench, hammer, oil can, and a nut driver.
Launch date: April 2004
Set: 8386
Items: 738
At greater than 18 inches lengthy, this F1 was the most important Lego construct on the time. Whereas technically a part of the Racers theme, the 1:10 scale F1 employed a bunch of Technic components, making it essentially the most complicated construct when it was launched in 2004. The booklet spends about seven pages detailing the crankshaft and 10-cylinder engine with exhaust and radiator particulars, although there isn’t any working suspension. The engine cowl comes off simply to showcase the operable pistons. Fashions like this make use of what designers and Lego followers name the hand of God—a shaft connecting an easy-to-turn aspect on prime of the automotive that controls the entrance wheels with out turning the steering wheel in a crowded cockpit.
Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello
Launch date: April 2004
Set: 8389
Items: 34
This easy set has Minfigures with distinctive painted faces for Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, each sporting a extra practical pores and skin tone—the primary departure from the Lego traditional yellow shade. Whereas the our bodies are sticker clad, every driver comes with a customized, printed helmet. The fantastic chrome trophy matches a Minifigure’s hand however is out of scale. Followers can re-create the drama of 2002 when Ferrari requested Barrichello to permit Schumacher to win the Austrian Grand Prix.
Launch date: January 2005
Set: 8652
Items: 477
When the Enzo hit the streets in 2002, the angular styling was a take-it-or-leave-it proposition. Inside a couple of yr of its launch, the F1-inspired supercar discovered itself competing with Porsche’s Carrera GT and the Mercedes-McLaren SLR. The Pope acquired the final of the 400 Enzos constructed again in 2005, which was later auctioned. Lego designers achieved the traces on the 1:17-scale Enzo utilizing only some specialised bricks, which helps make the components helpful in different builds, although it consists of stickers for some key components, which bugs some Lego followers. This was additionally the primary Lego model of a street-legal Ferrari.
Launch date: March 2005
Set: 8653
Items: 1360
Just a few months after the primary Enzo Ferrari set, Lego launched a extra detailed 1:10 scale model that depends on Technic components. The hood opens to get a take a look at the V-12 engine’s working yellow pistons, and the doorways swing utilizing an air-driven pistons. Whereas the wheels flip, they don’t seem to be related to the steering, as a substitute you employ a hand-of-God knob. At over 1000 items, this was essentially the most complicated construct within the Lego lineup at that time. Flipping the automotive over affords an awesome view of the detailed crankshaft.
Scuderia Ferrari Truck
Launch date: March 2005
Set: 8654
Items: 813
For youthful Lego followers, this set affords two components that extra superior fashions do not: Minfigures and a give attention to playability. The aspect of the trailer opens to accommodate the System 1 racer whereas a lever on the aspect detaches and units the truck free. Six Minfigures are prepared to assist keep the racer, with spare components, instruments, and even a backup engine. That is the one Lego set in 2005 to characteristic an F1 automotive.
Ferrari 430 Spider 1:17
Launch date: M 2006
Set: 8671
Items: 559
For a set that depends closely on stickers and with out a windshield, the Lego 430 Spider does a great job of nailing the automotive’s particulars—if you will get previous these headlights. Other than the edges, many of the components used on this set are acquainted to even informal Lego builders. Whereas Pininfarina will get the credit score for styling this Ferrari’s physique, the Lego model does little greater than look the half: It rolls, and has a trunk and hood that open, however not a lot else.
Launch date: January 2006
Set: 8672
Items: 573
The vehicles listed below are much like these within the April 2004’s Ferrari F1 Pit, however that is nearly the place the similarities finish. This set is much extra elaborate with a winner’s podium atop the two-bay storage, every of which is labeled with the driving force’s title and nationality for Schumacher and Barrichello. A cameraman and announcer up prime are prepared at hand over the trophy.
Launch date: January 2006
Set: 8673
Items: 189
A far easier model of the sooner set—each had been launched in January 2006—the gasoline cease has the automotive, a gasoline cart, and a novel gold-plated helmet on the Minifigure fuel attendant. And working the diagnostics, technique, and managing the race: the bearded and bespectacled Ross Brawn, who labored with Ferrari from 1997 till 2006.
Launch date: June 2006
Set: 8674
Items: 1246
At about 2 toes lengthy and based mostly on the early-2000s F1s, this 1:8 scale mannequin was Lego’s most technical Ferrari when it was launched in 2006. Not like many different Ferraris within the Racer lineup, this one features a working impartial suspension that depends on pushrods to switch load. From above, you’ll be able to take away the engine cowl to disclose the V-10 engine and pistons, whereas the underside affords a transparent view of the crankshaft. The 2003 season ended with Schumacher successful his sixth Drivers’ Championship and Ferrari’s fifth straight Constructors’ Championships.
Launch date: January 2007
Set: 8142
Items: 167
Sans a physique, Lego followers may not admire the inclusion of a Minifigure head and helmet—certain to be misplaced to the darkish corners of any brick bin. However this 248 F1, raced throughout the 2006 season, like 2004’s 8362 set, has a pull-back characteristic that launches the racer ahead. Designers managed to drag off a shapely F1 racer—together with hinting on the automotive’s twin entrance spoiler—with out counting on specialty items.
Ferrari F430 Problem 1:17
Launch date: October 2007
Set: 8143
Items: 690
The primary Ferrari street-legal experience of 2007 is a twofer: This F430 mannequin included all of the items to construct the automotive in crimson or yellow. That is the one full-size Lego set that provides a Ferrari in something apart from the traditional crimson. Although the identical scale, and with the same look and stickers to 2006’s F430 Spider, this set is a single-passenger automotive with a roof that flips up, including a bit extra playability.
Launch date: March 2007
Set: 8144
Items: 726
F1 followers will admire Schumacher’s helmet on this set, printed with seven stars for every of his championships. With room for each Schumacher and Felipe Massa, set 8144 has a pair of Ferrari 248 F1s, every with a upkeep bay and eight Minfigures to assist with tires, plot race technique, and drive the three-wheeler. An alternate model of this set is similar, apart from stickers and components that characteristic Kimi Räikkönen, who changed the retiring Schumacher.
Ferrari 599GTB Fiorano 1:10
Launch date: June 2007
Set: 8145
Items: 1327
For the primary time, Ferrari used an aluminum, not metal, chassis in a day by day driver GT, which gave the automotive an extended wheelbase and longer general size in comparison with the earlier grand tourer, the 575M Maranello. The front-engine 599—which borrows closely from the Enzo—employed a pair of arched pillars flanking the rear window, which push the rear of the automotive down with out a wing. The entrance finish of the 599 appears to be like quite a bit just like the 612 Scaglietti. The 1:10 scale Lego 599 has hand-of-God steering however skips a gearbox and suspension. The automotive’s form depends much less on bricks and extra on flex rods and physique panels to offer it definition—a design Lego by no means actually returns to within the Ferrari lineup. Nonetheless, the hood masking the engine, trunk, and opening doorways add some pliability options to this display-worthy mannequin.
Launch date: January 2008
Set: 8153
Items: 270
The star of this set isn’t the F1 automotive, with its spherical yellow stud implying the driving force. Somewhat it’s the 12-wheeler Iveco truck and trailer. The snub-nose truck has an ominous black brick windshield. The detachable trailer, which holds the automotive, has a fold-down ramp within the rear, and doorways to retailer the tires on the aspect. Like many of the Ferrari units, 8153 is plagued by stickers of F1 sponsors, from Puma to Acer, although the big prancing horse is a pleasant contact.
Launch date: January 2008
Set: 8155
Items: 482
This set is designed to pair with the earlier one, creating an elaborate multi-car pit situation. With the identical System 1 racer and a tractor-trailer, this set provides a bigger storage part for upkeep and a pickup truck to haul tires. What’s lacking on this extremely playable set is Minfigures, although even when they had been current, their scale is just too massive to slot in the vehicles.
Launch date: January 2008
Set: 8156
Items: 626
When the FXX debuted in 2006 it borrowed quite a bit from the Enzo, however it additionally helped launch Ferrari’s XX Program. This initiative provides a choose variety of round 30 homeowners the prospect to drive the vehicles within the XX line on non-public course days, then present suggestions to Ferrari’s technical workforce to reinforce future vehicles. Type of essentially the most unique automotive membership on the earth. Whereas this show mannequin appears to be like sharp, with a mix of crisp traces, natural curves, and a racing stripe, it has working scissor-style doorways and a hood that opens to point out off the engine.
Launch date: June 2008
Set: 8157
Items: 997
That is the most important Ferrari F1 automotive Lego launched since 2006, and it is a massive 1:9 scale, 20-inch-long splash of Ferrari crimson with some black tires. This display-worthy mannequin has a number of options that make it value pulling off the shelf. Together with working steering, the entrance finish and rear wing are designed to be simply eliminated. Whereas this F1 is lacking an in depth engine and dealing suspension, the low-to-the-ground mannequin does offer you a great visible illustration of how air flows across the automotive.
Launch date: December 2008
Set: 8123
Items: 139
Lego returned as soon as once more to the Ferrari pit theme, however this time utilizing the Tiny Turbos sub-theme inside Racers. That is the sort of set you’d discover packaged with a Completely satisfied Meal. The 2 F1 racers experience round a foldable racetrack, which replaces the extra widespread inflexible baseplate.
Launch date: June 2009
Set: 8168
Items: 202
Whereas far easier than bigger, extra detailed vehicles, the 2 Minifigures drivers right here do a greater job of preserving with the size of the automotive. Torso stickers for every establish Massa and Räikkönen, and every has a novel printed helmet. Constructed with primary Lego bricks, you need to take away a part of the cockpit to slide the drivers out and in, which replicates the tight quarters of the actual System 1 vehicles.
Launch date: June 2009
Set: 8185
Items: 534
With one other transport truck within the Ferrari line, Lego continues to pay nice consideration to those beefy, massive rigs. Right here the truck is related to the trailer with a cabin massive sufficient to carry two of the included 5 Minifigures. The trailer opens from the rear, to load and unload the racer, and likewise from the aspect to assist retailer some accent software carts and diagnostic gear. A pair of pull-out drawers home hand instruments beneath, whereas two racks inside wait to carry the tires you pull off the automotive.
Shell V-Energy promotional units
Launch date: 2012
Units: 30190, 30191, 30192, 30193, 30194, 30195, and 30196
Items: 25 to 48
In 2012, Lego, by a partnership with Shell, launched a collection of seven units in plastic luggage, for buy whenever you stopped at a Shell fuel station in Europe and components of Asia. The road featured easy variations of avenue vehicles, just like the 458 Italia, an F1 racer, a workforce scudeira truck, and three units of the Shell gasoline workforce with Minifigures. Probably the most fascinating automotive of the lot is the 25-piece, 250 GT Berlinetta, which options rounded headlights and a hood scoop. Like all of the vehicles within the line, it has a pull-back motor that hurls the toy ahead. Lego didn’t launch bigger Ferrari units in 2012.
Shell V-Energy Promotional Units
Launch date: 2014
Units: 40190, 40191, 40192, 40193, 40194, 40195
Items: 41 to 95
After a lull in 2013, Lego returned with extra promotional Ferrari units bought by Shell stations. Just like the 2012 line, these additionally featured pull-back motors in a variety of 4 Ferrari vehicles, a end line, and a gasoline station; the latter two included Minifigures. There was a seventh set, a Shell gasoline truck, however it wasn’t affiliated with Ferrari. Probably the most fascinating automotive within the lineup is the 51-piece Ferrari 512 S in brilliant yellow. Regardless of solely a handful of bricks, the set does a devoted job of re-creating the curvy, natural form of the five-liter, V-12 racer, together with the low-slung headlights. Lego didn’t launch bigger Ferrari units in 2014.
Launch date: August 2015
Set: 10248
Items: 1158
Earlier than passing in 1988, Enzo Ferrari gave the inexperienced gentle to what can be his final automotive—the F40, celebrating his model’s fortieth anniversary. One other Ferrari to make Automotive and Driver’s listing of notable prancing horses, the F40 is bookended by its most signature options: a nostril that pitches down and the chunky rear wing. Lego designer Mike Psiaki, who works on a variety of Lego vehicles, gave the F40 pivoting headlights, a hood that opens ahead, and operable doorways. Then there’s the trunk: It opens with a prop rod, and the bumper is well detachable so you’ll be able to yank out your entire engine and admire the eight pistol items that characterize the exhaust headers.
Launch date: March 2015
Set: 75899
Items: 164
This strong, chunky mannequin is able to launch throughout front room flooring with a number of new items launched particularly for the LaFerrari, particularly the shapely windshield. This electrical hybrid Ferrari allows Bugatti Veyron–like pace and respectable gasoline economic system. The set depends on stickers to offer the entrance finish eye-catching particulars and rounded components within the rear to lend form to the tail lights. This set is a part of Lego’s Velocity Champion line, which started in 2015 to give attention to well-known, formally licensed vehicles.
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Launch date: March 2015
Set: 75908
Items: 153
After successful a pair of races on the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring, the GT2 lives on the cabinets in youngsters’s bedrooms around the globe as a brilliant, sticker-clad Lego racer. From the racing stripe down the middle to the blacked-out wheels and rear spoiler, Lego nailed the aesthetics, although the mannequin is a bit chunkier than the Italian unique, providing extra of a stock-car vibe.
F14 T & Scuderia Ferrari Truck
Launch date: March 2015
Set: 75913
Items: 884
If all you probably did was purchase the Lego Ferrari scuderia vehicles, you’d have sufficient to rival the best Hess toy truck assortment. Probably the most elaborate truck launched, the 75913 got here with six Minifigures, together with a number of which have ear safety. The truck detaches from the trailer with a lever. And contained in the trailer, two huge doorways rotate up, opening to offer sufficient area to accommodate the turbo-powered F14 T automotive, with tires on, the scooter, and all of the instruments. There are even particulars like a pc, keyboard, and mug for an espresso.
Scuderia Ferrari SF16-H
Launch date: March 2017
Set: 75879
Items: 184
Whereas this set consists of the Ferrari SF16-H Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen used within the 2016 System 1 season, the construct and look are practically equivalent to the F14 T from 2014, with some variations within the chunky entrance wing. The one Minifigure may very well be Vettel or Räikkönen, relying on which helmet you employ. The accompanying pit wall has a lane with instruments and a pc, in addition to the end line.
Ferrari FXX Ok & Improvement Heart
Launch date: March 2017
Set: 75882
Items: 494
This set retains with the spirit of the R&D that is on the core of Ferrari’s XX Program. The FXX, a juiced-up Enzo, began the driving force’s membership within the mid-2000s, and the FXX Ok right here, from 2014, is the newest version to take part. The FXX Ok has the identical V-12 because the LaFerrari (and a variety of the identical components at Lego’s model of that automotive), however with the next complete output of 1026 horsepower. The Lego model of the FXX is aggressive trying, particularly with the rear wing. The wind tunnel has a working fan and rollers you use by a crank, and it is adjustable—in case you need to check the aerodynamics of different Velocity Champion vehicles. Ferrari Minifigure employees are additionally standing by to check the efficiency of an engine and print 3D components.
Ferrari 488 GT3 Scuderia Corsa
Launch date: March 2018
Set: 75886
Items: 179
Primarily based on the automotive that received the 2016 IMSA GT Daytona Class, pushed by Christina Nielsen, this set features a feminine Minifigure and a extra appropriately scaled trophy and printed physique swimsuit on the torso. The 488 GT3 will get yellow stickers, doubtless for the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and two units of rims. The higher detailing is upfront with the splitter and within the rear wing, which is adjustable.
Ferrari Final Storage
Launch date: March 2018
Set: 75889
Items: 841
This could be essentially the most play-worthy Ferrari set Lego has ever designed. You get two classics: the curvaceous Ferrari 250GTO plus the huge and low-slung 312 T4, which has a pair of interchangeable rear wings. The extra trendy Ferrari is the 488GTE, which is analogous in styling to the earlier set’s GT3. After racing, roll the vehicles onto the storage’s carry, then transfer some Technic components to carry the rig. Refuel the Ferraris on the old-school fuel pump on the suitable, after which show them within the museum on the left—roping the GTO off, after all, so the photo-snapping Minifigure, one in all seven within the set, will not scratch the paint.
Ferrari F40 Competizione
Launch date: January 2019
Set: 75890
Items: 198
The third F40 Lego launched is the Goldilocks of the vary: not as complicated because the 1158-piece first provided in 2017, however extra satisfying to work on than the 48-piece promotional set Shell bought at fuel stations in 2014. It is a becoming tribute to some of the iconic Ferraris ever. This set makes use of fairly easy bricks to attain the look, however there are particular touches just like the rear window and a few bricks printed with the Ferrari brand. Playability is bumped up as a result of you’ll be able to swap between the usual F40 and the Competizione model, which is extra highly effective, that includes a twin-turbocharged V-8—you’ll be able to swap out the trunk, headlights, and rear diffuser.
Launch date: January 2020
Set: 76895
Items: 275
Lego’s Velocity Champion lineup placed on a bit weight on in 2020. Beforehand, vehicles on this class had been six studs huge—a Lego time period used to indicate measurements—and grew to eight huge. The F8 Tributo is the primary Ferrari to get the beefier remedy. A byproduct of that development is that designers can add particulars with components slightly than stickers, as you’ll be able to see with the S duct taken from Ferrari’s F1 vehicles and the aspect air intakes. The result’s a automotive that falls between sturdy sufficient to play with and detailed sufficient to show.
Ferrari 488GTE ‘AF Corse #51’
Launch date: January 2021
Set: 42125
Items: 1677
Launched in early 2021, for round $200, the 488GTE was the primary Ferrari to get the complete Technic remedy (which implies a working suspension, amongst different issues). The 488 GTE, which received Ferrari some endurance races together with a first-place end on the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2019 and 2021, is available in at properly over 4000 items and 19 inches lengthy, that means meeting is not precisely kid’s play. With about 60 stickers, the set is extra than simply constructing, although there’s loads of that with a V-8 engine and its pistons, which connects to the rear axle by a differential. The doorways open to disclose a working steering wheel and an precisely detailed inside inside a strong, strong display-worthy mannequin.
Launch date: March 2022
Set: 76906
Items: 291
This 6.5-inch-long throwback to a 1970 Ferrari 512M, a decrease, extra highly effective model of the 512 S, marks the start of when race-car designers began contemplating aerodynamics. This mannequin nails the sloping nostril with headlights, the cockpit and cover, and the rear spoiler. Diehard Lego followers—particularly those that dislike stickers—ought to admire that the designer added extra printed bricks with the Ferrari brand than are literally required within the mannequin, to extend usability in different builds.
Launch date: June 2022
Set: 42143
Items: 3778
Solely the second Lego Technic Ferrari, that is the most important and most costly one up to now. Launched in June 2022 for $450, the 23-inch lengthy, 1:8 scale mannequin was timed to coincide with the debut of the actual automotive. Over the pandemic, Ferrari’s designers in Italy had been ending the automotive as Lego’s workforce in Denmark saved tempo with last-minute adjustments. The center of the automotive come from the 330 P4 that Ferrari ran out to win the 1967 Daytona. A part of Lego’s Final Automotive Idea, the Ferrari Daytona SP3 joins different large-scale Technic builds just like the Lamborghini Sián FKP 37, Bugatti Chiron, and Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The instruction booklet walks you thru the assembling the engine and crankcase, which is a rewarding, technical facet of the construct. Turning the automotive over reveals the working eight-speed transmission managed by paddle shifters contained in the cabin.
Ferrari 812 Competizione
Launch date: March 2023
Set: 76914
Items: 261
The primary Lego Ferrari of 2023 could be the final of a dying breed. The 2022 812 Competizione feels prefer it could be the ultimate V-12 that prances with out the help of a battery and electrical motor. The Lego model is smoother than most Velocity Champion fashions with solely a handful of studs displaying. Stickers assist add racing particulars, however bricks element the aggressive entrance finish and wonderful rear exhaust of this six-inch-long mannequin.
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