BLOCKHEAD

LEGO’S SMALLEST CAR MODELS CREATE SOME OF ITS BIGGEST CHALLENGES.

BY TRAVIS OKULSKI

YOU DON’T NEED a garage to build your own car. You don’t even need a driver’s license. The first cars many of us work on are constructed by our own hands, courtesy of a kit with plastic blocks from Denmark. “We’re not just for kids seven- or eight-plus,” says Chris Stamp, the design manager for Lego’s Speed Champions, a series of kits that distill the form and spirit of our favorite enthusiast vehicles. “Anyone who’s got an inner child or anyone who ever had a poster of a vehicle on the bedroom wall or anyone who just likes cars, that’s who we appeal to.” Speed Champions are less complex and detailed than the Lego Technic sets, with their thousands of bricks. These smaller-scale models each have around 300 pieces. With Speed Champions,…

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