I actually ordered a different set on amazon months ago but the delivery date keeps going back (I assume it will never come) and I wanted a set that would be here while I'm off work so even though I'd looked at it before and was a bit meh about it, it was on discount, will make a good stable mate for my other GT40 and is more pieces so I think it will be fun to build.
Im just starting bag 3 Duncs...
Also, saw Jag E-Type is available for pre-order but can't decide if I like it
Nice, I'm probably not going to have time until second half of August so you're way ahead of me!
I think the Jag looks good too!
This is a great set! Three bags in, bags one and two were a particularly marvel with all the internal mechanisms, I'm in awe of the way they design these things. Quite a lot more complicated than the GT40 with all the suspension / diff etc.
jamcg wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2026 5:08 pm
I may need this!
Lego's greatest skill is not making more tires than anyone else, or being exceptionally good at injection moulding. It's being exceptionally well tuned into pop culture of middle aged dipshits with disposable income like us... At this point they might as well release new sets with a friendly joke 'time to bend over again, you know you want it!'
I do really like the Wallace and Gromit one and will probably get it. Though I have heard this type of larger scale more detailed model described as 'display slop' - on the basis that it deviates quite a long way from what Lego was really all about, no play features etc. And I can see that. I've bought quite a lot of the 2026 City sets and they're really good (avoid the 4+ ones which are aimed at younger kits so have some extra-large parts like a car chassis in one piece).
KiwiDave wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2026 11:37 pm
Lego's greatest skill is not making more tires than anyone else, or being exceptionally good at injection moulding. It's being exceptionally well tuned into pop culture of middle aged dipshits with disposable income like us... At this point they might as well release new sets with a friendly joke 'time to bend over again, you know you want it!'
Very much this, did you see their last financial report? I think only like half of that was me too..
Quite a lot more complicated than the GT40 with all the suspension / diff etc.
