Call me old fashioned but Lego has too many set specific parts. I prefer the older set for actual play
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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I'm confused - to which parts in the new set are you referring? Looking at the parts list from the instructions booklet, the only "set specific parts" I'm seeing are those with printing. And I thought we all agreed that more printing is better than more stickers.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/building-instructions/77242
It looks like there are still plenty of stickers though
Very true, but you wouldn't get the realistic level of ad placement in these cars without stickers. Or a truly outrageous price point 😛
yeah there used to be a difference between Lego and just a 3d puzzle
I guess it depends on the set. I got a similar F1 set recently, and while the reusability is indeed low, the specific parts give quite a nicer looking model.
For sets that you want to reuse for creativity, definitely agree.
I like how this also shows the improvement of F1 cars over time also. They're longer* now and have the wing (loop over the drivers head in case of a flipover).
pretty cool, thanks for sharing!
*technically some people consider the cars length a downside, which is fair because it means they accelerate slower and make passing harder. However it is essentially impossible to die in one now, so that's a plus.
A few decades ago Lego almost killed themselves by having too many hard to reuse set-specific parts. You would think they learned their lesson. I guess AFOL money is keeping them afloat this time around.
Very few of the parts in the new car look like they would be hard to reuse. They're smaller, sure, but most of it is basic slopes, and creative uses of unintended parts, like what looks like spoons for the front mirrors. It's far better than the 2000s with all of those really big and specific parts.
Not really. In fact, I'd say it's more if the opposite, lego is using specific parts in non-traditional ways. You see the rear view mirrors? I'm pretty sure those are minifigure spoon peices. They also have a lego "gold brick" but black as a detail behind the drivers head. The designers have gotten really good at making really convincing shapes using fairly simple shapes and unique blocks, largely in part to the various new blocks with side studs, which are extremely versatile.
The only "set-specific" part I see is probably the wheel well, but even that can be used in different ways
new blocks with side studs, which are extremely versatile
SNOT really has been a game changing technique in LEGO design.
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I mean, they're right. I just got myself the Minifig Vending Machine set which is almost $200. They definitely know what they're doing with their sets and pricing and all these last couple years.
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