Should You Spend $450 On The LEGO McLaren P1?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- The New LEGO Technic McLaren P1 (42172) was released on August 1st, 2024. The P1 is the next addition into the Technic UCS Super Car line up. This set comes with the heavy price tag of $450 so let's take a close look at the set and grade it from 0-100. This will help us determine if it's worth the $450 price to grab or if this is a set you should pass on.
10:07 it is a lego set, not a tamiya modell
I get it. Just wish it was a little more polished so the end display of the vehicle was a little cleaner. Great build though!
I completely agree with this comment
Cool, but still way too expensive 🥲
@@OllieDaAussie I agree! $250-$300 is the buy point on this set.
@@TheBrickQuest Yep! it will be a while till its at that point though. 🥲
I can buy it for 300
@@rubenryanv645 How???
@@rubenryanv645nice! How’s that?
A set can really have it all and even be a proportionally good price, but i just cant get behind spending almost half a grand on lego. I understand a set like this is really more than just a display piece and if you have the money its worth it, but theres just so much more you can do with $400 bucks.
I get it. It is a lot of money so you do have to be a hardcore fan of technic and/or cars to justify the price tag. Hopefully some discounts will pop up on the set as time goes on.
Glad to have my Porsche at the time
Ya. The price on that set is way up there now!
To me, I always was unhappy about the look of the front end. At the release date of the set at my local Lego store, it was right there. I looked around and was overall unimpressed, until I looked at it from the front. Above all, it really has the P1 distinctive traits. Very good Lego!
Same here! Overall great set but so area of the car, like the front, could use some work.
Just bought this set purely because of your vid and review. Thank you.
For 450$ I want the car to look immaculate but I just dont like especially how the front of this car looks. I´d rather buy any of the CaDA supercars
CaDA products are shit and garbage, I bought Mercedes AMG One and that model is failed designed it will break gears when you try to run it from remote control.
CaDA products are less than garbage and shit. I bought mercedes amg one and it breaks gears when I use remote control to run it, ABS plastic is extremely low quality a and not durable. Definitely, CaDa models are garbages.
My experience is that CaDA can be hit or miss in piece quality. I have their AMG-ONE and “Ferrari” cars, the former being absolutely perfect in quality and the latter about 85%. I bought the McClaren at the launch and plan on building it next month. If it’s anything like the Porsche GT3 or the Ferrari Daytona, I know it will be worth the cost.
@@LeslieRC .Mecerdes AMG one is a FLAWED DESIGN, missing parts, panel and fenders thin like pape, durable plastic is suck., big regret for me.
Theres really no better mclaren P1 on the market BUT i do agree $400 is insane
I will be rebuilding mine with black pins, clear pins, and color match wherever I can. They nailed the profiles and that is what is the most important to.
Good call on using the black and clear pins to keep all the colors consistent.
For that price you can get a hell of a resin or die cast model of the Mclaren.
For sure!
Where?
Yeah but you dont get the building experience and thats why most buy Lego.
Loved the build - box of course too. Hanging on my wall with the others!
The unboxing was amazing! Very cool! Do you have all the supercars?
@@TheBrickQuestall but the first one the Porsche. Funny enough not a fan of it, my wallet is thankful 😅.
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@@TheBrickQuest I have them all except the Lambo..Just got this P1.
Brunojj designed this car 8 years ago with limited pieces that were available at the time and the result is significantly better than this. It almost seems like Lego saw how much praise he received for his design and decided it was easy to just come out with the same car...
I havnt seen his design but yes, if he came out with it 8yr ago he was a lot more limited.
any pagani ( 1st display cars coupes) are a must that lego should do + the curves are not the hardest to replicate, although as a pagani it must be near perfect.
That would be a cool car to see in Technic form!
Great review. I have the Chiron, Daytona and Sian. I will get the MP1 but will wait to see if the price drops. I agree with the body work. I would rather have less pieces but have bigger custom pieces to give it a more fluid look. Also I have never really understood the pin colouring, they should be colour-coded to the panels/bricks to enhance the looks of the car.
Thanks! Nice! I still need to grab the Sian. I think it will definitely drop in price as it sits on shelves longer.
Great review friend! I’m excited to build mine. I might have missed something. Thoughts on the Podcast for this model?
Thanks! You’ll enjoy the set for sure! Unfortunately, I did not listen to the podcast but from what I’m hearing it’s a great listen if you are a big car or McLaren fan.
I would LOVE to have this- would LOVE to build it- BUT it's WAY too huge (I'm running out of space)_ and my price point for Lego is $169.99... if it's more than that I simply won't buy it.
170$ for 3.8k pieces and McLaren copyright lol ahaha!
I recently bought the Porsche 911 gt3 rsr and its $180. I recommend it. Its a fun build and it looks cool. I do want the mclaren though as they are some of my favorite cars.
It is a massive set. Keep an eye out because I’m sure discount will come around on this set in the future.
I like the P1, but it's strange that LEGO went with a car that is over 10 years old. I wonder if LEGO wanted to do a 1:8 scale Technic Koenisegg Jesko, but they changed their plans because they realized that it be very difficult to make it look accurate. The smaller Technic Jesko doesn't look very good.
Good question! I’m not sure why they went with an older vehicle. The Jesko would be great as long as they can get the curves and look of the body right.
I think the smaller Technic Jesko looks great
i just watched through the whole video without any non zoomed in video of the car
Thanks for watching! Is that a good thing?
Point of lego is to make something whit parts they have. When lego starts to make parts for the buolds, it is no more a LEGO. and
unfortunately legoseems to go that wrong way.
And yes, i have all the supercars.
Nice! I missed the Porsche unfortunately. I think they should largely design the build with using existing parts. Engine, frame, etc but maybe make a few better body panels just so the end user ends up with a little cleaner display piece. I get what you mean about using existing parts though.
i've passed on the Bugatti and the Porsche, kinda passed on the Lamborghini initially and just got the Ferrari Daytona for around ~200-220$ in black friday sales.
i liked it so much so i also bought the Lamborghini for around 250$ 2 months ago.
then i was starting to consider MAYBE getting the Bugatti but i don't really like Bugatti and the Bugatti set has a lot of design choice issues to it.
so when the McLaren P1 was announced i was stoked because it is my most favorite McLaren model after the F1 from the 90s.
seeing how well this one looks from watching many youtuber's reviews makes me drool over it lol
now i'm just waiting for a good sale to snag one of those for my 1:8 scale Lego collection.
the reason i never got the Porsche btw, is because i honestly think it was not a good implementation of the GT3 RS by lego which is unfortunate.
the GT3 RS kit looks too flimsy and not that accurate, i do believe that if Lego revisited that kit today with all of the new technic pieces that were introduced since 2016 they could've probably done a much better job with it, but as it is its really not that appealing tbh.
the smaller 1:12 scale classic 911 Turbo is a MUCH better and more accurate kit than the GT3 RS, now sure i know i'm comparing a technic set to a mixture set but i would expect AT LEAST this level of model accuracy from a lego technic 1:8 scale kit that costs over 350$ (the original price for the GT3RS)
so far though out of all 5 1:8 scale Technic supercars i rate them as follows from most favorite to least favorite:
1. McLaren P1
2. Lamborghini Sian
3. Ferrari Daytona SP3
4. Bugatti Chiron
5. Porsche GT3RS
and honestly it mostly comes out to how accurate it resembles the real thing, for the price we are paying for these lego kits they should at the very least be relatively accurate to the real car.
and sure it IS lego and not EVERY shape is possible, but even here with the McLaren P1 Lego did some mistakes that could've been avoided - for example for the headlights they could've made the parts behind the white "headlight" bars be black, which would visually make the headlights appear more accurate and similar to the real P1.
for the rear portion of the P1, they should've blocked the area around the taillights with black parts to obscure the visibility to the gray wing lift mechanism.
the P1 is not a perfect design from Lego, but out of all of the 5 kits its still my favorite (the best kit design i would give to the Lamborghini Sian, that was executed BEAUTIFULLY)
Great feedback on all the supercars! I havnt built the Sian yet but it is on my list! Looks like a great set! My rating on the 5 is very similar to yours.
I really like the look of the P1 and all the cars. I just think they could make some of the body features a little better. Still cool to build and own.
Seems Lego is following the apple way.
And buyers are more traders/investors than builders.
Definitely following apple in their packaging!
Only if you're a big fan of low-resolution brick models of sports cars without windows and bodies full of gaps.
It’s got a lot going for it but, yes, wish some of the body of the car was cleaner.
That thing looks sick
Really cool car!
The fact you had to make a title like that and even have doubts about spending money on LEGO means we are hereby revoking your LEGO Fan card !!! 😂
😂 please don’t! LEGO can have all my money.
Truthfully, I think it was worth it purely because I like the set so I don't really care what other people say, so I find it funny that I'm watching this after I've bought it and am 1/3 conplete assembling it😂
I get it! This will be the type of set that some people will really want to have day 1 no matter the cost. It is a great build! Hope you enjoy!
Already did, but I don’t know when I’ll get around to building it. The p1 logo is in the display box by itself for now.
Awesome! Great set! Hopefully that P1 logo will rise in value.
The Cada mclaren p1 is a better model in my opinion than the actual lego take on the p1
Never seen it before but just looked it up. Looks really good!
Cada mclaren looks terrible. The only thing which they have done better is headlights.
@@omenz878 yea ur right
Nope. That’s a car payment for me
I know what you mean!
I was actually looking for a “real” P1 video. I ended up here by chance. My last Technic set was a “Super Car” from 1994. $450 is the price of this stuff today? And what's up with all these colors? Horrible.
Ya. Things have definitely changed on these technic sets from 1994. Do you remember what set you last built back then?
Good review💪🏼
Thanks!
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Nice!
NO wtf how is that even a question?? Look what you get for 450 bucks at Cada or Mould King and then think again. My recommendation: AMG 1 by Cada for 260 bucks :)
Ya. I would have liked to have seen a better price on this set. Maybe some of these other manufacturers will help drive the cost down over time.
I've never built a technic set. Is this too much for me? Mid 30s male, used to work on cars for a living
Theres a step-by-step manual, so for sure you can do it mate 😎 My advice would be to use a large table on which you can sort the parts and use clean hands when building it. Also just go slowly because from experience I know it is a b*tch to have to have disasemble a lot of Lego just because you have 1 pin/cogwheel/sprocket in a wrong place 😄
It’s a more complex build but if you have built LEGO Technic before and have some car experience, you shouldn’t have a problem putting this one together. Take your time on the mechanics of the vehicle so you don’t miss any piece placement.
I started on the porsche then HAD to get the green lambo THEN shifted to the titanic. Love lego 😅
hmmm, best video
@@EasyMachine thanks!
Have the lambo sian its truly amazing
Awesome! I still need that one.
@@TheBrickQuest yea i only have it tho(like the big cars that come once in a yr forgot name😭)
Best p1 on aliexpress is now 100 bucks or so. They will drop when this gets more popular.too. i got the 911 rsr for less than 20 bucks. Lego is asking stupid money.
LEGO could do better with their pricing for sure!
For sure they will drop, I got SP3 for 70$ and it looks absolutely gorgeous. For the fraction of the price lego is asking for it.
Mould king have the same set for 1/3rd of the price $95USD
Nice! I havnt seen it.
The whole front end is wrong plus the roofline is too stuby looks more like mad mikes 650s p1
They could work on some of the body areas of the car for sure. Probably designing some new body panels for these supercars is the answer.
I think the headlights probably put me off the most. Front just doesn't look good at all imo
The front is a troublesome part of the car for me as well.
I mean Lego still use the decades old circle steering wheel.
Good point. I do think they should get rid of core building prices and principles. Maybe just try to take a fresh look on the body panels of the vehicles.
Are you going to review lego 60408 transport truck
Potentially! I have a large backlog of sets to review but I might get around to that one. Thanks for the feedback though.
*here ARE two more videos
I'll buy it when there's a discount
Good call. I’m sure some discounts will pop up in this.
What a great review wtf you have a new sub
Really appreciate that! Glad to have you here.
Worth it
So basically they´ve made a set that cada has had for years and they´re selling it for 2,5 times the price. No hate, that seems to be a nice set but waaaaay to expensive, even for lego.
Definitely could be better on the pricing but I’m sure they will start running some discounts.
It’s 600 Australian
Wow. Steep!
@@TheBrickQuest ye I know
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Thanks
I cant afford it either way.😎
Hopefully, we’ll see some discounts on this set like we’ve seen on some of the other supercars in the past. Maybe that’ll make it more feasible to purchase.
@@TheBrickQuest hopefully lol
Why orange :(
I can understand why it’s not the right color for everyone. For some reason it worked for me on the look. The Ferrari red can’t be beat though!
It’s not Lego is is a plastic model made by Lego. Lego technique is expensive and is not Lego and the values will never go up much if fact they are worth about 50 bucks at most
Yes it definitely is expensive! They could lower prices some on these sets.
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No need to watch the video no way i am paying 450usd to a lego toy you can buy fake version nothing different from the original except the sticker quality
If there is a different version out there that is the same or a decent quality, I say go for it. It’s all about the fun of just building something cool!
@@TheBrickQuest I ve just found daytona for 250 usd in Seoul Great deal buying it
Steering wheel is SUCK.
Ya. It looks ok but doesn’t move the front wheels all to well.
Buy what you want. Don't listen to doofus either way.
I agree! Everyone should buy what they enjoy themselves. Just my opinion.
Unfortunately. Downvote. Remove from watch history. Don't recommend channel.
I can understand you have a different opinion.
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