477,000 stones, 27 kilometers per hour
Lego technology is also available in life-size – for example in the form of mobile pedestals made of thousands and thousands of stones.
The fact that Lego projects can also involve numerous technical gadgets is nothing new. Whether robots building houses of cards or roadworthy Lamborghinis in mini format: Both ambitious inventors and the company itself have long recognized that the small components in connection with technical elements meet with great enthusiasm.
Once again, however, a Lego team has now completed a real mammoth project: With a total of 23 crew members, a life-size replica of the Lego Toyota GR Supra is said to have been created, which is actually drivable.
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This is not the first time that Lego is building a life-size mobile model
Lego had already taken the step to build life-size cars in 2018; the one manufactured at the time in collaboration with Bugatti Bugatti Cheron was made in the Legofactory in Kupna in the Czech Republic and was also roadworthy. According to Lego, the top speed of the replica with more than 100,000 components was just over 20 kilometers per hour at the time, racing driver Andy Wallace tested the replica on the Ehra-Lessien site near Wolfsburg.
In June 2021, a crew from the toy manufacturer produced the life-size Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 – more than 400,000 Lego technology parts were installed, and a total of 15 people worked on the project for around 8,660 hours. However, the Lamborghini replica was not designed to actually drive.
Lego car with electric motor: The details of the Toyota GR Supra project
Now Lego is likely to have brought the third replica and the second actually mobile pedestal in life size made of colorful plastic components to the start: According to the Toyota UK Magazine successfully reproduced the Lego Toyota GR Supra. 21 model builders and two technology professionals were involved in the project, which lasted a total of 225 days. 477,303 stones are built into the finished car, but the seats, steering wheel and pedals come from a real Toyota. Lego also shows a short video about the GR Supra on Twitter.
This incredible 1: 1 scale LEGO Toyota GR Supra uses 477,303 bricks and can be driven! 🤩#Cars #Toyota #GRSupra #ToyotaGazooRacing pic.twitter.com/0D0LmtrERA
– LEGO (@LEGO_Group) August 14, 2021
And in fact, the replica with functioning doors, exterior lights and displays is ultimately also slightly faster than its Bugatti predecessor: The built-in electric motor brings the car to a speed of around 27 kilometers per hour. According to Toyota, the real-size Lego Toyota GR Supra will be on display in Legoland Japan until October 11, 2021.
