the transparent part used for the headlights is actually a few years old, its 38799 (Minifigure, Utensil Tea Saucer with Hollow Stud on Top). it only appears in 2 "sets", proffesor trelawny from the HP CMF series 1 (with a floral print) and waldorf from the Muppets CMF according to Bricklink, although i could've sworn that i've seen it in a few other sets
Inaccuracies aside just really happy Lego got the proportions of the car right. This IMO was the biggest miss with the Aston Marten as no matter how you look at it the car is either to long or no wide enough. Interesting how the Corvette uses the a similar solution for the opening hood. Also really like they were able to get the functional steering to work on a slightly smaller scale as well as the pop up trunk feature to keep it seamless. Nice to see the roof optional with no rebuilding required. I'm also of the opinion it looks better in person as the same I think could be said for the Camaro last year which looked awful on box but in person looks great and is probably the most authentic car to date. Next year would be great to see an 80s era Ferrari in this scale.
Yeah I agree. Wasn’t sure about the corvette from the photos. Saw it in person at my local LEGO store and I actually quite like it. Not a must grab for me though, still too expensive, so will be waiting for either a discount from zavvi or a double VIP weekend. I think I will probably end up using it for an alternative build. Has the potential to become a nice Triumph Stag or an MGB I think, will have to see… I think LEGO needs to think some more about what cars it adapts to sets. It needs to think more about what’s gonna work. Curvier cars aren’t gonna work without alot of new parts as this and the DB5 have proved. The Land Rover defender is a great example of picking the right car to adapt to LEGO- boxy car=perfect for Lego! (I’ve turned my Land Rover 90 set from a 90 to a 110!).
Hey Balazs! This is not related to the video but I think it would be a really cool idea for you to do detailed building reviews on some older technic sets 1990s - 2018. Many of those older sets don’t have in depth reviews, even with sets like the rough terrain crane which you never featured in a full review video. I think a lot of the sets in the 2010s deserve a proper look and a lot of fans of those sets don’t have good videos on TH-cam covering those sets. I love your current style of detailed building reviews and would love to see this video format implemented for those older sets! I think a lot of other viewers would appreciate it as well. Love your videos and keep up the awesome work!
Honestly I'm not sure those videos would be popular enough. Making these detailed building reviews takes tons of time, I need to carefully select the sets that worth the time and effort investment, as I simply don't have time to make more.
It's good to see Lego separating the windows from the other pieces. Especially with windows that big, wish they would've done that with the Ghostbusters car🤦♂️. Hopefully they continue to do so. Other than that, I like it, it'll make a good collection to the Mustang and Camaro. As always, your builds and opinions are greatly appreciated.
I believe some of those taillight pieces came in a space police set from back in the day. I had a handful of them floating around as a kid, would use them as grenades for my military minifigures
I hope one day Lego makes a 68-70 Dodge Charger in this series, it’d probably be one of the biggest sets but I’d like to see what techniques the designers could use to bring it to life
I think this one looks much blockier than anything before it, unfortunately. Especially the roof. And the front is very crudely shaped. Maybe if those gray parts were chromed and the headlight pieces were a bit bigger, it would look alright, but like this it is not so pleasing
When the Porsche was released, I wasn't slightly interested. Bought one to build a MOC of a Countach, and I want another to build a Lambo Murci. I'll get this one. I like the look of it, and will be interested to see what other cars the MOC builders can make from it.
So... Lego finally caught up to cobi for the tile inverted. Also really few unnecessary colors. And I like the black technic bricks. For me the proportions look somewhat strange- and the rear wheel well and the headlight section are disturbing even. New slopes for the door... but no matching slope for the rear wheel well? Strange strategy. But as always: A very nice review!
Surely the C2 'Split-Window' is the more iconic classic Corvette? Either that or make the C8 which will undoubtedly be popular. I wasn't sure about the quad headlights, but after looking at photos of the real car, it wasn't that bad and it only looked bad in Lego form.
Being the most expensive lego car at 12.4 cents a piece, one would think lego could do a more accurate job at designing the front (at least add in some chrome). Creating new pieces costs money but would add overall value to the car and can be reusable later when designing new builds. The roof isnt appealing either. Sadly this car needs to be displayed from the rear. IMO the speed champions corvette looks better.
Oops - I confused a few things in my previous comment. The MOC from the 42127 Batmobile is a Corvette C2 Stingray There is a Corvette C3 hidden inside the parts of the 42151 Bugatti Bolide - also on Rebrickable
This must be the worst looking Creator Expert car apart from the Aston Martin and the Camaro. But just place the Corvette between those two to make it look great 😅. The windscreen elements are very welcome though.
What makes the Camaro a bad looking set? Not trying to start anything, but I think the set looks fine and I'm just curious what parts you think don't look good.
@@solarwalkman It's mainly the Lego Camaro's edgy sideline towards the rear. I know most people do not care about that. But for me that is a no-go. The roof section including the wrongly shaped windscreen is the other part which looks not good at all. Plus the proportions are slightly off: The Camaro should have been one stud wider. The remaining parts look good or at least decent. Maybe I am a bit harsh. I just feel they could have done better with the Camaro given that most of the other vehicles are really good sets.
I personally really wish this was the 1950's C1 with the single headlights and tailfin brakelights, though I'm still holding hope they may make that a set one day. I don't know why but I just think the earlier C1 Vette was a very good looking car compared to the 61 C1 the set is based on. I think the front of the 50's Vette also has fewer curved surfaces to replicate unlike the 61 model, and since it's a rather big.. design issue(?) with the set I think the 50's would've looked a bit better in comparison. My last issue is while it's not a terrible set overall I can't help but feel a little dissatisfied with the lack of accessories or alt builds the icons cars have been known to feature recently. The only add on is the hard top roof yet with previous icons/creator cars we've had accessories, alt versions to build and swappable parts while in this one the most we get is like 3 license plates and a hard top.
Well, I don't think I need to tell you which Corvette I would appreciate in that size 😂 But tbh, C2 or C3 would be amazing as well. The C1 looks great irl, but the Lego version doesn't make it for me
Again, I think TLG picked the wrong car to turn into a set. Really needed new pieces to create the curves to match the cars shape, I mean it’s great the did it for the side panels with those pieces but when the overall curves of the car aren’t there? 🤔🤷 Still this is better than the DB5. Will pick it up, but not right away (especially at the rrp). I think there are cars out there that are much better suited to being recreated in Lego. The Land Rover was a perfect example of the right car to choose (even though I which they’d done a new windshield piece to better match the look rather than printing on an existing one) it’s a pretty close to a perfect LEGO car model. It’s funny because looking at this set from certain angles, it looks more like a Sunbeam Alpine than it does a corvette, could be a good alternative build for this set perhaps?
Dude also half my Lego orders come with damaged boxes, that didn't happen 2-3 years ago! LEGO went for cheap bulk mail contracts and got the fucken worst of them
It looks fine for what it is, you just have unrealistic expectations. Doesn't help that they chose the single ugliest corvette generation to make into a set.
The more review and pictures I see of this model, the more I have the feeling to skip this model. The Mustang, the Porsche, and the Camaro looked much better. I know, it is Lego, so you are limited. But still, the others look better.
Honestly, if the new 1:8 scale technic car was a C8, i would 100% buy it
Same I love the c8 and hoped they would release one soon
I think it would be a great idea for Lego to do either the C2 or the pink variation from the Barbie movie
@@legamotors23 Barbie had a c1
I love the mechanisms inside this car! It’s the perfect sculpture with good mechanisms inside, especially that hinge for the openable hood
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@@duckyp5385 Hi Ducky
The sculpture? Its terrible, the front looks way to blocky
hello
the transparent part used for the headlights is actually a few years old, its 38799 (Minifigure, Utensil Tea Saucer with Hollow Stud on Top). it only appears in 2 "sets", proffesor trelawny from the HP CMF series 1 (with a floral print) and waldorf from the Muppets CMF according to Bricklink, although i could've sworn that i've seen it in a few other sets
I believe it also appeared on the lego technic cargo plane (model number 42025) as red and green indicators at the end of the wings.
@@Misp7423 i think you're talking about the tail-lights, which are barraki eyes
@steampaul3442 wow
Im Impressed by your knowledge, and your totally right!
Keep it up!
I hope they keep releasing Corvette sets from each generation every few years (kinda like the Volkswagen Transporters), I'd kill for a Lego C4
What a beautiful build. Love these classic system brick vehicles.
Inaccuracies aside just really happy Lego got the proportions of the car right. This IMO was the biggest miss with the Aston Marten as no matter how you look at it the car is either to long or no wide enough. Interesting how the Corvette uses the a similar solution for the opening hood. Also really like they were able to get the functional steering to work on a slightly smaller scale as well as the pop up trunk feature to keep it seamless. Nice to see the roof optional with no rebuilding required. I'm also of the opinion it looks better in person as the same I think could be said for the Camaro last year which looked awful on box but in person looks great and is probably the most authentic car to date. Next year would be great to see an 80s era Ferrari in this scale.
Yeah I agree. Wasn’t sure about the corvette from the photos. Saw it in person at my local LEGO store and I actually quite like it. Not a must grab for me though, still too expensive, so will be waiting for either a discount from zavvi or a double VIP weekend. I think I will probably end up using it for an alternative build. Has the potential to become a nice Triumph Stag or an MGB I think, will have to see…
I think LEGO needs to think some more about what cars it adapts to sets. It needs to think more about what’s gonna work. Curvier cars aren’t gonna work without alot of new parts as this and the DB5 have proved. The Land Rover defender is a great example of picking the right car to adapt to LEGO- boxy car=perfect for Lego! (I’ve turned my Land Rover 90 set from a 90 to a 110!).
Hey Balazs! This is not related to the video but I think it would be a really cool idea for you to do detailed building reviews on some older technic sets 1990s - 2018.
Many of those older sets don’t have in depth reviews, even with sets like the rough terrain crane which you never featured in a full review video. I think a lot of the sets in the 2010s deserve a proper look and a lot of fans of those sets don’t have good videos on TH-cam covering those sets.
I love your current style of detailed building reviews and would love to see this video format implemented for those older sets! I think a lot of other viewers would appreciate it as well. Love your videos and keep up the awesome work!
Honestly I'm not sure those videos would be popular enough. Making these detailed building reviews takes tons of time, I need to carefully select the sets that worth the time and effort investment, as I simply don't have time to make more.
@@RacingBrickI understand your reasoning here as it may be a smaller niche. Thanks for replying though!
It's good to see Lego separating the windows from the other pieces. Especially with windows that big, wish they would've done that with the Ghostbusters car🤦♂️. Hopefully they continue to do so. Other than that, I like it, it'll make a good collection to the Mustang and Camaro. As always, your builds and opinions are greatly appreciated.
I believe some of those taillight pieces came in a space police set from back in the day. I had a handful of them floating around as a kid, would use them as grenades for my military minifigures
No parts with off colors for once. That's nice. The steering mechanism is really nice and remembers me the old days :)
The front reminds me of the retired Aston Martin DB5. Definitely looking forward to it.
so good the see studded technic parts again
I hope one day Lego makes a 68-70 Dodge Charger in this series, it’d probably be one of the biggest sets but I’d like to see what techniques the designers could use to bring it to life
facts they should make the more muscle cars like a challenger and trans am
Just wish it had proper white walls for the tires
I have to go with the C3 too. Such a beautiful car❤
Imagine what they look with chrom parts.
You can easily make the chrome parts with a chrome pen.
Than you Balazs!
I'm excited to see the alternates on Rebrickable!
1:40 I would want the c2. It would be nice to see how they replicate the iconic window
Seriously want this game thank you
I think this one looks much blockier than anything before it, unfortunately. Especially the roof. And the front is very crudely shaped. Maybe if those gray parts were chromed and the headlight pieces were a bit bigger, it would look alright, but like this it is not so pleasing
yeah its so fkn ugly with the roof on.
front also looks wack.
but at least it looks pretty okay if you remove the roof.
Is it just me but it would be so sick to get a sky blue dodge Daytona
X2
I love the color!
Looking forward to this set and 9 others on Aug 1st!
I hope Lego creates another Icons Corvette but this time, the ZR1 C6.
Hello Balazs! Nice review! I think the London bus was the last icons vehicle in red.
Yes it was, you are right!
Crossing my fingers for a white C8 :D
I think C4 Corvette would be a good Corvette to be on a Lego set
The mini antenna work great and looks great for holding up the hood. Part numbers 73587/73587
That hood makes me wish for a push-to-open part. Think the rear end of a ballpoint pen.
Or they could have added something on the dashboard/interior to press, to lift the hood enough to grab it with a finger and open it fully.
i have finally my lego bugatti bolide 42151
5:27 Hello! Is the bonnet meant to stay in place or is it meant to be slightly elevated?
i would want to see a c8 corvette made with system parts
When the Porsche was released, I wasn't slightly interested. Bought one to build a MOC of a Countach, and I want another to build a Lambo Murci. I'll get this one. I like the look of it, and will be interested to see what other cars the MOC builders can make from it.
So... Lego finally caught up to cobi for the tile inverted. Also really few unnecessary colors. And I like the black technic bricks. For me the proportions look somewhat strange- and the rear wheel well and the headlight section are disturbing even. New slopes for the door... but no matching slope for the rear wheel well? Strange strategy.
But as always: A very nice review!
I wish someday got release the Mach 5
Mine would be the Stingray.
i wonder if there's a way to use the minifigure scale wheel arches to make the curves of the front grill rather than the handlebars
C3 fan here 😉
Surely the C2 'Split-Window' is the more iconic classic Corvette? Either that or make the C8 which will undoubtedly be popular. I wasn't sure about the quad headlights, but after looking at photos of the real car, it wasn't that bad and it only looked bad in Lego form.
Being the most expensive lego car at 12.4 cents a piece, one would think lego could do a more accurate job at designing the front (at least add in some chrome). Creating new pieces costs money but would add overall value to the car and can be reusable later when designing new builds. The roof isnt appealing either. Sadly this car needs to be displayed from the rear. IMO the speed champions corvette looks better.
How much did you pay it
There is a speed champions moc that just came out. I think it looks a lot better. It was made by guy named Building with Bricks on youtube
Ha ha ha! Thanks for the shoutout! 😅
Oops - I confused a few things in my previous comment.
The MOC from the 42127 Batmobile is a Corvette C2 Stingray
There is a Corvette C3 hidden inside the parts of the 42151 Bugatti Bolide - also on Rebrickable
Early C3, most definitely. The Speed Champions one isn't too great.
The corvette i want in lego is the C2
the rear looks so nice I’m almost tempted to get it and display with the front pointing at the wall :) the front just doesn’t work for me.
This must be the worst looking Creator Expert car apart from the Aston Martin and the Camaro. But just place the Corvette between those two to make it look great 😅. The windscreen elements are very welcome though.
What makes the Camaro a bad looking set? Not trying to start anything, but I think the set looks fine and I'm just curious what parts you think don't look good.
@@solarwalkman It's mainly the Lego Camaro's edgy sideline towards the rear. I know most people do not care about that. But for me that is a no-go. The roof section including the wrongly shaped windscreen is the other part which looks not good at all. Plus the proportions are slightly off: The Camaro should have been one stud wider. The remaining parts look good or at least decent. Maybe I am a bit harsh. I just feel they could have done better with the Camaro given that most of the other vehicles are really good sets.
I have mixed feelings on this one. It looks more like a British car, like MG, Triumph, etc, to me. Id LOVE a C3 to go with the Camaro!
Kinda wish I came in black
I personally really wish this was the 1950's C1 with the single headlights and tailfin brakelights, though I'm still holding hope they may make that a set one day.
I don't know why but I just think the earlier C1 Vette was a very good looking car compared to the 61 C1 the set is based on.
I think the front of the 50's Vette also has fewer curved surfaces to replicate unlike the 61 model, and since it's a rather big.. design issue(?) with the set I think the 50's would've looked a bit better in comparison.
My last issue is while it's not a terrible set overall I can't help but feel a little dissatisfied with the lack of accessories or alt builds the icons cars have been known to feature recently.
The only add on is the hard top roof yet with previous icons/creator cars we've had accessories, alt versions to build and swappable parts while in this one the most we get is like 3 license plates and a hard top.
Well, I don't think I need to tell you which Corvette I would appreciate in that size 😂 But tbh, C2 or C3 would be amazing as well. The C1 looks great irl, but the Lego version doesn't make it for me
I haven't seen anything yet about the second wave of speed champions, do you have any news on this?? Amy insider info like the last 2 or 3 reveals?
I have no information about any other SC waves for this year.
@@RacingBrick do they normally have 2 waves per year?
@@vonzipperpunk it depends. Last year there was a 2nd wave with the movie cars, but it didn't happen the years before.
@@RacingBrick thanks for reply and the info! Love the vids!
In Canada it is $200
Is this the same Corvette in the movie Barbie?
Don't touch Lola
Again, I think TLG picked the wrong car to turn into a set. Really needed new pieces to create the curves to match the cars shape, I mean it’s great the did it for the side panels with those pieces but when the overall curves of the car aren’t there? 🤔🤷 Still this is better than the DB5. Will pick it up, but not right away (especially at the rrp).
I think there are cars out there that are much better suited to being recreated in Lego. The Land Rover was a perfect example of the right car to choose (even though I which they’d done a new windshield piece to better match the look rather than printing on an existing one) it’s a pretty close to a perfect LEGO car model.
It’s funny because looking at this set from certain angles, it looks more like a Sunbeam Alpine than it does a corvette, could be a good alternative build for this set perhaps?
Dude when the review of the 700$ lego?
Dude, still before the release date
What happened to Mike psaki?
Nothing, I guess he was busy with other projects
Dude also half my Lego orders come with damaged boxes, that didn't happen 2-3 years ago! LEGO went for cheap bulk mail contracts and got the fucken worst of them
This was delivered by DHL, just to be clear
The license plate Should be Kentucky that your Corvette is manufactured at
1961 Corvettes were produces in St Louis. They weren't built in Kentucky until 1981. Early Vettes were made in Flint Mi.
Looks like Lego is finally switching to paper bags (in a proper manner).
Looks pretty cool, but still far off from the best looking LEGO car (at least in my opinion) which is the mustang.
It looks better with roof I think
I like it but don't... not sure how I feel. 😅
Очень красивый!
It’s a shame that this looks so bad. Was really looking forward to this
I thought it looked good
It looks fine for what it is, you just have unrealistic expectations. Doesn't help that they chose the single ugliest corvette generation to make into a set.
@@owene2530 …no I have 6 other icons sets and they all use creative methods to achieve unique shapes. This just looks bad
@@Oscarsantanah I agree with the others. Your expectations and standards are too high. I say that as someone with 16 Creator Expert/Icons vehicles
no chromes!
wish i had one
The more review and pictures I see of this model, the more I have the feeling to skip this model. The Mustang, the Porsche, and the Camaro looked much better. I know, it is Lego, so you are limited. But still, the others look better.
the roof is ugly as fk.
that square shape looks super out of place
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It does not look that good IMO