What happens when you combine your passion for supercars and children’s toys? You’ll get a full-scale McLaren Senna built entirely out of LEGO! This came out of nowhere as a team of specialist assemblers took shifts around the clock to build this masterpiece.
A total of 5,000 hours were spent completing this baby and almost 500,000 (467,854 to be exact) LEGO parts were used to complete this one-off McLaren madness. Ironically, the McLaren Senna made out of LEGO weighs a whopping 1,700kg which is 500kg MORE than the original supercar!
According to LEGO, this is their most realistic and ambitious McLaren they’ve eve built. Using one metric tonne’s worth of LEGO goodies, fans can even climb on board, sit behind the wheel, and push the start button where it’ll ‘roar’ to life. It also includes working lights and an infotainment system to complete the overall LEGO McLaren experience.
The statistics behind it are mind-boggling: in total, 467,854 individual LEGO® elements were used in its construction, which is almost 200,000 more bricks than were used to construct the 720S model of two years ago. Working shifts around the clock, teams of up to 10 model-makers needed 2,725 hours to click together all the pieces for the LEGO McLaren Senna, nine times longer than it takes to produce each painstakingly hand-assembled real Senna (300 hours). Including design and development, a total of 4,935 hours went into creating the model, involving no fewer than 42 men and women from the LEGO build team!
The McLaren Senna is the first LEGO® McLaren to incorporate interior parts from a real car, underlining its authenticity. Inside the extreme, driver-focused cabin are the lightweight carbon-fibre driving seat, steering wheel and pedals from the real Senna. Actual McLaren badges are fitted and the wheels and Pirelli tyres are exactly as specified on the real car. The dihedral doors are made from LEGO® bricks and are removable to allow people easy access to the cabin.
McLaren and LEGO fans of all ages will be able to get up close to the first LEGO® McLaren you can experience from the inside at a variety of events throughout 2019, including the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex, UK, in early July.
