Review: 76923 Lamborghini Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo
Posted by CapnRex101,Speed Champions has become more ambitious in the sorts of cars developed over the years, as a wider selection of elements has assisted in the creation of increasingly complex shapes. 76923 Lamborghini Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo is an excellent example.
The concept car's dramatic curvature and many bodywork cutouts require some interesting building techniques and I think this model looks marvellous in official images. However, I have been pleasantly surprised to find even greater detail than I anticipated.
Summary
76923 Lamborghini Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo, 230 pieces.
£20.99 / $26.99 / €26.99 | 9.1p/11.7c/11.7c per piece.
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For its scale, the Lambo V12 GT looks spectacular and unique within Speed Champions
- Incredibly intricate shaping
- Distinctive colour scheme
- Clever building techniques
- Unique cockpit configuration
- Poor sticker colour matching
Minifigure
As normal, a driver is included, suitably dressed to match the car. The olive green and black overalls look distinctive and I like the angular patterns on both sides of the torso and the legs, corresponding with stripes on the Lambo V12 Gran Turismo. The famous Lamborghini emblem is also shown on the torso, of course.
The minifigure comes with a black helmet and an alternative hair element, which looks good with this double-sided head. Admittedly, this hairstyle does not fit inside the cockpit, although there is very little space inside this low-profile car, so few hair elements would fit. A pearl silver wrench is supplied too.
Reference
Source - Lamborghini.com
The Completed Model
There are similarities between this Gran Turismo car and the McLaren Solus GT from 76918 McLaren Solus GT & McLaren F1 LM, unsurprisingly. Nonetheless, the shaping of this model improves greatly on the prior vehicle, putting the new 1x4x1 curved wedge slopes to good use over the wheels and featuring some remarkable building techniques.
In stark contrast with the McLaren Solus GT, this is among the smaller Speed Champions cars. The whole vehicle measures almost 16cm in length, including both a substantial wing and rear diffuser, which exaggerate its size. This compact design only makes the complex and accurate bodywork seem more impressive, particularly when the model is viewed from either side.
29 stickers are applied across the car, but a good selection of printed elements is supplied as well. The 1x2 angled tiles and 1x2 curved wedge slopes forming the blue-tinted headlights are printed, for instance, as are the windscreen, the wheel caps and the Lamborghini marque on the nose, among others. In addition, the designer has not relied too heavily on decorated parts for detail, instead employing clever angles to reproduce features like the headlights.
The wheel arches are printed too, with olive green bands on black pieces. This is unusual and standard olive green wheel arches could presumably have been used, although this technique yields a thinner shape, mirroring the original car. Of course, the olive green colour choice is fun too because no previous Speed Champions model features this shade of green.
Additionally, the cockpit design is completely unique, positioned further forward than on many Speed Champions cars. The angular windscreen piece, originating from NEXO Knights, looks fantastic and access to the interior is quite interesting, as both the windscreen and the forward bodywork open to
The cockpit is extremely cramped, as expected for such a low profile car. Even so, there is just enough room for the driver inside, seated on two 1x4 panels, which are connected sideways to create the lowest seat possible. The minifigure still leans back a long way and cannot be posed as though gripping the steering wheel, but accommodating the driver at all is commendable for this kind of car.
I love how the bodywork narrows suddenly between the wheels, again putting the 1x2 angled tiles introduced earlier this year to good use. The shaping behind the cockpit is impressive as well, comprising 2x2 curved slopes and 2x5 wedge slopes. However, the olive green on these stickers hardly matches the surrounding olive green parts, which is frustrating.
Although the rear wheel arches and the wing appear bulkier than they should be, the general shape looks great. The black sections between the wheel arches and the inner bodywork are realistic and stickers are helpful in narrowing the wheel arches, also including golden accents, which complement similar highlights around the car.
1x5 wedge slopes and 2x5 wedge slopes were both introduced last year, normally comprising bodywork behind the cockpit on supercars. Both elements are actually integrated here, as the smaller 1x5 wedge slopes are attached sideways, underneath the larger slopes. The resulting shape is surprisingly complex and looks superb, with a couple of extra stickers for detail.
The wing is extraordinary too. The aforementioned 1x2 angled tiles form perfect edges on the wing and I like the printed 1x1 quarter circle tiles at either end, as well as the red accents. The diffuser is also attractive and features pearl dark grey gauntlets for mechanical details. Stickers are placed on the sides of plates for the brake lights, unusually, but the entire rear profile looks stunning, nonetheless.
Overall
Among the many LEGO themes, I think Speed Champions demonstrates the most consistent improvement. The first Gran Turismo car was released last year and looked impressive on the whole, but 76923 Lamborghini Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo is better in every respect. I am particularly pleased with the combination of sharp angles and sweeping curves, as well as the cockpit.
The poor colour matching between olive green elements and stickers is disappointing and the number of stickers may put some people off. However, the model does not rely on stickers for realistic shaping, instead featuring plenty of clever building techniques, plus numerous printed elements. This is probably my second favourite Speed Champions set of the year so far, behind 76919 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Car.
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My son just built this yesterday and I continue to be impressed with the clever parts usage and build techniques employed in this theme to recreate odd-ball shapes and angles found in these hyper modern cars. Impressive stuff. I did find several things to be somewhat flimsy, particularly the rear diffuser and the small 1 x 2 angled bow pieces used as trim in front of the rear wheels. Overall a very successful model.
This car looks like it's going to bite me. I don't know how else to explain it.
I enjoy the complexity of the build, I would probably leave the stickers off of it.
Looks like it belongs in Halo, perhaps John's car when he's taking some R&R from being Master Chief.
The one reason I would ever even consider getting this set is for all those olive green parts, which would be perfect for Crocodile Tribe MOCs!
The shaping is definitely attractive, and it's always interesting to see a new color in this line, but having just built 76919 yesterday evening, I'm in no mood to get another sticker-heavy SC set anytime soon, especially since some of those sticker are affixed to the sides of plates.
Has LEGO made any Youtuber minifigures before? Because I’m pretty sure this one is supposed to be Australian Youtuber Alexandra Hirschi, better known as "Supercar Blondie".
@johleth said:
"I enjoy the complexity of the build, I would probably leave the stickers off of it."
I didn't apply the stickers, and think it looks just fine.
@ThunderCracker81 said:
"Has LEGO made any Youtuber minifigures before? Because I’m pretty sure this one is supposed to be Australian Youtuber Alexandra Hirschi, better known as "Supercar Blondie"."
CMF series 19 had the Video Game Champ, whom I've heard people say looks like he's supposed to be Jacksepticeye.
Not so long ago James May wrote in one of his articles that there was a rule in Lego never to put stickers on the side of the plates. I guess this rule does not apply any more?
This is probably one of my least favourite Speed Champions set. To be fair, I’m not a lover of the real car either, the Lego version just seems out of place with all the other cars in the SC theme - almost like it belongs to a sci-fi or fiction series rather than cars in real life
Not a good model. The number of barely "legal" connections with lots of elements hanging on a single stud in mid-air is staggering. I'm baffled how this got approved and didn't get hammered down by the construction verification team. The odd choices for the Medium Azure and Olive Green printed parts plus the stickers is another issue.
Not much of a car fan at all, but this thing I like, a lot. Will buy.
Love this design, hate the stickers and the way the colour blocking is heavily reliant on them to look good. Licensing stuff I guess, I'm guessing they had to go with this livery (and to be fair, no other livery would probably have sold as well as the 'official' one). However I'll be swapping out most of the olive green and black bodywork pieces for another colour, will have to check the availability of those new slopes but I predict you'll be able to much better appreciate the ingenious angles and techniques if the thing comes in a uniform, preferably bright colour.
Can we get a picture of the sticker sheet in reviews? I feel like it helps to visualise just how big a job this will be.
How is she driving this car without crashing? After all she only looks at the sky and never at the road...
I'll buy this set just to turn it into a spaceship. It looks epic.
The biggest problem with Speed Champions is that they're just too good.
I always have good intentions to wait a couple of months and get them a few quid cheaper, but somehow impatience always gets the better of me.
(and I anticipate the same thing occurring in August!)
Not a fan of the colour.
Kind of reminds me of a snake for some reason.
Looks like a pretty cool build though.
Might pick up one day.
When I first saw this set, I thought it looked quite ugly. But this review has changed my perspective, although I still will not be purchasing it.
@Capnrex101:
Is it really your favourite Speed Champions set of the year?
I just built 76924, and that is great. My favourite of the year. I also got 76921 and 76919 a while back, and they would take 2nd and third.
@Maxbricks14 said:
" @Capnrex101 :
Is it really your favourite Speed Champions set of the year?
I just built 76924 , and that is great. My favourite of the year. I also got 76921 and 76919 a while back, and they would take 2nd and third."
I think this is my second favourite after 76919 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Car, but all those you mentioned are excellent. In fact, the only Speed Champions set I have found underwhelming this year is 76922 BMW M4 GT3 & BMW M Hybrid V8. Even those models are decent, they are just relatively similar to past sets.
Do any reviewers build these with none and then minimal stickers? I would love to see how they are bare, and how they look with only the "necessary" stickers. I've found a number of them can look good with less than a full page of stickers, but I'd love to see this beforehand.
@CapnRex101 said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @Capnrex101 :
Is it really your favourite Speed Champions set of the year?
I just built 76924 , and that is great. My favourite of the year. I also got 76921 and 76919 a while back, and they would take 2nd and third."
I think this is my second favourite after 76919 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Car, but all those you mentioned are excellent. In fact, the only Speed Champions set I have found underwhelming this year is 76922 BMW M4 GT3 & BMW M Hybrid V8. Even those models are decent, they are just relatively similar to past sets."
Couldn't agree more. My friend has 76922, and I did not like it at all.
This is only my second SC set. I wanted it for the look of the car - like a cross between an insect & a snake.
I think they've done an excellent job of recreating it in Lego form.
@Maxbricks14 said:
" @Capnrex101 :
Is it really your favourite Speed Champions set of the year?
I just built 76924 , and that is great. My favourite of the year. I also got 76921 and 76919 a while back, and they would take 2nd and third."
Similar here. This one is so hilariously ugly to me. Looks more like something out of Hot Wheels.
My favorite would have to be 76919, and I'm not even a Formula 1 fan.
I'm glad that you mentioned the woman's hairstyle not fitting the cockpit. This for me was a huge oversight, and it's not the first time that LEGO have overlooked how a Minifig fits inside a vehicle. In this particular instance, having a woman figure with a huge hairpiece was a wrong decision, and a male figure with a shorter hair piece would have been more appropriate. A clear example of putting the cart before the horse, as LEGO have clearly made a conscious decision to include a female figure before designing the vehicle.
The stickers on this were a pain, and I agree, the colour matching was well off on this occasion.
The whole build is very flimsy, although it was a vastly different build to many of the other Speed Champions cars that more or less follow a standard build style. The colour choice was excellent, and there were a few interesting techniques involved to get the correct look, but as with most Speed Champions sets more of the parts really should be printed, because faffing around with stickers made a relatively simple build take twice as long!
@ThunderCracker81 said:
"Has LEGO made any Youtuber minifigures before? Because I’m pretty sure this one is supposed to be Australian Youtuber Alexandra Hirschi, better known as "Supercar Blondie"."
That would actually make a lot of sense. Although if that were the case, then I would think she would have made a lot more noise about it on her social channels and would have her SB emblem featured on the box? Unless this is supposed to be some kind of an homage to her instead, without actually promoting her brand? ?? Definitely an interesting theory.
I understand why they don't, but I wish Lego would provide a picture of the model without any stickers applied. I never use stickers and I'm always curious what it's going to look like before I make the purchase. Sometimes you can find a pic online… Sometimes you can't
@Gemini_Phoenix said:
"I'm glad that you mentioned the woman's hairstyle not fitting the cockpit. This for me was a huge oversight, and it's not the first time that LEGO have overlooked how a Minifig fits inside a vehicle. In this particular instance, having a woman figure with a huge hairpiece was a wrong decision, and a male figure with a shorter hair piece would have been more appropriate. "
I'm not sure the gender is relevant. Hair length is
That is one ugly car!
In Lego and in real life.
Just built this recently and said "wow" a bunch of times while building. You can really leave a lot of the small stickers off without losing much detail; I don't have a whole lot of attachment to the actual car, just thought it was a cool model.
My stickers were actually a pretty good color match. Unfortunately, the diecut was a bit off so the gold accent on one side of the cockpit rear is barely there.
This caught my eye as soon as it was announced and I'm loving it, even with all of the sticker application. It was also a fun and challenging build – most of the time, I didn't understand what the subassembly I was working on was going to become until it was attached. It's currently my favorite Speed Champion build, although the Solus from 76918 is still pretty high up there.
29 stickers!!!!? Why not Just round to 30? Or Just forget about the bricks ans Just do stickers?
Was dismayed by the sticker sheet when I put this together but it was so much fun once going through it and at all the building techniques required. The wing was specially clever. A bit sad the driver is sitting in such an awkward position but they look great on display inside the vehicle. I kinda wish the visor element on the helmet had been olive green as well. Excellent and fun building experience.
LAM-bor-ghini, LAM-BOR-ghini, LAM-BOR-GHINI...sorry, lost my head for a second; but I'm 'good' now...:)
Firstly: It's not white, so we're progressing; however, wish that it was closer to that 'Chrome Green' from the example (Lego's green looks kinda' 'flat'). Not crazy about the stickers, but prints would probably drive the cost through the roof. The driver's race-suit/fire-suit matches the car really well; and (bonus for me) I see a number of 'hardpoints' where I can add weapons (what can I tell you, I really want to play 'Lego: Car Wars' or 'Lego: Gaslands' :))
@Toc13 said:
" @Gemini_Phoenix said:
"I'm glad that you mentioned the woman's hairstyle not fitting the cockpit. This for me was a huge oversight, and it's not the first time that LEGO have overlooked how a Minifig fits inside a vehicle. In this particular instance, having a woman figure with a huge hairpiece was a wrong decision, and a male figure with a shorter hair piece would have been more appropriate. "
I'm not sure the gender is relevant. Hair length is.
"
Race car drivers of any sex always wear their helmets when in the car, partly because there is very little room for putting the helmet on inside. The hairpiece is only relevant when the driver is posing *outside* the car. Thus the fact that it doesn't fit when the driver is inside is irrelevant.
Now, if the driver couldn't fit in the cockpit with the *helmet* on, that would be a problem!
Unlike ordinary drivers, minifigures can't bend their necks, so I assume there's a special arrangement of mirrors to enable her to see. But it's amazing how easy it is to see everything you need to see on the racetrack with a well-designed (probably customized) cockpit. It's not as if they're banging out hundreds of these models a month....
In case anyone hadn't already guessed, this has gone to the top of my want list and will be bought as soon as possible!
It would seem that nowadays the pilots are all Barbies, thanks Lego I have to be blind to have never noticed.
@ThunderCracker81 said:
"Has LEGO made any Youtuber minifigures before? Because I’m pretty sure this one is supposed to be Australian Youtuber Alexandra Hirschi, better known as "Supercar Blondie"."
Yes, I found some notes in the LEGO instruction builder app files. The minifigure is literally labeled "SuperCarBlondie".