LEGO® Speed Champions McLaren F1 Team MCL38 Race Car 77251 (10+ Yrs)

I was so excited that Lego came out with all the teams in this size. I already had the McLaren from a previous year. This set was a bit frustrating to build. The side panels are held on by a single dot. So as I continued to build the sides kept falling off. And I had the same issue with the floor panels. Once it was fully built, it still kept falling apart. This set is so fragile. It's not as fun to play with as the older McLaren set. Which stays together and rolls better.

I was blown away by the amount of detail on this model and by how it didn't look like a Lego kit! I've seen plenty of larger Lego models that were spoilt by lots of Lego pimples on show. How Lego avoided this on such a small model is down to good design and specially made parts. The decal on the McLaren closely matches that on the 2025 cars and looks really good. I'm sure that other models in the range are of an equal standard, and I'm sure I'll be adding other models in the future.

This was my final F1 build in the series. The other 9 were a lot of fun to build. I understand LEGO was trying to keep the builds independent to make them interesting, however, this one falls WAY short of keeping up. Far to many small pieces that fall apart while you are assembling other pieces. It was seriously boring, tedious and I couldn't wait to finish it so I could forget about it. I also was given two pieces (6510144) so I couldn't even finish the build. I need (6510130). Also, the one stud piece at the front uses a sticker in this set, in all of the others it is a printed piece. The sticker is very small and requires steady hands to affix it properly. The end result is a nice looking car, but it wasn't worth the effort. F- for F1!

Well made easy to assemble and looks good and also adds to set

The other Mclaren F1 set 76919 has a much better build style, which also became core build style for the new F1 series set. The new one had very disappointing build experience, where couple YouTube videos mentioned too. After building it myself, I do agree with those criticisms. I feel bottom of the vehicle could've been using better blocks. It drags along. Lot of pieces are also quite unstable, especially comparing to the red bull, which was solid.

I was most excited to begin playing with the LEGO Formula 1 McLaren MCL38, and I was dismayed to find that many aspects of the set made it quite unplayable. I also found that the construction of the car was not sturdy. Amongst the many issues of the car, there was the fact that, although they appeared to be firmly fixed on, the side panels kept falling off which I found extremely annoying. On top of that, I noticed that the undercarriage of the model was scraping the ground as I moved it! In order to counter all these faults, I was forced to strip the underside of the model of all the pieces that were touching the floor. Overall, an underwhelming experience.

Driver's helmet and shade, man are not the same. Some improvement where made.

Step 36 involves putting on these side panels. They are attached by a single stud and fall off extremely easy.

This is a W set, but The USA still hasn't gotten paper bags. THIS IS SO ANNOYING BECAUSE ON THE WEBSITE IT STATES THAT BY 2025 LEGO WILL HAVE PAPER BAGS IN EVERY SET AND USA STILL HAS NOT GOTTEN THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( :( :( :( :( :(

Really good build, much more detail that previous F1 speed champions. New front suspension brick is a really good addition, really improves the look of the front end

Amazing car, amazing look and great build really enjoyed it

Very detailed and fun to build. The end result was impressive

Good set. A part of the "floor" comes off very easily but 35! stickers is waaaaaay to many stickers Print the pieces LEGO, print the pieces

Great build, highly detailed! Can’t wait to get more