Speed Champions 2019 - Rumours, Speculation and Discussion

[OpenBagTwo]

Hate to say it, but that F40 is vastly inferior to the majority of MOCs I've seen at that scale. Super excited about the Nascar Camaro and the Mini set though.

Also worth mentioning that both Creator 3-in-1 and City are getting minifigure-scale desert racers next year, so if you're looking to stage a Baja 1000 or Dakar Rally you're going to have plenty to work with.

Edited November 24, 2018 by OpenBagTwo
Mention non-SC sets

[RacerRabbit]

I honestly think that the '67 Mini Cooper may very well be the greatest design to grace the SC line. If you take a closer look at the car in the leaked image, it has a 4 wide middle with a 5 wide front and rear. It'll be very interesting to see how TLG have managed to make this sort of construction stable. I've tried my hand at this sort of construction before and let me tell you, it's a very fiddly, fragile job.

Building that Mini is going to be fun as heck.

The only real problem I see is that Lego hasn't released some of those pieces in a lot of colours. Like the rounded 3x4 roof piece or the Technic connectors where the headlights are. I really want to build the three Minis from The Italian Job but building the blue Mini is going to be impossible without custom painting.

Edited November 25, 2018 by RacerRabbit

[Anonknee Muss]

3 hours ago, RacerRabbit said:

I honestly think that the '67 Mini Cooper may very well be the greatest design to grace the SC line. If you take a closer look at the car in the leaked image, it has a 4 wide middle with a 5 wide front and rear. It'll be very interesting to see how TLG have managed to make this sort of construction stable. I've tried my hand at this sort of construction before and let me tell you, it's a very fiddly, fragile job.

Building that Mini is going to be fun as heck.

The only real problem I see is that Lego hasn't released some of those pieces in a lot of colours. Like the rounded 3x4 roof piece or the Technic connectors where the headlights are. I really want to build the three Minis from The Italian Job but building the blue Mini is going to be impossible without custom painting.

The bigger mini doesn’t really interest me so I’m going to look at the instructions (usually released 1-2 days after street date) and build them in any obscene colour I can. I think I’ll try black. 

I, too, have tried this before, I managed a 6-wide mini which can House two minifigures in the front, and if memory serves me correctly, two in the back as well. I still need to change the rear to create an accurate mini though. I did try a 5-wide but didn’t get past the bonnet hahaha although I’ve been working other things since I’ve just forgotten about it, I haven’t really given up.

[Space Police XVIII]

The Dodge set will have a 2018 Challenger and 1970 Charger.  That should be interesting, I'm real curious how the Charger's curves will translate to Lego.

posting at great personal risk of account being screenshotted and sent to lego, comrades remember my sacrifice

[Lawndart]

I do love how historic cars have become a main stay in the series. 

[Anonknee Muss]

57 minutes ago, Space Police XVIII said:

The Dodge set will have a 2018 Challenger and 1970 Charger.  That should be interesting, I'm real curious how the Charger's curves will translate to Lego.

posting at great personal risk of account being screenshotted and sent to lego, comrades remember my sacrifice

I only reported the pictorial leaks.

But you acknowledge what you’re doing is wrong?

[Space Police XVIII]

13 minutes ago, J4ck said:

I only reported the pictorial leaks.

But you acknowledge what you’re doing is wrong?

no

[Daanski]

Besides the 5-wide Mini, I'm not really sold over the others sets. They look good, but I find them a bit meh. If the Dodge set is true, then I'm veeeery curious to see leaks of that set popping up in Insta. 

By the way: the wheels of the NASCAR Chevvy, are those new? The tire seem to be a bit thicker. Any thoughts about that? 

Edited November 25, 2018 by Daanski

[OpenBagTwo]

2 hours ago, Space Police XVIII said:

The Dodge set will have a 2018 Challenger and 1970 Charger. 

Demon and Daytona?

[AllanSmith]

16 minutes ago, Daanski said:

By the way: the wheels of the NASCAR Chevy, are those new? The tire seem to be a bit thicker. Any thoughts about that? 

To me they look like discs on the outside of the tire so that the stickers can be attached.

[TeriXeri]

That 67 Mini is amazing, but I don't like buggy added to the price/parts.

Would have liked it a lot as a smaller set like the F40 is sold seperate. Even that Workshop could have been seperate and I'd be more interested.

Kind of had the same feeling with the Green Porsche this year.

Edited November 25, 2018 by TeriXeri

[Digger of Bricks]

2 hours ago, Space Police XVIII said:

The Dodge set will have a 2018 Challenger and 1970 Charger.  

According to who? 

[Anonknee Muss]

2 hours ago, Space Police XVIII said:

no

You very clearly just did.

[Space Police XVIII]

2 hours ago, OpenBagTwo said:

Demon and Daytona?

2018 Challenger SRT Demon
1970 Dodge Charger R/T

2 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said:

According to who? 

A retailer that listed it early.  No pictures, but there's a ton of fascinating information, like: set no.75893, piece count: 478, primary material: plastic.  That's right! you heard it here first!

1 hour ago, J4ck said:

You very clearly just did.

no

[madejp86]

The mini is awesome. I wonder who will do the first Italian Job Mocs. The Chevy is so so, not to thrilled about that one. The F40, I've seen so many mocs, they should have done something different

[AllanSmith]

5 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said:

According to who? 

Try amazon.fr for description of 75893 :)

Product Description

Build the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Cars and the 1970 LEGO® Speed Champions 75893 Dodge Charger R / T and get ready for another duel! Start the classic Dodge Charger with the compressor and place the racing drivers in the cockpits. Wait until the lights change and start very quickly. Who will be the first to pass the checkered flag in this historic race?

Edited November 26, 2018 by AllanSmith

[Johnny1360]

36 minutes ago, AllanSmith said:

Start the classic Dodge Charger with the compressor 

What the? 

[Vindicare]

6 hours ago, TeriXeri said:

That 67 Mini is amazing, but I don't like buggy added to the price/parts.

Would have liked it a lot as a smaller set like the F40 is sold seperate. Even that Workshop could have been seperate and I'd be more interested.

Kind of had the same feeling with the Green Porsche this year.

That’s how I felt about the Ford GT set. Wasn’t really interested in the set...except the new LeMans one. The same feeling is hitting me with this Mini.

Edited November 26, 2018 by Vindicare

[Space Police XVIII]

1 hour ago, Johnny1360 said:

What the? 

Mistranslation, probably.  I bet the set is along the lines of that Camaro vs Camaro thing, and compressor refers to a blower installed on the Charger.  

[Anonknee Muss]

14 hours ago, Space Police XVIII said:

posting at great personal risk of account being screenshotted and sent to lego, comrades remember my sacrifice

You acknowledge that you could get into trouble, and if you get into trouble, you’ve done something wrong.

[Space Police XVIII]

7 hours ago, J4ck said:

You acknowledge that you could get into trouble, and if you get into trouble, you’ve done something wrong.

oh is that how it works

[Johnny1360]

If you two want to play games you should take it to PM. It's not funny and you guys are starting to repeat yourselves.

Since apparently others have seen the Dodge set, I have not yet, what color is the Charger R/T?

[Cooter]

Do you think Mini Dune Buggy has working suspensions like the F150 Raptor?

[TheLegoPerson9]

Maybe it’s just me, but does anyone else feel like the images appeared earlier than previous waves? I don’t recall images of the 2018 sets being shown with everything else like City and Creator.

I wonder if the release date is earlier than the previous waves, since images were leaked with all the sets that usually have their official releases in December/January.

[Anonknee Muss]

1 hour ago, TheLegoPerson9 said:

Maybe it’s just me, but does anyone else feel like the images appeared earlier than previous waves? I don’t recall images of the 2018 sets being shown with everything else like City and Creator.

I wonder if the release date is earlier than the previous waves, since images were leaked with all the sets that usually have their official releases in December/January.

As soon as I read the first half to your post, I had the same thought about them getting released earlier. It isn’t until about January ish we see Speed Champion set images. Is there a press release anywhere? That might give us a clue.

2 hours ago, Cooter said:

Do you think Mini Dune Buggy has working suspensions like the F150 Raptor?

Considering the size, it’s definitely possible, I don’t know why the Designers would skip out on an opportunity like that.