If you do not have the room in your storage (or your funds) for a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, the SUV is now obtainable as a Lego Technic package. It is the primary time Jeep and Lego have partnered to make a miniature model of one of many automaker’s SUVs.
The Lego model of the two-door Rubicon (no phrase but on a Wrangler Limitless Rubicon package) contains button-operated steering, working suspension with axle articulation, a working winch, chunky off-road tires, fold-down rear seats, and, in fact, the Jeep seven-slot grille.
“The Jeep Wrangler is an icon within the off-road world,” Lego Technic designer Lars Thygesen mentioned in a press release. “The Rubicon has numerous iconic particulars cherished by 4×4 followers the world over, so it was necessary to me to pack as most of the genuine, highly effective options of the car into the Lego Technic reproduction.”
Lego Technic Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
With 665 items, the Wrangler Rubicon is not as complicated as the two,573-piece Land Rover Defender Lego Technic package. It additionally does not characteristic the Defender’s working differentials, or engine with shifting pistons. However the Jeep is perhaps a bit extra approachable for novice builders (Lego recommends it for ages 9 and up).
The Lego Wrangler Rubicon package might be obtainable worldwide January 1, with a price ticket of $49.99, representing a $42,165.01 low cost over the actual factor.
Talking of the actual factor, the Wrangler Rubicon is getting two new variants that appear like polar opposites—the 4xe plug-in hybrid and V-8-powered 392. With one emphasizing effectivity and the opposite emphasizing old-school muscle, they definitely make for an odd couple.