The latest Jeep Wrangler Rubicon has a button-operated steering system and a strong axle-articulation suspension. It additionally would possibly break for those who step on it.
It is the first-ever Jeep mannequin from Lego, fabricated from 665 items and designed in partnership with Fiat Chrysler Cars to duplicate some options as intently as potential. It is obtainable starting in January with a retail worth of $50.
“The Jeep Wrangler is an icon within the off-road world,” Lego Technic designer Lars Thygesen stated in a press release from FCA. “The Rubicon has a variety of the enduring particulars beloved by 4×4 followers the world over, so it was essential to me to pack as most of the genuine, highly effective options of the actual car into the Lego Technic duplicate. I hope Lego followers and car lovers take pleasure in all facets, together with the suspension, winch and open-air design that we developed alongside the gifted Jeep design staff.”
The Lego Wrangler additionally has fold-down rear seats, a full-size spare tire and doorways and a hood that open. It has Jeep’s iconic seven-slot grille — in sticker kind, a minimum of — and is available in just one shade: yellow.
“Ask any Jeep Wrangler proprietor and so they’ll let you know that their car is only a larger model of this new Lego set,” stated Jeep design chief Mark Allen. “The design of the Jeep Wrangler permits them to take it aside, high off, doorways off, reconfigure it, add new items from our Mopar staff after which put it again collectively once more. This Lego Technic Jeep Wrangler ought to deliver a brand new stage of pleasure to our Jeep lovers and assist encourage future designers to the model.”