Nice Scott, Lego’s New ‘Again to the Future’ Set Is Surprisingly Inexpensive

Regardless of nonetheless placing out a lot of sets at varied value factors, Lego has developed a little bit of a repute for getting a bit pricey as of late, particularly because it focuses on swaths of lavish, collector-focused units and collaborations. So it’s at all times a pleasant shock when the toy maker places out a enjoyable new set that doesn’t essentially have your pockets bracing for influence.

This week Lego introduced that its Pace Champions automobile sequence can be getting slightly enhance from Again to the Future within the type of a brand new model of the DeLorean (cough cough, sorry, “Time Machine From Again to the Future,” because the set known as). Clocking in at simply 357 items, it’s a comparatively small construct, however it’s an incredible illustration of the automobile because it appeared within the authentic film and comes with two up to date minifigures of Marty and Doc Brown besides.

Lego Pace Champions Time Machine From Again to the Future Gallery

However maybe the standout factor concerning the set is that it’s simply $28 for the automobile and two minifigures. This isn’t the primary time Lego has completed Again to the Future: in 2013, one of many first user-created units of what was then identified as Lego CUUSOO (the sequence that ultimately reworked into the continuing Lego Concepts line) was a equally scaled DeLorean that retailed for $35, however it has long since become unavailable and instructions a considerably increased value on the aftermarket.

In 2022, Lego revisited the DeLorean on a a lot grander scale for the Lego Icons line, which nonetheless stays out there for buy. With 1,872 items, it was far more lavish and bigger than minifigure scale and will even be tweaked to make variations of the automobile from the sequel motion pictures, however with all that scope got here a hefty $200 price ticket.

Timed good for the film’s 40th anniversary celebrations, the brand new set is one of the best of each worlds: it’s considerably extra superior and detailed than the unique 2013 set, iterating on modern Lego techniques and classes discovered from the larger-scaled 2022 one, however not coming at a sizeable price ticket like lots of Lego’s branded units have been coming in at as of late. It’s precisely what you need: the automobile, Marty, the Doc, no extra, no much less, with a nice price ticket besides.

The brand new Again to the Future Pace Champions set is available to preorder now, forward of its launch on January 1, 2026.

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