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- £64.99
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Product code: 73220630
Drive to victory and celebrate a motoring icon with this LEGO Technic 1966 Ford GT40 MKII Race Car model kit for adults (42223). Car lovers, racing fans and building enthusiasts can invoke the spirit of the world’s most prestigious endurance race with this realistic model version of an iconic vintage car.
Have fun exploring the detailed features of the building set that replicate the functions of the vintage car. Use the knob on top of the model car to steer. Check out the opening doors and admire the black-and-silver livery that's inspired by the real-life champion car. Open the engine cover to reveal the V8 engine, then use the lever inside to open the bonnet. After you've built it, the LEGO vehicle looks great as a home or office desk decor piece.
Drive your desire for high-performance vehicle building sets with the range of LEGO Technic collectable cars for adults. Enjoy enhanced building with the LEGO Builder app, zooming and rotating with 3D instructions, while saving and tracking progress, all from the app.
Product specification
- Age suitable from
- 18 years
- Assembly type
- Assembly Required
- Brand
- LEGO
- Composition
- plastic
- Country of origin
- Czech Republic
- Made in the UK
- No
- Model name / number
- 42223
- Number of pieces
- 793
- Packaged dimensions
- H7.50 x W26.20 x D38.20cm
- Range
- LEGO Technic
- Toy type
- Construction Sets
- Vehicle type
- Cars
- Warning!
- Warning! Choking hazard - due to small parts that may cause a choking hazard
Brand information
The company that was destined to become LEGO started life as being a small workshop that produced wooden toys, run by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932. The name ‘LEGO’ was adopted in 1934, coming from the Danish phrase ‘leg godt’, which means ‘play well’. It wasn’t until 1947 that they started producing plastic toys, with the first version of the now infamous interlocking bricks coming in 1949.
They weren’t quite the bricks that people are used to nowadays, being made from a different material and having a slightly different locking system. It was actually Christiansen’s son Godtfred Kirk that saw the potential for the bricks to become a tool for creative play and in 1958, the modern brick design was born. From this date, despite variation in the design and purpose of individual pieces over the years, each remains compatible in some way with previous pieces. So you could have a LEGO set from 1958 and it would still be completely compatible with a modern set.
Since the 1960, thousands of sets have been released covering everything from Aliens to the Wild West. The only area that the company has never tackled directly is military-themed sets, because Ole Kirk set a policy that they must never make war seem like child’s play. The largest ever LEGO set to date is a scale-model of the Taj Mahal, which was made out of 5922 pieces.
The LEGO Group's motto is ‘det bedste er ikke for godt’, which roughly translates to "only the best is the best". Ole Kirk Christiansen came up with this phrase to encourage workers to always produce the highest quality toys possible.
Nowadays, LEGO makes a vast range of toys for all ages, as well as teaching materials for children, which are distributed in over 130 countries. The company has approximately 10,000 employees and is the world's third largest manufacturer of play materials.
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- Standard Delivery
- £4.50
- UK delivery within 2 to 5 days, 8am - 8pm, Monday to Saturday. Free on orders over £70, otherwise £4.50.
- Click & Collect
- Free
- Free on orders over £40, £2.95 if you spend less. Choose a collection day at checkout, next day available at some locations. Available at Waitrose, selected John Lewis shops, Shell stations and Booths stores.
- Local Collection Network
- Free
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- Evening Delivery within London M25
- £9.95
- Order before 10am to get same day evening delivery within London M25. Available 7 days a week, delivery between 6 – 11pm on a day of your choice. We’ll text you a 1-hour delivery window on the day. Delivered by 100% electric vehicles.
- Next or Named Day Delivery
- £7.95
- Delivery on the day of your choice, 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week. You'll receive a text on the morning of delivery with a 1-hour delivery window.
- Morning Delivery
- £10.95
- Delivery on the day of your choice, by 11.30am available 7 days a week.
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You can return or exchange an unwanted item within 30 days of receiving it.
Please allow up to 14 days from sending the item to receive your refund.
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We'll collect large items from you. Collections are free if your item is damaged or faulty. If not, we charge a collection fee. To arrange a collection, please contact us.