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hello everyone this is the lego speed champions 911 RSR and 911 turbo 3.0 set

has a very literal name doesn't it well let's get straight to the cars there

have been numerous variations of the Porsche 911 or vehicles with that name

in the many decades they've been producing them however this one comes

from the run between 1975 and 1989 quite a long run indeed that was arguably the

most iconic of them all as a as a group now there were many variations within

this specific run this is a first generation turbo so it would have been

1975 to 1977 with they even say in the title the 3.0 engine and it has just a

few aesthetic specificities that kind of make sure you know it is from that that

three year span including the lack of a sticker placed here to represent a

little bit of trim that would have been added this is also a pre intercooler

model with the way that they've done the rear deck there and it also has just a

single exhaust outlet there for the 3.0 version so nice attention to detail

shaping here I think he's really good it's it's a nice build I appreciate the

the use of the the Technic pieces up front to hold the headlights would have

been nice to get a matching color for the axle pin that goes through there

that's holding us all together but I mean all things considered this is done

pretty nicely with a minimum number of stickers they went with really really

Lippe wheels would be nice to get some dark-coloured centres there maybe at

least with the bushings and the axles the actual Technic axles going through

but I appreciate what they're trying there they used some older wheels with

the speed champions tires that have the same inner diameter but just the tires

have this width here nothing opens up on this

except for just the driving compartment the wing I mean it can be removed but it

just leaves you with a notch there I guess you can make this into a a non

terminal model if you want and of course you just lift this up interestingly when

you lift up the windshield sometimes it'll bring with it this brick beneath

yeah just what it is not the greatest-looking interior but not bad

you know common dates the figure just fine

overall the building for this is pretty straight forward on the racing side from

the modern era the current era this is actually the second attempt the speed

champions design team has taken at a modern 991 series 911

RSR and this one looks so much better than the previous one from the finish

line set that they did earlier on I mean the proportions are just so much better

it's it's so much lower it's less boxy it's more sleek the the shoulders are

lower so much lower just everything is significantly better about this new one

just shows how how much experience they have gained and how much they've been

able to benefit from the introduce the introduction of new pieces I mean it's

just so critical when trying to make specific replica designs of real-life

things especially at small scales to have pieces available very specific

pieces available you don't have those pieces available it really really limits

you so this uses all the the newest parts that we're familiar with including

things like the quarter round tile piece there one by one they've also got the

white color for the one by two by one modified slope with no stud on top used

here they've also used the 1 by 2 plate with rounded corners

a little bit of shaping right in there and this introduces a piece that I had

never seen before used for the lower deck the actual spoiler not the wing but

the spoiler down beneath this is a new modified 1 by 2 plate piece here let me

take that off actually and it has a high angle spoiler with Center connection and

the two outermost stud lengths are completely opened underneath so we will

surely see this being used in a number of things in the future as well

I think the diffuser at the rear looks really good they've used the modified 1

by 1 round plate with bars sticking out to give you the little exhausts outlets

there and just like they used one of those on me the 911 turbo yeah just

great part uses all around yet it's still not difficult to put together it's

still something that you can put together by just following the

instructions in the most straightforward manner there are no real tricks there

are no parts where you need to balance things or where you feel like you need

three hands or anything so that's a real testament to the the just the talent of

the designer here and to the standards that Lego constantly enforces upon

themselves to make sure their products are just workable and and buildable and

approachable by a wide age range and get into the driver's compartment very

easily here and that has a nice color scheme on the inside of it even doesn't

have any things that look kind of out of place with the colors I guess yeah you

got a little bit of yellow towards the front but that's it's just the tiniest

thing I think it looks pretty nice for what it is inside and out goes together

well oh yeah I think that the sticker application here is absolutely perfect

they could have gone with more to make it a little bit more detailed to have a

little bit more of the absolute you know replica of the the livery of one of

these racers but I think that the number of stickers here

is is high yet very very reasonable and very appropriate for the vehicle I did

actually this time remember to take a little bit of footage of this without

the stickers applied and what do you know it actually looks good just plain

as well it kind of looks like a pre-season or introductory you know

reveal version of a of a race car before they apply the actual you know sponsor

it up graphic tup you know paint schemes and and vinyl schemes so if you want to

build one like this fortunately you can without changing out any parts you don't

really need to change the colors at all I think it looks pretty nice just like

that as well as with most of the speed champions offerings this set also

includes one extra set of wheel inserts and these will specifically work on the

speed champions wheels therefore it'll only work on the RS are in this set the

sets I'd build is kind of small but stout it's well built and I think it

makes for a nice little bit of backdrop it has a fantastic feature built into it

I mean most of this is just you know stuff to give you a little bit of an

edge of a track but I love the lap counter it is perfect it is absolutely

perfect you just rotate this and it has stickers the hair so you can get one lap

- laps three laps four laps I think this is the best that Lego has ever done with

any sort of counter feature they've done various counter features some of them

statics some with things that you move before but I don't think any have been

this good it looks great and it works so simply it's such a simple build I don't

know why they didn't do it before but I love it I think it's really really good

they also give you this pit board that a minifigure can hold up and even that has

a little counter number moving feature built into it that works great and uses

multiple stickers so here you have kind of the order that you would expect these

to be running but you can swap things around if you're

just having some imaginative play and do that again really really simple but

works perfectly yeah you see that on the back but I think that's okay and it's

not too thick and it can actually be held by the figure I mean it needs to be

you know partly on the ground but it scales well another well done little

thing here are the three figures up close with the classic driver on the

left to the modern driver in the middle and just a bit crew member I guess or

engineer on the right the two on the right have the exact same torso and all

of these torsos are our gender-neutral so you can feel free to you know swap

heads around between them without anything looking awkward

they have no prints on the backs of V or tops of the helmets

I'll just take those off and let's see what the prints look like on the back

here as well stole again just good stuff yeah that's just a fantastic display of

progress from Lego you know when you look at the before and after for

essentially the the same car what they did previously and what they've done now

with this set with the use of the most recent pieces that have been added to

their their inventory collection they've been able to make things look

significantly better than before and yet the builds are still solid so progress

is just a wonderful thing to see I think that both of these cars look great I

think personally that the RS are looks better with its proportions being a

little bit more accurate but the classic 911 turbo is possibly a more displayable

more collectible thing I think that it's pretty close just a little bit a little

bit pinched in the head I would say you know it would have been nice if maybe

the center could have been a a 5 wide build but they don't make pieces 5 wide

for the windscreen which is kind of the issue there and 6 wide would have been

too much would have been too much of a pedestrian looking vehicle so in all

good work better than even before and I hope that Lego will continue to

introduce more small really useful detail pieces they

are really the keys to making more interesting and more realistic small

builds that our minifig compatible and this is just more proof

of that that's it for my thoughts about this set though feel free to share your

thoughts in the comments down below and I'll talk to you again soon bye for now

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