Technic

Aston Martin Valkyrie

A gorgeous little teal wedge that looks like a million dollars and builds like a friendly weekend.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 42208 · 2025

Pieces708

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Year2025

Set number42208

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The verdict

The teal got me before anything else did.

This is the first Technic model to lean this hard on that colour, and against the black it makes the Valkyrie look genuinely expensive on a shelf. The build is smooth and forgiving, the gullwing doors and the pumping V12 are lovely, and at roughly 29cm long it holds its own. Just go in knowing the functions are gentle and the sticker sheet is a project of its own.

Best for: Someone who wants a shelf-worthy supercar and a relaxed Technic build, not a gearbox to fiddle with

The full review

What it is

The first time I put this one together I kept turning it around under the lamp just to look at the colour. LEGO went with a bright teal here instead of the moody dark green most real Valkyries wear, and honestly I think it was the right call. Paired with the black it reads as a proper hypercar, all sharp wedge and low nose, and at about 29cm long it has real presence on a shelf. It captures the shape of Adrian Newey's road-legal F1 car surprisingly well for 708 pieces, and the curved bodywork is where the designers clearly spent their love.

The catch

I will be straight with you about two things. The first is the stickers. This is a licensed Technic set, so the light green highlights and the headlight detailing all come from a sheet, and a few of them have to bridge across two separate parts and line up cleanly, which is fiddly and permanent. The second is the functions. You get hand-of-god steering from a knob on top, the gullwing doors, and a V12 whose pistons move as you push the car along, and that is genuinely charming, but there is no gearbox and the differential is a point of argument (the marketing implies one, some reviewers say it is not really there). For US$64.99 the price is quietly climbing, and if you live for mechanical cleverness you may finish feeling the engineering is a touch thin.

Who it's for

So who is this for. If you want a good-looking supercar for the shelf and a relaxed, forgiving evening of building, this is an easy yes, especially on sale. It is also a lovely gateway into Technic because nothing here will defeat you. If you are chasing dense functions, chunky gearboxes, or that satisfying mechanical puzzle feeling, this one will leave you a little cool, and you would be happier saving toward something bigger. Buy it for the looks and the smooth build, not for the machinery under the hood.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this is a pleasant, low-stress experience. The panels come together quickly and the shaping of the nose and haunches is where it gets genuinely fun, watching that wedge silhouette appear out of the frame. It is accessible enough that a newcomer will not get lost, but there is enough sculpting to keep an experienced builder engaged for an afternoon. The one place it turns into actual work is the sticker sheet, which asks for patience and a steady hand.

The star piece is the colour itself. Teal appears across a big spread of Technic panels here for the first time at this scale, so this set is a small parts goldmine if you like that shade for your own creations. The V12 uses the newer piston piece introduced the year before, and seeing those move against the rear wheels is the mechanical highlight. Beyond that it is a fairly standard Technic parts mix, so the value story rests on the panels and that unusual teal rather than any rare printed or exotic elements.

Fun facts

01The real Aston Martin Valkyrie packs a 6.5-litre naturally aspirated Cosworth V12 that revs to 11,100 rpm and makes around 1,000 hp, the most powerful naturally aspirated engine ever fitted to a production road car.
02The car was conceived by Adrian Newey during his time as Red Bull Racing's Chief Technical Officer, essentially an attempt to build an F1 car you could legally drive on the road.
03This is the first LEGO Technic model to use teal so extensively, even though almost every real Valkyrie wears a much darker green.
04Cosworth built each Valkyrie engine to weigh just 206kg using titanium connecting rods and F1-style pistons.