Technic

Dom's Dodge Charger

A big, black muscle car that builds like a dream and photographs like a debate.

Brick Rated Score

3.6/5

Set 42111 · 2020

Pieces1,077

Minifigsn/a

Year2020

Set number42111

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The verdict

This one is all about who you are before you open the box.

If you love Fast and Furious or you just want a hefty black brute of a car on your shelf, you'll have a great time with it. If you came for clever Technic wizardry, the mechanisms here are gentle and the exterior has some genuine rough edges. I enjoyed the build more than I expected and the finished shape less than I hoped, which is a strange but very honest place to land.

Best for: Fast and Furious fans who want a big, satisfying build over engineering fireworks

The full review

What it is

Here's the thing about this LEGO® set. It's Dominic Toretto's 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, the black muscle car with the giant supercharger poking out of the hood, and it lands in Technic form at a genuinely satisfying size. We're talking roughly 39cm long, low and mean and heavy in the hand. If you grew up quoting Fast and Furious lines, seeing that shape come together brick by brick is a real kick. The set gives you a working V8 with pistons that pump as you roll it, functional steering, suspension on all four corners, and doors, hood and trunk that all open. It even has a lever-operated wheelie bar so you can pose it rearing up off the line like Dom's about to lose the car in yet another race.

The catch

I'll be straight with you though. This is not the set to buy if you live for Technic engineering. The mechanisms are on the simple side, the steps are almost oversimplified, and the second half is a lot of clip-on panels rather than gearbox cleverness. The bigger sticking point for most people is the looks. There's a large open gap in the hood right above the engine that a lot of builders can't unsee, the chrome supercharger feels flimsy once it's on, and the front end shape sparks arguments about how much it really reads as a 1970 Charger. That wheelie bar sounds fun on the box but is fiddly to the point of frustration from the cabin lever. And at 1,077 pieces for its original price, a fair few reviewers felt you could get a more rewarding Technic car for similar money.

Who it's for

The buying call comes down to what you want from it. If you're a Fast and Furious fan first and a purist second, you'll forgive the quirks and enjoy every minute, because the build is genuinely relaxing and the car has real presence on a shelf. If you want a big pile of black Technic parts for your own creations, it's a bargain in disguise. But if you judge Technic by mechanical ambition or by how crisp the bodywork looks, this one will test your patience, and there are sharper cars in the lineup. It won me over as a fun, low-stress build with a movie hook, just not as a technical showpiece. Since it retired at the end of 2023, prices on the secondary market have climbed, so if you want it, you're now shopping used or paying a premium.

The parts story

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

The build breaks into four bags of about 250 pieces each, and it moves at a friendly clip. You start with the chassis, the suspension and that pumping V8, which is the most engaging stretch because you can actually see the mechanism doing its thing. From there it turns into a lot of panel work, clipping curved and flat Technic panels onto the frame to shape the long hood, the roofline and those muscular haunches. It sounds like it might get dull, but the panels give it a near-modular rhythm that keeps things smooth right to the end. It's a great build for someone newer to Technic or a movie fan who spotted the box and dived in, though seasoned builders may find it a touch too gentle.

On the parts front there are no brand new molds, but a couple of things collectors care about. The big one is the Technic Beam Frame 11x15 (39790) in Dark Stone Grey, which before this had only shown up in loud Medium Azure from the SPIKE Prime sets, so getting it in a neutral color is genuinely useful. There's also a recolored Gear Middle Ring (35186) in grey with a smarter eight-dog design, the returning Power Joint parts that had been missing from Technic for five years, and even some ancient two-blade rotor pieces making a surprise comeback. Best of all, this thing is stuffed with black Technic elements, a Batmobile-load as one reviewer put it, which makes it a quiet goldmine if you build your own dark vehicles.

Fun facts

01The movie car's hood-mounted blower was mostly for show, a false BDS 8-71 style supercharger with an Enderle scoop, and in the story Dom brags it makes 900 horsepower and runs the quarter mile in nine seconds flat.
02LEGO's model recreates the wheelie stunt from the film with a lever-activated bar that tips the car up onto its rear wheels.
03The set retired on December 31, 2023, and clean used copies now trade for well above the original price on the secondary market.
04Several reviewers argued this Charger would have worked better as a System-based Creator Expert car than a Technic set, since its appeal is the shape more than the mechanics.