Technic

Fast and Furious Dodge Charger R/T Car

Dom's Charger done properly, with a big supercharger and an even bigger price tag.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 42231 · 2026

Pieces1,516

Minifigsn/a

Year2026

Set number42231

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The verdict

This is the exposed supercharger from the first Fast and Furious movie turned into a proper Technic model, and that blown V8 sticking out through the hood is the whole reason to buy it.

The building is honest fun, with real steering, suspension on all four corners and a working engine, and it displays like a champ. The catch is the money. At 159.99 dollars for functions the six year old 42111 already had, you're paying a licence premium for that Fast badge, so it's really for the fans of the films.

Best for: Fast and Furious fans who want the movie's blown Charger on a shelf

The full review

What it is

The thing that pulls you toward this LEGO® set is one detail: that giant supercharger jutting up through the hood. If you've seen the first Fast and Furious, you know exactly the shot, Dom's black 1970 Charger R/T with the blown engine howling on the strip. LEGO Technic has recreated that car as a 1,516 piece model, and the exposed engine really is the star. It's chain-driven, it moves, and it sits proud of the bodywork exactly the way it should. Around it you get a low, mean, movie-accurate stance, opening doors and hood, and those new staggered-width tyres that give the back end that planted muscle-car look. For a franchise fan, this is the version of the car you actually wanted.

The catch

Now for the honest bit about the money. This came out in June 2026 at 159.99 dollars (139.99 pounds, 149.99 euros), and it does almost exactly what the 2020 set, 42111 Dom's Dodge Charger, already did. Working V8, steering, suspension, rear-wheel drive through a differential. Six years on, the piece count and the price both went up, but the feature list didn't really follow. Worse, the fun wheelie stand from the old set, the one that let you pop the front wheels off the ground, has quietly been dropped. So if you owned the original, the upgrade case is thin. You're paying more for a slightly bigger, better-proportioned shell wrapped around the same engineering, plus that Fast and Furious licence baked into the sticker.

Who it's for

So here's my take. If you love the films, or you love muscle cars, or you just want that unmistakable blown Charger silhouette on a shelf, grab it and enjoy it, because it looks the part and builds nicely. If you're a hardcore Technic person chasing clever new mechanisms, you'll have seen most of these tricks before and the price will sting. And if you already have the 42111, I'd sit this one out unless the improved looks and the exposed engine really call to you. It's a very good set that's fighting its own price tag, and where you land depends entirely on how much that Fast badge means to you.

The parts story

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

The build walks you through a car the sensible way. You start with the chassis and drivetrain, laying in the differential and the cardan shaft so the rear wheels actually drive off the piston engine, then you bolt on independent suspension front and rear. The steering runs off a knob at the back, which is the usual Technic party trick and still satisfying to spin. The engine bay is the highlight of the process, because building up that V8 and topping it with the chain-driven supercharger is the moment the model stops being a grey skeleton and starts being Dom's Charger. Bodywork panels go on last, and getting that low, wide, aggressive stance to come together is a nice payoff. Pacing is steady rather than surprising, roughly a comfortable afternoon.

The parts headline is the debut of new staggered-width tyres, wider at the back than the front, which is a small thing that makes a big difference to the muscle-car proportions and will be catnip for anyone who mods their own Technic cars. The exposed supercharger assembly is the other standout, both as a look and as a working chain-driven mechanism. On value, 1,516 pieces for 159.99 dollars works out to roughly 10.6 cents a part, which is a touch steep for Technic, and a chunk of that is the Fast and Furious licence rather than exotic elements. You're buying this for the finished car and those new tyres, not for a parts bin full of rare bricks.

Fun facts

01The model recreates Dom Toretto's black 1970 Dodge Charger R/T from the very first Fast and Furious film, right down to the massive supercharger blower sticking up through the hood.
02It's the second time LEGO Technic has tackled this exact car, following 2020's 42111 Dom's Dodge Charger, but with a higher piece count and price for largely the same functions six years later.
03It debuts new staggered-width tyres that are wider at the rear than the front, mirroring how real drag-oriented muscle cars are set up for traction.
04The old 42111 set had a rear wheelie stand to mimic the movie's famous front-wheels-off-the-ground launch, and this newer version quietly leaves that feature out.