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Porsche 911 Turbo & 911 Targa

Two classic 911s in one box, and the curves are gorgeous.

Brick Rated Score

4.6/5

Set 10295 · 2021

Pieces1,458

Minifigsn/a

Year2021

Set number10295

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The verdict

The shape of this thing is what won me over, that unmistakable 911 silhouette rendered in bricks with real care.

You pick one car to build (the hardtop Turbo or the open-roofed Targa) and the result looks like a design object, not a toy. The 2-in-1 gimmick is more marketing than reality, so don't buy it dreaming of easy swaps, but as a single car on a shelf it's one of the prettiest LEGO® cars ever made.

Best for: Car lovers who want a genuinely elegant model, not a play set

The full review

What it is

There's a moment near the end of this build when the roofline comes together and the whole thing suddenly reads as a 911, and it's genuinely lovely. This set gives you the parts to make either the fixed-roof Turbo with its big rear wing or the Targa with its removable top and that signature roll bar. You build one at a time, and honestly whichever you choose, you end up with a model that looks less like a LEGO set and more like something you'd put on a desk next to nice pens. At 1,458 pieces it sits in that comfortable middle ground where the build has real meat to it without eating a whole weekend. The colors are a highlight too, with a beautiful dark orange body option that LEGO clearly developed a whole run of new recolors for.

The catch

There are a couple of things worth being straight with you about, because I'd be doing you a disservice otherwise. The headline feature is that it's two cars in one, and that part oversells things. You can't have both at once, and the instructions don't actually tell you how to convert from one to the other, so swapping means guessing your way backward through the steps. Most people build their favorite and never touch it again, which makes the 2-in-1 pitch feel a bit hollow. The Turbo's roof also comes out weaker than the rest of the car, a soft spot that stands out precisely because everything around it is so solid. And the little trivia panels scattered through the instruction booklet are pretty bare given the 911 has decades of racing history to draw on. None of these are dealbreakers, but they're worth knowing before you hand over the money, which crept from the launch price of 149.99 up to 169.99.

Who it's for

The happiest owners are easy to picture. If you love cars and want a display piece with real presence, this is an easy yes, and the printed detailing (no stickers to fuss with, ever) makes the finished model age far better than a sticker-heavy set. If you were mostly excited by the idea of flipping between two cars on a whim, temper that expectation, because in practice you're choosing one. And with the set now heading toward retirement in 2026, this is one where waiting too long could mean paying secondary-market prices for the privilege. My take: build the version you love, display it proudly, and don't lose sleep over the road not taken.

The parts story

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

The build works from the floorpan up, and it's paced nicely. You start with the chassis and the flat-six engine tucked in the rear where a real 911's motor lives, then move into the interior with its little details, before the body panels start wrapping around and the car takes shape. The clever stuff is in those curves, where LEGO leans on bracket-heavy sideways building and a smart mix of curved slopes to chase that rounded 911 profile. The last stretch, fitting the roof and the front end, is where it clicks visually. Bags 9 and 10 are the fork in the road, marked for either the Turbo or the Targa, so that's the moment you commit to one car.

For parts nerds there's a lot to like. This set drove a whole batch of dark orange recolors, and it's the only place you'll find those curved 1x4x3 slopes in transparent orange for the tail lights. The printing is the real treasure though, since every decoration is printed rather than stickered, including exclusive tiles for the dashboard gauges and three different number plates (a German Stuttgart plate, a Japanese Gunma plate, and 'P51AK3', designer Mike Psiaki's signature that also hides on his Beetle and Mustang). At around 12 cents per piece with this many exclusive prints and recolors, the value story holds up well for a licensed car of this size.

Fun facts

01The 'P51AK3' number plate is a running signature from designer Mike Psiaki, who also hid it on the 10252 Volkswagen Beetle and 10265 Ford Mustang.
02This set has no stickers at all, every gauge, badge, and plate is printed straight onto the element.
03The two builds honor real history: the 911 Turbo debuted in 1973 as one of the fastest cars of its day, while the Targa dates to 1965 and was designed around tightening US open-top safety rules.
04The finished model stretches about 35.5 cm long, 16 cm wide, and 10.8 cm tall, roughly the size of a real 911 shrunk to fit your shelf.