Sonic The Hedgehog

Sonic: Speedster Lightning

A ten dollar Sonic car with a real hidden gem tucked under the hood.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 77117 · 2026

Pieces126

Minifigs1

Year2026

Set number77117

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The verdict

I popped the hood on this one before I'd even finished the last panel, and there it was, a Chaos Emerald hiding under the black engine cover like a little Easter egg just for me.

That's the whole charm of this set in one moment. It's a tiny, cheap, blue and white racer built from a City sized chassis with Sonic curves grafted on, and it knows exactly what it is. I wouldn't call it a display piece, but as an impulse buy or a stocking filler it earns its keep.

Best for: kids just getting into Sonic or LEGO fans who want a cheap impulse buy at the register

The full review

What it is

This is LEGO doing something it doesn't do nearly often enough with licensed themes, pricing a set like a toy instead of a collectible. At ten dollars for 126 pieces you get a Sonic minifigure with that trademark smug grin, three gold ring pieces to hand him, and a wide bodied blue and white racer with fat red rimmed tires that actually rolls the way a kid wants a car to roll. The build itself leans on curved slopes and wedge plates to turn what's underneath into something that reads as Sonic rather than generic racer, and it mostly works.

The catch

I won't pretend this is a feat of engineering. It's built on a chassis that owes a lot to LEGO's City line, which makes sense at this price and piece count, but it means there's no clever swoosh moment where the model surprises you. The fun here is almost entirely front loaded into that opening hood and the Chaos Emerald hiding underneath it, a nice touch that a reviewer at BricksFanz called out as the standout detail. Once you've done that reveal once, there isn't a second act.

Who it's for

Buy this for the kid who's mid Sonic phase right now, especially since the Speedster Lightning ties directly into the CrossWorlds game and shows up on its box art, or grab it as a cheap add-on if you're already picking up a bigger Sonic set. Skip it if you're after a serious build or a shelf piece, this one's a glove box toy, not a display case resident.

The parts story

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

Building this one takes about fifteen minutes and there's no tension in it, which is honestly fine for what it's meant to be. You stack up a low, wide chassis, snap on the fat red rimmed wheels, and layer curved slopes over the body to give it that rounded, cartoonish Sonic silhouette instead of a boxy City car look. The satisfying bit is the hinge mechanism under the hood, it's simple but it clicks shut with real intention, which matters when the whole point is popping it open to find the surprise inside.

The standout piece is that hidden Chaos Emerald under the black engine panel, a nice franchise nod rather than a padding piece. Sonic himself comes with a printed mischievous expression rather than a blank grin, and he comes bundled with three gold ring elements to hold, which are recurring Sonic theme pieces rather than anything new to this set. At 126 pieces for ten dollars, the part count to price ratio is solid for a starter set, even if none of the individual pieces are rare finds.

Fun facts

01The Speedster Lightning car is the vehicle Sonic drives on the box art and promotional material for the video game Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
02It's considered the successor to the Speed Star car that appeared in earlier LEGO Sonic sets.
03At $9.99 USD, it's one of the few LEGO Sonic sets priced as a true pocket money release rather than a premium collector set.
04The set released on January 1, 2026 alongside the wider CrossWorlds wave of Sonic sets.