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Vespa 125

A pastel blue Italian icon that turns curved plastic into pure charm.

Brick Rated Score

4.3/5

Set 10298 · 2022

Pieces1,107

Minifigsn/a

Year2022

Set number10298

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The verdict

This one won me over the moment I saw that soft pastel blue against the dark seat, and it kept winning me over the whole way through.

It's a display piece first and foremost, not a play set, and it looks far more expensive than it is once it's sitting on a shelf. If you love a set that's really about shape and color rather than gimmicks, you'll adore it. If you want moving parts and playability, know that the handlebars wobble and it mostly just sits there looking gorgeous.

Best for: Display builders who fall for color, curves, and a bit of Italian romance

The full review

What it is

The pale blue is what got me. LEGO went with a rare pastel Light Royal Blue, the exact original 1960 shade the real Vespa 125 launched in, and it's the sort of color you almost never see in a big box. Pair it with the dark blue seat and the little spare tyre cover and you've got a display LEGO® set that looks like it cost far more than it did. This is the second two-wheeled machine LEGO has made after the 2019 Harley, and where the Harley was all muscle, the Vespa is all curves and gentle Italian charm. At 1,107 pieces it builds up into a scooter you'll want to angle just so on a shelf and photograph from three different sides.

The catch

Now for honesty, because I owe you that. This is a display model through and through. The handlebars turn a full 360 degrees, which sounds fun until you notice they wobble and don't really hold their position, and that's the one build note reviewers keep circling back to. There's no engine to speak of, no motor, nothing that moves in a satisfying mechanical way, so if you build for clever function you may find it a little quiet. The helmet that clips on the back is also, well, a bit goofy. The goggles in particular don't match the polish of the bike, and once you see it you can't unsee it. And because so much of the body is SNOT work, you do occasionally catch the underside of a plate where you'd rather see a smooth curve. At a dollar RRP of 99.99 you're paying for looks and color, not features, and you should go in knowing that.

Who it's for

So who's going to love this. If you're the kind of builder who treasures a set for its shape and its palette, who lines up finished models like little sculptures, this belongs on your shelf. It's a calm, pleasant two hour build with a real payoff at the end. It also makes a lovely subject for anyone who has a soft spot for mid-century Italy, scooters, or that whole Roman Holiday mood. The ones I'd gently steer away are the function hunters, the people who want gears and steering and moving pistons, because the Vespa just doesn't do that and never pretended to. It retired at the end of 2025, so if the color speaks to you the way it spoke to me, this is the moment to grab it before prices start drifting up on the aftermarket.

The parts story

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

The build is a lovely slow reveal. You start with the frame and the mechanical bones, then spend the bulk of your time wrapping that skeleton in curved bodywork using studs-not-on-top technique from nearly every angle. It's genuinely clever work, and reviewers who know their construction singled out some SNOT approaches they'd never seen before. It took me a relaxed couple of hours, right in line with the 127 minute times others reported, and it never feels like a slog. The front fender, the leg shield, the rounded rear body all come together in a way that keeps surprising you, and clipping that little wicker basket of flowers onto the back is a properly charming way to finish.

For parts people this is a quiet goldmine. The headline is the wheel, the first time LEGO ever produced a two-color wheel, a white outer wall molded onto a black tyre to mimic the whitewalls that were fashionable on early automobiles. Then there's the pastel Light Royal Blue itself, an extremely rare LEGO color that shows up across curved slopes and panels you'll want to raid later. Add the printed 1960s Roma license plate, which hides an Easter egg reading the 23 April 1946 date Piaggio filed the Vespa patent. At 1,107 pieces the price-per-part lands around nine cents, and given how many of those parts are new, rare, or genuinely useful, this doubles as a very tempting parts pack if you ever want to break it down.

Fun facts

01The pastel Light Royal Blue is the exact color the real Vespa 125 launched in back in 1960, and it's one of the rarest shades LEGO has ever used.
02This set introduced the first two-color LEGO wheel ever, a white wall molded onto a black tyre to recreate classic whitewall styling.
03The printed license plate reads Roma alongside 23 April 1946, the date Piaggio filed the original Vespa patent.
04It's only the second two-wheeled vehicle LEGO has released for adult builders, following the 2019 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy.