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Lego recently gave nostalgia-tripping car nerds another reason to throw away their hard-earned money with a Technic edition of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
Yes, it is cool. Yes, you are probably fumbling for your credit card as we speak, hoping to score a sweet, sweet bonus with those VIP Points. (Your humble author is a member, and has recently re-upped his Brick Kicks subscription.) And by all means, you should, you shameless AFOL, you.
But you know what's cooler than a searingly orange supercar with an adjustable wing? A Lego-fied Polonez from Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych. That's radio-controlled.
Wait, maybe not cooler, but definitely more technical. And definitely more faithful to the humble, boxy Eastern Bloc runabout's actual-size variant than the slightly disjointed plastic Porsche is to its real thing.
Check out that detailed undercarriage, the scrappy wheels, the face of Malaise expertly captured in that blacked-out grille. And if it only looks good from the outside, watch the video above—complete with jaunty accordion music—and impress yourself at the following features:
- Full steering and suspension.
- Opening doors, hood and trunk.
- Three windshield wipers.
- Working four-cylinder engine with cylinders that move up and down, much like an FSO Polonez's, at least 75% of the time, anyway.
- Working four-speed manual, with rear differential.
- Twin electric motors.
- Working radio control.
Following the Porsche and the Ferrari Enzo (8653), the FSO Polonez is not exactly the sexiest Lego Technic vehicle. But neither is a Compact Tracked Loader (42032). Somebody really had to love the FSO Polonez to spend so many painstaking hours designing and building this, cramming in so many features, features that work and coexist with each other. And to diehard Polish car guys like Hooniverse's Kamil Kaluski, homegrown automotive representation is more than worth its weight in Danish plastic.
Hat tip to Hooniverse
