Lego launches Ford F-150 Raptor

As America braces for the arrival of the new Ford F-150 Raptor, Lego will whet appetites for the off-road performance ute when it releases its brick version globally this October.

The Lego Ford F-150 Raptor is the latest instalment from the toy manufacturer's advanced Technic series, standing at 15cm tall, 42cm long and 18cm wide once built from 1379 pieces.

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The Lego product is pretty serious about imitating the new F-150 Raptor, featuring opening doors, an opening bonnet as well as a replica V6 engine with functioning pistons. There’s also long-travel suspension at all four wheels.

Available for pre-order now, kits will be dispatched in October — just in time for Christmas. Price? The F-150 Raptor costs $249.99 on Lego’s Australian website, which is middle of the range sort of stuff. But it's important to note Lego rate this one for ages 18 and up.

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If you’re after something rugged from the Technic series with a lower age rating, the recently introduced 2573-piece Land Rover Defender is approved for 11-year-olds and above.

Otherwise, the range also includes the more challenging 3696-piece Lamborghini Sian Technic and 3599-piece Bugatti Chiron Technic. Again, they're for big boys and girls, since both are rated for ages 18 and up.

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As for the real thing, the new Ford F-150 Raptor is the bigger American brother of the locally sold Ranger Raptor. For 2021, Ford has updated it with a new exterior and re-designed five-link rear suspension which relies on new coil springs to replace the old leaf-type.

The F-150 Raptor also carries over with the same petrol 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 as before, but Ford has boosted outputs to 336kW and 691Nm.

And if that wasn’t enough to tempt large pick-up ute fans in Australia, the F-150 Raptor is set to welcome a supercharged V8 variant dubbed the R in 2022.

Ultimately, though, unless you’re keen to import one on your own, this Lego is all the F-150 Raptor we will get for now.

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