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The Citizen
7 days ago
- Automotive
- The Citizen
Lego Technic unveils Aston Martin Valkyrie
Lego has unveiled its latest Technic set, which is a detailed recreation of the Aston Martin Valkyrie, courtesy of a partnership with the British marque. Comprising more than 700 pieces, the set meticulously replicates the Valkyrie's iconic aerodynamic shape. The physical model is part of a broader tie-in that includes integration into the mobile racing game Asphalt Legends Unite. Players will be able to race both the real-world Valkyrie and its Lego counterpart in-game, as part of a collaboration between Lego, Aston Martin, and developer Gameloft. The actual Valkyrie needs a little introduction. Co-developed by Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing's Adrian Newey, it combines Formula One technology with road-going usability if that term can be loosely applied to a car producing 838kW and sprinting from 0–100km/h in just 2.5s. Its naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12, built by Cosworth, revs to over 11 000r/min and is assisted by an electric motor in the hybrid system. Related: Lego Unboxes 10 New F1-Inspired Speed Champions Kits In Lego form, the Valkyrie is scaled down but includes several working features. These include a V12 engine with moving pistons, a steering system controlled by a top-mounted lever, and functional gullwing-style doors. It also features the same Podium Green livery seen on the real car. Lego states the set is designed for advanced builders, with the complexity of the build reflecting the technical ambition of the original vehicle. The model is due to go on sale from July 1. As for the gaming crossover, it's not the first time Lego has collaborated with a racing title to extend its physical sets into virtual experiences. However, combining the high-performance Valkyrie with a Lego version may help reach a broader audience, particularly younger fans who may be more familiar with racing games than the hypercar segment. While collaborations like these may be seen as brand-building exercises, they also demonstrate the growing trend of blending physical and digital experiences in the automotive world. For those who cannot afford a multimillion-rand hypercar, a scaled-down version made by Lego offers a far more accessible way to engage with one of the most ambitious cars ever built. Click here and browse thousands of new and used vehicles here with CARmag! The post Lego Technic Unveils Aston Martin Valkyrie appeared first on CAR Magazine.
TimesLIVE
02-06-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Lego Technic and Aston Martin release 700+ piece Valkyrie
Lego and Aston Martin have teamed up to launch a new Technic model based on the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar, one of the brand's most extreme performance cars to date. The release forms part of a collaboration with Asphalt Legends Unite, the mobile and console racing game developed by Gameloft. Both the full-size Valkyrie and its Lego Technic counterpart are now available as playable cars in-game. The real-world Valkyrie was developed using Formula One technology, with input from renowned F1 designer Adrian Newey, who recently joined the Aston Martin F1 team. Powered by a hybrid V12 engine, the Valkyrie delivers 838kW and can accelerate from 0—100km/h in 2.5 seconds. The Lego Technic version consists of more than 700 pieces and features working gullwing doors, a functioning V12 engine with moving pistons, a top-mounted steering lever and a working differential. The model replicates the original's aerodynamic design and comes finished in Aston Martin's Podium Green livery. The Lego Technic Aston Martin Valkyrie is now available worldwide via and selected retailers.
Top Gear
02-06-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Here's the Lego Technic Aston Martin Valkyrie, yours for £54.99
Functioning gullwing doors? Check. Moving pistons? Check. Pit lane beneath the coffee table? We're working on it… Turn on Javascript to see all the available pictures. The Aston Martin Valkyrie is one of the fastest cars around the Top Gear track. Thanks to Lego, you can now have yer own scaled-down Dunsfold hero in Technic form. You'll get 707 pieces (a subtle reference to the DBX707?) to assemble, with the finished product featuring an identical 'Podium Green' livery to the real thing, plus functioning gullwing doors, moving pistons and a working differential.
Mint
28-05-2025
- Business
- Mint
Inside India's first Lego store in Gurugram
I still remember the first time I held a Lego brick. It was in the mid-80s, and my father had brought back a police command base set from one of his trips abroad. It soon transformed into a suburban home, then a makeshift moon base as we added bricks and pieces from other sets over the years. Fast forward nearly 40 years, and life's come full circle as I travel the world and drop into Lego stores to pick up sets that I can build with my now 12-year-old. Yet, each visit to stores abroad, from New York to London, has always raised one question—when will it come to India? Well, that question has finally been put to rest as Lego threw open the doors to its first Lego Certified Store at Ambience Mall in Gurugram. Spanning 4,500 square feet, it is the brand's largest store in South Asia. Walking into it felt like stepping through a portal, with the scent of fresh plastic bricks, the multicoloured explosion of sets lining the shelves (everything from the Friends and Icons to the Technic and the Botanicals collections), fully built sets on display, play tables, and features that are essential to Lego stores, like a Pick-a-Brick Wall, Build-a-Minifigure Station and a rare Minifigure Factory. Then there are the uniquely Indian models and installations—a near-life-sized cricketer minifigure greeting fans as they enter the store, and a 13,589-piece mosaic of India Gate. The pièce de resistance is a scaled-down 76,000-piece model of the front of a typical Indian truck; fans can pop behind the wheel for a photo. Bhavana Mandon, country manager at Lego India, says the brand has been very mindful to deliver a rich Indian experience, and that little elements of Delhi and its cultural fabric will be visible across the store. John Seemon, a techie and a passionate Lego collector for over 25 years, acknowledges the tantalizing role that the built-up sets play in influencing his purchases: 'More than once, I've ended up buying a set that wasn't on my radar…something about seeing the finished build pulls you in…the kind of inspiration you don't get when shopping online". On launch day, the store was bursting at the seams. In between the squeals of children and adults posing for photographs with their purchases, I caught a quiet moment at the Build-a-Minifigure station where an eight-year-old girl outfitted a character to look like herself, and exclaimed, 'This is me, Mumma!" to her mother. In that moment, I was taken back 40 years, to the kid who first discovered his lifelong love for this 'highly sophisticated interlocking brick system' we know as Lego. If you're new to the brand, walking into a LEGO store can be a viscerally overwhelming experience, even as the stores are organized neatly into the various themes and categories (toddlers, adults) for most folks to walk right up to the shelves that most interest them. Close at hand are the LCS staff, all of whom are well trained to answer questions, offer recommendations, and assist with purchases, and many of them share that infectious love for building. For a brand that's been aspirational in India and sustained by generations of parents bringing back sets when they travelled abroad, the availability has improved over the past five years, with big toy retailers and e-commerce platforms stepping in. The store adds a touch-and-feel experience for the growing Lego fandom in India, from the interactive play zones where children can sit and build—no screens, no instruction, just raw imagination at work—to the Pick-a-Brick wall, where serious builders can buy large quantities of specific bricks for their custom builds. Vimal Sasidharan, a Bengaluru-based commercial pilot and a collector with close to 100 sets, says he is 'always blown away by the seeing life-sized builds in stores, and the ability to interact with incredibly complex builds up close serves as a reminder of how playful and limitless creativity can be". Lego collectors and builders, this writer included, have often bemoaned the fact that India trailed global launches by months, and some sets never came to Indian stores. Seemon says he has sourced sets and parts from abroad in the past, and had to 'deal with international shipping, and pay customs. It's been a bit of a mission every time". The certified store is likely to address this gaping void, with near-same-day availability as the rest of the world. Dhara Mehta, a media professional turned education entrepreneur, who was introduced to Lego via her three-year-old's interest in the sets, runs an activity centre in Mumbai that aims to spark creativity and imagination through these bricks. As a learning tool for children, it improves fine motor skills, spatial reasoning and problem-solving abilities while fostering creativity, patience and social skills, she says. 'This is not just a toy for kids but a superb hobby for adults to pick up as well," she adds. Ritam Bhatnagar, a media entrepreneur, is another adult super-fan who created a custom Lego mosaic for the launch. For AFOLs (adult fans of Lego) and long-term faithfuls, many of whom have kept the fandom alive despite the odds, the store is a place for community, to congregate with like-minded fans. Some, as Seemon describes it, see it as a pilgrimage, where fans of all ages are welcomed. And leave, likely with lighter wallets, happier. Fan's Glossary AFOL: Adult Fan of Lego MINIFIGURE/MINIFIG: Little Lego people included in most sets MOC: My Own Creation, anything built with Lego bricks without instructions BUILDER: Lego fan whose primary interest is building MOCs COLLECTOR: Lego fan whose primary interest is collecting official sets STUD/ANTI-STUD: The circular bumps on the pieces that fit inside the anti-studs below another piece to form Lego's interlocking system
Fashion Network
29-04-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Warpaint London goes from strength to strength in latest year
Record sales and profits in 2024 at an improved margin and a solid start to 2025: welcome to the bright, shiny world of Warpaint London. The specialist colour cosmetics supplier and owner of the W7, Technic, Skin & Tan, Super Facialist, Dirty Works and Fish Soho brands had much to celebrate Tuesday (29 April). Revenues for the year to 31 December grew 13% to £101.6 million as EU revenue increased 22% to £54.7 million, UK revenue rose 8% to £35 million, and US revenue increased 19% (up 22% in US dollar terms) to £8.7 million. Meanwhile, direct online sales 'continue to grow significantly', up 35% in 2024 to £8.4 million, accounting for 8.3% of group sales, up from 6.9% in the previous year. Adjusted pre-tax profit jumped 33% to £24.2 million, with the gross profit margin hitting 39.9%, up 130bps. And all this 'despite the challenging macroeconomic environment' it noted. And how was this achieved? 'Warpaint's consistent and focused strategy of ensuring its branded products are sold through an ever-expanding network of large retailers globally, by gaining more space within these retailers, entering relationships with new ones and increasing the group's online sales presence', it said. UK product expansion included its full range of Technic products launched in an initial 202 Morrisons supermarket stores; further expansion with Boots, with an over fourfold increase in retail space; a further rollout with Superdrug; and expansion with supermarket giant Tesco. In the US, the company expanded its W7 range, rolling out to a further 387 stores run by CVS, on top of a 'significant order" received from Walmart, for W7 and Chit Chat product, and 'significant expansion' with Five Below. Other highlights included the completion of the Brand Architekts acquisition in February, adding a portfolio of health, beauty and personal care brands to the group, including the aforementioned Skin & Tan, Super Facialist, Dirty Works and Fish Soho, sold throughout the UK and internationally. 'The integration of Brand Architekts into the group is progressing well and the Warpaint directors continue to believe that the acquisition will be earnings enhancing in the year ending 31 December 2025', it noted. For good measure, chairman Clive Garston added: "The board expects the group performance to remain strong and for sales and profits to continue to grow over the remainder of 2025 and beyond." And what about those US tariffs? '[They're] having an impact on our US business, Garston said, 'but the US remains a modest part of the group's overall business, and with significant growth opportunities elsewhere and strategies in place to mitigate their effect, we do not expect tariffs to have a material impact on the financial performance in 2025. "Accordingly, the board's expectations for the financial performance in 2025 are unchanged [with] sales and profits to continue to grow over the remainder of 2025 and beyond.'
