LEGO Reveals New Lightning McQueen Building Set from Pixar's "Cars" as Part of Its Speed Champions Line
Ka-chow!
It’s time to start revving your engines for the Piston Cup, because the popular toy company LEGO has revealed its new set inspired by Disney/Pixar’s Cars franchise: it’s the Speed Champions Lightning McQueen!
What’s happening:
- LEGO has revealed its new Speed Champions Lightning McQueen building set (#77255), which sells for $27.99 and will be released on Thursday, January 1st, 2026.
- The set contains 270 pieces, is recommended for ages 9 and up, and is available for pre-order right now via the official LEGO website.
- Details on this LEGO set from the movie version of Lightning McQueen include the character’s famous lightning bolt, stickers for his headlights, number 95, and the instantly recognizable Rust-Eze sponsor logo on his hood and Lightyear logo on his tires. Notably, LEGO says that the Lightning McQueen model is the only Speed Champions set so far to incorporate a detailed undercarriage.
- Disney/Pixar’s original Cars movie is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
- In the movie and its sequels and spinoffs (including several Disney theme park attractions), Lightning McQueen is voiced by actor Owen Wilson.
- Pixar-themed LEGO sets in the past have included Luxo Jr. in the LEGO Ideas line, the Up! house with Carl Fredricksen, Russell, and Dug, and multiple sets inspired by the Toy Story franchise. The character of Lightning McQueen (among others) has also been featured in the LEGO Pixar BrickToons series of animated shorts.
More from LEGO:
- There’s also an impressive new set inspired by Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Ship from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
- Everyone’s talking about LEGO’s new $1,000, 9,000-piece Death Star– the biggest Star Wars set the company has ever made.
- How about some Frozen and Star Wars-themed advent calendars for this year’s holiday season?