There are many ways to honor an icon, but none may be bigger than to be re-created in Lego form. At least that’s what the seven-year-old in us has declared. A little short of two years after Ford and Lego displayed a one-third-scale model of the Le Mans GT, the two have teamed up again to build a brick-bodied race car. This time, the 1968 Mustang fastback coupe joins the ranks of Lego’s Speed Champions.
The fastback is the next Ford star in a growing roster of Lego Speed Champions model cars, a lineup that also includes Lego versions of cars from Bugatti, Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes-Benz. In the past, Lego has released kits of the 1966 GT40 and 2016 GT, the F-150 Raptor, a Fiesta WRC rally car, a Ford Model A hot rod, and even a 2015 Mustang GT. Unlike the Lego Technic kits, which typically include thousands of pieces and cost hundreds of dollars, the Speed Champions sets are much more accessible and much simpler. With 183 pieces tumbling about inside each box, the Mustang is geared for seven-to-14-year-old builders and would be perfect eye candy for a windowsill, desk, or nightstand. The body is built out of green blocks, presumably a nod to the Highland Green paint that was popular on ’68 Mustangs, including, of course, the one Steve McQueen drove in the movie Bullitt 50 years ago. The contrasting roof is built with black bricks, while the wheels come in gold. The textured taillights and protruding dual exhaust tips are fantastic details, but un...