Lego Nissan GT-R Nismo Unboxing

Hello everyone and welcome back to Tiro Finale! For my birthday this year, I was given a Lego set. Something I had not received nor purchased in a very long time. And it was not just any ordinary Lego set but, the Nissan GT-R Nismo from their Speed Champions series. This Lego set is one that I had considered getting for myself in the past but, I held off as I was not sure where I would be able to display it.

The whole Lego kit is a fairly small and affordable one. As such, it really only shares a passing resemblance with the actual Nissan GT-R. The car's silhouette and signature "afterburner" tail lights are maintained but, a lot of the other details are not as well reproduced as you would otherwise see on a more detailed Lego model such as that from the Technics series.

Of course, much of this comes down to the number of blocks used together with the demographics that Lego is aiming for. Where the more detailed car Lego models cost more than most Lego sets and are catered to young adults and above, the Speed Champions cars are targeted towards children aged 7 and above. The Lego pieces themselves are fairly small but, the construction is fairly straight forward.

It goes without saying that the product itself is a fully licensed product from Nissan. Before I pop open the box, a quick bit of trivia. Some of you may have noticed this particular GT-R sporting a Nismo livery that you normally would not see on the road car. That is because this particular design is based of the World Record setting Nismo GT-R which set the record for the world's fastest drift. In actuality, the car that set the record is a purpose built drift machine built by Greddy with a 1,400 horsepower engine and a full Rocket Bunny body kit. The slightly pumped arches of this Lego GT-R further hints at the inspiration for the design.

Alright, trivia aside, it is time to go ahead with the unboxing of the contents. The box itself is, surprisingly, only secured with two cellophane tape strips. Remove that, open two flaps, and the contents of the boxes are found within.

These contents included two separate pack of Lego parts, neatly labelled "1" and "2" used for separate parts of the build. As you can see, some of the parts already have the livery printed onto them.

Meanwhile, the others parts which are unpainted would require the use of stickers to reproduce the finer details. These details included the front grille and LED day time running light integrated into the bumper. I really would have liked to see more of these parts coming pre-painted but, I supposed such is the limitation of cost.

Lastly, there is the manual itself which is 78 pages thick. Lego being Lego, the instructions are extremely detailed and in full color no less. The last page of the manual even includes a glossary of all the parts included for the build. If paper manuals are not your thing, Lego even provides a digital version of the manual that can be accessed via a QR code. Very nifty!

I am still trying to figure out where to display the GT-R once I have built it. Nevertheless, that is not going to stop me from proceeding with the build. Of course, I will make sure to make a full documentation of that when I get to it. Until then, thank you so much for reading and have yourself a wonderful day ahead!