A few months back LEGO released a Technic set based on the Bugatti Chiron – a very impressive 3 599 scale representation of the supercar, but that just wasn’t enough.

Yesterday they unveiled a 1:1 recreation of the Chiron that could not only be driven, but was powered by 2 304 of LEGO’s own electric motors which are usually intended for tiny toy cars.

Despite using some non-LEGO elements such as a gear system in the engine and regular wheels, the rest of the car’s body is held together without glue and can apparently reach 20mph, or around 32kmph.

Compared to the real Chiron’s top speed of 420kmph, the plastic version is looking a bit slow, but maybe it can come in at a lower price point.

While the press release does not mention a price, we can do some back-of-the-napkin maths. This build apparently uses around one million pieces of LEGO. The most common measure for large quantities of pieces is ten US cents per piece, which works out to $100 000, or around R1.5 million.

Given that LEGO wouldn’t be paying that for its own pieces, it is still a decent approximation, especially considering the prices of those non-plastic parts. We’re sure a full Chiron set is very expensive.

Underneath the plastic body made out LEGO, we’re sure there’s a large rolling chassy made out of more traditional car parts, which is how these promotional cars are usually made, so don’t believe the spin that this was put together entirely out of Technic parts.

Speaking of, Technic parts are what seperate this from similar builds like the recent giant Thanos at Comic-Con. These huge builds are usually not very impressive to the LEGO community due to their relative simplicity.

LEGO has software that can turn a 3D model into a build made of regular bricks that are stacked on top of a metal skeleton. While impressive to look at, this process is “solved” and they can be cranked out with relative ease.

This build, on the other hand, uses some very exotic building techniques on top of using the more complex Technic pieces.