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| Licensed from | The Lego Group |
|---|---|
| Availability | 1986–1999, 2004 |
| Total sets | 15[1] |
Lego Model Team was a Lego theme for vehicle models, produced from 1986 to 1999. The series focused on detailed, scale models of vehicles, such as semi-trucks, race cars, and aircrafts[2]. Due to its emphasis on realism, the line served as a design precursor to vehicle models of the Lego Creator Expert series that later became Lego Icons[3].
Overview
editLego Model Team was an advanced product theme manufactured by the Lego Group from 1986 until 1999. Serving as a predecessor to the later Creator Expert[4] and Icons series, the line featured a more sophisticated construction experiences, targeting older children[5] and AFOLs[6].
During its 13 years of production, the theme maintained a low-frequency release cycle with only 15 sets [1] in total, plus a re-release of one model in 2004, totalling 16 sets[7]. The product line focused on large-scale vehicles, emphasizing realistic terrestrial, aerial, and marine transport such as semi-trucks, hot rods, race cars, off-road cars, helicopters, and speedboats.
Architecturally, Model Team occupied a distinct niche within the Lego portfolio. Before the introduction of the Model Team line, the Lego product portfolio was divided between play-centric, minifigure-scale City environments and the skeletonized, mechanical assemblies of the Technic series. Model Team combined both with focus on visual authenticity, display-level proportions, and realistic exterior and interior sculpting[2][8].
The design mixed traditional System bricks and plates to construct smooth, solid bodywork, while embedding Technic bricks and gearworks internally to operate functional elements[9]. To achieve high visual realism, several Model Team sets included specialized chrome-plated plastic pieces for components like exhaust pipes, grilles, and bumpers[10].
The theme was retired in 1999 while its core idea laid the groundwork for subsequent adult-targeted display lines[3].
Re-Release
editAlthough production ended in 1999, Lego re-released the 1995 set 5541 Blue Fury in 2004 under the "Lego Legends" label as set 10151 Hot Rod[11] [12].
Due to it's younger age, plus it running under the Creator Expert theme, this is the only Model Team set that still can be found on the Lego website[13]
Models
edit| Number | Name | Release Year | Piece Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5510 | Off Road 4x4 | 1986 | 285 |
| 5540 | Formula 1 Racer | 1986 | 451 |
| 5580 | Highway Rig | 1986 | 667 |
| 5590 | Whirl and Wheel Super Truck | 1990 | 1063 |
| 5550 | Custom Rally Van | 1991 | 525 |
| 5521 | Sea Jet | 1993 | 401 |
| 5581 | Magic Flash | 1993 | 789 |
| 5591 | Mach II Red Bird Rig | 1994 | 1174 |
| 5541 | Blue Fury Hot Rod | 1995 | 426 |
| 5571 | Giant Truck (Black Cat) | 1996 | 1757 |
| 2556 | Shell Promotional Set, Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Car | 1997 | 588 |
| 5561 | Big Foot 4x4 | 1997 | 762 |
| 5542 | Black Thunder | 1998 | 494 |
| 5533 | Red Fury | 1999 | 393 |
| 5563 | Racing Truck | 1999 | 803 |
| 10151 | Hot Rod (Re-Release of 5541 Blue Fury Hot Rod) | 2004 | 432 |
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "BrickLink Reference Catalog - Sets - Category Lego Model Team". www.bricklink.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- 1 2 "Lego Product Catalogue 1990 (p.30)" (PDF). brickset.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- 1 2 "Lego Creator Expert becomes Lego Icons". www.promobricks.de. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Model Team". brickipedia.fandom.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Lego Creator Expert becomes Lego Icons". thelegocarblog.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Marketing Strategy Case Study". marcom.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- 1 2 "Rebrickable Lego Model Team". rebrickable.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Lego Model Team Sets". www.brickeconomy.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Lego Model Team". steckkastenkrew.de. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Another Color that disappeared". enbric.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "List of Lego Legends Sets". www.brickipedia.fandom.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Hot Rod Re-Release Review". www.eurobricks.com.
- ↑ "Lego Creator Expert Hot Rod". www.lego.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Lego Model Team Sets". www.toysperiod.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
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