MISCELLANEOUS
The other successes (and a few failures) that caught our eye
WORDS SAM BURNETT
TOY OF THE YEAR
LEGO TECHNIC FERRARI DAYTONA SP3
Sure, it’s a £390
Lego set, but you’re building a £2m Ferrari that’s already sold out, so you’ll have to be pragmatic about getting into ownership. It’s one of Lego’s largest sets, with 3,998 pieces. Buy it for the kids, but don’t let them touch it.
Much like the real Daytona SP3, the Lego version of the exclusive Ferrari is hand built by the finest craftspeople using carryover parts from other models in the company range. Unlike the Lego version though, Ferrari’s finest craftspeople won’t spend upwards of 20 minutes howling through the house when they realise they missed a page and built the door wrong.
The model Ferrari comes complete with a V12 engine that has moving pistons, a working eight-speed sequential gearbox and a detachable roof. But sadly it doesn’t have any fluttering eyelids (see right).
GIMMICK OF THE YEAR
FERRARI’S FLUTTERING EYELIDS
We’ve long lamented the loss of pop-up headlights, and while the Ferrari Daytona SP3’s blinders don’t pop up, they do reveal their existence in a most theatrical and pleasing way. If you’ve just spent £2m on a Ferrari, you want to show it off, and retractable headlight covers are just the job.