CMF
F1
6+
F1 Collectible Race Cars
Release date:
Mar 1, 2025
LEGO 71049 F1 Collectible Race Cars landed on 1 May 2025 as an off-beat entry in the Collectible Minifigures slot. Each €3.99 / US $4.99 blind box contains a 29-piece micro-scale Formula 1 car with rolling wheels and a newly-moulded F1 helmet, drawn from a roster of 12: the ten 2025 team liveries plus a generic F1 car and an F1 Academy racer. It’s billed for ages 6+ and builds in under five minutes, making it a quick, pocket-money hit for motorsport fans of any age.
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About the
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Early reviewers agree the tiny racers look sharp thanks to four unique printed tiles per car and that the new dual-moulded helmet will be catnip for parts hunters. Play value is decent—each vehicle is Hot-Wheels sized and sturdy enough for desk-races. The flip side is repetition: the chassis and build steps are identical across all twelve, so enthusiasm fades after the third or fourth car, and the blank minifig head under the helmet feels like a missed branding opportunity. I thought that they were a little meh for the build, but after building I liked a little too much, they are “adorable”.
Box design
Packaging sticks to LEGO’s plastic-free, tape-sealed cardboard introduced with CMF Series 25. It is technically “blind”, but each box carries a small QR/bar-code on the base; scan it in-store (or consult the crowdsourced code list) and you’ll know exactly which team you’re buying before you pay—handy for avoiding duplicates. A six-pack and a sealed 36-box master case are also in circulation for retailers and completists.
Instruction manual
Inside the box you find a single accordion-fold sheet: one side shows ten wordless build steps; the reverse is a checklist poster of all twelve cars. LEGO also hosts the PDF in the Builder app, so you can zoom or 3-D rotate the model if you prefer digital guidance.
So…
For €4 you get a nicely printed, palm-sized F1 souvenir and the cheapest route to owning every 2025 team colour in LEGO form. As display pieces they’re charming; as a full 12-car collection they’re repetitive and pricier than their part count suggests. Buy the one (or two) teams you love and leave the grid-wide chase to the dedicated collectors.
