You know you’ve hit the big time when your racing team is immortalised in a Lego set.
Kiwi brothers Simon and Mitch Evans played with Lego as kids but never dreamt that one day their team vehicle’s likeness would be captured in the new Lego set ‘‘75898 Formula E Panasonic Jaguar Racing GEN2 car and Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY’’, which goes on sale in January.
Jaguar NZ general manager Steve Kenchington says the partnership with Lego was developed following a high number of requests from fans on social media.
‘‘While there have been movie characters portrayed by New Zealand actors appear as part of Lego sets, we think this is one of the first times Kiwi siblings have been part of one in this way,’’ he said.
Simon said that while the Formula E vehicle figurine bears more than a passing resemblance to his younger brother Mitch, the mini-figure in the set is said to be generic — representing either of the two drivers making up the team.
- by Catherine Pattison
Photo: Supplied
