We continue our analysis of the LEGO® Speed Champions January 2026 sets with a look at four exciting new moulds that can be found in sets 77253 Bugatti Vision GT Hyper Sports Car, 77254 Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale Sports Car and 77257 McLaren W1.
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77253 Bugatti Vision GT Hyper Sports Car
- Release date: 1 January 2026
- Pieces: 284
- Price: US$27.99/ £22.99/ 27.99€/ AU$39.99
77254 Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale Sports Car
- Release date: 1st January 2026
- Pieces: 339
- Price: US$27.99/ £22.99/ 27.99€/ AU$39.99
77257 McLaren W1
- Release date: 1st January 2026
- Pieces: 287
- Price: US$27.99/ £22.99/ 27.99€/ AU$39.99
Set 77254 on LEGO.com
Set 77257 on LEGO.com
Corner cheese slopes
2026 may as well be remembered as the Year of the Cheese, because not only has it introduced a 1x3 (7825) and 1x4 version (7835) – both found in 77256 Time Machine from Back to the Future – but also the long awaited corner cheese, in two variants:
Currently, each comes in only one colour and set respectively, but surely it's only a matter of time before these gems are more widespread:
- Slope 30° 1 x 1 x 2/3 Double Concave in Red (6573685 | 7827), 6x found in 77254 Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale Sports Car
- Slope 30° 1 x 1 x 2/3 Double Corner in Black (6573684 | 7826), 2x + 1 spare found in 77257 McLaren W1
Placing the newbies alongside regular cheese slopes is very satisfying – clearly the roofs of micro-scale buildings look set for some major upgrades.
Interlocking the convex and concave versions works too, and the resultant height is just as peculiar as it is with regular cheeses.
They join the ranks of other right-angle corner/pyramid slopes that have been around some time - it really is a wonder that the equivalents for the beloved cheese slope have taken this long to arrive.
The fact both new types are 1 x 1 and not extended to a 2 x 2 corner area – like Brick Curved 2 x 2 x 2/3 Double, Corner (79757, circled above) – is a little surprising. Differentiating between regular, concave and convex varieties is surely going to be a problem moving forward, but the elements certainly have more utility with a 1 x 1 footprint.
One downside of this ultra-compact approach is that the top of the convex slope has to be flattened to prevent it from becoming too sharp and possibly fragile. Comparable slopes retain their sharp points so presumably there's a "maximum pointiness threshold" defined somewhere in the part designer's handbook.
Here's some quick experiments using multiples of each variety. If you've always wanted to make a minifigure-sized origami fortune teller, now you can (bottom left)!
2 x 2 Wedge Tiles
Could 2026 also be the start of the Age of the Wedge Tile? Time will tell, but the year is off to a good start:
With only 45° wedge tiles existing to date, new varieties like these 2 x 2 27° left (7828) and right (7829) varieties have been another element family that fans have been yearning for, so it's encouraging to see a good range of colours right off the bat, with complete pairs of each:
77253 Bugatti Vision GT Hyper Sports Car
- Dark Azure (6589647 & 6589651)
- Dark Blue (6573686 & 6573687)
77254 Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale Sports Car
- Red (6602157 & 6602155)
- Trans-Black (6602158 & 6602156)
77257 McLaren W1
- Orange (6593853 & 6593855)
We also spotted some in black and magenta in the upcoming 77258 - F1 Academy LEGO Race Car, releasing 1 March 2026.
There's not much to discuss geometry-wise – as advertised, they're studless versions of wedge plates (left, 24299 and right, 24307). Although, it is amusing how they sort-of resemble short-shot 2 x 2 tiles from the underside, where not enough plastic has entered a mould.
The lack of studs isn't just useful for aesthetic purposes as demonstrated by the nose of the Ferrari and Bugatti, where parts are positioned on top of the tiles in ways regular wedge plates wouldn't allow.
It's good to see the LEGO wedge tile family get some new members. Hopefully more will follow, and perhaps we'll even see some existing wedge tiles turned into wedge plates; 5091 & 5092 (pictured above lower left in bright light orange) seem like prime candidates!
We're not done with these sets just yet: in an upcoming article we'll cover their remaining new elements, recolours and printed parts... and build the sets too.
Set 77253 on LEGO.com
Set 77254 on LEGO.com
Set 77257 on LEGO.com
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I prefer Sembo's rounded (& pointy) version of 7826 (as seen on the very left here https://flic.kr/p/2qq4o5v), but it's nice to have one from LEGO.
ReplyDeleteIt being pointy causes zero problem btw, it's not even like it hurts or it's fragile or anything.
And the wedge tiles, it's funny how they're easily findable by now, from every brand, every vendor, in large quantities, all sizes & colors. When LEGO will have introduced all sizes & colors in a few years, it'll still be old news. Well at least theirs have proper tile lip, unlike most brands (Mattel's ones do have lips though). This year I even found a 2x5 wedge tile for a MOC, that's crazy, we don't even have a 2x5 wedge plate.
I imagine there are some new fun ball-track possibilities with these.
ReplyDeleteI find it hard to get my head round it taking over 2 decades to complete the cheese slope family.
ReplyDeleteThe cheese slope has to be one of the most influential parts in Lego design. To me it symbolises the change in design from last millennium/my childhood and this millennium/my daughter’s childhood.
Especially odd when the 2x2 brick equivalents were the basis of Lego houses from 50s to 00s
It seems important to TLG that they avoid having too many similar pieces in sets. This is why they’ll often use different colours, and also separate some pieces into the sub-bags. It is one of the many restrictions that designers have to work with!
DeleteI know they'll never give them up, but dang I'd love the wedge tiles to be totally smooth edged, with no stud notches.
ReplyDeleteIt would severely impede compatibility, though.
DeleteNintendo did a Lego clone, N&B Blocks in the late 60's- early 70's with a bunch of round parts without bottom stud notches, and they were somewhat difficult to combine with regular square bricks.
The sales stopped around 1971-1972, likely due to legal pressures from Lego, although later lawsuits have proven that copying the basic building system is perfectly legal.
http://blog.beforemario.com/2011/10/nintendo-n-block-introduction-1968-71.html
http://blog.beforemario.com/2014/01/n-block-vs-lego-vs.html
@hakan: LEGO itself had numerous wedge plates without notches: 4859, 3933, 2413 etc. Some of them are still kept alive to this day as other brands. I'm not against notches though, especially for tiles that can be combined & are often used for floor tiling like these.
DeleteI'd like a version of the yellow wedges with an anti-curve indentation, so as it could be combined with the quarter-curve tiles, but maybe such a tile would be very fragile.
ReplyDeleteThat wouldn't work because it would have zero clutch.
DeleteActually, I think I misinterpreted what you were getting at. Maybe could work, but yeah, might be fragile.
DeleteGiven that the 2-module-diameter round tiles don't have any gaps (aside from the minimal piece tolerances) between them, that sort of tile would need to be severely truncated to work without being both incredibly sharp and fragile. Just eyeballing some of the pieces, it'd need to lose about half of the entire arc to match the tip width of the other wedge tiles, which sort of ruins the original intent.
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