Rent the LEGO McLaren Formula 1 Race Car

Allow 5 to 7 hours for the 1'432 pieces, easily done over two evenings. The rear axle, differential and engine come first, then the chassis and front suspension. Around 60 stickers for the sponsor logos come on top, and they need to sit straight.

The model is 65 cm long, 27 cm wide and 13 cm high, roughly Technic's 1:8 scale. It needs a shelf a good 65 cm wide to itself; the usual 30 cm of depth is enough. Flat as it is, it also sits well on a sideboard.

No, not on regular sale any more. Set 42141 came out in March 2022 and was retired at the end of 2025. Since then new copies are only found with clearance sellers or second hand. If you want to build it once, you do not need to hunt one down.

No, for an 18+ set it is very manageable. With steering, suspension, a differential and a V6, it has far less mechanism than the big Technic supercars. What takes more care are the layered orange panels, which leave gaps if they are not seated properly.

A V6 with moving pistons, connected to the rear axle through a differential, suspension front and rear, and steering through the wheel in the cockpit. The rear wing can be raised like the real car's DRS, though by hand. The set has no motor to drive it.

You pick a set from our collection and we send it to your door for free. You build it, keep it as long as you like, and send it back when you are ready for the next one. After a month at the earliest, with no upper limit. Then you choose your next set.

There are three options: the single rental at a one-off CHF 42.–, the monthly plan at CHF 39.– per month and the yearly plan at CHF 29.– per month. Included are the complete set, delivery to you and the cleaning. You cover the return, and the label is already in the box.

Yes. The monthly plan can be cancelled to the end of any month, with no reason and no notice period. You send the set back and that is that. The yearly plan commits you for twelve months and costs about a quarter less per month in return.

Every set goes through our quality check after it comes back, before it goes out again. We check its condition, wash the sets regularly at 30 °C with soap and keep track of whether every piece is there. That way a clean and complete set reaches you.

The sets are checked between rentals and washed regularly. That is why the numbered bags from the original packaging are gone, and you get all the pieces loose in one large wash bag. Up to about 2'000 pieces you build straight from the bag; for bigger sets a bit of sorting first is worth it. For the return you sort nothing: take the set fully apart and put every piece back in the wash bag.

Paper instructions and sticker sheets do not last many rentals, so we send the sets without them. The instructions for every set are free at lego.com/en-ch/service/building-instructions and in the LEGO Builder app. Search there by set number or name.

Up to ten lost small pieces are no problem and are included in the price. It happens, vacuum cleaners are merciless. We only get in touch for larger damage or missing large pieces. You do not have to go over the carpet with tweezers.

Orders placed before 14:00 go out the same working day. After that Swiss Post usually takes one to two working days. We deliver anywhere in Switzerland and delivery to you is free.

A LEGO set is usually built once and then sits on a shelf or in a cellar for years. With us the same set passes through eight to ten people. For the same number of sets built, that is up to 90 % less newly produced plastic.