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Why LEGO’s Shelby Cobra is such a big deal for car fans

12/06/202513/06/2025 Chris Turner-Wharfe 1966 Views 0 Comments

Find out why the newly-revealed LEGO Icons 10357 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C is such a big deal for car fans in our latest trip down memory lane.

When Carroll Shelby was first showing off his modified AC Cobra, every magazine wanted a photoshoot – and with a different colour car for the cover spread. The only problem? Shelby just had one working model. The solution? Repaint it between every single shoot.

That’s just one of the fascinating nuggets of info you’ll learn by checking out Matthew’s latest deep dive, which explains exactly why we should all be sitting up and paying attention to 10357 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C. Fair warning: if you weren’t interested in this set beforehand, you might just be after. So, fingers crossed you’ve got a spare £140 sloshing around your LEGO budget…

10357 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C launches July 1 for LEGO Insiders (or July 4 for everyone else) at LEGO.com and in LEGO Stores, and will retail for £139.99 in the UK, $159.99 in the US and €149.99 in Europe. Head here to check out a full gallery of images.

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Chris Turner-Wharfe

I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.