Almost a year after the announcement, BlueBrixx is back with a new set and sending the crawler into the race.
It has been almost a year since BlueBrixx announced its collaboration with German car manufacturer Brabus in March 2025. The launch saw the release of a strictly limited edition Widestar in mini format, which was then added to the regular range due to complaints from the community. Since then, however, things have been quiet around the license.
That is now changing, as BlueBrixx has launched the first large Brabus set. We are talking about the 4,000+ piece crawler made of Technic bricks, which attacks where Lego is weak with its licensed cars.
A colossus with a special design
Who or what is Brabus? Founded in Bottrop in 1977, Brabus specializes in performance-enhancing tuning of Mercedes-Benz and the associated Maybach and Smart brands. However, the company also manufactures its own vehicles, including the Brabus Crawler off-road supercar, which is now also available in brick format.
Data at a glance:
- Name: Brabus Crawler (108667)
- Price: 200 euros
- Parts: 4,280 euros
- Price per part: 4.7 cents
- Scale: 1:8
- Dimensions:
- Length: 58.8 centimeters
- Height: 29 centimeters
- Width: 27.6 centimeters
The BlueBrixx model beats Lego Technic in 2.5 points
In our comments section, we occasionally read that there is a lot of frustration among Technic fans and that collecting Lego cars is becoming less and less fun. The reasons for this include high prices, colorful pins, and the many stickers. Companies such as Cada and BlueBrixx are increasingly establishing themselves as suitable alternatives, and the Brabus Crawler is a good example of this.
Price: Let’s take Lego’s licensed Mercedes G-Class as a comparison. With 2,891 pieces, it costs 250 euros, which corresponds to a price per piece of 8.6 cents. That is almost twice as expensive as the Crawler. It is impossible to say for sure which of the two has higher-quality parts. However, it can be assumed that both are of good quality, making a direct comparison appropriate.
Stickers: While Lego relies heavily on stickers for its Technic sets and uses almost no prints, BlueBrixx takes a completely different approach and uses only printed parts. In other sets from the BlueBrixx Pro brand, these were mostly excellent.
Design: This is where it gets a little tricky, as it is not possible to generalize. Lego is often criticized for its models not being true enough to the original. We read this in our Black Pearl test, for example, but it is also evident in the comments on Technic sets. The extent to which this view is accurate varies from set to set and is also partly a subjective question.
In the case of the Brabus Crawler, it can be said that it comes very close to the original within the limits of what is possible and should be immediately recognizable to car fans.
However, it is clear that Lego uses colorful pins, which make building easier but look unattractive afterwards. The Brabus Crawler uses color-coordinated pins instead. So if you’re up for a more challenging build, BlueBrixx has the edge here.
Whether you like the special red and dark gray design of the Brabus Crawler is another matter. For example, several people write on Instagram that they don’t like the colors or the open design. At the same time, there are many comments that find the look and the set really successful.
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