The Lewis Hamilton Helmet, Built Three Times

Damn, it looks good. Perfect? Nope.

I pre-ordered this on day one and bought two: one for me, and one for a good friend who is a mega Lewis Hamilton fan.

The visor is the best part. The colour combinations are exactly right, and it looks like the real thing from across the room.

It is also the hardest part. The visor link is difficult to click together, and it took more force than I expected. I ended up building the helmet twice.

The stickers are a win. There are very few of them, and the set includes alternative and duplicate stickers, so a crooked one is not the end of the world.

Preethi took it apart and rebuilt it once too. So the score is two builds to me, one to her.

It now has a proud spot in front of the TV.

I paid full price on day one, and I would do it again. As a Lewis Hamilton fan, having this on the day it came out mattered more than any offer that came later. Not many sets are like that for me.

At the start of October it dropped to about half that on Amazon India for a few days, then went back up. The prices below are live, so you can see where it stands today.

If Lego ever releases a Linkin Park set, that will be my next day-one purchase.