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LEGO - Icons Jaguar E-Type Building Set 11381
Average customer rating
4
(33 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 33 reviews
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67%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for LEGO - Icons Jaguar E-Type Building Set 11381
Customer Rating
5
One of my top 10 builds!
on September 5, 2026
Posted by: Little Lefty
As an 11 year old influencer, I can tell you that this is one of my top ten builds. I have built over 100 sets this year and this one was a great build! I did not find it difficult all. The features are absolutely amazing!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Dream Car
on September 4, 2026
Posted by: IfUbuildit321
I’ve loved the classic Jaguar E-Type since the first time I saw one as a kid, so this LEGO version was an automatic purchase for me the day it was released. I really enjoyed the build experience. There were some interesting new techniques for me and a few tricky/challenging steps, but I took my time and fortunately I did not have the frustrations that some previous reviewers encountered. The retractable soft-top is a marvelous feature, however, the black fabric is an insatiable dust magnet that can only be effectively cleaned by vacuum or lint roller, so my LEGO Jag resides within a clear acrylic display case. The completed build looks so cool and is a great display piece. Overall, this is one of the nicest Icons cars in my collection.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
1
A headache to build!!
on August 29, 2026
Posted by: GoofyCookie037
First of all, if this hadn’t been a gift, I would have returned it after bag three. It is poorly designed, some colors are hard to use with the manual and you should have extra hands to hold the 1600 pulse pieces from completely falling off. The design team must have been on a time table to get this into production and in stores. It brought back bad memories of both T2 and the Shelby Mustang builds. Some small parts aren’t designed to hold other parts from clicking together. The final build looks good, but, I wouldn’t dare move it!!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from LEGOBy Leah, LEGO® Customer Service, August 30, 2026
Thank you for your review and feedback for this set. If you'd like a hand troubleshooting the build or if you find that any pieces aren't holding together as they should, feel free to give us a shout at LEGO.build/Service so we can help!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
Nice addition
on August 29, 2026
Posted by: BeeGee
One of my all-time favorite vehicles. The build was fun but super fragile. I’ve had to continually put pieces back as I add new parts. A bit frustrating. Not my favorite vehicle build
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
The Nostalgia is Strong with This One
on August 25, 2026
Posted by: BigOrangeTabby
I bought this set for my father on his 84th birthday. He had never been into Legos before, but he used to test cars for a racing team back in the 1960’s, and he often mentioned a Jaguar that he had especially loved. I took a gamble and bought this set, because the timeline matched and I thought there was an off chance that it might resemble that car. What I didn’t realize was that it was an exact match in terms of make and model, even down to the bottle green color. Despite being a Lego novice, he threw himself into this build, and he spent hours at the kitchen table putting this car together. It was NOT an easy process… he especially struggled with some of the fiddly one-stud pieces (of which there were many). However, he seemed to be having so much fun even during the more challenging parts of the build, and perhaps age has given him the patience to keep on going… or even backtrack to find that he had put part of the build together incorrectly, take it apart, and put it back together correctly. He delighted in the engineering of the build, marveling at how the pieces would come together in ways that he did not expect and form a part of the car that he did not expect (e.g., steering, engine block). I frequently heard murmurs of “I’ll be darned” and “Now that’s just clever”. Best of all, though, he was flooded with memories of this time of his life, and he would share them with me as he was building. In other words - yes, the build was challenging (especially for an 84-year-old newbie!), but it was so, SO worth it. It was never just about the build for him, but about the sense of wonder and nostalgia. Thank you, Lego… this was magical!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from LEGOBy Priv, LEGO® Customer Service, August 26, 2026
Thank you so much for sharing such an amazing moment of your father's experience. He really conquered the challenge as a newbie. We wish him the happiest of birthdays with many more builds and nostalgia to come!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
Fascinating build
on August 24, 2026
Posted by: Bret
This was truly a fascinating build.. As previous reviewers have stated there are some fragile connections, but I did not encounter any of the problems they have had with the build. And the completed model was transported from home to the office with only one piece (one of the headlights) coming detached during the move.
I bought this (and many of the cars) just to see how LEGO was able to create the shapes of these models, and this model probably (with the Cobra from last year) had the most potential for issues. And mostly their solutions worked incredibly well. There were several times where you would make mini-builds that look like nothing, and when assembled to the main car it made perfect sense. I am baffled with how the designers do some of these things, but in a good way.
Overall, a very fun, challenging build, with the end result looking fantastic.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Great car!!!! Extremely fun build!!?
on August 18, 2026
Posted by: Boobear2345
So I just looked at some of the reviews, and I'm really confused. This set was extremely fun build, all the pieces were in great condition!! I really enjoyed the build, I have over 400 lego sets, and found this set very enjoyable!!!! I would recommend this set 100%
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Spectacular set
on August 17, 2026
Posted by: csklr
I felt the need to write a review for this because there are some wacky negative reviews here. This was such an amazing set to build, with techniques I've never seen before and amazing stability despite these techniques involving a lot of 1-stud type pieces that don't lock exactly into place. The designers went the extra yard to ensure that they weren't asking you to do anything ridiculous, even though the building process made me literally say "wow" out loud multiple times. And it just looks amazing when it's done, with really cool features to boot!
Those who had bad experiences with this set, not counting issues of missing pieces (and the slight color inconsistency, which is a valid criticism), likely were not being precise enough with their single-stud piece rotation and were not checking for full piece joining along the way. Or may have just messed up some steps.
For me, sets like this that are complex, require focus and precision but are intuitive and well-designed are peak lego. Hoping for more like this! This was way more interesting than the Porsche 911 and even more interesting in a certain way than the 8:1 technic cars.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO