Review : LEGO 43008 NIKE Dunk x LEGO

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO set 43008 NIKE Dunk x LEGO, a box of 1180 pieces which will be available exclusively on the official online store from July 1, 2025 at the public price of €99,99.

As you already know, if you've been following along, this spin-off is the first product to come out of the LEGO and NIKE collaboration. We've already been promised two more items later this year, but it's this box that's set the tone for what the partnership between the two brands will look like from the Billund-based manufacturer's perspective. And I have to admit, I'm rather pleasantly surprised by the proposal made here.

Unlike what LEGO offered in its time during its collaboration with Adidas, we don't get just one shoe here that we don't really know what to do with. The LEGO ICONS set 10282 Adidas Originals Superstar (€89.99) seemed frankly disappointing to me, both in terms of design and the economical solution which allowed the assembly of a right or left foot.

Here, there's also only one shoe, but LEGO doesn't take the risk of making it a right or left foot and is content to offer a neutral version. Even better, the shoe is far from isolated on its support and is ultimately just a detail of the overall construction. The object also has a few features with two storage spaces and an additional "pair of laces" that will allow you to vary the atmospheres.

I'll point this out right away: everything you don't see on the sticker sheet I've included below is pad-printed. The shoe is well-designed, and even allows itself the luxury of entertaining us with some clever techniques to achieve a final result that I find very respectable, especially at this scale.

The POS-style support is also very well designed and even if it is very quickly assembled, we quickly get into the game of "drawing" the letters in LEGO style. Here it is simply a matter of stacking pieces but the designer has done his homework and the result also seems rather convincing to me with a beautiful relief effect and a successful graphic staging.

The basketball is a sphere with a rather complex design, don't expect a simple ball using only the so-called "Lowell" technique. The star-shaped interior section, based on elements from the Technic ecosystem, is designed to accommodate all the side panels, which are in turn designed to allow the black stripes to circulate across the entire surface of the ball. It's very well executed, unless you find that all these visible studs are a little out of place compared to the rest of the construction.

The back of the product doesn't have the same sophisticated finish as the front; it simply houses the mechanism used to spin the basketball while leaving the large panels used for the logo's background visible. The functionality is purely anecdotal, but at least it has the merit of existing.

Finally, LEGO includes a nice minifigure with high-end pad printing. The product could almost have done without it, but so much the better for minifig collectors who will have a nice offering on hand with its basketball-shaped head.

If you're a sneakerhead and NIKE is one of your favorites, this piece of merchandise is definitely for you. But don't overlook it if you're simply a LEGO fan; it offers a relaxing time during assembly, with three separate sections divided into three different instruction booklets.

All the elements of the set seem successful to me and even if some will find the staging a little disappointing, this product which launches hostilities regarding the collaboration between NIKE and LEGO deserves in my opinion a little attention.

This luxury POS (Point of Sale Advertising) that effectively mimics the displays regularly seen in sneaker stores will enhance the shelves of a fan of the brand, but it can also serve as simple decoration in a teenager's bedroom. This is the stated ambition of this product, nothing more, nothing less.

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