LEGO Icons 11381 Jaguar E-type: 1,682 Parts

A 1,682-part car that sits just below the middle of the Icons pack

The Jaguar E-type, set 11381, is a 2026 release in the Icons theme and it is currently on the new list at LEGO.com. It has 1,682 parts. It comes with no minifigures, which is normal for a car in this line and tells you what kind of set it is: an object for a shelf, not a toy for a play table.

Our database holds 86 Icons sets. Ranked by part count, this one comes 36th. That is neither a headline number nor a small one. The average Icons set in our records has 2,085 parts, so the Jaguar lands about 400 parts under the theme average. The average is dragged upward by a handful of monsters, which we will get to, so being below it is not a verdict on anything.

The more useful way to read the number is by type. Icons mixes vehicles, buildings, stadiums, ships and pop culture pieces. A car competes for your shelf with a cottage garden and a helmet, not with a 9,000-part monument. Against that field, 1,682 parts is a serious build.

Next to the 2026 Icons cars, the Jaguar is the largest of the three

This year has been busy. Our database shows 19 Icons sets for 2026, and three of them are vehicles in the same family as the Jaguar. The comparison is the most telling one we can make.

The Ford Model T (11376) has 1,060 parts. The Ferrari F2004 & Michael Schumacher (11375) has 735. The Jaguar E-type therefore has about 600 more parts than the Model T and about 900 more than the Ferrari. If you like the idea of a car in this theme but find the other two thin, this is the one that answers you.

The Douglas DC-3 PAN AM Airliner (11378) is the only 2026 transport set that is clearly bigger, with 1,903 parts. That is about 200 more than the Jaguar. So the E-type is the second largest of the four vehicles from this year's list. We find that a useful position. It is big enough to feel like a project and not so big that it takes over a room.

What 1,682 parts means for build time and shelf space

We do not have a dimension or a build time for this set in our database, so we will not invent one. What we can do is read the part count the way collectors do. A set in this range is a multi-evening build for most people, not a weekend rush and not a six-week commitment. It is the kind of box you open on a Friday and finish before the following weekend without feeling you have been dragged along.

A car at this part count usually means a lot of the parts go into curves, panels and the interior, rather than into repeating structure. That is a general observation about cars at this size, not a claim about the contents of this box. What we can say for certain is that the Jaguar has no minifigures, so every one of its 1,682 parts goes into the model itself.

On display, a car stays relatively low and long. It tends to suit a shelf or a sideboard where a tall building would not. For anyone who has run out of vertical space but still has horizontal room, that matters more than any rating.

The giants at the top of Icons make the Jaguar look small, which is the wrong comparison

The top of the theme is extreme. The Eiffel Tower (10307) has 10,001 parts and was released in 2022. The Titanic (10294) has 9,092, the Colosseum (10276) 9,036. The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith (11377), also from 2026, has 8,278. Rivendell (10316) has 6,181.

Set against those, the Jaguar has about 8,300 fewer parts than the Eiffel Tower and about 6,600 fewer than Minas Tirith. Those gaps are dramatic, and they are also beside the point. Nobody is choosing between a car and a tower on the grounds of part count alone. They are different objects for different shelves and different budgets of time.

The giants do something else, though: they inflate the theme average. Without them, the typical Icons set is much closer to the Jaguar's size than the 2,085 average suggests. We think the fair reading is that 1,682 parts is a normal, mid-range Icons set, not a small one.

The rest of the 2026 slate shows where this car fits in the year

It helps to see the other 2026 sets in one line. Stranger Things: The Creel House has 2,593 parts, and the Arcade Pinball Machine has 2,274. Both are clearly bigger than the Jaguar, by about 900 and about 600 parts respectively. Autumn Cottage Garden has 1,102 parts, and The Lord of the Rings: Sauron's Helmet has 538.

That gives us a year with a very wide spread: a small helmet at one end, a very large Minas Tirith at the other, and the Jaguar in the upper middle. For collectors who buy one or two Icons sets a year, this is a useful reminder that the line does not force you into a giant. There are sets here for several levels of ambition.

If we were building a short list for the year, the E-type would be the car on it. The Model T and the Ferrari are smaller and the DC-3 is a plane. Within vehicles, the Jaguar occupies a clear place.

No minifigures is a feature of the category, not a flaw of the set

Our database lists zero minifigures for set 11381. We mention it because people occasionally treat a missing figure as a hidden cost. It is not one here. A car of this kind is a model first, and a figure in the seat would look wrong at the scale of a display piece.

What it does change is who the set is for. A child looking for something to drive around a city will not find much use for it. An adult who wants a finished object that sits well in a living room will find that the absence of figures makes the whole thing cleaner.

It also means the part count is honest. Some sets inflate their appeal with accessories and extras. Here the 1,682 parts are the car, and we can judge it on that alone.

Who should buy the Jaguar E-type, and who should skip it

Buy it if you like cars and want a model that takes real time to build. It is also a good choice if you already own one of the smaller 2026 cars and found it too quick. And it suits you if you collect Icons but have limited space, since it asks for much less room than the big buildings.

Skip it if you want the biggest possible challenge. At 1,682 parts, the set is not trying to compete with a 4,000-part project, and it will not feel like one. Skip it too if you are after play value, or if you want a figure to display with it.

There is a third group worth naming. If you already own the Ford Model T and the Ferrari F2004, you have two cars from this year already. The Jaguar is the larger of the three, but you would be buying a third car in the same line within the same year. That may be what you want. It may not.

Our reservations: a crowded year and little hard data on the model itself

We have to be honest about what we cannot tell you yet. Our database does not yet include a 3D model of this set, and we have no confirmed details on its finished size or on how its parts are distributed. We will update this page when we have more.

The bigger issue is the crowd. With 19 Icons sets already in 2026, the theme is producing a lot, and a car competes for attention with a pinball machine, a Stranger Things house and a Lord of the Rings fortress. For a collector watching a budget of time and space, a busy year makes choices harder.

None of that makes the Jaguar a weak set. It makes it a set you should buy on purpose, not by reflex. We would rather you chose it because you wanted a car than because it appeared on a new list.

Our take

We like what this set is trying to be. It is a car with enough parts to be a real project, in a theme that often asks you to clear a whole wall. At 1,682 parts it is the largest of the three 2026 Icons cars in the Model T and Ferrari group, and only the DC-3 airliner sits clearly above it among the year's transport sets.

Our reservation is that we have no 3D model and no confirmed size, so the case rests on part count and position in the theme. On those, it is a solid, sensible set, not a thrilling one. We would buy it if cars are your thing and you want a build that fits an ordinary shelf. We would not buy it as a first Icons set if you want the theme's wow factor. For that, look at the bigger sets.

Our verdict: a good mid-range Icons car that does exactly what it says.

Editors' score 7 bricks out of 10

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Frequently asked questions

How many parts does the LEGO Jaguar E-type 11381 have?

The Jaguar E-type, set 11381, has 1,682 parts according to our database. It belongs to the Icons theme and was released in 2026. In our ranking of 86 Icons sets by part count, it comes 36th, which puts it a little below the middle of the pack.

Does the Jaguar E-type 11381 include minifigures?

No. Our database lists zero minifigures for set 11381. That is common for Icons vehicles, which are designed as display models. All of the 1,682 parts go into the car itself, so there are no figures to place in it or next to it.

How does the Jaguar E-type compare with other 2026 Icons cars?

It is larger than the other two cars in our 2026 list. The Ford Model T (11376) has 1,060 parts and the Ferrari F2004 & Michael Schumacher (11375) has 735. The Jaguar has about 600 and about 900 more parts respectively. The Douglas DC-3 airliner is bigger, with 1,903 parts.

Is the Jaguar E-type big for an Icons set?

Not by the theme's standards. The average Icons set in our database has 2,085 parts, so the Jaguar is about 400 under it. The Eiffel Tower has 10,001 parts. But a few giants raise that average, and 1,682 parts is a solid mid-range build for a car.

Who is the Jaguar E-type 11381 for?

It suits adult collectors who like cars and want a build that lasts several evenings and fits on a normal shelf. It is less suited to anyone who wants play features, minifigures or the biggest possible challenge. For that kind of build, the larger Icons sets are a better match.

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