Toy company Lego has reacted to the launch of Tesla's Cybertruck be sharing a picture of a car made from a single plastic brick.
The Danish toy brand made the simple model car to mock the blocky Cybertruck electric pickup truck, which was unveiled by Elon Musk last week.
Lego posted the picture of the car made from a single, blue brick on top of two sets of wheels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The picture was posted alongside the caption: "The evolution of the truck is here. Guaranteed shatterproof".
The caption references a mishap at the Cybertruck's launch event, where its windows shattered. Made from Tesla Armor Glass the side windows were designed to be bullet proof, but broke when metal balls were thrown at them.
After the event Musk responded to the failed test by tweeting: "Guess we have some improvements to make before production haha."
Later it was revealed that the windows shattered as the glass had cracked when they had tested the truck's doors by hitting them with a sledgehammer.
"Yup. Sledgehammer impact on door cracked base of glass, which is why steel ball didn't bounce off. Should have done steel ball on window, *then* sledgehammer the door. Next time…," tweeted Musk.
The distinctive-looking truck has an unusual, angular, wedge-like body and is made from stainless steel. It was launched on 21 November at an event near the company's SpaceX factory in Los Angeles, USA.
The evolution of the truck is here. Guaranteed shatterproof
pic.twitter.com/RocTEkzzwI
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) November 27, 2019
Lego's brick version of the Cybertruck is part of a social media storm created by the launch of the much-anticipated electric truck from Tesla. It has divided opinion with some people calling it "courageous" while others think it is "ridiculous".
Dezeen commenters had equally strong opinions, with Martin Zborovjan saying: "Really bold. I like it. People laughed at iPhone too, remember? I am not a truck fan, but would buy this one".
However Alan Smith said: "Beyond ridiculous! A pick-up is meant to be a practical, rugged vehicle. What this thing is or is meant to be is a mystery."
The Cybertruck will go into production in 2022. It is the latest electric vehicle unveiled by Tesla, which was co-founded by Musk.
In 2017 Tesla unveiled the "first mass-market electric vehicle" the Model 3 and since it has launched electric trucks and earlier this year released its "safest" all-electric crossover SUV.
Image courtesy of Lego.
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