Lego Group announced an agreement last week with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to secure construction toy rights for the upcoming movie release Speed Racer, the live-action feature film adaptation of the classic TV series created by animé pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida.

Under the agreement, Lego Group will produce four constructible racing playsets under its Lego Racers brand, scheduled for release in April 2008, ahead of the film’s May 9 release. Many of the Speed Racer characters also will come to life in Lego minifigure form, including Speed, Racer X, Trixie, Spritle, Chim-Chim, Mom and Pops Racer, Taejo Togokhan, Snake Oiler, Gray Ghost, and Cruncher Block.

“Warner Bros. Consumer Products has partnered with Lego on Batman and Harry Potter, and we are excited to expand our relationship to include products based on the upcoming Speed Racer film,” says Karen McTier, executive vice president, domestic licensing and worldwide marketing, for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “Lego has captured the racing excitement of the film in its own unique way.”