Winter is Coming…
Well, it is if you’re reading this in the Northern hemisphere. Plus we heard your Mom likes a good plough*, so today we’ve got one! Built by Damian Plesniak it’s quite a bit of kit too, and it’s...
View ArticleDashing Through the Snow
It’s getting all wintery here at TLCB Towers. This means a) we barely see any daylight, b) our Elves often need defrosting when they return to the office (but that’s OK, they’re elves), and c) we’ll...
View ArticleGet Hard
We’re not quite sure why Nissan’s late ’80s – early ’90s compact pick-up truck was called the ‘Hardbody’. All cars have a hard body. Well, apart from whatever this is. It’s also meant that today’s...
View ArticleIt’s Christmaaaaaas!
Presents are being wrapped, Santa is checking his list twice, and we’re about to spend the next few days getting drunk. So as we wind things down here for our usual Christmas break we have one last...
View ArticleThief in the Night
Full disclosure; this magnificently menacing model was not found by our Elven workforce. We stole it. From Bricknerd. We’re ashamed, and remorseful, but not enough to stop us from blogging it. The...
View ArticleChristmas Orange
We’re not really sure why you always get an orange at the bottom of your Christmas stocking. This TLCB writer usually gives his to the Elves, who – having been caged over Christmas – are usually...
View ArticleBig Bucket
Just like your Mom, this fully remote controlled Technic Caterpillar 6120B HFS mining shovel is absolutely massive. Designed and constructed by Technic-building legend Shineyu, this brick-built...
View ArticleTaking a Dump
LEGO’s 42054 Claas Xerion 5000 tractor is one of the very best sets that we’ve ever reviewed. It’s so good in fact that we can think of little that could be done to improve it. But that’s not to say...
View ArticleMcLaren Monday
McLaren Automotive are on a roll right now. After two decades away from car building they’ve re-entered the market big time, first with the MP4-12C (easily the worst named supercar in history), and...
View ArticleNot a Porsche
LEGO’s 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS set… we’re not really fans here at TLCB, and we’re also definitely not fans of the weird part of the online Lego community that seeks to buy sets like this and leave...
View ArticlePagani Huayra – Picture Special
It’s time for something special. Really special. Poland’s Paul Kmiec, better known as Sariel, has been wowing the online Lego community for years. He’s a published Lego author and a veteran of this...
View ArticleNine One Nine Two
Flickr’s Manuel Nascimento has appeared here at The Lego Car Blog before with his utterly spellbinding Lego Technic Porsche 919 Le Mans LMP1 racer. This is his latest iteration of the race winning...
View ArticleUnim-odd
Just like your Mom, the Mercedes-Benz Unimog U90 is a bit… er, aesthetically challenged, but it likes to get dirty. With portal axles, four-wheel-drive and huge travel suspension the 1992 U90 series...
View ArticleFlat White
This exceptionally neat Technic flatbed truck by Flickr’s Damian Plesniak was discovered by one of our Elves today, and underneath all that neatness is a full remote control Power Functions...
View ArticleMeter Maid
2016’s brilliant ‘Zootopia’ showed us no matter what we look like on the outside, it’s what’s inside that counts. The same is certainly true for this recreation of the meter maid police cart from the...
View ArticleTip-Off
Previous bloggee pipasseyoyo of Brickshelf returns to The Lego Car Blog with another top quality Technic creation. His latest build packs in no less than six Power Functions motors to drive the...
View ArticleNot a DeLorean
Ah, Back To The Future, an office favourite here at TLCB Towers and the film that made a star of the iconic Delorean DMC-12, a car that was… total and complete crap. If you’re unfamiliar with the true...
View ArticleTechnic Tacoma
[Elven Screaming]… [Thump!]… [Elven Screaming]… Sigh. It’s been a while since we’ve had a mass Elf squashing here in the office, but today, thanks to builder Madoca 1977, we were reminded what it...
View ArticleR is for Revenge
With the Elven bodily fluids and most of the bigger body parts cleared away from today’s earlier situation, we were hoping for a quieter remainder to the afternoon. No such luck. Screeching down the...
View ArticleMy Other Car is a Mercedes-Benz…
This stunning Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 DTM racing car was discovered on Eurobricks, and it’s one of the most original Technic Supercars we’ve published in ages. Underneath the brilliant bodywork,...
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