Nissan GT-R GT3 | Picture Special
Nissan make some of the most boring cars on the road today. Boring crossovers, boring SUVs, boring crossover/SUVs, and whatever this is supposed to be… Apart that is, from one car. The Nissan GT-R has...
View ArticlePumped Up Kicks**
The enormous contraption is a Mercedes-Benz mounted concrete pump, complete with a huge three stage extending boom that’s capable of servicing an entire constructions site*. This superb Technic...
View ArticleSpeedy Repairs
The 2019 Lego Speeder Bike Competition is generating some most excellent creations. Being a car blog we won’t be featuring all of the blog-worthy builds emanating from the group (you can check out all...
View ArticleNo Such Thing as a Free Ride
‘Why is there an Elf looking at me?’ thought this writer upon his entrance to TLCB Executive Washroom and Sauna for his mid-day ‘quiet time’. A forlorn Elf looked up at him from the toilet bowl,...
View ArticleRemote Control Rubicon
Fancy a dirty weekend? Then take your LEGO with you! At least, that what ArsMan064 of Eurobricks decided to do in entering a Russian trial/trophy event for remote control LEGO vehicles, claiming first...
View ArticleTow Two
Every so often a creation arrives here at The Lego Car Blog Towers that makes us all go ‘…woah!’. This is one of those times. This beautifully presented model is Lucio Switch’s ‘Tow Truck MkII’ and...
View ArticlePerfect Performante
Aaaand we’re back with car! And what a car. This is a Lamborghini Huracan Performante, the track-focussed, more powerful, lighter weight version of the V10 supercar. This stunning Technic recreation...
View ArticleBear in the Woods
We’re taking a dump in the woods today, thanks to this ‘tracked dump truck’ by Flickr’s JLiu15 and its four tracks separated by an articulated pivot. Not only can it take a dump in the woods, JLiu15’s...
View ArticlePick-Up Bricks
Today’s blog-worthy creation comes in two colours (earning the Elf responsible two Smarties as we’re feeling generous), each built by well-regarded Technic builder Madoca 1977 and filled with...
View ArticleMud Vee Dub
Volkswagen’s Beetle is a surprisingly capable off-road machine. Lightweight and with the engine mounted directly over the driven wheels, the humble bug makes for an excellent platform, as countless...
View ArticleMAN With a Semi
Hah! Penis jokes… Anyway, enough of that, on to the model. This is a Technic MAN TGA truck by ArsMan064 of Eurobricks, and it’s a rather clever fully remote controlled replica of the real thing. Built...
View ArticleElf Mining
Whir… Crunch. Whir… Crunch. Unhappy – if familiar – noises floated down the corridor and into TLCB Office today. TLCB staff looked at one another. One writer was eating a packet of crisps, one was...
View ArticleMonstrously Clever
Remote Control monster trucks have a history here at The Lego Car Blog, which – if you’re an Elf at least – is not always a happy one (see here, here, and here). Fortunately today’s example was –...
View ArticleAnother Defender
No not that Technic Land Rover Defender, this is the original (it’d be embarrassing if someone thought the new 42110 official Land Rover Defender set was the old one wouldn’t it?…), in North American...
View ArticleRocket II
Following today’s earlier post the Elves were most unimpressed. Peaceful river trips are not really their bag after all. However giant chrome 1,000bhp Hemi-engined trikes very much are. This...
View ArticleI Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost
If there’s something strange in you neighborhood Who you gonna call? (Ghostbusters!) If there’s something weird And it don’t look good Who you gonna call? (Ghostbusters!) I ain’t afraid of no ghost I...
View ArticleSpace Container
Oh. Crap. That’s what went through this writer’s head when he entered TLCB Towers this morning. The Elves don’t have a bedtime as such, returning to the office as and when they find a blog-worthy...
View ArticleThe Martian
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. The world no doubt thought following NASA’s incredible achievement in 1969 that lunar exploration would become routine. As it turned out...
View ArticleBlack Mirror
We continue yesterday’s chrome theme with, well… even more chrome. This is ianying616‘s ‘Black Onyx’ hot rod, and it’s really very shiny indeed. It’s also two cylinders short of the engine usually...
View ArticleChevrolet Silverado K30 Crew Cab | Picture Special
Here at The Lego Car Blog we’re not usually fans of American pick-up trucks. This is because they are, by and large, complete crap. However – and we appreciate there is little logic to this whatsoever...
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