Counting Cars
OK, there aren’t actually any cars to count in this post, but there could be quite a few. Mechu333‘s thoroughly excellent Mercedes-Benz articulated car transporter can hold seven by our count, and...
View ArticleWinter Wheels
It might be a bit heavy and ungainly, but it gets the job done. No not your promiscuous mom, but this slightly Soviet-looking Technic 4×4 from Brickshelf’s damianple. Underneath the blocky bodywork...
View ArticleHavin’ a Tug
This enormous airport tug has been built by filsawgood of Eurobricks, and it’s something pretty special. Not only does it look – for a tug at least – rather good, it features a wealth of ingenious...
View ArticlePipe Dream – Picture Special
The Lego Car Blog Elves like laying little pipes, but if they’re not laid in their cage room there is serious trouble. A few members of TLCB staff walk around the office bare-foot and there has been...
View ArticleJeepster
As well as being a terrifying (although also slightly comical) dinosaur and a rather excellent 1970s rock band, T-Rexs also come in a vehicular variety. This is one, built by MOCpages’ Desert752...
View ArticleDouble Decker Dennis
This spectacular Technic creation is an Alexander Dennis Enviro 500 bus, as used across the Chinese Island of Hong Kong. Built by a small British company, rear-wheel-drive and with hybrid propulsion,...
View ArticleArctic Roll
The Lego Car Blog Elves, despite being mythical creatures usually associated with winter, hate the snow. Unfortunately for them they have to go out in it if they want to get fed. One of our more...
View ArticleThe King is Dead…
…Long Live the King. Manufacturing of the the world’s fastest production car ceased last year, and with Bugatti now readying a replacement we thought we’d take a look back at the car that re-wrote the...
View ArticleBlowing Snow
Nope, not an 80’s stockbroker snorting a line from the stomach of a lady of negotiable affection, but this – Thirdwigg‘s exceptionally neat Technic snowblower. In fact it’s such a neat creation that...
View ArticleTechnic Porsche 911 42056 – Set Preview
We were a little underwhelmed with LEGO’s 2016 Technic line-up when we released details back at the end of 2015. However, there was hope that better sets were to come; there was a gap in the numbering...
View ArticleDuel Controls
It’s a remote control double today as our Elves have found two red RC cars for us to share. Each has been awarded a meal token and a red Smartie, and there have been no smushings or fights. Success...
View ArticleFolded Pair
TLCB staff are forever being told to fold stuff neatly and put it away by our long-suffering intern, so today we’ve done just that with two expertly engineered Technic cranes – although we’re not...
View ArticleTwin Jeeps
These two delightful CJ5 Jeeps were discovered by a happy Elf today, built by previous bloggee and Lego Professional Nick Barrett. Nick’s work has appeared here several times over the years and his...
View ArticleFireman Sam
We’re not sure if our worldwide audience will know who Fireman Sam is, but as we grew up with him this neat Technic fire truck (or ‘fire engine’ as Sam would call it) has taken us back to our...
View ArticleAll Four
A modern Audi might just be an overpriced Skoda driven by a sunglasses-wearing, tail-gating douchebag, but there was a time when to drive an Audi was the understated choice. All that changed in the...
View ArticleKoenigsegg One:1 – Picture Special
This breathtaking creation is a Koenigsegg One:1, Sweden’s twin-turbocharged, 1,300bhp, rumoured 270mph, 1:1 bhp:kg ultra-rare hypercar. It’s the work of Pvdb, and it’s one of the greatest Technic...
View ArticleGot Gas?
Flickr’s Horcik has, in the form of this quirky remote controlled ‘gasser’ hot rod. Underneath the late ’50s Chevrolet Bel-Air(ish) bodywork are a suite of Technic motors, LEGO’s li-po battery and a...
View ArticleScania G480 Crane Truck – Picture Special
TLCB favourite shineyu is back with another glorious Technic creation; a truly enormous Scania G480 10×4 crane truck. Inside the superbly accurate bodywork are ten LEGO Power Functions motors and four...
View ArticleBrick Bucket
At over 1.2 meters longs, weighing 8kgs, and with 14 motors, 4 batteries, and 6 IR receivers, Desert752 Kirill’s replica of the 700 ton soviet ER-1250 bucket wheel excavator is one of the most...
View ArticleUgly Zukker
After a few deeply cool and exotic vehicles TLCB has returned to its place in the automotive gutter, a spot we seem to inhabit rather frequently. This is an FSC Zuk van, and it’s hideous in every way....
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