All Tippers Great And Small
Because one is never enough, MOCpages’ Nick Barrett has built a small army of tipper trucks ranging from Technic to micro. Each features a variety of working functions (well, except the last one), and...
View ArticleConstruction Cuteness
Welcome to the Lego Car Blog review of set 42023 – Construction Crew, one of the latest additions to the Technic range. We’ve got our finger on the pulse here at TLCB towers… So, there I was in the...
View ArticleEnzo
We kick off the new year in style with an incredible supercar; Sariel‘s new Technic Ferrari Enzo. His latest work features Power Functions remote control drive and steering, a lifelike V12 engine,...
View ArticleThe Bull
Back in the 1980s the Paris Dakar Rally was a very different proposition to how it is today. GPS hadn’t been invented and the race was as much about navigation as speed. European manufacturers were...
View ArticleThink Tank
When the British Army deployed their new invention, known as the ‘tank’, in the First World War the results were slow, unreliable and easily captured. They were also disguised as water carriers, hence...
View ArticleRed Lorry, Yellow Lorry
And they’re the same lorry… This is Technic set 42024, ‘Container Truck’ which will henceforth be referred to as a ‘Skip Lorry’ since I write this in the UK and that’s what it is. It’s a mid-market set...
View ArticleHaving a Dump
Over to Brickshelf now, where TLCB regular pipasseyoyo has built a colossal 6×6 articulated dump truck, earning him his fifth appearance on these pages. Pipasseyoyo’s latest work features a huge volume...
View ArticleMr. Muscle
Today’s second post was also discovered on Brickshelf, it’s also Technic, and it also comes from a Lego Car Blog veteran; the wonderful Crowkillers. Crowkillers’ vehicles have a reputation for being...
View ArticleSoftly Softly
Over to Eurobricks now, where Jonsson has published his excellent Technic soft-tailed chopper, as suggested to us by a reader. Featuring a working V-Twin engine and of course some spongy suspension,...
View ArticleElf For a Day
The Lego Car Blog Elves have been rubbish today. As such we’re posting some of your suggested creations submitted to us via the Feedback and Submission Suggestions page. This one was found on MOCpages...
View ArticleKRAZzle Dazzle
Ukraine might be in the news at the moment for all the wrong reasons, but they still build a mean off-road truck. KRaZ has been at it since 1946, and this one is a 6233 in Truck Trial specification....
View ArticleFork Me
Everyone likes a good forking. Brickshelf’s legosamigos certainly does, and although his Crawler Forklift is a type of vehicle we’ve not seen before here at TLCB Towers, when you need to fork in a...
View ArticleOne For Your Nan
With many of the Elves dispatched on a secret mission we’re relying on you a bit more for content at present. Luckily one of our readers suggested this via the Feedback and Submission Suggestions...
View ArticleMinecraft
The Elves, buoyed by their recent scoop of 2014′s Technic 42029, are feeling quite Technic-y at present. They don’t understand how Technic works most of the time, but they do have enormous fun playing...
View ArticleBackhoe Battle
Yellow building site stuff through the ages… On the right, from 1989, Lego Technic’s first JCB; the 8862 Backhoe. A startlingly yellow confection and the perfect showcase for the then-new second...
View ArticleTechnic Tuesday
Today’s double-post takes The Lego Car Blog back to its roots, with two brilliant fully functional large scale vehicles. First up is Srecko Mimica‘s hot rod pick-up. Under the minimalist Technic...
View ArticleBig Bucket
This enormous Caterpillar 7495 HF bucket excavator was uncovered by a group of very excitable Elves on Flickr. It’s the work of LEGO-building genius Konajra, a man who’s featured here on TLCB a few...
View ArticleFork-Off
Not just an excuse for a slightly rude title, but a comparison of Technic fork lift trucks…. We’ll start with set 850, just as Technic itself did, way back when the summers were warm and everybody was...
View ArticlePower Up
It’s the opening weekend of the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship in Melbourne, and the Elves are riotously excited. So what’s this Technic crane truck by Eurobricks’ Razor got to do with F1? Well,...
View ArticleA Forking Good Time
One of our favourite builders, the Technic genius Nick Barrett, is back with two beautifully engineered forklift trucks. Each is loaded with Technic functionality, which Nick has used to hoist a...
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