Tiny Technic Tracked Tipper
The smallest official LEGO Technic sets in recent years have a been a bit, er… rubbish. But all that could change with Rabbitdesign’s tiny tracked tipper. Based on one of the Caterpillar Company’s...
View ArticleWheelie Good Freebie!
Ask any vehicle builder how they start a build and you’ll get the same answer: the wheels. Wheels dictate everything about a project, being the only fixed-size component. Luckily for builders LEGO have...
View ArticleScooby Too
Technic Subaru Imprezas are like buses it seems. You wait ages for one and then two turn up at once. Following Pippasseyoyo’s superb large-scale ‘super car’ style WRX posted earlier in the month,...
View ArticleThey See Me Corollin’…
The worlds’ best selling car, the Toyota Corolla, sometimes gets a bit of stick from car enthusiasts. You don’t sell something in the tens of millions unless it’s kinda inoffensive and a bit… boring....
View ArticleA Bug’s Life
Volkswagen’s humble Beetle may not have been a technologically advanced car when it was rescued from the ashes of World War II by the British Army, but recreating every working function of the real...
View Article8852 Redux
LEGO’s classic 8852 Technic Robot set is not one of the company’s finest efforts. It looked a bit rubbish in either mode and its only saving grace was that everything operating mechanically using...
View ArticleLazing on a Sunny Afternoon
It’s sunny here at TLCB Towers and that makes both us and the Elves a bit dozy. Luckily Chris Elliott, one of our Guest Bloggers, joins us to pen today’s post; Channeling his inner European luxury car...
View ArticleTop of the MOCs
The Lego Car Blog News! As long-term readers will know, over the past two years we’ve been running the Master MOCers Series, in which we’ve interviewed the very best Lego vehicle builders anywhere in...
View ArticleDirty Lego
Much of what we feature here at The Lego Car Blog is the work of AFOLs (Adult Fans Of Lego). This usually means an impeccably photographed, spotlessly clean and brilliant creation, which will forever...
View Article42001 Mini Off-Roader Review
…or the Elves go Technic. Regular readers of this blog will remember that the Elves have “helped” us to build some of sets that we have reviewed, including some of the 3-in-1 Creator series. We...
View ArticleHumdinger
We are not fans of Hummer here at The Lego Car Blog. In fact it might be collectively our least favourite vehicle brand of all time. The Elves though – having no taste whatsoever – love this American...
View ArticleBaja Bug
The builder of this Baja Bug, Piterx, says he doesn’t like it very much! He has set the bar very high with his previous builds (use the Search function at the foot of this page to see his previous...
View ArticleFalconry
When we think ‘muscle car’ we usually picture an American behemoth with a massive V8 and two stripes painted over the bonnet. However that would be stereotyping the genre, because this is an...
View Article200 Club
Two hundred Lego pieces. It isn’t a lot is it? Especially if you’re aiming to build a functional Technic model. Lego fan site Eurobricks has set the challenge of using just two hundred elements to...
View ArticleRod Mod
After several non-car posts one of our Elves finally returned to the office with a vehicle worthy of our blog name. This ace hot rod pick-up is the work of Flickr’s SM 01 who has continued working on...
View ArticlePhantasm Picture Special
Master MOCer Paul Boratko (aka Crowkillers) is back! The latest in his long line of exceptional supercars is ‘Phantasm’, a mid-engined, two seat sports car featuring a huge range of Technic functions....
View ArticleLittle Red Corvette
Here at The Lego Car Blog we are not fans of 1970s Americana. We grew up on a diet of small, nimble, efficient cars that could go around corners and that didn’t break down unless they were French....
View ArticleThe Top 5…
Technic Supercars! Welcome to The Lego Car Blog’s new series! Today marks the start of our collaboration with one of the top Lego Vehicle groups on Flickr, the superb Head Turnerz. Head Turnerz’...
View ArticleEven Danny Zuko Wants One
It’s a beautiful summer day here in the northern hemisphere, and what better way to celebrate than by putting the top down and going for a drive? Coming to us today from František Hajdekr on Flickr is...
View ArticleLUGPol Video Special
The steady stream of Elves returning to TLCB office with a great build originating from Poland and/or the LUGPol group indicates that something special must be happening over there. Marek Markiewicz...
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