The Queen Vic
Novvember is finally over, so until the next tenuously titled month-long bandwagon rolls into town here’s one of the last creations uploaded to the departing theme. Tim Henderson‘s Lightning VicQueen...
View ArticleV-Bombers
Back in the days when the Royal Air Force spent as much on moustache wax for its pilots as it did on jet fuel, three mighty bombers were designed. The Valiant, Victor and Vulcan. The latter two were...
View ArticleMilky Way
Because classic spacemen still need calcium… The very wonderful Classic Space Pocket Money Contest is running for a third year on MOCPages. We’re very excited by this, and not just because it gives us...
View ArticleSpinner
Syd Mead’s ‘Spinner’ police car from the movie Blade Runner has become one of the most influential sci-fi designs of all time, with the basic premise used in countless films since its first appearance...
View ArticleRed Russian
This, er… thingumy is apparently a Soviet Martian Dump Truck. And who we are we to argue when it looks this cool? Shannon Ocean is the builder, and you can see more of his whimsical creation here.
View ArticleNew Year Fireworks
Everyone likes a big rocket,* and Flickr’s Billyburg has got two! They’re mounted on the back of his Mobile Intergalactic Rocket Command vehicle, a reimagining of LEGO’s own 6950 Classic Space set....
View ArticleTuk, tuk, tuk, tuk…
The cheap and simple to maintain “tuk, tuk” is spreading everywhere today. Especially in Asia, Africa and South America they are thronging the roads of cities transporting both goods and people....
View ArticleNot a Car
We haven’t featured a mech here in a while, and this one is right at the top of the mechanical tree. It’s called PE-003 HOUND, and it’s the work of Flickr’s Moko. There’s lots of seriously inventive...
View ArticleLonely Road
This lone spaceman has shunned the permanent sunny disposition of his Classic Space counterparts for a look of grim determination. It looks like he’s got a very long way to go… You can see more of...
View ArticleA Red Re-Vamp
The Elves were incredibly excited when they found this super Starfighter Transporter by billyburg. They thought that each of hub caps on its 8 wheels was a blue Smartie. Alas not but we have rewarded...
View ArticleBack to the Future (For the Third Time)
Here at The Lego Car Blog our attitude to sci-fi is like our attitude to art: we don’t much about it but we know what we like. We’ve done quite well recently, having blogged both the first and second...
View ArticleAt Your Convenience
This year’s Febrovery is producing some wild flights of fancy, some strangely silly machines and even one or two practical bits of space surface transportation. Falling somewhere in between the very...
View ArticleFebrovery Fun
This classic spaceman looks like he’s having a good time. But then, they always do. Flickr’s piratecox makes his second appearance here in quick succession with this wonderfully odd entry into this...
View ArticleMan With a Van
Whilst many of our sci-fi oriented Elves are busy giggling at this year’s Febrovery creations, some of them are still scouring the rest of the internet. One Elf has just been rewarded with a shiny red...
View ArticleDemolition Man
Flickr’s Mad Physicist has added another movie car to his ever-expanding collection. This one was built by General Motors way back in 1992 as a concept, and was subsequently adopted into the 1993...
View ArticleValentines Day Special
Today we’re calling upon the collective experience of the entire TLCB staff to bring you some top quality dating advice this valentines day, in Lego form. First up is the beautiful classic yacht...
View ArticleiCar
Rumour has it that Apple are apparently hard at work developing an autonomous car for production, and are headhunting the best minds at Google, Tesla and other tech and automotive leaders to help them...
View ArticleLiberation
Jon Hall is back with another weird yet utterly brilliant aircraft. This one’s got checkers (which are surely the new racing stripes), it’s entitled the ‘Liberator’, and you can see more here.
View ArticleSpace Rod
The smiling spacemen of Classic Space seem to be taking over the world! No sooner had we posted this classic space mash-up than another Elf returned to TLCB Towers clutching this imagining of what a...
View ArticleThat Was Febrovery That Was
Here at The Lego Car Blog, we pride ourselves on being a serious journal. We’ve chronicled and curated a high quality collection of Technic vehicles, Town & City minifig-scale machines and...
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