Skid Marks
The Lego Car Blog Elves, as has been well documented on these pages, love to commit acts of extreme violence on one another. We’re not really sure why, but as we suspect a trip inside the Elven mind...
View ArticleLEGO Technic 42124 Off-Road Buggy | Set Preview
Will any other 2021 Technic set be as good as the 42124 Control+ Off-Road Buggy? No, of course not. Resembling both a real life off-road buggy and a Tamiya RC car, 42124 is a pink and blue wonder...
View ArticleBrick Built Bimmer
Gosh do we hate the BMW X3. Not a much as the X7, which numerically we hate just over twice as much, but still. However, our thoughts on BMW’s affront to ‘compact’ SUV styling are – like pretty much...
View ArticleI Don’t Want to Live on this Planet Anymore
Half of America believes the other half is lying, a deadly disease is confining us to our homes, and we’re at the tipping point of irreversible and catastrophic climate change (unless you’re in the...
View ArticleBuggy Blues
It’s been a while since the last mass Elven smushing here at The Lego Car Blog Towers. The Elves are wising up to the dangers of being out in the open for too long, a suspiciously unguarded Smartie,...
View ArticleA Good Forking
It’s not all super cars and drag racers here at The Lego Car Blog. Mostly, but not all. This is Shimon‘s remote control Technic forklift, and it’s excellent. A suite of Power Functions motors deliver...
View ArticleThe Colour of Money
Since when did fast Mercedes become so obnoxious? Even the badges shout loudly (and inaccurately), with C’63’ referring to an engine size Mercedes-Benz no longer makes. They couldn’t make the number...
View ArticleHook & Tipper
The Elven experiments are continuing here at TLCB Towers, as we move on from hoisting Elves via a remote control forklift to seeing how many can fit inside the container of Vladimir Drozd‘s excellent...
View ArticleWhat the Frack?
This is a Tatra T815-7 10×10. Plus a few other things. Built in collaboration across five companies and two continents, this remarkable machine is a mobile fracking rig, capable of extracting shale...
View ArticleMedium ‘Mog Magnificence
LEGO’s 8110 Technic Mercedes-Benz Unimog set earned a stellar 9/10 review here at The Lego Car Blog. With working steering, suspension, engine, all-wheel-drive with portal axles, Power Functions...
View ArticleRambo Lambo
The Urus is not Lamborghini’s first SUV. But it is their ugliest, which is something we suppose. No, back in the late 1980s, the maddest of all the car manufacturers decided to do something even...
View ArticleWindy Rear
Yes we’ve opened this post with a fart joke. Named after a hot wind, Volkswagen’s Scirocco took the successful Golf GTI recipe and coupe-d it, creating a quick and light front-wheel-drive two-door....
View ArticleVeeDub WooWoo
Ah, LEGO’s ‘Light & Sound’ system. Before Control+ Apps, Code Pilots, and third-party SBricks, a simple 2×2 brick with a little battery in it that went either ‘Niiii!’ or ‘Wooo!’ depending which...
View ArticleFlat Share
The Lego Car Blog Elves have been busy since their re-release after the Christmas break, so it was only a matter of time before one of them found a remotely controlled creation. Those you expecting a...
View ArticleTipping Tatra
Something remarkable appeared to be occurring today. Following the Elves’ peaceful trundle around the office in the back of an RC flatbed truck a few days ago, one of their number returned with this –...
View ArticleAlfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA | Picture Special
This is an Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA, and we don’t think we’ve ever wanted a car more. Built by Zeta Racing, this incredible recreation of Alfa Romeo’s brilliant ’60s sports saloon has jumped right...
View ArticleA Canadian in Siberia
Canadians are known for their politeness and generosity. Although that might just be in comparison to their noisy neighbour in the basement. Still, even Canadian inventions demonstrate this altruism,...
View ArticleDrive Angry
Despite the presence of Amber Heard, 2011’s ‘Drive Angry’ is a properly awful movie. She does take up about 4/5 of the movie poster though, so we suspect those marketing it knew that themselves....
View ArticleFront Loaded
It’s an exciting time to be a TLCB Elf today. One of their number found this; a magnificent Volvo-esque 4×4 wheel loader with full remote control. It comes from FT-creations and it’s packed with...
View ArticleGiant Vibrator
Get your minds out of the gutter. This is a Vibroseis Tracked Vehicle, designed to send shock waves through the ground to map rock density for the oil and gas industry, and it is – in effect – a giant...
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