A MAZterpiece

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The Lego Car Blog Elves are cheerfully riding around the office whilst attempting mildly xenophobic Eastern European accents today, courtesy of Michael Kulakov (aka Michael217) and this, his spectacular MAZ 504 truck.

Fully remote controlled via a mix of LEGO and third-party motors, Michael’s MAZ also features a two speed gearbox via a nicely accessible lever behind the cab (which also moves the in-cab gear lever), a working steering wheel, a 6-cylinder engine under a tilting cab, a mechanically deployable spare wheel carrier, working suspension, plus custom wheels, rubber mud-flaps, and 3D-printed front fender extensions.

The result is quite fantastically life-like (even if not quite all LEGO), and there’s loads more of Michael’s magnificently presented MAZ model to see at both Eurobricks and Flickr. Click the links above to check out his MAZterpiece.

Twingo

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After years of vehicular misery the French auto industry is finally re-finding its mojo. Back in the mid-’90s though, Renault couldn’t stop making hits. One was this, the wonderful Twingo, which – unlike every other ’90s city car – has come an enduring icon. So much so Renault are bringing it back as an EV, but it’s the little sub-800kg (1,700lb) 1.1 litre original we lust after. This one comes from Flickr’s ilyabuilder724, who has repurposed a Speed Champions windscreen brilliantly, and you can head to a European city circa-1994 via the link above.

It Was a Good Day

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I gotta go ’cause I got me a drop-topAnd if I hit the switch, I can make the ass dropCube’s Impala is the base
Sergio Batista’s even added his faceLow ‘n slow wins the race
Chrome bricks, printed rims and paint, for purists this Chevy ain’tBut listen homies, that’s not a complaintBounce over to Flickr, so you can acquaint.

Yes we’ve murdered Ice Cube’s ‘It Was a Good Day’, but with Sergio’s ’64 Chevrolet lowrider straight from the ’92 video we were pretty much obliged to. Click here to make the ass drop.

GRRRRREAT!

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It might sound like an abbreviation of Tony the Tiger’s catchphrase, but we’re so excited about the ‘Toyota’ GR GT. A front-mid-engined, twin-turbo-charged V8 built to go GT3 racing, it’s the antidote to whatever 1,500bhp three-ton Chinese electric monstrosity has been launched this week.

It’s also no longer a Toyota, with the GR (Gazoo Racing) brand now its own entity alongside Toyota, Lexus, and Daihatsu. Which also explains why Toyota’s Le Mans Hypercars curiously didn’t wear ‘GR’ liveries when they took victory at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, because soon both Toyota and GR will be at Le Mans.

GR GT sales are planned from next year, but until then we have this spectacular brick-built replica to keep us happy. It’s the work of previous bloggee Mihail Rakovskiy who has captured the real car brilliantly. There are opening doors, hood and trunk, a highly detailed twin-turbo V8 engine, a beautifully recreated interior, and even a lifelike chassis and running gear underneath.

It’s a superb homage to probably the most exciting car of 2027, and you can take a closer look via Mihail’s ‘Toyota GT GR’ album on Flickr. Click the link above to go ‘Grrr!’.

Special-K

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Kei trucks are not renowned for their performance. Smallness yes. Speed no. But what if you fitted a twin-turbo engine in the entirety of the bed?… Well Flickr’s Sergio Batista has answered that question with his mad kei truck, which imagines what a Suzuki Carry would look like if it were built for Time Attack. With choice parts and the livery from the LEGO 77258 F1 Academy Car set it certainly looks the business, and you can drift through the narrow streets of Tokyo via the link above.

Biking Through the Stars

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It is just over a year since racing car building legend and TLCB Master MOCer Luca Rusconi (aka RoscoPC) tragically died in a motorcycle accident. His works remain amongst the finest that this site has ever published, and continue to inspire countless other Lego builders.

One such builder is Mirko Soppelsa, who has applied Rosco’s trademark style to his Star Wars Storm Trooper speeder bike, complete with a glorious retro Scuderia Ferrari livery.

Mirko’s incredible presentation is match for the builder that inspired him, and you can join Rosco forever biking through the stars via the link to Mirko’s Flickr album above.

Nomadic Lifestyle

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It’s funny how words change over time. What once meant herding livestock across the Mongolian steppe, living in a tent and drinking yaks milk, now means sitting on a beach in Bali selling crap digital marketing / lifestyle coaching / crypto courses to the terminally gullible.

There must be a middle-ground…

Fortunately there is, and today we’re showing you how to have a nomadic lifestyle whilst neither freezing in a tent in Mongolia nor becoming an insufferable digital douchebag. This is the Chevrolet Nomad.

Based on the Chevrolet Bel-Air and featuring a gorgeous two-door two-tone station-wagon body, the V8-powered Nomad was the height of ’50s ‘Motorama’ design. Growing to become an equally dramatic four-door station-wagon from ’58, it’s the ’57 model-year we have here, courtesy of previous bloggee Tony Bovkoon and his fabulous Model Team recreation.

Opening doors, hood and tailgate all feature, as does a superbly replicated V8 engine and interior, with lots more to see at Tony’s ‘Chevrolet Nomad’ album. Building instructions are available too so you can go nomadic for yourself; click the link above to find out more, no yaks milk or dodgy digital marketing course required.

Crossing the Atlantic

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Jean Bugatti’s personal Type 57SC Atlantic mysteriously disappeared almost a century ago. Estimated to be worth $100 million today if found, it’s one of just four Atlantics created by Bugatti in the mid-1930s, and perhaps one of the hardest cars ever built to recreate from Lego bricks. Flickr’s NV Carmocs has done just that though, replicating the incredible curves beautifully in Speed Champions scale. Spectacularly presented, NV’s Atlantic may not be worth $100 million but it’s sure worth a closer look, and you can cross the Atlantic via the link to his photostream above.

Flight of the Bumblebee

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According to early aerodynamic science, the bumblebee cannot – in fact – fly. But it can, because we’ve seen them do it. Like, all the time. We’re not sure about Shannon Sproule‘s ‘Bumblebee Short Ranger Scout’ though, as even by Classic Space standards its physics look rather improbable. The Classic Spaceman at the controls looks happy enough however, and you can fly on over to take a closer look via the link.

A Car Park of Lego Vehicles

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We’ve been AI-ing ourselves, and apparently The Lego Car Blog is the largest archive of Lego vehicles anywhere in the world! Which is probably because no-one else could be bothered… Still, seeing as our Elves have found the square root of nothing over the past few days, it seems like an opportune time to remind ourselves how big the Archives now are. Find whatever you’re looking for (probably) below!

A-Z of Lego Cars

From Alfa Romeo to… um, Volvo (ok, we haven’t quite got to Z), there are over fifty car brands in The Lego Car Blog Archives, from vintage luxury to the very newest marques and everything in between. Find out if your favourite car has been built from LEGO bricks (and what TLCB Staff think of it…) by clicking the words below!

Click Here for the world’s largest Lego Car Archive

A-Z of Lego Bikes

If you like your journeys with two less wheels and the added jeopardy of becoming an unexpected organ donor, we’ve got motorbikes too! From BMW to Vespa, hundreds of hogs, scramblers, cruisers, and superbikes have been built from LEGO, and TLCB Archives are packed with all of them. Don your helmet and join the ride via the link below!

Click here for the worlds largest Lego Motorbike Archive

A-Z of Lego Trucks

And if you like your vehicles with rather more wheels, and trailers loaded with everything from hay to beer, then check out TLCB A-Z of Trucks, where every brand from DAF to ZIL is represented. Haul yourself over via the link below!

Click here for the world’s largest Lego Truck Archive

Going Vegan

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Today The Lego Car Blog is going vegan! Yes we’re swapping pork for tofu, thanks to TLCB Master MOCer Firas Abu-Jaber and this tremendous Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno, built only from the parts of the official LEGO 10295 Porsche 911 set.

Capturing the icon from ‘Initial D’ driven by tofu delivery driver Takumi Fujiwara, Firas’ 10295 alternate includes an opening hood, hatch and doors, working steering, pop-up headlights, plus a beautifully detailed engine and interior.

Firas has also added some custom replica ‘Initial D’ decals – the only part not coming from the donor Porsche, and so good is the result you’d be hard pushed to know it’s not meat. Er, we mean an alternate.

Superbly photographed and presented, there’s lots more of the model to see at Firas’ ‘Toyota AE86’ album on Flickr; take a look via the link above and perhaps swap pork for tofu yourself.

We’re off to go and eat some ribs.

Happy 250th USA!

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The United States of America is 250 years old! Which makes it not quite as old as this TLCB Writer’s church. Still, a quarter of a millennium is worth a party, and what better way to do that than by renaming an airport, starting a war with Iran, and putting a slightly crap fair on the National Mall. Or, alternatively, building a giant gatling-gun-armed mech with George Washington’s face on it! Flickr’s Julius von Brunk knows how to celebrate a semiquincentennial anniversary and you can join him on the Whitehouse Lawn via the link above! USA! USA!

Don’t Tell Ferrari’s Lawyers

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A pen has just been dropped by a grey-suited lawyer in Maranello. He looks up. He can sense something is wrong. Somewhere, someone has used the F-word without his permission.

Ferrari do not like it when their logo is applied to something they haven’t built (or even if it’s removed from something they have), so they’re really not going to like this Ferrari Dino 246 GTS by Flickr’s Nathanael Kuipers. Because underneath, this Ferrari is a Corvette.

Yes this Dino 246 GTS is constructed entirely from the pieces found within the Icons 10321 Chevrolet Corvette set, and includes opening doors, engine cover and front and rear trunks, a removable roof, and a detailed interior, with all of it rebuildable at home as Nathanael has published building instructions too.

There’s much more to see at Nathanael’s photostream and you can take a closer look – and maybe recreate it for yourself – via the link above, before Nathanael is handed a Cease & Desist notice by a disgruntled Italian lawyer.

More Garbage

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Various comments received here at TLCB have rightly accused us of posting garbage, and excitingly we’ve got more garbage to post today!

This is a Mack LR side-loading garbage truck, and it’s been built only from the parts of the LEGO Technic 42175 Volvo FMX & EC230 Electric Excavator set, so there’s some recycling going on as well.

There’s working steering, a 6-cylinder engine under the tilting cab, a tipping hopper, and an operational side-loading arm too.

Flickr’s Dyens Creations is the builder behind it, and you can put your bins out via the link above, plus you can click here for another 42175 alternate blogged here previously. Because we do post a lot of garbage.

Nazi Chase

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TLCB Elves are all happily watching ‘Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark’ today, thanks to previous bloggee _Tyler and this excellent recreation of the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 320 Staff Car that starred in the movie.

A recreation of a real 1937 Mercedes-Benz 320 itself, the movie car saw action in a chase involving a several vintage German vehicles, a gaggle of Nazis (we’re not sure their collective noun is), and a horse, with the car eventually coming off worse in an exchange with Dr. Jones’ stolen military truck.

There’s more to see of _Tyler’s creation on Flickr via the first link, plus you can watch the famous movie scene in which it starred via the second. Take a look and start humming the theme music…