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Space Saturday

It’s been ages since we’ve featured something sci-fi related, and there’s a very good reason for that; we’re crap at it. But no matter, because today we have no fewer than four spacey builds, and each will be as poorly explained as the last!

So here’s the first (above), this Neo-Classic Space fighter thingumy from Flickr’s bradk918. Pictured dashing over a lunar landscape there’s some clever SNOTery going on in its creation, and there’s more to see at Brad’s photostream.

Next we’re going all asymmetrical, like a first generation Mini Clubman or Nissan Cube, with this  Star Wars-adjacent fighter. A single aircraft tail forms the one-sided wing and there’s more to see of this unusually-shaped ship courtesy of Paul Nicholson on Flickr.

Next we’re swapping fighters for freighters, as the mini-figures of space need their Amazon deliveries too. This neat modular cargo ship comes from previous bloggee David Roberts, and there’s also a matching ground-based drone for loading purposes. Order your space goods with next-day-delivery via the link.

And finally, we stick with sci-fi but change thrusters for legs, thanks to this mad ‘Type-R Monkey Mech’ by Flickr’s Marco Marozzi. We assume when VTEC kick it runs like a mechanical Usain Bolt.

There’s more to see of all four space-based creations on Flickr, and you can head to each builder’s page for all their respective images via the links in the text above.

Golden Nugget

Proving that you can race anything – no matter how inappropriate – Flickr’s Fukku Guen has taken a Japanese Kei truck, fitted a V6 in the cargo bed, wide arches, and the sort of rear wing and front splitter you’d normally expect to find at Pikes Peak. Inspired by the LEGO 77262 Speed Champions Ken Block Hoonicorn set (and utilising a few of its pieces), building instructions are available, and you can take a closer look at Fukku’s black-and-gold Kei monster on Flickr via the link above.

Supernova

Some cars are just cool. And this is one of them, the tremendous 1969 Chevrolet Nova SS, equipped with a near 400bhp V8 and – in the case of PleaseYesPlease’s brick-built example – dropped to the floor under bulging arches. Never has the office Rover 200 looked more upright. Or slower. Join us imagining we’re cool at Please’s ‘Nova SS 1969’ album via the link.

We’ve Got Gas

TLCB Team went out for a curry last night and consequently quite a lot of gas has been released in the office today. Which leads us seamlessly – if childishly – to this, a Kenworth C500K 6×6 ‘Frack Pump’; effectively a 40-ton water-jet used to blast apart rock deep underground to release the gas within.

It comes from previous bloggee Sseven Bricks who was inspired to build it by his PhD. Which is presumably geophysical rather than flatulence related.

Working steering, a two-seat cab, and an opening control box all feature, and you can float on over to Sseven’s photostream via the link above for more.

Striped Snake

We suspect the engineers of the Dodge Viper and The Lego Car Blog Elves have much in common. Hopefully not in the way they look or smell, but if you were to ask the Elves to design a car, it’d probably have a racing stripe, an enormous rear wing, and the engine from a truck in it. All of which are key attributes to the late-’00s Dodge Viper ACR.

Cue this very mean-looking Technic version by Grigoriy, which features a racing stripe, an enormous rear wing, and has the engine from a truck in it.

It also packs in working steering, independent suspension, opening doors and hood, plus custom decals and 3D-printed headlights (as LEGO don’t yet produce the part in trans-clear).

Building instructions are available (you can switch those clear headlight pieces for grey) and there’s lots more of Grigoriy’s superbly presented build to see at both the Eurobricks forum and at his ‘Dodge Viper ACR’ Bricksafe album. Click the link above to take a closer look.

Helping Hand

A few days ago opposite TLCB Towers some hooded gentlemen were struggling to load heavy bags into the back of their van. They were in a real hurry and an alarm was going off nearby which added to their stressful situation. Anyway, this TLCB Writer stopped to help them and got them on their way – a good deed done!

This neat scene by Flickr’s Dwelve is rather reminiscent of the one that took place outside – even down to the delivery drivers’ attire, which is uncannily similar! Help them to load up via the link above, whilst this Writer heads downstairs. Apparently there are a couple of police offers at the door who’d like to chat about something.

From London to Tokyo

In the 2010’s the Japanese Government issued a tender for a new ‘universal design’ taxi for the 2020s. Replacing the disability-unfriendly sedans, the new taxi had to be lower emission, higher accessibility, and meet strict exterior dimension rules. It also had to “evoke the same sense of recognition as the iconic London black cab“.

The winning design came from Toyota, who paired their 1.5 litre hybrid system to a design that looked… almost exactly like a London black cab. Imitation… flattery… and all that.

This excellent recreation of the Toyota JPN Taxi comes from previous bloggee and TLCB Master MOCer Ralph Savelsberg, who has replicated the cab now plying the streets of Japanese cities superbly in Miniland scale. Three conventionally hinged doors, one sliding door, an opening hood, and an opening tailgate all feature, and you can click here to catch a ride across Tokyo at Ralph’s photostream.

Liquid Hot Magma

No not the morning after a spicy curry, but this; South Korea’s first Le Mans hypercar, the Genesis Magma Racing GMR-001.

Built for the burgeoning Hypercar class, the GMR-001 combines an Oreca LMDh chassis with an in-house twin-turbo V8 based on two 4-cylinder engines from Hyundai’s World Rally Car. The team would also have the coolest name at Le Mans if it wasn’t for a certain world-dominting villain.

This spectacular Speed Champions recreation of the Genesis Magma Racing 2026 hypercar comes from previous bloggee SFH_Bricks, who has appeared here numerous times with his ever growing catalogue of Le Mans racers.

With a superbly replicated livery SFH’s GMR-001 is as realistic as Speed Champions creations come, and you can melt every city on the planet with liquid hot magma via the link above.

Cosmic Corvettes

Corvettes, like Mustangs, are often driven by people who think their car can spin on the spot. Or fly. Or both. They are mistaken.

But not today! Because we have two Corvettes that can do just that. Previous bloggee Sergio Batista has taken the 76903 Speed Champions Corvettes set and added a whole lot more vertical ability, with inspiration from artist Alejandro Burdisio, the ‘Blade Runner’ movies, and a heap of unusual LEGO Bionicle and Exo-Force pieces.

LED lighting adds to the aura, and there’s more to see of both the Corvette Stingray hover car and Corvette C8.R ‘Spinner’ at Sergio’s photostream. Click the links to take a look, or here for another bonus Corvette crash.

Giant Haystacks

Because we’re weird, we like obscure niche pieces of machinery here at The Lego Car Blog. And they don’t come much more obscurely niche than a trailer specifically built to carry hay bales. It’s an Oehler DDK 240 BL apparently, and it’s the work of TLCB Master MOCer Eric Trax, who has teamed it with previously-blogged remote controlled JCB Fastrac and Claas Scorpion 756 telehandler.

Like his JCB and Claas, Eric’s Oehler is also motorised, with a single L Motor paired to a gearbox and winch system to allow each sidewall to raise and lower independently, granting access to the 36 brick-built straw bales held within. It’s rather mesmerising to watch in action and you can do just that at Eric’s ‘Oehler DDK 240 BL’ album and at the YouTube video here.

*Today’s title reference. Because we don’t think we’ve linked to a 1970s 317kg British wrestler yet.

Time for T

It’s T time here at The Lego Car Blog, courtesy of Master MOCer Ralph Savelsberg and these immensely detailed Renault T trucks. In heavy haulage 8×4 and the more usual white 4×2 configurations, Ralph’s Ts pack in more detail than many models twice the size, and you head to Flickr for T time by clicking here. Just know that if you add sugar we’ll judge you for it.

The Fastest Car is a Rental

The WEC’s Hypercar class is booming. From years of only a handful of cars there are now almost two-dozen, with more set to join. One of the front-runners is Cadillac, with their V-Series.R run by the British Hertz Team JOTA outfit who switched from Porsche for the 2026 season, meaning that Cadillac are now in both Formula 1 and Le Mans.

This superbly-liveried Speed Champions scale recreation of the 2026 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R comes from serial bloggee SFH_Bricks, with more to see and a link to building instructions available on Flickr. Make the jump via the link above for all the imagery.

Twingo

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

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.

Special-K

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.