The Lego Car Blog Elves’ continual search to find the best LEGO vehicles on the internet has yielded some brilliant creations. But have you ever wondered how they choose what to bring back? Here are the guidelines they follow:
The ‘L’ is for ‘LEGO’: Perhaps a little obvious but the lines do get blurred with clone blands (e.g. Mega Bloks) and LDD. To stand the best chance of seeing a creation appear on The Lego Car Blog it’s best to use LEGO pieces only. Whilst we have occasionally blogged a digital creation, it’s fairly rare for us to do so. The Elves aren’t really interested in a creation unless they can climb on it.
And the ‘C’ is for ‘Car’: The Lego Car Blog was set up in response to the disinterest of the established blogs in featuring LEGO vehicles. This means that we do have a car bias, but we’ll also publicise other vehicle-related creations, such as trucks, ships, sci-fi and motorcycles. If you’ve made a castle though… probably not.
Quality Control: The Elves are under strict instructions to return only high quality work, we like to blog the best! Take your time and do your research.
Pictures say a thousand words: So take yours well. Clean, contrasting backgrounds are easy to do and make a world of difference. Even the most impressive of creations will not feature on The Lego Car Blog unless the pictures are in focus, well lit and exclude any clutter from shot. These simple steps will make you look like a pro!
Don’t be a pirate: We endeavour to blog original creations only. Recreations will not be accepted. And they make the Elves cry. Similarly, creations by builders who trade ‘Likes’, request high ratings, blatantly self-promote their creations, or otherwise engage in general community douchebaggery are unlikely to be considered.
Fresh Fruit: Here at the Lego Car Blog our aim is publicise new creations (typically those under a week old). This ensures that we bring readers the freshest and most interesting creations on the ‘net.
That’s it! Easy huh? If you’ve found a creation that meets all of the above requirements you can suggest it to us via the Feedback and Submission Suggestions page. Please note that we encourage suggestions of other people’s creations – not your own!
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Holy crap. This site is awesome.
Has anyone done a Lego RC Boat build?
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Hello!
A good friend of mine named Mikey McBryan up in Yellowknife Canada works for a company called Buffalo Airways. This company is also the basis for the show Ice Pilots. Mikey is trying to get their iconic airplane, the Douglas DC-3, made into a LEGO model. Its a great project that showcases a revolutionary aircraft from the 1930’s thats still flying up in Northern Canada. It would mean so much to us if this project could be featured on your blog!
http://www.godc3.com
Thank you for your time,
Katie O’Neil
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Hello Katie
Thanks for stopping by. We’d love to feature this model. However, we only post ‘new’ (i.e under a week or two old) photos here, so… if Mikey has a few new pictures (or could take a few more) we’ll happily blog them, just let us know!
TLCB Team
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HI,
I’m from Brazil, and I have made a usefull and small Humvee as you can see on http://www.flickr.com/photos/guilhermelimait/12110218915/.
I really appreciate if you could give me your oppinion about it.
Thank you and keep building! 😀
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hey, guys, more of the same fantastic work!! i know it’s LDD, but it’s rendered and quite astonishing¬
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/379749
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Why exactly do you want ‘fresh fruit?’ Sometimes the old ones are good!
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[…] unusual for us to feature MOCs that aren’t built in real bricks on The Lego Car Blog. The Elves prefer […]
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Hi guys, just like to recommend my friend’s garage works… he has a lot of cool cars here and i hope that you could take a peek sometimes…
http://Www.flickr.com/photos/123865130@N05
Thanks a lot!
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Hello Cheznna
Thanks for stopping by.
We’ve ‘Followed’ your suggested builder on Flickr – they have some good stuff! Maybe you’ll see it appear here in the future : )
TLCB Team
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thanks a lot!
Here’s another one, also my friend…
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The rest is here…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/legophilippines/sets/
thanks!
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Hi again!
Just want to share again with you guys this friend of mine’s MOC…
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Its a Koenigsegg CCX and now also gatherinv support in lego ideas..
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/83007
Hope you could help him… more power to your blog!
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Here’s another one https://www.flickr.com/photos/legophilippines/15126703354/in/photostream/
The rest is here…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/legophilippines/sets/
thanks!
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Hello Cheznna
Thanks for stopping by.
We’re don’t tend to publicise submissions on LEGO Ideas (unless we were blogging the creation anyway) as we do get lots of requests.
However, we have ‘Followed’ your suggested builder on Flickr as their work looks to be close to the quality that we blog here : ) We’ll watch them for future builds.
TLCB Team
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Hi guys, my friend got a recent post, im not sure what type of cars is this but it has all or most of the parts of a car…i think… happy to share ….
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/legophilippines/16040031552/
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/legophilippines/15853450560/
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Hello cheznna
Thanks for stopping by.
Your suggested builder is not quite at our required standard yet but we are watching them.
However, they do keep adding their creations to the ‘Blogged by TLCB’ Flickr group, when they haven’t been blogged. This is not a way to get blogged, but it is a way to annoy us. We may have to resort to a ban…
TLCB Team
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Hello Heloa
Thanks for stopping by.
Your suggested creation has already appeared here! Use the Search tool to find it.
TLCB Team
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Hi, I’d like to suggest a friend of mines amazing Hot Rod, this is a very recent build of his and it looks excellent! I would love to see it on this site! Keep up the great work!
– Josiah
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Hello Mr. Cunningham
Thanks for stopping by.
Do you have a link? We need one!
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Here’s something I found on MOCpages- http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/420110
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Hello Tendoboy
Thanks for stopping by.
A good suggestion but not quite good enough to appear here. It’s close though!
TLCB Team
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How about these?
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/419854
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/420110
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Hello Jake
Thanks for stopping by.
The first builder has featured here a few times recently so we’re skipping this upload by them.
The second doesn’t quite meet the standard of photography required, however both are good suggestions so keep us informed if you find other creations that you think would be suitable.
Kind regards
TLCB Team
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Hey guys! Just wondering if there’s any news on future Master MOCers interviews. Loving the write-ups, keep up the good work!
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Hello Sam
Thanks for stopping by.
Maybe. We enjoyed doing the Master MOCer Series and the interviews seemed to get a good reaction from our readers, so adding further interviewees to the current list is something we’re considering for future content.
All the best
TLCB Team
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*rubs hands together* Sounds great! To add someone to the list, I think you need to squeeze an interview out of Harry Gravett. I talk to him a lot, and he’s a great guy, always happy to give you his honest opinion and loves his cars although his hasn’t got a lot free time at the moment. But if he can somehow miraculously free up some time, pounce on him! He has a new creation out too – how’s that for timing? 😀
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hello , what do you think about my innovative drive
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Hello Jarema
Very clever!
We might send some of our Elves your way soon.
TLCB Team
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Hey guys! This is one of the most beautiful minifig scale cars I think I’ve ever seen, I think it deserves a blogging.
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-Sam
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Hi Sam
Thanks for stopping by.
Your suggestion meets our criteria and has been blogged!
TLCB Team
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Can you put my Land Rover series 1 on your page because it’s a really good moc and it’s a proper British vehicle it’s probably the only one in its proper colour of green please put it on your page.
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Hello Jake
Thanks for stopping by.
We do not accept self-requests. This is explained in the Guidelines above.
Kind regards
TLCB
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crowkiller posted a new racing car. https://www.facebook.com/crowkillers/posts/1682565802018174
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Did you miss this?
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=134385#entry2581336
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Hello James
Thanks for stopping by.
Nope, it’s in the queue (we were waiting for good pictures) and will appear soon.
Please don’t request your own builds though. Your model will be blogged because it’s already planned, but normally a self request means that we exclude that model from appearing here.
All the best
TLCB Team
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Hi TLCB!
Pascal Lenhard (I think he’s a certified builder in France – not sure) built two impressively large Ford GT models in 1/3 scale which were displayed at the Le Mans 24H last weekend; a 2016 race car, which won it’s class this year, and a much cooler 1966 model, which won it overall that year.
Pics and a video at this link:
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/ford-turns-lego-commemorate-return-le-mans
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Hello Ape
Thanks for the tip! We’ll blog this soon!
TLCB TEam
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Awesome! Much appreciated.
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Do tanks count? If so, I found one
http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/430240
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Hello Ben
Thats for stopping by.
That’s a decently engineered model, but it’s a bit lacking in the looks department for this blog (which is, basically, just a list of pictures).
Kind regards
TLCB Team
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How about this one?
http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/430240
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Hello Amy
Thanks for stopping by.
That’s a really well engineered creation! However, aesthetically it’s not the best for this blog, as we’re basically just a list of images.
Kind regards
TLCB Team
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Hello TLCB, I just built a new LEGO Porsche Targa 4S and I would like if you could post it to get support on LEGO Ideas, after all, a lot of people visit this page right? Link: http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/430374
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Hello Marco
Thanks for stopping by.
You’ve posted your comment on our Submission Guidelines page. Please read these, as they detail the submission suggestions we can accept, and those we can’t.
Best of luck with your Ideas project
TLCB Team
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Hey there! check this Targa 4S.
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Hello! I found this Lancia Stratos on LEGO Ideas: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/144922
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Hello Marco
Thanks for stopping by.
Your suggestion meets our criteria and will be blogged shortly!
TLCB Team
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Cool!
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Hello
just opened ICON baja video for sharing in any site. You can share it right at your post
https://thelegocarblog.com/2016/07/27/fj-baja/#comment-37521
thanks
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[…] find lots of superb creations that we can’t publicise here because they fail to meet our image standards. It’s really simple to take high quality photographs of your creation though! You can check […]
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This is a great website. I love the ideas that are built by the many creative minds in this world
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[…] yes… this is a digital build, but rules are made to be bent. Plus we really like Futurama! It helps that this replica of the Planet Express […]
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[…] at TLCB, and our answer is almost always ‘no’. However this time we’ve bent our usual rule, because this, readers, is how to build a digital […]
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Hi
Thake a look to this 67´s 911 targa!
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Hello Rui
Link to a photo sharing site (MOCpages, Flickr, Brickshelf etc.) needed!
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https://ideas.lego.com/projects/a1a4fffb-0e38-4563-a6bd-a636e925a3aa
check out this project… hopefully it meets your guidelines!!
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Hello Greg
Thanks for your suggestion, that’s looks a fun project!
The models and images are not quite high enough quality to appear here, but could be with some tweaks.
Kind regards
TLCB Team
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This is a fantastic PF tractor!
[url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/131382224@N06/albums/72157684047592091[/url]
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Hello Ivan
Thanks for your suggestion.
It is! So much so that we have in fact already blogged it! See https://thelegocarblog.com/2017/07/22/dear-john/
TLCB Team
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How to submit? My computer doesn’t have a big enough space to upload pictures I took, so is there another way to submit, even without your camera memory chip?
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[…] An orange Smartie to Alex! (Much to the Elves’ chagrin). If you’d like to suggest a model as Alex has done you can do so via the Feedback and Submission Suggestions page, and you can see what we look for in a blog-worth creation by reading The Lego Car Blog Submission Guidelines here. […]
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Not exactly a car, but it looks like it can be driven like one…
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/4f98c33e-76b4-41f1-ac39-f5b041782b85
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Hello Chris
Thanks for your suggestion. We don’t usually blog models via Lego Ideas however this creation will be blogged soon via Flickr.
TLCB Team
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Paul van de Bulk’s Ultimatum GTR V10
https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/160093-moc-ultimatum-gtr-v10-supercar/&do=findComment&comment=2944207
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Hello Didumos
Thanks for your suggestion. It meets our criteria (just – whilst model is an easy blog the images are borderline) and thus it will appear shortly!
Kind regards
TLCB Team
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Hello TLCB Team,
I have been following your blog for quite some time now and really like what you are doing. Very nice and well-written articles. Thanks for all your effort.
Would it be possible to blog about my ideas car:
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/bb46e838-fcb6-44d2-a0ed-bbb8f7ba5bc2
Thanks for your consideration.
Pino
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Hello Pino
Thanks for your message.
Unfortunately we cannot accept self requests for LEGO Ideas projects as we get *loads* of these – sorry. However we do very much like your build. If it were uploaded to Flickr / MOCpages / Brickshelf etc and we were to find it there is a good chance it would be blogged.
All the best
TLCB Team
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Thanks for your reply, totally understood!
Best of luck!
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Couldn’t find this here so I thought it deserves a mention…
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Hello Sepulchure
Thanks for your suggestion. It meets our criteria and will appear shortly!
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[…] built digitally (hence why it didn’t appear here), Sam has now built his Supra for real, and it looks stunning. With a near perfectly recreated […]
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How do I submit a model. I have desigend something special that I want to share.
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Hello Helge
Thanks for your message.
We do not accept self requests, however if you add us on Flickr we will be able to see your model easily. We can also recommend uploading your creations to MOCpages, Brickshelf or Eurobricks; each has a good community and our Elves will probably find you : )
Kind regards
TLCB Team
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[…] uses. Firstly, for photographing creations. We always advocate clean neutral backgrounds (in fact we won’t blog a creation, no matter how good it is, without decent presentation), and ‘mbricks’ open up a world […]
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