Transformers…

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Yellow Lorry 02

…are actually pieces of electrical equipment. Regular readers of TLCB will know of the Elves’ obsession with the Transformers franchise. Finding the best Lego cars on the internet provides Smarties and meal tokens but happiness involves explosions, robots, more explosions and Megan Fox. You can imagine their excitement at finding Jakeof_’s latest build. The smoothly modelled DAF XF95 tractor, towing a Nooteboom Pendel-X trailer with a large transformer as its load is typical of Jakeof_’s style. You can also imagine their disappointment once they realised what sort of transformer it actually was. Still, we’re happy with our find and recommend that you visit Jakeof_’s Photostream to see the details.

Yellow Lorry

Not a Car

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Lego Outrigger Boat

…but rather lovely, is William’s outrigger sailboat. It’s perfectly apt for Easter, manned by two fishing mini-figures, and you can see more here.

853 Redux

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Lego Technic 853 Set

Our review of LEGO Technic’s 853 / 956 Car Chassis set is the most viewed individual page on the whole of The Lego Car Blog. It might have been flawed, but 853 is the grandfather of LEGO’s Supercar range, without which we probably wouldn’t have had some of LEGO’s best ever sets.

Previous bloggee, Master MOCer and Lego Professional Nick Barrett thinks it’s the most important set LEGO have ever made, and he’s given it and brilliant re-boot for the modern age. Updated using the latest Technic parts Nick’s 853 redux costs about half as much as the original 1977 set, yet retains all of its charm.

There’s an inline four-cylinder motor up front, a two speed gearbox in the middle, rear-wheel-drive, working steering and adjustable seats, all as per the original set. We think it’s the perfect candidate for the LEGO Ideas platform, and if you think so too you can let Nick know; take a trip to either MOCpages or Flickr to see more.

The Eliminator

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Lego ZZ Top Eliminator Hot Rod

ZZ Top’s ‘Eliminator’ hot rod is very nearly as famous as the band themselves. This ace Miniland replica of the iconic ’33 Ford Coupe comes from TLCB regular Ralph Savelsberg and there’s more to see here.

Lego ZZ Top Eliminator Car Ford Coupe

MegaTron

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Lego M-Tron

LEGO Space is getting weird. Previously peaceful Classic Spacemen are kicking ass and M-Tron has been supersized.

No sooner had we pinched Wami Delthorn’s enormous reimagining of the classic 1993 M-Tron Core Magnetiser set from The Brothers Brick than one of our enterprising Elves went and found a 6989 re-boot of our own.

This ridiculously cool (and equally massive) version of the classic M-Tron set comes from Flickr’s Rat Dude, and it’s taken M-Tron to a whole new level. With a small army of mini-figures, Technic suspension, and Power Functions drive, this is Lego space as TLCB likes it!

There’s a whole lot more to see of Rat’s insane 6989 M-Tron recreation at his photostream – click the link above to join us there.

Lego 6989 M-Tron

Rolling Sixes

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Lego Chevrolet Sled Hot Rod

Nothing beats two sixes (well, in Risk anyway) so here’s our winning roll of the dice for the weekend. Above is a gloriously smooth ’52 Chevy sled by Flickr’s Tim Henderson, whilst below TLCB favourite Angka Utama has recreated Zagato’s stunning ’90s Aston Martin V8 in 6-wide form. See more of each build on Flickr via the links.

Lego Aston Martin V8 Zagato

The Easter Funny

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Lego Technic Funny Car Drag Racer Crowkillers

It’s Easter, and this is about as close as our Elves are going to get to anything seasonally appropriate. It’s only one letter away anyway. It is of course a ‘Funny Car’ – in effect a dragster chassis with a silhouette car body added atop it. This one comes from Technic legend and TLCB Master MOCer Crowkillers, and it’s got working steering, a blown V8 and the Funny Car necessity of hinged bodywork. Suggested to us by a reader, you can see more at Crowkillers’ Brickshelf page – click the link above hit the drag strip.

Lego Technic Drag Car V8

Super Speedway – Picture Special

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Lego Town Racetrack

We love racing cars here at The Lego Car Blog, and we love LEGO too. Both of these things are in our name and everything. So imagine our delight when one of our Elven workforce found this, an absolutely fantastic Town raceway, complete with grandstand, pit-lane, race control, snack stands, hilarious cameos, and of course a fleet of top-notch racing cars.

Lego Racing

Newcomer Brick Knight is the creator of this enormous scene, and his attention to detail is spectacular. There are almost forty images available to view in his Flickr album, all abounding in imagination and many featuring some brilliantly chosen comic and TV cameos!

Lego Ferrari Crash

There is a lot more to see at Brick Knight’s photostream via the link in the text above – we highly recommend taking a look, whilst we figure out a way to reward possibly TLCB’s luckiest ever Elf.

Lego City Race Track

Big Cat’s Back

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Lego Caterpillar D11t Remote Control Bulldozer

Davy Linden’s incredible (and enormous) Caterpillar D11t bulldozer was featured here at TLCB last year, and if you thought it couldn’t get any more amazing, it just has!

Previously a static display piece, Davy has since added two Power Functions XL motors (one for each track), a pneumatic compressor powered by an L motor, and four Servo motor powered pneumatic switches to control a range of working functions, including the huge front blade’s height and title angle, and the operation of the rear ripper. There are two SBrick’s enabling bluetooth control via a mobile device as well as full LED lighting.

There’s lots more to see at Davy’s photostream – click here to make the jump to Flickr.

Lego RC Bull Dozer

Home Brew

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Lego Technic Supercar RC

Fictional supercars rarely appear here at TLCB because they’re almost universally crap. However, previous bloggee Rage Hobbit has shattered our preconceptions with his superb looking ‘Wutzwerg’ Technic Supercar. It might sound like a German beer but Rage’s home-brewed design is a rather lovely thing to behold, and it’s backed up by some solid Technic engineering too, including full RC drive and steering, double-wishbone indecent suspension, a four speed gearbox and  a V10 piston engine. You can read all the details and watch a video of the Wutzwerg in action on either MOCpages or Eurobricks – click the links for more.

Hi Five

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Lego Toyota Hiace Flatbed

We like humble vehicles here at TLCB. Sure lots of supercars, hot rods and racing cars appear here, but the world could easily live without those. It couldn’t live without vehicles like this though; Toyota’s little Hiace truck. This one comes from Senator Chinchilla, updated from his previous model of another Hiace variant, and you can see more here.

Caught Red Handed

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Lego M-Tron Core Magnetiser

OK, we might as well come clean. Our Elves did not find this creation, and thus they haven’t been fed, and thus they are sulking. The Brothers Brick uncovered this incredible motorised re-imagining of the classic M-Tron 6989 set by Flickr’s Wami Delthorn, and so awesome is it that we had to post it here too. How awesome you say? This awesome…

There’s more to see of Wami’s brilliant M-Tron Core Magnetiser 2.0 on Flickr via the link above – take a look whilst we watch the video again and weigh up a move into marketing…

Blue Bull

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Lego Space Tank

Things appear to be getting serious in Classic Space. Gone are the days of smiling spacemen conducting peaceful exploration for purposes that no-one ever quite fathomed, today’s classic spaceman is smiling for a whole different reason; he has a really big gun. This slightly Great War-esque space tank comes from TLCB favourite Norton74, who has branched out from his usual impeccable hot rod and truck builds in order to arm LEGO Space’s nice guys. His ‘Blue Bull’ space tank comes complete with a crew of three, a support team, and a nifty looking (and very blue) hangar. There’s more available at Norton’s photostream – click the link above to see all the images.

Lego Classic Space Hangar

Three-Sixty

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Lego Ferrari 360 Modena

This beautiful Ferrari 360 Modena comes from Flickr’s Lennart C, and was suggested by a reader. Built in 1/15 scale Lennart’s Modena features opening doors, hood and trunk, a detailed interior, official LEGO stickers, and excellent photography. There are lots more images to see at Lennart’s photostream – click the link above to see them all.

Lego Ferrari 360

Arctic Roll

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Lego Ice Planet Rover

This funky Ice Planet rover from Flickr’s Chris Perron rides on some of the best brick-built wheels we’ve ever seen. And if you think rolling on wheels carved from solid ice is a ridiculous idea, you’re right – but that didn’t stop Lexus…