Fly like an Eagle

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Lego Eagle Talon

Ah the Eagle Talon. A car we know nothing about, seeing as it wasn’t available in our home nation. Or continent. Still, a re-badged Mitsubishi Eclipse sold by a company created by Chrysler that no-one had ever heard of would surely do well? Eagle folded (get it!) in 1999, eleven years after it launched, and the world kept turning, but this Model Team recreation of their (actually not bad) Talon sports coupe is rather nice. Serial bloggee Senator Chinchilla is the builder, and you can see more here.

Lego Eagle Talon Mitsubishi Eclipse

It’s a Hard Knock Life

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Lego Mad Max Post-Apoc School Bus

If the Elves went to school, this is what they’d ride in. This would be to ensure the safety of the community, but we have a feeling that they would love it too. Suggested by a reader, you can see more of James Cox’s post-apoc Mad Max-esque school (of hard knocks) bus on Flickr.

Today’s second Mad Max creation comes from Flickr’s Doctor Mobius for the LUGNuts ‘100 Way to Win’ challenge, and it’s… er, we’re not entirely sure. But we’ll trust him. He’s a doctor. See more here.

Lego Mad Max Truck

Totally Tubular

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Lego Ford Transit VW Buggy

Like, totally. Dude. Right, enough non-sensical surf-talk, these neat Town-scale creations come from Flickr’s Johnni, and you can see more of his brilliant board-laden Mark 1 Ford Transit and classic VW Manx beach buggy at his photostream via the link above.

Mack Daddy

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Lego Mack B75 Truck

This beautiful Mack B75 was discovered by one of our Elves on Flickr. It’s been built by DB_Kit Fisto and it is – as you can see here – a rather lovely thing to behold. It’s not just a static display piece either, as underneath there’s a full remote control drivetrain, working suspension, and LED headlights. You can see more at Kit’s photostream via the link.

Atomic Lady

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Lego Atomic Punk Hot Rod

It’s time for a builder double! Flickr’s LEGO Bro is a veteran bloggee of TLCB and today he makes his return with three top quality cars. Above is his ‘Atomic Punk‘ hot rod entry into the LUGNuts ‘100 Ways to Win’ challenge, whilst below he’s hoping for another way to win with his neat Nissan/Datsun Fairlady combo. See more of each build on Flickr via the links.

Lego Nissan Datsun Fairlady 240Z

Multiculturod

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Lego Rat Rod

Unlike last night’s Oscars (props to Leonardo DiCaprio for his climate change winners speech), this lovely little rat rod by TLCB favourite _Tiler includes every colour, and just look at how excellent it is as a result! Something of a metaphor for cohesive society…

You can see more of _Tiler’s wonderfully diverse and beautifully photographed rat rod on Flickr – click the link above to make the jump.

Fifty-Six Ford F-Series

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Lego Ford F-100 Truck

It’s been a ridiculously busy few days here at TLCB. Thanks to several online contests running concurrently our Elves have been finding huge numbers of top quality vehicles for us to blog. As February draws to a close we’ll be able to slow things down a bit, much to the relief of our typing fingers, but we’ll part the month with one final contest entry, and it’s from one the best builders anywhere in the world.

This incredible 1956 Ford F-100 pick-up comes from TLCB Master MOCer and Professional Builder Nick Barrett, and is his entry into the LUGNuts ‘100 Ways to Win’ competition.

At a huge 44 studs wide Nick’s truck is one of the most detailed models of the year so far, but with such complex curves we think all 44 studs were probably needed! Underneath that beautiful full-stud bodywork is a full Technic supercar chassis, with a perfectly recreated V8 engine, 4-speed gearbox, working steering, and – somewhat weirdly – adjustable air suspension.

There’s a whole lot more of the classic Ford to see, including some great engine and chassis images, on both MOCpages and Flickr.

Call the Fire Briga… oh

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Lego Afterburner Fire Truck Drag Car

If our Elves were to design a fire truck it would probably look a bit like this. Firstly it wouldn’t be red, because fire trucks are supposed to red and the Elves are idiots. Secondly, anything of value for extinguishing a fire would be thrown away and replaced with something likely to cause one. A jet engine for example. And finally, it would feature styling by a six year old on a lot of sugar.

Moritz‘s ‘Afterburner’ drag racing fire truck has thus ticked all our Elves’ boxes, and has caused quite a lot of them to run around the office making ‘NEE-NOR!’ noises. We’re going to get the Mr. Airhorn out of the cupboard to make a noise of our own in a bit, so whilst we do that you can see more of Moritz’s build on Flickr via the handy link above.

Little Red Corvette

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Lego Chevrolet Corvette C4

The Chevrolet Corvette C4 was – like all American cars from the mid ’80s to late ’90s – total garbage. With its enormous 5.7 litre V8 engine making as little as 205bhp in the early cars not even intervention by Lotus (owned by General Motors at the time) could turn the Corvette into a competitive sports car. Nevertheless the C4 Corvette sold well because it looked… like this.

Heiko Ruutel makes his second appearance here in two weeks with this superb Model Team recreation of the stunning C4 ‘Vette and there’s more to see on MOCpages – click the link above and party like it’s 1990.

Lego Corvette C4

Pixels

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Lego Pixelated Hot Rod

For our readers too young to remember the SNES and Sega Megadrive, and who might be wondering what the graphics were like, wonder no more! This odd pixelated hot rod by Flickr’s RGB900 takes us back to a time of 8bit, cartridges, and blowing dust out of slots – click the link above to join us in the past.

Asian Delivery

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Lego Technic Isuzu Truck

Considering they are so numerous in the real world we see surprisingly few Isuzu trucks recreated in Lego form. Isuzu are the backbone of the Asian heavy commercial vehicle market, and even if a truck doesn’t say ‘ISUZU’ on the front, it’s probably got an Isuzu diesel engine powering it.

This lovely Technic version of the prolific commercial workhorse comes from previous bloggee Shineyu and it’s packed with functions, including working steering, opening doors and an operational tail-lift. There’s more to see on MOCpages – click the link above to make the jump.

Lego Isuzu Box Truck

Busy Bus

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Lego Ikarus EAG Bus

Full buses are usually no fun, but Gabor Horvath’s is full, and yet it’s fun too. That’s because instead of coughing elderly, surly teenagers, and that one fat guy eating really smelly crisps, his bus is crammed with technological wizardry.

Squeezed inside his 6-axle Ikarus EAG E94 bus are a full remote control drive and steering system, an on-board battery, and even working suspension.

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We’re completely baffled as to how all that has fitted inside, but Gabor is a cleverer man than we are. You can check out all the photos detailing his latest brilliantly-engineered creation on MOCpages, plus you can see his bus in action in the video above.

Lego RC Bus

Unicorn’s Secret

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Lego Bellanca CH-300 Tintin Aircraft

This superb 1920s float plane comes from previous bloggee Henrik Jensen, and it’s got to be our favourite aircraft of the year so far. Star of ‘The Adventures of Tintin – The Unicorn’s Secret’ it’s a Bellanca CH-300 and it’s absolutely wonderful. There’s lots more to see on both Flickr and MOCpages, including some neat build details and information on the real aircraft.

Lego Tintin Seaplane

Moon Dune Two

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Lego VW Buggy Space

It seems like only last week that we posted a Lego lunar dune buggy. Probably because it was. Anyway, here’s another – this time in Volkswagen flavour – and you can see more courtesy of Jonas on Flickr.

Carrera Cup

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Lego Technic Porsche 911 Carrera Cup

Today we have three brilliant cars to share with you, and all are products of the current LUGNuts Challenge ‘100 Ways to Win!’. The first is this, Thirdwigg‘s superb Technic recreation of the 1992 Porsche 911 Carrera Cup. Resplendent in Octan livery, which easily adds another 40bhp on it’s own, Thirdwigg’s Carrera features working suspension, steering, a functioning gearbox and the Porsche’s famous rear-mounted flat-6 engine. There’s lots more to see on Flickr – click the link above to make the jump.

Lego Technic Porsche 911 Carrera