Karwik, a builder of some beautifully unusual vehicles, is back with another two for your delectation. The tractor is a Mazur D-50, an odd enough vehicle on its own, but when fitted with a cable-operated-bucket-scoop-on-rails* it becomes easily one of the most bizarre construction vehicles we’ve seen. The Elves, who are themselves a little odd, love it. See more on Flickr. (*We have no idea what it’s called!)
Next up in today’s post of unusual construction equipment is an armoured bulldozer being driven by a cat. No further explanation needed. See more at Lego Junkie‘s photostream.
Bricklink.com (or ‘Cracklink’ as some call it, such is its addictiveness) is an invaluable online resource allowing fans to buy and sell individual LEGO pieces. Sadly its founder, Daniel Jezek, passed away tragically young a few years ago, and since then the site has been run by his family.
In a recent statement, Daniel’s family have announced the sale of Bricklink to online game entrepreneur Jung-Ju ‘Jay’ Kim, who plans to invest in enhanced security and a site modernisation programme. The full announcement is pretty dry so we haven’t posted it here, however you can read it in full, and find links to the parties involved, at The Brothers Brick.
This spectacular spaceship is the work of Lazer Blade on Flickr, which (probably coincidentally) resembles a very patriotic tribute to the great space-exploring nation of, er… Belgium. See more at the link above.
This is about as much epic as we can fit in one post here at The Lego Car Blog! Stephan Sander on MOCpages has recreated the coolest cars from the coolest shows of the 1980s, and every one is as good as anything we’ve blogged here to date. Built in LEGO’s own ‘Miniland’ style each vehicle even includes the lead characters from the relevant TV show. See if you can identify them all! Oh, and check out Stephan’s website here – where there’s even more ’80s automotive goodness available.
The LEGO Group has recently announced plans to build a 250,000 visitor per annum ‘LEGO House’ exhibition centre in the heart of its hometown of Billund in Denmark. Over to the official press release:
When the LEGO House opens in 2016 visitors to the house in Billund, Denmark will enter a building that resembles gigantic LEGO bricks combined and stacked in a creative way to create an imaginative experience both outside and inside. In the experience center guests can expect hours full of active fun while at the same time engaging in an educational and inspirational experience – everything that LEGO play offers.
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, LEGO owner, explains: “The LEGO House will show the past, present and future of the LEGO idea and I am certain it will be a fantastic place, where LEGO fans of all ages and their families and friends will get a wide range of unique LEGO experiences. It is our belief that LEGO play fosters innovative thinking, and the LEGO House gives us an opportunity to make it very tangible what LEGO play offers and how it stimulates children’s creativity and learning.”
The LEGO House will be approximately 30 meters tall, and there will be public access to several roof-top gardens from the outside. The building will offer visitors a total of 7,600 square meters of exhibition areas, a café, a unique LEGO store and a large public square.
Construction of The LEGO House is due to start early next year. You can read the full press release at LEGO’s official news-room, and watch LEGO’s video showing the proposed building design below:
History teachers think a Centurion is a Roman soldier in command of 100 men. The Lego Car Blog staff think it’s a drinking game involving 100 shots a beer*. Lucio Switch has come up with a third option, with his beautifully engineered Centurion 8×8 off-road truck.
Inside Lucio’s Centurion chassis sit four XL Power Functions motors (yes, four!), one for each axel, as well as working remote control four-wheel steering, a W16 piston engine, pneumatic doors powered by a compressor, independent suspension… there really is too much for us to list here. Take a trip to MOCpages and see the full detail.
Veeborg Automotive Industries brings you a revolution in urban SUVs, with the new Veeborg APC. Parking is a doddle; the APC will fit in any space, even if there’s a vehicle already occupying it. We know that nothing is more important to you than your child’s safety, and as such we’ve built the APC to offer outstanding occupant protection, with armour plating all round and a roof mounted machine gun for additional safety. The APC features attractive two-tone paintwork and a spacious and comfortable interior, large enough for your little ones, shopping and holiday packing. Available with an easy finance package and comprehensive warranty, visit a Veeborg Dealer near you to arrange a test drive!
One of TLCB’s all time favourite builders, Malte Dorowski, has been inactive for a little while, but his Porsche models have become legendary amongst car builders in his absence.
Senator Chinchilla helps to fill the void with a fantastic Porsche 993 GT2 Evo built in a familiar style. It was suggested to us by one of you, our readers, via the Feedback page in the top menu. The Elves are none too pleased as it beat their finds for today, so they’ll go hungry, but a bit of competition helps to keep them sharp! See more of The Senator’s work on MOCpages via the link above.
This beautiful classic Scania LT146 dump truck is the work of TLCB favourite Dennis Bosman, also know as legotrucks. The LT146 was almost a year in the making, and not only is it incredibly accurate in the looks department it includes some decent Technic functions underneath too. The Elves found Dennis’ latest work on Flickr, but where you really want to head is his own very smart website, which contains full details of this and his other works.
Mark Stafford aka lego_nabii is one of the few regular sci-fi builders we feature here at TLCB, such is his talent, and his back catalogue is full of previously unseen wonders that he’s only now decided to post. One such creation is this stunning version of Peter Elson’s 2200AD artwork, built back in ’06.
As well as the above ship, Mark has recently uploaded quite a few gems from years past – we won’t feature them all here as the car builders amongst you will wonder why we’re called The Lego Car Blog, but if you like this creation be sure to check out the rest. Mark’s time machine can be entered via the link above.
Yes that is a Back to the Future quote, but this isn’t a DeLorean. _Zenn has applied some nifty looking hover car tech to an old pick-up truck, and the result is rather neat. We quite like the idea that retro-fitting hover-car components to any old car may one day be a reality. Make it so boffins of the world, make it so.
Apologies for the blogging hiatus over the past few days; some of our Elves went missing at roughly the same time as TLCB became embroiled in a legal dispute. We’re not suggesting the two occurrences are linked of course, but if anyone’s going to lock the Elves in a dark room it’s going to be us. Anyway, back to something we’ve not done for a while; a long overdue ‘Featured Teenage Fan Of Lego’ (TFOL).
Our Featured TFOL category is not about blogging the absolute best creations found, rather it allows us to recognise, and publicise, younger builders’ achievements. Alexander Paschoaletto earns the accolade this time round, with a string of solid automotive efforts, culminating in the superb Gumpert Apollo and SSC Aero shown above. You can check out these, and the rest of Alexander’s creations, on MOCpages.
LEGOLIZE IT MAN’s micro-scale ‘Victoria’ Space Station adds a dose of sci-fi to The Lego Car Blog to round off the week. See more of his work at his photostream here.
Summer has finally arrived here at The Lego Car Blog Towers; the sun is shining, birds are singing, ice-cream vans are on patrol, and girls you previously wouldn’t have noticed now require a double-take. But we’re a global blog, and we know many of you are in the depths of winter, or that even in summer you live in amongst the white stuff (snow, not cocaine). As such here’s a vehicle for all of you feeling the icy hand of Jack Frost, Karwik‘s superb ‘NKL-26’ Ice Runner. See more on Flickr at the link.
Inspired by Wacky Racers (maybe the greatest cartoon ever?), legoalbert‘s ‘Ikuso Concept’ for the ‘Rod Racing Championship’ looks like something that a 1960’s designer thought we’d be driving today. Around a colony on the moon.
Strangely none of these visionaries foresaw the mobile phone, X-Factor, the ipod or the Toyota Prius. But then, their concepts always did look far more fun than how real life has turned out.
Karwik, a builder of some beautifully unusual vehicles, is back with another two for your delectation. The tractor is a Mazur D-50, an odd enough vehicle on its own, but when fitted with a cable-operated-bucket-scoop-on-rails* it becomes easily one of the most bizarre construction vehicles we’ve seen. The Elves, who are themselves a little odd, love it. See more on Flickr. (*We have no idea what it’s called!)
