Copper Bottom

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HDMS Lougen

HDMS Lougen

This beautiful replica of the Norwegian/Danish Navy brig HDMS Lougen, designed and built by Anders T on MOCpages, is one of the finest Lego ships we’ve seen yet. Armed with 18 short guns and 6 long guns, the Lougen was formidably armed for a relatively small and nimble warship. It was also the first class serving in the Norwegian/Danish Navy to be constructed from a copper hull. Anders’ has created his Lego version in mini-figure scale, and it contains a breathtaking amount of detail. To see the full gallery click his name above.

Technic 41999 Preview – New 4×4!

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New for 2013! New Lego Technic 4x4 Redux!

New for 2013! New Lego Technic 4×4 Crawler Redux!

LEGO have added another new Technic model to their 2013 line-up! This brilliant blue muscle car monster truck was developed from the winning submission in LEGO’s ‘You design it, we make it!‘ competition held at the start of the year.

Receiving the most votes out of the 10 finalists, Egor Karshiev’s Boss Crawler has evolved into set no. 41999, and comes in a fantastic new blue hue. Underneath the muscle car bodywork sits the chassis from the 2012 4×4 Crawler set 9398, and we think it’s even better looking than the original.

Too see full details of the new set visit the LEGO Technic Designers Blog, and look out for the arrival of 41999 in stores soon!

Battleships

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HMS Warspite

A Super Dreadnaught, which is surely the best name for anything ever.

This is a World War 1 Super Dreadnaught class battleship, and it’s huge. Measuring 170 studs in length, and taking MOCpages’ Spencer D three years to complete, the HMS Warspite features spectacular detailing, down to a hanger containing a tiny reconnaissance plane, and a rather ingenious use of Power Functions motors. Click the link above to see them in action and a full gallery of photos.

Whimsical Warfare

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Lego Monorail

If the Simpson’s are to be believed, this can only go well

Steampunk builders are a slightly deranged bunch. Today’s (Pate-keetongu) thinks nothing of hanging a gatling gun from a suspended track in the middle of a crowded city. What could possibly go wrong?

Western Star

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Lego Western Star Truck

Logger’s Delight

This beautiful Western Star truck and Elphinstone trailer are products of Ingmar Spijkhoven, and his monumental talent with LEGO bricks. Not only does his latest creation look, well – like this, but it also works. See all the details on MOCpages or Flickr.

Heavy Haul

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Kenworth W900 Truck

So shiny…

This is a Kenworth W900 Heavy Haul truck, and it’s awesome. Custom chrome bricks mean the Elves can see their disgusting little faces in it, and Power Functions motors buried within mean it’s much more than a static show piece. The absurdly talented Sephirot8082 is the builder behind it, and you can see more of this and his other incredible trucks on MOCpages.

Beige Behemoth

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Space Battlecruiser

To battle!

This beautifully shot Battlecruiser spacecraft, from Bart De Dobbelaer, shows what can be done by keeping it simple. Just two colours are used throughout. Although when we say ‘simple’, it’s a relative use of the word, as this creation is 110 studs long. Show your appreciation on Flickr or MOCpages.

The Brothers Brick Takes It Up A Notch

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The Brothers Brick

A sign of good things to come

The Brothers Brick have done an Elzar, and knocked things up a notch. Posted today, the greatest Lego blog of them all has announced the arrival of legendary vehicle builder Ralph Savelsberg aka Mad Physicist to their writing team.

For car fans, this can only be Good News, as TBB has been spectacularly sci-fi biased in the past. In fact this new appointment, which furthers their softening stance towards the vehicle world demonstrated in the past year, makes our position at TLCB a little tenuous, as we started up in direct response to the lack of online resources for vehicle builders.

Still, maybe this’ll stop them nicking our posts. Read full details of Ralph’s appointment at The Brothers Brick here.

Diggin’ it Old School

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Massey Ferguson 50-HX

Massey Ferguson 50-HX

This gloriously tired-looking Massey Ferguson digger comes from PatrickCTaylor on Flickr, who’s employed some delightfully inventive techniques to great effect (see how many mini-figure hands you can find!). Whilst neither stylish, fast or exotic, there’s something a bit magical about diggers. No matter how old or dilapidated they are, a digger at work will always make a child stop to watch. It’s much the same with our Elves of course, and as it’s Sunday and we’re feeling unusually generous, we’re letting them play in the sandpit this afternoon. Guess what they’re all pretending to be…

Physics Sucks

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Lego Sci-Fi Transport

Every household needs one

Physics sure does contain some oddities. And as physicists are usually the smart booky types who use unnecessarily long words combined with maths involving – we suspect – completely made up symbols, we’re not in a position to argue with them.

One such oddity is the principle that a particle can be in more than one place at the same time. Which makes literally no sense, but nevertheless is the foundation for Elliott Feldman‘s lavishly detailed creation, which utilizes this phenomenon to multiply the effectiveness of a transported item. Go back to school by clicking the link.

 

Hipster’s Paradise

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Fixed Wheel Bike

Hipster Wheels

We’re a bit biased here at The Lego Car Blog. Most of our posts are towards the fast / thirsty / environmentally disastrous end of the vehicular scale. But not today. Today we redress the balance (albeit momentarily) with this beautiful Fixie Bike, uploaded to Flickr by Silvavasil.

So if you’re sitting in an independent coffee shop, sipping an alternative latte and reading this on your MacBook through thin glasses, this post is for you : )

And if you’re not, normal service will be resumed shortly.

Desert Defender

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Nest Fast Attack Vehicle

Part of an inexplicable plot including a rubix cube, robots and Megan Fox

Based on the Desert Patrol Vehicle in the Transformers movie (which in turn was based on the Chenowth DPV employed by the US Military), Project Azazel‘s N.E.S.T Fast Attack Vehicle is ready to face those annoying killer-robots-disguised-as-cars that keep popping up in conveniently open spaces. See more on Flickr.

Rennstall Bunker

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Rennstall Bunker Porsche

Tiny Transporter

We’ve been posting MOCs towards the larger end of the spectrum recently, so today it’s time for something a bit smaller…

This tiny white transporter is a stretched Volkswagen T1 ‘Renntransporter’, as used by the Rennstall Bunker Porsche Team in the 1960s. Nils O is the creator, and you can see more of his mini-masterpieces on MOCpages.

Big Yellah

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Peterbilt 379 Lego

Power Functions Peterbilt

This huge Peterbilt 379 was found on Brickshelf today. mbmc137, who really needs a snappier name, has recreated the rig in cunning mix of bricks, plates and Technic beams. Underneath all that yellow is a full Power Functions remote control drivetrain. See it in action, and the full gallery, here.

Big Droppings

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Syd Mead Stealth Drop Ship

UBURO Class Stealth Drop Ship

This magnificent drop ship was discovered by one of our Elves on Flickr. Based on the artwork by Syd Mead, iomedes !…‘s UBURO class transport shows us what mini-figures will get to ride in the future. To see more of this spectacular model, visit iomedes !… Flickr gallery at the link above.