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I Used to Bullseye Womp Rats…

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It’s Star Wars Day, that one day of the year when nerds feel socially acceptable, and when websites that normally couldn’t care less about the George Lucas saga jump on the bandwagon for clicks.

Um, so here’s a Star Wars post… But it is an interesting one, we promise! This brilliantly clever T-65 X-Wing fighter, mounted atop a fully controllable Stewart Platform, is the work of vascolp of Eurobricks, and it’s built entirely from parts found within the enormous LEGO Technic 42100 Liebherr R 9800 Excavator.

The huge quantity of electronics from the donor set allows vascolp’s X-Wing to pitch, bank and twist beautifully, as well as position the opening wings. A custom Pybricks Python programme controls the magic and you watch this incredible alternate in action via the video above and read more about the build at the Eurobricks forum here.

String Theory

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Unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity, String Theory proposes that the universe is composed of vibrating one-dimensional strings instead of points, incorporating all particles and forces into a single framework. Alternatively it’s adding some string to a LEGO set to make a new one. We’re doing the latter today…

This is paave’s Technic mobile crane, and it’s built only from the parts of the 42175 LEGO Technic Volvo FMX Truck & EC230 Electric Excavator set. Plus a piece of string.

Featuring working steering, outriggers, boom elevation and extension, superstructure rotation, and an inline-6 engine, paave’s alternate is an excellent reconstitution of the 42175 donor, and one you can build for yourself as instructions are available. As long as you have some string. Find a link to them and further build details on Eurobricks via the link above.

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Turbo Twin

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The early years of turbocharging – characterised by  chronic lag and spiky handling – were dominated by a few companies; BMW, Porsche, and – more weirdly – Renault.

Weirdly, because Renault didn’t have a sports sedan or sports car to put a turbo into, so they put one into their dinky 5 supermini. And it was mega.

Mid-rear engined, rear-wheel-drive, and powered by a turbocharged 1.4 litre making 160bhp, the R5 Turbo was a smash hit, and now you can create one for yourself if you own another ‘80s turbocharged icon, LEGO’s excellent 10295 Porsche 911 set.

Featuring working steering, a detailed interior and engine, plus opening doors and hood, Firas Abu-Jaber’s Renault 5 Turbo alternate is the perfect turbocharged twin to the 10295 donor.

Building instructions are available and you can find a link to them, plus all of the superb imagery, at Firas’ photostream. Click the link above to boost on over, or here to learn more about how Firas does it.

Skiddadle

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It’s an alternative day here at TLCB, as we’re back B-Modelling. This excellent skid-steer loader is our alternate of choice, being constructed only from the parts found within the Technic 42082 Rough Terrain Crane and retaining the donor set’s focus on motorised functionality.

A gearbox enables power to go to the boom elevation, bucket tilt, or drive, although not all at once. Which means you can chase a TLCB Elf down the office corridor but not simultaneously scoop it up. Not that we’ve tried…

Anyway, building instructions are available and you can see more of this neat 42082 B-Model courtesy of paave at the Eurobricks forum.

Horse Handler

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Ford Bronco owners like to think that by driving their boxy SUV people will think they’re outdoorsy farming types, rather than Jeff from Marketing. But they’re fooling no-one. However Flickr’s M_longer can help! Because this splendid telehandler – complete with working arm elevation and extension, deployable stabilisers, spring operated forks, all-wheel steering, and an inline piston engine – is constructed solely from the parts of the official 42213 Technic Ford Bronco set. No-one’s gonna think you work in marketing driving this! Switch up your Bronco for a real farm machine courtesy of M_longer via the link above, where building instructions for this brilliant Bronco B-Model can also be found.

My Other Car’s Still a Bronco

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Wait, haven’t we featured a Bronco-based Suzuki before? Well, yes… but this one’s just as good, and we really like the Suzuki Samurai.

Built by previous bloggee gyenesvi, this neat Technic recreation of the diminutive Japanese 4×4 is constructed only from the pieces found within the official LEGO Technic 42213 Ford Bronco set, which is inspiring a plethora of alternates.

A working piston engine, all-wheel suspension, HOG steering, plus opening doors and hood all feature, and with building instructions available you can swap your own Bronco for a Samurai too.

There’s more to see of gyenesvi’s Bronco B-Model at both the Eurobricks forum and Bricksafe, where an extensive gallery of imagery is available, and you can take a closer look at this alternative off-roader via the links above.

My Other Car’s a Bronco

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Is your new Ford Bronco too big to get to the really cool off-road places? Then you need to switch it for an ATV, thanks to TLCB Master MOCer thirdwigg!

Constructed only from the parts of the official LEGO Technic 42213 Ford Bronco set, thirdwigg’s ATV (or ‘quad bike’ in TLCB’s home nation) alternate features working steering, pendular suspension front and rear, plus a W6 piston engine, and with building instructions available you can create it for yourself too.

There’s more to see including that link to instructions at thirdwigg’s ‘42213 ATV’ album, and you can jump to a trail somewhere cool via the link above, or alternatively click here if you want to downsize your Bronco, but not quite this much…

My Other Car’s a Bronco

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By American standards Ford’s new Bronco isn’t particularly large. But as this writer is not American, it still looks pretty massive. Which means this is much more to his liking, Suzuki’s diminutive Samurai.

Constructed only from the parts found within the LEGO Technic 42213 Ford Bronco set, damjan97PL / damianPLE shrinks the fat Ford into a rather smaller off-road alternative, complete with opening doors and hood, working steering and suspension, and a three-cylinder engine.

There’s more to see at both Eurobricks and Bricksafe, and you can put your Bronco on a B-Model diet via the links above.

My Other Car’s Also a Ferrari

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It’s been two decades since the Ferrari Enzo, and two since an official LEGO set depicting it. Cue nopingrid of Eurobricks, who has recreated Ferrari’s iconic early-’00s hypercar from the parts of one of their newest, the Technic 42212 Ferrari FXX K. Using 85% of the FXX K’s 900 pieces, nopingrid’s Enzo includes working steering, a V12 engine, plus opening butterfly doors, and we think it looks rather better than the donor set. Building instructions are available and you can find out more at the Eurobricks forum via the link above.

Ford + Volvo =

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Back in the ’00s the answer to that question would probably have been a Jaguar, but Ford’s ‘Premier Automotive Group’ is long since dead, with the brands held within it now mercifully free from its yolk.

So whilst a Ford crossed with a Volvo did often equal a Jaguar, today we have something far more unique.

Constructed from the parts found within both the 42213 Ford Bronco and 42209 Volvo Electric Wheel-Loader sets, this terrific Technic tractor deploys two sets’ worth of pieces to pack in the functionality.

There’s a working engine, functional steering, opening doors and hood, a self-levelling front-loader, a two-speed power-take-off with neutral, and a three-point elevating rear hitch.

It’s all the work of mirrorbricks, who will release building instructions for this B-Model shortly, and there’s more of this excellent alternate to see at the Eurobricks forum in the meantime. Merge your Bronco with a Volvo via the link in the text above.

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Tractors in Space

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LEGO surprised us all in 2024 with the shock arrival of the Technic Space line, becoming the mash-up we never knew we needed. Flickr’s Tung Pham has taken his terrestrial Technic into space too, converting the 42136 and 42157 John Deere sets into vehicles rather more other-worldly. Tung’s speeder, floating front-loader, and maintenance mech alternates each requisition the pieces from their donor sets and include both mechanical and pneumatic functions. There’s more to see – including a link to building instructions – on Flickr, and you can click here to take your tractors into space.

Dump Your Horse

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Revealed here earlier in the year, LEGO’s 42213 Technic Ford Bronco brings the blue oval’s newest, but retro-est, 4×4 to bedroom floors everywhere. It also provides just under a thousand pieces for B-Model building, with previous bloggee damianPLE doing just that, by turning his Bronco into this excellent Technic off-road dump truck.

Like the set on which it’s based, Damian’s alternate includes working suspension, ‘HOG’ steering, and a V6 engine under an opening hood, whilst adding a manually operable tipper too. Building instructions are available and you can find all the images, plus that instructional link, at Bricksafe and Eurobricks respectively. Dump your horse via the links above!

Movie Swap

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LEGO are doing a fine turn in recreating movie cars. The 10300 Back to the Future Time Machine set captures possibly the most famous movie car of all time in brick form. The 42210 Technic ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’ Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)… um, does not. But what if you could turn it into that most iconic of film icons? Well now thanks to Dyens Creations you can!

Built entirely from the parts of 42210, Dyen’s DeLorean includes working gull wing doors, detailed time-travelling modifications, and the pivoting wheels from ‘Back to the Future’s third instalment to convert the model to flying mode.

It also cleverly hides 42210’s stickers so you don’t need to peel them off, and you can see more of Dyens’ delightful DeLorean – including a link to building instructions – at both Eurobricks and Flickr. Build your ‘Back to the Future’ B-Model via the links above!

Plus Twenty-Four

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You own LEGO’s excellent 10295 Porsche 911 set, but what if you want something… racier? Firas Abu-Jaber has the answer.

Constructed only from the parts of the official LEGO 911 set, Firas has recreated one of Porsche’s wildest 911-based racers, the Le Mans, Sebring, Daytona and 1000km of Nurburgring winning 935.

With opening doors, hood and engine cover, working steering, a detailed engine and interior, and enough parts left over for a very appropriate trophy cabinet, Firas’ 935 is an excellent way to recycle your 10295 pieces, with building instructions available to assist.

There’s much more to see at Firas’ ‘Porsche 935’ album on Flickr, and you can add twenty-four to your 911 via the link above.

My Other Car’s a McLaren

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This astonishing Technic Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 was discovered on Eurobricks today, and – even more astonishingly – it’s built only from the parts of the 42172 Technic McLaren P1 set.

Shown here in render form (but also built for real, however with inadequate images), this 1:8 replica of the latest 1,000bhp Corvette comes from Timorzelorzworz, and is as packed with working functionality as its donor set.

A mid-mounted V8 engine is hooked up to a 7-speed gearbox, the steering is controlled from the steering wheel, suspension is independent front and rear, the front trunk, engine cover and doors open, whilst the entire bodywork aft of the b-pillar is removable too.

Building instructions are available and there’s much more to see including further renders, images of the brick-built model, and full build details at the Eurobricks forum. Take a look via the link above and convert your P1 into a ZR1.