There is surely no better car than an ’80s Volvo estate for carrying a Christmas tree. Unfortunately for Flickr’s Sseven Bricks, this classic lump of Swedish medal is a sedan, and thus his tree has had to go on the roof. We’re not quite sure we’d have strapped it in the orientation he has, but who are we to argue. Dodge the low bridges to get home via the link above!
The doors to the TLCB Towers have been locked, the Elves are back in their cages, and TLCB Staff are off to exchange gifts / see loved ones / drink heavily. Perhaps all three.
Thus there’ll be nothing new to see here for a few days, as we take our customary break from the internet to spend time on things that matter rather more. If you’re in need of your Lego car fix over the coming days there’s loads here to see in the Archives, including Interviews with the world’s best vehicle makers, the A-Z of Lego Cars (and Trucks too), the enormous Review Library, and if you’ve enjoyed what we’ve written during 2025 you can buy the Elves us a Christmas present here.
Yet whilst all the above are worth a click, we’d encourage you to save them for another time. Switch off, ignore your screens, and enjoy the season.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and we’ll see you soon.
TLCB Team
Today’s Christmas creation can be found courtesy of Jens Ohrndorf.
When Santa’s not making and delivering presents, looking after reindeer, or monitoring children’s behaviour, we’re pretty sure he enjoys some downtime in a biker gang. The beard. The extravagant outfit. The drinking. He’s a perfect fit.
Flickr’s Yuan He clearly thinks so too, having built this characterful mechanised vignette featuring a motorbike-riding Santa, a sleigh trailer in tow, and a very relaxed looking Rudolph.
Yuan has attached a motor to bring Santa’s Day Off to life, and you can see the creation in action via the link to their photostream in the text above.
We’re back! And mostly sober. The Lego Car Blog Elves, locked in their cages over the festivities, have recommenced their hunt for the best Lego creations that the web has to offer, and no sooner had they been released it seemed, than one of their number had returned with this lovely vintage truck, complete with a Christmas tree, mini-figure family, and a pair of otters for some reason. We’re not sure otters are known as yuletide animals, but no matter, they’re wonderful nevertheless, and there’s more to see of K P‘s truck, family, and otters on Flickr via the link.
It’s a few nights before Christmas
All through TLCB Towers
The Elves are back in their cages
Counting down the hours
‘Til they’re released once again
After the festivities are over
And TLCB Staff return
…Hopefully sober
Here at The Lego Car Blog we’re taking our customary Christmas break. We’ll be back (hopefully sober) before long. Until then, we wish you the merriest of Christmases, and encourage you to put down your phone, switch off your computer, and enjoy what’s most important.
Happy Christmas!
TLCB Team
It’s the night before Christmas
And all through these pages
No Elves are stirring
‘Cos they’re shut in their cages
The Lego Car Blog Team
Will be off getting fatter
So spend some time off the ‘net
With the people that matter
We’ll be back in a few days, until then, we wish you all a very Happy Christmas : )
TLCB Team
There are only two more sleeps ’til Christmas! Which means we’re locking the doors to TLCB Towers, frantically buying presents we forgot about, and readying ourselves for drunken family arguments.
We’ll be back in a few days, but if you need to get your Lego fix in the meantime, you can find a few places that are open all-year-round below!
We’d recommend switching off from the internet for the festive period though. The important things will be much closer to home : )
Have a very Merry Christmas
TLCB Team
P.S. The amusing image used above comes courtesy of previous bloggee Sylon_tw, who has captured Santa a very long way from home (that, or the penguins are). Fingers crossed he can get his sleigh going again before tomorrow night!
All is quiet here at TLCB Towers. The Elves are locked back in their cages, the TLCB staff have gone home for the holidays, and the only sound is the tapping of this TLCB writer’s keyboard echoing through the office.
We’ll be back in a few days, but if you need to get your Lego fix in the meantime, a few suggestions can be found below;
We’d recommend doing none of the above though. Switch off, take joy from the little things, and see what you can give back this Christmas : )
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas
TLCB Team
The Lego Car Blog Elves have been returned to their cages, the detritus from the office Christmas party has been cleared away, and the inevitable party-related ‘inappropriate physical contact’ reports have been filed by HR. We’re all set for the holidays.
As we take a break for a few days to remember what should be most important, we’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from everyone here at TLCB, and hope – despite what a weird year 2020 has been – that you have peace and happiness is abundance over the festive period.
If you’re one of our readers who visits this site for a bit of that peace and happiness (which always shocks TLCB Team), then do remember that you can visit the Interviews, Review Library, and Archives to continue to get your Lego car fix, plus our Directory is full of excellent car or Lego-related sites that might be worth your click.
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas
TLCB Team
This writer is breaking several unwritten TLCB rules with this post. Talking about Christmas before December, specifically publicising a LEGO Ideas project, and – more vaguely – ‘bloody Star Wars creations’, all of which incur the displeasure of The Editor. So here’s a Christmas-themed Star Wars LEGO Ideas project…
Built by Brixe63, these rather wonderful Christmas tree decorations feature many recognisable vehicles from the movie franchise, and we think they’d make a most excellent set! In fact so too would loads of vehicular-themed decorations, which we’re surprised that LEGO haven’t thought to bring to production already.
You can give Brixe’s creations a chance of becoming an official LEGO set via LEGO Ideas – find the link at Brixe’s photostream by clicking here.
Actually this is the most American thing* we’ve ever seen (following today’s earlier post featuring a ’70s muscle car with a giant flaming bird on the hood).
The Coca Cola Christmas truck is nearly as well-known as the guy drinking the coke on the side of it, and it’s been recreated astonishingly well in brick form by Flickr’s Lasse Deleuran, who might just have built the best Lego-lettering since we last said something had the best Lego-lettering.
Seriously though, it’s a mightily impressive mosaic that not only looks stunningly accurate, it’s so brilliant it almost makes the superb remote control tractor unit fade into the background. Which is what good branding is all about.
There’s more to see of Lasse’s amazing rendition of the probably the world’s most famous truck at his photostream via the link above, where you can also find a link to building instructions so that you can build this design for yourself.
*To maintain our BBC-like impartiality, here’s the Soviet version too!
It’s just two more sleeps ’til Christmas! TLCB Elves have been returned to their cages and the office is now empty, save for this writer, a stack of empty bottles from the Christmas Party awaiting recycling, and the lingering regrets that accompany them.
We’ll be back next week after several days getting drunk, er… we mean ‘spending precious time with loved ones’. Until then we wish you a very Merry Christmas, and to know the joy and love of a refugee born in occupied lands two thousand years ago.
TLCB Team
Santa is a pretty rad dude, rockin’ a mega beard, some wicked bling (bells), and owning very probably the fastest vehicle ever made (a sleigh that can get everywhere in one night!). It’s no surprise to see that in his down time he likes to kick-back with a properly cool whip, in this case a gloriously festive hot rod complete with a red nose radiator emblem. Flickr’s ianying616 is the builder behind it and there’s more to see at his photostream here!
And he’s got himself a sweet hover-car hot rod to do it in! This present-laden ride is the work of Sylon-tw who’s giving Saint Nick’s reindeer the night off. Send Santa your list via the link above!
The Lego Car Blog Elves have been returned to their cages, the office is mostly back in one piece after the Christmas Party (although the same can’t be said for some of TLCB Staff), and we’re ready to turn the lights out for a while.
We’ll be back after the festivities, until then we wish you all the very happiest of Christmases!
TLCB Team