How many The Lego Car Blog Elves can you fit in the back of a Lego truck? We’re a bit drunk tonight so we’re going to find out with some ‘volunteers’ and Arian Janssens‘ GINAF 10×8 dump truck. For those outside the Netherlands – us included – GINAF are sort of re-badged DAF trucks. No, we’re not sure why either. Anyway, you can see more of this one via the link to Flickr above whilst we squash some Elves.
After some exotic posts (no – not that kind) over the past few days we go back to basics with this humdrum, but excellent, ancient Scania LB 141 truck by Flickr’s Nanko Klein Paste. Scania have recently been swallowed up by the Volkswagen Group as part of their plan for World Domination, but this classic tipper comes from a very different era. You can see more of the LB 141 at the link.
This beautiful Volvo F88 dropside truck is the work of the fantastically talented Thomas Graafland. Thomas is – believe it or not – a Teen Fan Of Lego, but such is the quality of his building we didn’t feel he needed the ‘Featured TFOL’ accolade (but you can claim it if you like Thomas!).
Underneath the Volvo’s impeccable red and yellow bodywork is a 6-cylinder engine, working solid-axle suspension, working steering and a two-speed gearbox. Thomas has uploaded a superb gallery of images to both Flickr and MOCpages. View all the photos via the links, whilst we very generously give a lucky Elf both a red and yellow Smartie. And possibly diabetes.
The steady stream of Elves returning to TLCB office with a great build originating from Poland and/or the LUGPol group indicates that something special must be happening over there.
Marek Markiewicz (aka M_Longer) is one such builder, and his latest work typifies the excellent creations produced by LUGPol’s users. It’s a fully Power Functions remote controlled MAN tipper truck (pictured here with his L580 front loader), and the engineering inside is impeccable. See what Marek’s MAN can do in the video below!
YouTube Video
Our second creation comes from one of Poland’s most famous builders – and one of the most frequently blogged – the incredible Sariel.
His latest work is probably the most capable remote control Lego vehicle we’ve ever seen. See how unstoppable his Ripsaw XL is via the brilliant video – complete with a killer Death in Vegas soundtrack – below.
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Special thanks go to LUGPol for continuing to supply our Elves with so many high quality creations. We know many LUGPol members visit TLCB, so if you’re one of them and would like us to feature LUGPol as a Group of the Month* let us know how we can find out a bit more about you!
*Or Several Months. We’re quite unreliable with this feature!
This lovely Freightliner crane truck was found by one of our Elves on Flickr. Ricecracker is the builder, and he’s found a rather genius way of shaping the bonnet whilst still using genuine Lego parts. There’s a clue in the title – see if you can guess what’s been used before you check the answer on Flickr!
The Elves are a happy bunch today. Several of them are riding around the office in the back of this chunky red truck courtesy of Flickr’s Peter deYeule, whilst several more do the pushing. It’ll probably end in a horrific Elf accident, but it’s fun while it lasts. Peter’s truck is made exclusively from the pieces found in the 7347 Creator set (reviewed here two years ago) and is one of the nicest ‘alternatives’ we’ve seen yet. You can see more at the link, and if you’ve got a 7347 too give some ‘alternativing’ a go and let us know the results!
The smallest official LEGO Technic sets in recent years have a been a bit, er… rubbish. But all that could change with Rabbitdesign’s tiny tracked tipper. Based on one of the Caterpillar Company’s more unusual vehicles, Rabbitdesign’s Technic version features working tracks and a tipping load bed via a worm gear. You can see more on MOCpages, and you can vote to turn this model into an official LEGO set via the newly re-launched LEGO Ideas website (formally LEGO Cuusoo).
The Lego Car Blog Elves have been rubbish today. As such we’re posting some of your suggested creations submitted to us via the Feedback and Submission Suggestions page. This one was found on MOCpages by a reader, and it’s the work of newcomer Michal Jurkiewicz. His Model Team style tipper truck is packed full of LEGO Power Functions components, including remote control steering, drive and tipping load area. You can see all the photos and full specs at Michal’s MOCpage here.
Over to Brickshelf now, where TLCB regular pipasseyoyo has built a colossal 6×6 articulated dump truck, earning him his fifth appearance on these pages. Pipasseyoyo’s latest work features a huge volume of technical goodies, including no less than five Power Functions motors; two for drive, two for steering and one for the activation of the tipper. You can see all the technical details at pipasseyoyo’s Brickshelf page via the link above, and you can see those five motors in action via the excellent YouTube video below.
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Because one is never enough, MOCpages’ Nick Barrett has built a small army of tipper trucks ranging from Technic to micro. Each features a variety of working functions (well, except the last one), and all are available to view at Nick’s MOCpage here.
We’ve written about this astonishing Peterbilt 379 by bricksonwheels before, but when a builder updates their portfolio with photos like these it’s definitely worth a revisit. Bricksonwheels moves his spectacular truck to a remarkably well-suited setting, where he’s joined by the equally brilliant Dennis Bosman and his previously featured Scania LT tipper. View the full gallery resulting in their meet at either of the aforementioned links. And now, for no reason other than a tenuous link the title, a bonus video to demonstrate how street we are.
6x6 Dumper
Han’s 6 wheel drive dumper looks the perfect vehicle to take all that Christmas trash to the dump. In fact, being RC, you wouldn’t even need to leave your house (as long as the dump was at the end of your road). View the superb engineering on Hans’ website and a video of much awesomeness on youtube.