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Space Race

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The mid-’90s were a high watermark for Renault. Their Espace multi-purpose-vehicle was a smash hit, creating an entirely new class of car in Europe that other manufacturers scrambled to copy, whilst on track their V10 Formula 1 engine was winning absolutely everything with Williams and Benetton. And then in 1995, in moment of utter genius, they decided to merge the two…

The result was the Renault Espace F1, a one-off carbon-fibre minivan with a mid-mounted 800bhp V10 F1 engine, a top speed of nearly 200mph, and publicity other manufacturers could only dream of.

This fantastic recreation of Renault’s unhinged MPV is the work of Flickr’s Sergio Batista, and features replica decals, 3D-printed wheels, LED lights, a detailed engine and brick-built suspension, plus – in authentic Espace tradition – space for multiple mini-figures. There’s lots more of the model to see at Sergio’s photostream you can race back to when Renault were on top via the link above.

Poop-Poop!

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We’ve gone all Toad-of-Toad-Hall today, courtesy of this be-goggled mini-figure and his marvellous 1931 Mercedes-Benz SSKL. Flickr’s SvenJ. owns the hands behind it, which he’s also used to stretch LEGO’s latest tyres over their vintage rims for the perfect wheel/tyre combo. There’s more to see at Sven’s photostream and you can race along the roads in the early-’30s via the link above. Poop-Poop!

We’ve Got Wind

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And so has Daniel Church. This is his ‘Wayward Wanderer’, a spectacular twin-sail concept yacht with a gorgeous curved jib formed of tessellating hexagons. The Wanderer’s beautiful brick-built hull is equally well crafted, with the only wonky element of the whole photo being the horizon. Point your bow towards it and set sail via the link above.

Vintage Ghouls

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It’s Halloween! Which means ’tis the season of pumpkins, spooky monsters, and skimpy outfits. Unfortunately we don’t have any images of the latter, but we do have a spooky monster-driven vintage pick-up truck loaded with pumpkins, which is good enough for us. Regular bloggee _Tyler is the builder and you can click here to ghost your way to his photostream.

Red Before Yellow

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This is a Bucyrus 495HR electric rope shovel, a 1970s-designed mining excavator capable of lifting over 100 tons at a time. Which make is very large indeed.

So large in fact, that this astounding fully-functional recreation of the 495HR is actually mini-figure scale, making this probably the largest ‘Town’ category post this site has ever published.

Created by Konajra of Flickr, it’s an update to his previously blogged Caterpillar 7495, adopting the original red livery of its creator Bucyrus before the design was purchased by Caterpillar, who painted it yellow and who still use it today.

With remote control movement via a suite of motors and several third-party programmable SBricks, LED lighting, and authentically replicated decals, Konajra’s creation is one of the most impressive of 2025, and there’s lots more to see – including some work-in-progress shots – at his ‘Bucyrus 495HR’ album. Take a closer look red rope shovelling before Caterpillar yellow via the link above.

Sci-Friday

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The Lego Car Blog Elves are feeling spacey today, and that’s OK with us. Cue Wynd of Flickr, who has constructed two splendid Neo-Classic Space creations featuring de-rigueur trans-yellow canopies, blue-over-grey colour-scheme, and greebles galore.

Each is presented beautifully and there’s more to see of Wynd’s wonderful reimagining of LEGO’s most celebrated vintage theme at their photostream. Fly to to an alternate universe of 1980s LEGO via the link above.

Aetherium Arcana

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TLCB is way out of its depth today. This is the ‘Aetherium Arcana’, a floating mechanical marvel filled with curiosities and ingenuity, and about which we know nothing…

We are absolutely not the Lego site to do Jesse Gros (aka Westside Lego Daddy)’s spectacular ship amongst the clouds justice, but before his astounding creation appears on the sites that can, here’s a chance for a closer look at this incredible floating whimsy.

Supplies in Space

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The Lego Car Blog Elves are running around making beep-boop noises today, thanks to bradk918 and this splendid neo-Classic Space Mobile Space Supply Station. Thanks Brad.

Anyway, annoying though those noises are, Brad’s creation is epic, carrying a reconnaissance spacecraft atop a 16×16 landing platform riding on six enormous vintage M-Tron wheels.

The result is a terrific transporter and there’s more to see on Flickr via the link above. Take a look whilst we dust off Mr. Airhorn to make a noise of our own.

Fantasticar

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TLCB must confess that it has not watched 2025’s ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’.

However the plot will be, without question; ‘Some evil guy from space / another dimension is intent on destroying Earth because he wasn’t loved enough as a child and a crew of super-powered heroes will just barely defeat him despite the illogical unavailability of various other super-powered characters whose involvement would’ve made the endeavour immeasurably easier’. And the aforementioned defeat will only last until the inevitable sequel. And the title sounds like an Enid Blyton book.

Nevertheless, whilst contributing to the continued proliferation of the ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’ and therefore simultaneously the demise of cinema, ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ does appear to contain an utterly splendid vehicle.

Inspired by the fabulous turbine concepts of the 1950s and ‘60s, two units of the ‘Fantasticar’ (urgh) were built for the movie, in which it can drive or fly, and features a remarkable split opening bubble canopy where all four heroes can sit.

This incredible recreation of the ‘Fantasticar’ comes from previous bloggee SFH_Bricks and includes that trick canopy, plus custom movie-accurate stickers and LEGO’s official ‘Fantastic Four’ mini-figures.

Building instructions are available too, so if you love the movie (or, like us, just love the car), you can head to SFH’s photostream to create it four yourself. Click the link above for all the fantastic details.

6x6x2

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The Lego Car Blog Elves are running about making spacey noises today, courtesy of this; Gaurav Thakur’s enormous Classic Space ‘Enceladus Expedition Convoy’.

Consisting of two linked 6×6 mobile laboratories, Gaurav’s creation is packed with Classic Space goodness, including complicated control centres, beep-boop robots, and a variety of lab equipment.

A crew of Classic Spacemen (plus a few Space babies – perhaps there’s an board crèche too) studiously operate the convoy vehicle and its contents, and there’s heaps more Classic Spacery to see on Flickr.

Join the ‘Enceladus Expedition Convoy’ at Gaurav’s album of the same name via the link above!

Mine’s Longer Than Yours

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No really, it is. Because unless yours is a supertanker, today ours is bigger. This spectacularly long DAF and Nooteboom Telestep trailer combination comes from Ralph Savelsberg of Flickr, and replicates the real wind-turbine transporting trucks operated by Van der Vlist of the Netherlands. Because the Dutch love a windmill.

So do we as it happens, what with them providing endlessly renewable energy and still allowing sheep and whatnot to graze underneath. Anyway, Ralph’s creation can elongate to a quite unbelievable length, and like the real rig cunningly includes five axles with four that operate consecutively greater steering angles, presumably so it doesn’t require all of Belgium or another neighbouring country to turn around.

There’s much more to see at Ralph’s Flickr album and you can take a look at the longest erection on Flickr via the link above.

18th Century Idiocy

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The sailing boat is the 18th century equivalent of the Ford Mustang. At least it was in our home nation, where hundreds, if not thousands, were smashed into sand bars, rocks, each other…

Cue this excellent Imperial Ship by Flickr’s Brick Knight, which has just crashed into a rock probably whilst doing something reckless leaving a boat show.

Being the 18th century, the spectators can’t video it to put it on YouTube, but we’re sure the taverns will be filled with reenactments tonight.

There’s more of the historic idiocy to see at Brick’s photostream and you can join the scene of the accident via the link above.

Dixi Chic

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Mini are these days owned by BMW. But before the ‘new’ Mini was the 1959 original, which was actually first called the Austin ‘Seven’ and not the ‘Mini’ at all. And that’s because it had an even smaller predecessor, the pre-Second World War Austin 7, a car that was also – weirdly – BMW’s first.

Produced under license in-between Britain and Germany killing one another and then Britain and Germany killing one another again, almost 10,000 Austin 7-based BMW Dixis were built, before BMW designed their first in-house model in the early-’30s (although this still used a licensed Austin engine).

This lovely recreation of the BMW Dixi 3/15 comes from SvenJ. of Flickr, who has captured the German Austin 7 beautifully. There’s more to see at Sven’s ‘BMW Dixi 3/15’ album and you can head back to 1920s Germany via the link above.

Goths in the Box

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This splendid ‘GothCorp’ box truck was found on Flickr today, and comes from TLCB debutant Auto’s Builds. Excellent detailing abounds, amongst which is a refrigerator unit above the cab, allowing the goths in transit to arrive in perfectly fresh condition.

We’re not sure why goths need to be refrigerated though, seeing as they can wear a black leather coat on even the hottest of days without issue, but mopey British subcultures are way outside of this writer’s knowledge.

There’s more to see of Auto’s creation at their ‘GothCorp Box Truck’ album, where you can join the goths on-route to sulking at the local cemetery. Unless the truck is delivering something else entirely of course and our goth narrative is total nonsense. Click the link above to find out…

Burger Box

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Is there anything better than a burger from a van? OK, a burger not from a van probably, but a burger from a van is still a burger. And just look how burgery this van is! It’s a Chevy P20 box van and it comes from previous bloggee Sseven Bricks, with more to see at his photostream. Click here for a roadside burger of unnamed meat, gherkins, tomato, relish, and questionable food hygiene.