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The Commuter

We like cars here at The Lego Car Blog. Which probably isn’t a surprise. But what might be more surprising is we rather like buses too. No, we’re not those weirdos who get excited about route changes and new seat upholstery, but buses play a vital role in keeping congestion down so that we can, erm… drive our cars.

Cue the MCI D-Series, a ‘Commuter Coach’ (or ‘Really Big Bus’ to us) produced by the Illinois-based and unimaginatively-titled ‘Motor Coach Industries’ since 1992.

Powered by an array of different engine options (or even electricity), the 45ft tri-axle coach carries thousands of commuters to their place of work and back again right across North America (plus, in prison transport form, to… erm, prison). This one is a D4500CT in New Jersey Transit livery, as created brilliantly in Technic form by previous bloggee JLiu15.

JLiu’s build features mechanised opening doors, remote control drive and steering, a fully-fitted interior, suspension, and wonderfully accurate replica decals, with much more of his fantastic creation to see at his ‘LEGO Technic MCI D4500CT Commuter Coach’ album on Flickr.

Click the link to climb on board and start your commute.

Brickfair NJ 2014 – Vehicle Roundup

Brickfair NJ

Here at TLCB we rarely get to LEGO Events. This is mostly because the Elves have a habit of sneaking into our bags and that doesn’t tend to end well in public spaces. Luckily for us though we have some lovely people amongst our readership who can attend on our behalf. One such reader is previous bloggee Chris Elliott, who recently attended (and displayed at) Brickfair 2014. Over to Chris to take us through what was there…

Hi! I’m Chris, and I’m honored to be back again guest-blogging for TLCB! Today I’m writing a recap of Brickfair New Jersey 2014 from the perspective of a car guy. Brickfair NJ is a relatively large event, and in 2014 there were several really good vehicle displays to be enjoyed by the car connoisseur. First, I should probably disclose that I was there displaying as well!  If you’re interested, you can find me on Flickr for more of my work with minifig-scale cars.

ChrisElliottArt's Car Display

ChrisElliottArt’s (hey, that’s me!) car display

We’ll start start things off in one of the most popular scales at Lego Shows, with I Lug NY‘s superb mini-figure Town display. This featured a whole host of realistic city scenes accompanied by an assortment of top Town vehicles. In no particular order…

Emergency Response Team

Emergency Response Team responding to a fire at the Safety Inc. building

Prison Transport

Prison Transport transporting, I assume, prisoners (though I’ve been wrong before)

Squad Cars

A pair of squad cars

Avenue Full of Vehicles

Avenue full of vehicles, and a few trains too

There were a couple of real gems hiding in this display (I’m sure you don’t need me to identify them for you but I will anyway, because that’s my job!). Here are a few highlights;

Hummer

Minifig-scale Hummer H1

But of course, a DeLorean

DeLorean DMC-12, with a few modifications…

And now for some of the bigger creations. Continue reading