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Giant Haystacks

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Because we’re weird, we like obscure niche pieces of machinery here at The Lego Car Blog. And they don’t come much more obscurely niche than a trailer specifically built to carry hay bales. It’s an Oehler DDK 240 BL apparently, and it’s the work of TLCB Master MOCer Eric Trax, who has teamed it with previously-blogged remote controlled JCB Fastrac and Claas Scorpion 756 telehandler.

Like his JCB and Claas, Eric’s Oehler is also motorised, with a single L Motor paired to a gearbox and winch system to allow each sidewall to raise and lower independently, granting access to the 36 brick-built straw bales held within. It’s rather mesmerising to watch in action and you can do just that at Eric’s ‘Oehler DDK 240 BL’ album and at the YouTube video here.

*Today’s title reference. Because we don’t think we’ve linked to a 1970s 317kg British wrestler yet.

The Robot Apocalypse

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We’re all living in a world of AI now. Mostly of course, AI is used to make terrible short videos and to write cover letters, but there’s a somewhat scarier application which means we’re pretty much at the plot of ‘Terminator’. AI drones and robots are already on the battlefield, and they’re making decisions about whether to kill real human beings. So on that cheery note here’s a Lego interpretation!

Looking rather like a 6×6 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), TLCB newcomer deltamc‘s fully remote controlled ‘Autonomous Patrol Machine’ features six-wheel-drive, four-wheel-steering, a deployable scanner that raises out of the body reminiscent of one of the robots in ‘The Incredibles’, a spinning radar dish, and motorised opening weapons hatches to deploy unguided rockets. It’s all impeccably engineered and there’s more to see at the Eurobricks forum where the robot apocalypse is surely one step closer.

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Connecting Virginians

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We’re taking the bus today, thanks to previous bloggee JLui15 and this stellar Orion VII NG bus in Fairfax Connector livery.

Fully remote controlled with working drive, steering, and motorised doors, JLui’s model is so realistic we can almost hear the kid playing terrible R&B through his phone speakers in the back row and smell the old man in the front.

There’s lots more to see at JLui’s ‘Orion VII NG Fairfax Connector Bus’ album on Flickr and you can hop on board to transit Northern Virgina via the link.

A MAZterpiece

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The Lego Car Blog Elves are cheerfully riding around the office whilst attempting mildly xenophobic Eastern European accents today, courtesy of Michael Kulakov (aka Michael217) and this, his spectacular MAZ 504 truck.

Fully remote controlled via a mix of LEGO and third-party motors, Michael’s MAZ also features a two speed gearbox via a nicely accessible lever behind the cab (which also moves the in-cab gear lever), a working steering wheel, a 6-cylinder engine under a tilting cab, a mechanically deployable spare wheel carrier, working suspension, plus custom wheels, rubber mud-flaps, and 3D-printed front fender extensions.

The result is quite fantastically life-like (even if not quite all LEGO), and there’s loads more of Michael’s magnificently presented MAZ model to see at both Eurobricks and Flickr. Click the links above to check out his MAZterpiece.

Seeing Red

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It’s been some time since one of our Elves ran over its colleagues with a remote control creation. And that doesn’t change today, as despite being epically remote controlled, this magnificent Tatra trial truck is too slow to run down any Elves at all. Which enraged the Elf that found it. Still, a Red Smartie will perk it up, and we can take a look at this astonishing creation without having to clean the floors first.

It comes from TLCB Master MOCer Sariel, and it’s a Tatra 813 8×8 designed specifically for going very slowly over almost anything.

Eight-wheel-drive, four-wheel-steering, high/low gearbox, incredible suspension, and a working piston engine all feature, and you can see more of this mighty machine on Flickr and via the video below, where Sariel pulls some very heavy things (very slowly) across his floor.

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Cor-Off-Roada

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As the world’s best selling car, the Toyota Corolla has been many things, but not often a 4×4 desert racer. Cue Randy Wilmenta, who has built his 1989 Corolla GT-S into an awesome all-wheel-drive off-roader, which Eurobricks’ 2GodBDGlory has faithfully recreated in Technic form.

With working all-wheel drive courtesy of two Power Functions L Motors (hooked up to both a transverse inline-4 piston engine and a remotely-operable 6+R gearbox), remote control steering, an electronic hand-brake, motorised clutch, pop-up headlights and differential lock, plus suspension, and opening doors, hood and trunk, 2God’s recreation of the unique Toyota packs in as much as its real-world counterpart.

3D-printed wheels and an excellent classic Toyota livery complete a superb build, and you can find out more about the model and the real off-road Corolla it replicates via the Eurobricks forum. Take a look via the link, where you can also watch a video of 2God’s brilliant build in action.

BuWizz Gathering 2026

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BuWizz-powered creations have been appearing on The Lego Car Blog for years, and with programable bluetooth control, mega power, and a 5-Star Review when we tested their awesome 3.0 Pro system, it’s easy to see why.

If you’re a BuWizz builder or a fan of seeing what remote control Lego can do, the BuWizz Gathering 2026, held in BuWizz’s beautiful native Slovenia, is coming this July 11th-12th.

The 2026 event will include multiple vehicular competitions, daily prizes, conferences, and a social dinner, as well as attendance from 95-million views YouTuber RacingBrick and TLCB Master MOCers Sariel and Nico71.

Tickets are on sale now for €60 (competitors) and €20 (spectators).

Find full details and tickets for the BuWizz Gathering 2026 here

There’s also currently 10% off BuWizz components in their Summer Sale. Click on the image below to take a look at what’s available.

Remotely Racing

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This morning has been somewhat messier than we hoped. A remote control creation was found by one of our Elves, which – as regular readers will know – of course means it was used to run over as many Elves as possible before it inevitably crashed.

Rather annoyingly however, the Elven attrition continued post-crash, because whilst the truck was out of action it was able to jettison the racing car it carried which was also remote controlled. Sigh.

Order has now been restored, the culprit given a Smartie (that’s how it works…), and we can take a look at the creation/s that caused the ruckus.

Built by Technic genius mahjqa, this remotely controlled transporter and racing car duo are a wonderful demonstration of brick-based engineering.

As well as both featuring remote control drive and steering, the racing car includes an oversized V8 engine with working cylinders, whilst the truck is equipped with a clever tilting hook-lift platform, with even cleverer automatic wheel chocks that deploy during the tilt to ensure the racing car doesn’t roll off.

It’s a brilliant solution and you can watch both models in action via the fantastic video below, in which mahjqa also reveals the ingenious Technic camera cars used to capture the footage, plus you can find full details at Eurobricks as well as all the images on Flickr here.

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Czech Meight

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It’s been a while since we had a trial truck here at TLCB Towers, but we’re making up for it today. This is Madoca 1977’s Tatra T813 8×8 Kolos, and it’s one of the most capable we’ve seen yet.

Controlled via a Smart Hub, two L Motors drive all eight fully-suspended wheels via planetary reduction, a M Motor drives the steering, whilst another M Motor operates the high/low gearbox.

Madoca’s model also includes a V12 engine, a removable cab, plus opening doors and hatches, with lots more to see at the Eurobricks forum. Click the link above for a closer look.

Bus Boy

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We’re travelling slowly through Westchester New York today, on a twenty-year-old Orion Industries V (05.505) bus. Over a hundred Orion Vs still operate on Westchester’s ‘Bee-Line’, and are the last not be hybrid or electrically powered.

This Orion V actually is battery powered though, as its maker JLiu15 has equipped it with full motorisation including the drive, steering, and doors.

There’s more of the model to see at JLiu’s ‘2005 Orion V (05.505) Bee-Line Bus’ album on Flickr, and you can take the No. 52 to Bronxville via the link above.

We’re Slammin’, and We Hope You like Slammin’ Too

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We’re feeling loooow today, not in mood, but in stance, thanks to this beautiful air-bagged Peterbilt 389 truck and MAC 4-axle trailer.

Constructed by Grigoriy, this stunning custom Peterbilt features a remote control ‘air ride’ system via a Powered-Up L Motor, motorised drive and steering, an inline-6 engine, opening doors and hood, a sprung front bumper, and a working fifth-wheel, whilst the huge MAC trailer includes a lift-and-steer system too.

There’s much more of the model see at both Bricksafe and Eurobricks, building instructions are available, and you can get low with us via the links above.

Trailin’ Low

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This neat Technic 8×4 truck and low-bed three-axle trailer comes from previous bloggee damianPLE, and despite the small scale there’s a full remote control drivetrain squeezed inside. The Power Functions Medium Motor and Servo are powerful enough to haul a load too, and you can see more (as well as find a link to building instructions) at Eurobricks and Bricksafe.

B is for BuWizz

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TLCB Elves are running for their lives today, because this tremendous Technic remote control Group B rally car is roaring up and down the office corridor. TLCB staff may or may not be at the controls…

Constructed by TLCB Master MOCer Nico71, entered into last year’s BuWizz Gathering, and inspired by a number of ‘80s rally machines, it shows the best of what can be achieved with LEGO Technic and compatible third-party electronics.


Twin LEGO Buggy Motors, Servo steering, all-wheel double-wishbone suspension, a mid-mounted V6 engine, opening doors, hood and tailgate, and BuWizz 2.0 Bluetooth control all feature, as do building instructions so you can create Nico’s model for yourself to terrorise the animals in your own house.

There’s loads more to see at the Eurobricks forum and you can make a beeline there via the link above, plus you can watch Nico’s creation in action via the video below.

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Not in Iran

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If you’ve been vaguely aware of the news over the past few weeks it’s been getting a bit bomby in the Middle East.

That’s because President Trump knew that Iran were going to start a war with America, a war that they in fact started 47 years ago, and so he started a war himself, that’s not a war, that Iran started. Ok it might be a war, but it’s not about regime change. It’s about Iran’s imminent use of the nuclear weapons that America “completely and totally obliterated” only last year. Although the regime has also changed.

Anyway, the not-a-war will only last a few weeks, in fact it’s already been won. Although it might go on forever. And NATO need to grow a pair a get involved. Not that Trump needs them.

And if all that sounds like the ravings of an unfiltered toddler making the words up literally as they leave their mouth, that’s because it is.

Thus here’s NATO’s actual front line – the one designed to keep America safe from the Soviet Union behind the buffer of Europe, which isn’t in the Middle East at all – a tremendous Czech Tatra 815-7 8×8 Starkom electronics jammer.

Constructed by Samuel Nerpas (aka Tatrovak), this incredible creation features all-wheel-drive and all-wheel-steering via eight Power Functions XL Motors and two Servos, working all-wheel suspension with adjustable ride height via two M Motors, and pneumatically driven stabilisers via another M Motor. Two CaDa micromotors power the roof-mounted weapons system, with all fifteen operable remotely via a pair of BuWizz Bluetooth bricks, plus there’s a tilting cab complete with a fully detailed interior, opening doors and hatches.

It’s a hugely impressive build, and you can take a closer look at what is still the front line of NATO, which is not in Iran, via both Eurobricks and Flickr.

Mining Cornwall

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The Cornwall Peninsula in the very south of the United Kingdom is famous for its pasties, beaches, cider, and – at one time – mining.

This began with silver and tin, plundered by the Romans, and ended with coal, plundered by the Government.

Mines were a combination of dangerous ‘pits’ and open cast, with the latter exploited by enormous mechanisation in later years. This is one such machine from the time, the 390-ton Ruston-Bucyrus 195-B electric rope shovel.


Recreated in 1:28.5 form, this spectacular replica of the Ruston-Bucyrus 195-B comes from recent bloggee Beat Felber, to work alongside his Terex 33-11C mining truck.

Like his previously featured Terex, Beat’s electric rope shovel is packed with electronics to bring it to life, with four Power Functions motors driving the tracks, two the swing motion, another the main winch, and an eighth the dipper handle. No, we don’t know what a dipper handle is.

Finally two CaDA micromotors power the bucket door release and motorised access ladder, there are two sets of LEDs lighting the model, and the whole lot is controllable remotely via twin SBricks.

It’s a hugely impressive feat of engineering, with lots more of the model to see at Beat’s ‘Ruston-Bucyrus 195-B’ Flickr album – where it’s pictured alongside the Terex 33-11C with which it would have worked mining Cornish coal.

Grab a pasty and a cider and head to 1980s Cornwall via the link above.