Tag Archives: sci-fi

Wipeout!*

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It’s nearly 2026 and we still don’t have anti-gravity vehicles. Engineers; get with the programme already. Fortunately Sony’s ‘Wipeout’ has filled the void for three decades, providing wild anti-gravity racing to electronic beats.

Cue today’s build, this superb recreation of AG-Systems’ ‘Wipeout’ racer from the iconic video game, complete with a mini-figure scale cockpit and a fantastic replica livery.

Newcomer Andre Lackman (aka djdrey909) is its maker, and you can see further of images of his AG-Systems’ racer (and a few of its competitors) on Flickr, plus you can read more about the design and build process as well as access building instructions so you can go anti-gravity racing for yourself at Andre’s excellent website.

*Today’s title song. Of course.

Medium Rare with Peppercorn Please

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Building inspiration can come from a million places. And in the case of today’s creation it came from the violent wielding of a tenderising hammer by its maker.

The ‘Blacktron Tenderiser’ is the work Flickr’s Rubblemaker who was inspired by his own use of the bludgeoning instrument. We want to question how a tenderising hammer works in the vacuum of space, and why you’d want to use one in the first place, but considering the builder’s proficiency with said tool we’re happy to remain ignorant and uninjured.

Take a closer look via Rubblemaker’s photostream at the link above.

Vintage Viper

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It’s Novvember, the annual building bandwagon about which TLCB Staff know as much as Kim Kardashian does particle physics. Cue this splendid ‘Viv Viper’ entry by The One and Only Mr.R inspired by the ’80s video game ‘Gradius’, about which we also know nothing. Which makes this a short post. But fear not, we’ll be back with a weird car imminently, and until then take a closer look at this superbly presented starfighter on Flickr via the link.

LEGO Icons 10356 Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D | Set Preview

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[Read the following in an adenoidal internal monologue]. Nerds assemble! This is the brand new LEGO Icons 10356 Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D!

Engaging warp drive / beaming up / insert other space metaphor on November 28th 2025, LEGO’s homage to TV’s dorkiest spaceship finally brings the U.S.S Enterprise to the shelves of Star Trek fans everywhere.

And we do mean shelves, as this $400 / £350 set features no play features whatsoever. It does however feature “a secondary hull”, “warp nacelles with distinctive red and blue detailing”, nine members of the Enterprise crew in mini-figure form (none of whom we can name), a display stand, and – if you purchase before December 1st – a Star Trek ‘Type-15 Shuttlepod’ ‘Gift with Purchase’ set.

LEGO Star Trek fans can boldly go to purchase the new 10356 set later this month, whilst we boldly go to drink a beer and talk to some girls to rebalance ourselves after writing this.

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.

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!

Tractors in Space

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LEGO surprised us all in 2024 with the shock arrival of the Technic Space line, becoming the mash-up we never knew we needed. Flickr’s Tung Pham has taken his terrestrial Technic into space too, converting the 42136 and 42157 John Deere sets into vehicles rather more other-worldly. Tung’s speeder, floating front-loader, and maintenance mech alternates each requisition the pieces from their donor sets and include both mechanical and pneumatic functions. There’s more to see – including a link to building instructions – on Flickr, and you can click here to take your tractors into space.

LEGO Star Wars 75419 Death Star | Set Preview

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That’s no moon. But the price is lunacy. This is the brand new LEGO Star Wars 75419 Death Star.

Arriving outside the atmosphere of a planet near you on October 1st, 75419 brings Star Wars’ most iconic energy project into LEGO’s Ultimate Collector Series, with over 9,000 parts, thirty-eight mini-figures and an array of movie scenes held within a thin slice of space-station.

These include the crushing trash compactor, Princess Leia’s cell, the hangar control room infiltrated by Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, the tractor beam control deactivated by Obi-Wan Kenobi, Emperor Palpatine’s throne room, the Imperial Shuttle hangar bay, and the planet-destroying Superlaser. And all for $999.

Yes, it’s finally (if inevitably) happened, 75419 is the first one-thousand dollar LEGO set. With a recommended retail price of $999 / £899, it actually translates to over $1,200 in our home nation at today’s exchange rate. Which sounds, and is, a galactic amount of money. But perhaps black boxes and purple Imperial Dignitaries don’t come cheap.

If you’re head of a Galactic Empire you can get your black gloved hands on the new LEGO Star Wars 75419 Death Star set from October 1st. For the rest of us in the Republic, we haven’t forgotten that LEGO is supposed to be a toy, so we’ll be playing with what we’ve got.

Beep-Boop

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Yes we know we’re a car blog, but who doesn’t like whimsical beep-boop robots! This one is battling for the moon according to its maker, and you can see more of this primary-coloured contraption courtesy of Shannon Sproule via the link above!

All Aboard!

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If aliens wanted to snoop about unnoticed, we’re pretty sure they could do so with no problem whatsoever on public transport. Because despite the wealth of interesting sights on display, every single person on the train, bus, or tram will be staring solely at the 4-inch glass screen in their hand. Cue Jonah Schultz‘s marvellous railway platform scene, which includes an unusual visitor going completely unseen in a crowd of commuting mini-figures. Take a closer look at Jonah’s photostream via the link above… unless you’re reading this on public transport, in which case save it for later, put your phone down, and take a look around you. Who knows what you’ll see.

Not a Jaguar

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TLCB does not know much about Star Wars. 1970s British saloons yes, space battles between Jedis and an imperial galactic empire… not so much. Which is why if you said ‘XJ6′ to us we’d think of a classic luxury car rather than a vehicle from George Lucas’ famous movie franchise.

Unfortunately for TLCB Team, this ‘XJ6’ is not a Sir William Lyons-designed British sedan, but an Airspeeder from ‘Star Wars; Attack of the Clones’. However Swan Dutchman‘s replica of the ‘XJ-6 Airspeeder’ is nevertheless a stunning build, deploying some fantastic techniques to recreate the aircraft’s complex surfacing seen in the film.

There’s more of Swan’s ‘XJ-6’ to see on Flickr and you can head to, um… wherever it is that Airpseeders are via the link above. We’re better with cars…

Saturn Streamliner

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This has the ring of genuine, bona fide, electrified, six-car monorail to it. Gettit? Because of the ri… OK, we’ve done better. Just be thankful we didn’t lead with a ‘Your Mom’ joke*. Anyway this marvellous contraption is a ‘Saturn Streamliner’, a suspended railway passenger train operating from an alternate timeline. Flickr’s Nannan Zhang owns the mind behind it and you can buy your ticket at the link above.

*The Saturn Streamliner is able to service an entire city. Just like your Mom. / The Saturn Streamliner has gone through more rings than your Mom has. / Large, heavy, but a quality ride… etc.

The Rarest Walrus

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This fantastically-shaped space racer was discovered by one of our Elves on Flickr, and it utilises one of LEGO’s rarest colours, making its tessellated composition even more difficult. But we can’t stop thinking it looks like a walrus’s face, which probably isn’t what builder The One And Only Mr.R had in mind.

Still, we’ve written the title now, thus you can head into space via the link above and try to un-see the head of a large marine mammal…