Tightly-whiteys, budgie smugglers, keggs, chuddies… You’ll have to ask David Roberts why he’s designed a spaceship to look like a giant pair of undercrackers, but if you do, please also ask him why he didn’t build this in white. Perhaps with a brown streak at the rear. A missed opportunity David…
Star Wars’ Rebel Alliance, much like Mercedes-Benz, name their products based on ‘Sesame Street’s Letter of the Day.
Thus today we have an H-Wing, so called because it looks almost nothing like an H. But it does look cool, which is why it’s here, and you can see more courtesy of Thomas Jenkins via the link.
When it comes to cars, we’re ‘less is more’ people. Subtlety and understatement are the order of the day. For TLCB Elves however, more is definitely more. Which means they’re very excited by this Classic Space ‘Wayfarer’ spaceship, which is absolutely bursting with ‘more’. Flickr’s Gaurav Thakur owns the hands that have packed an enormous array of spacey things into, onto, and underneath the ship, and there’s even more ‘more’ to see at their photostream. Take a look via the link above.
TLCB Staff are leaving the comfort of their garages today and heading to the jungle moon Yavin 4, where the Rebel Alliance are planning an audacious attack on the Galactic Empire.
Hidden inside an ancient temple, a multitude of mini-figure Rebels, their X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters, and a handful of helpful droids are readying themselves for the momentous mission.
Constructed by Flickr’s Viktor Fäldt, this enormous brick-built recreation of the Rebel Alliance headquarters features an array of exceptional details from ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’, plus the aforementioned starfighters, hover trollies, and the encroaching jungle outside.
There’s a whole lot more to see of Viktor’s exceptional Star Wars diorama at this photostream, and you can head to Yavin 4 too via the link above.
Pew pew, neeeaaaw, whudhudhudhudua, ploouuuumph, glaaaark! As has been documented on this pages, TLCB are not Star Wars fans. Which is probably why we like ‘Episode 1; The Phantom Menace’, because real Star Wars fans seem to dislike it greatly, and there’s a race in the middle of it with a cacophony of noises most likely made from various household appliances and some audio nicked from Formula 1.
Cue this exquisite recreation of Anakin Skywalker’s podracer (which deployed the aforementioned F1 soundtrack), flying through the desert of wherever it was they were racing being chased by the one that went ‘whudhudhuhdua’. Flickr’s Thomas Jenkins is its maker and you can join the smorgasbord of sounds at his photostream via the link above. Neeeeaaaaw! Kahsmuuush!!
There’s under a week to go of this year’s Febrovery, with dozens of lunar rovers of all shapes and sizes created so far. Which means dozens of creations about which TLCB Writers – whose comfort zone really doesn’t extend much beyond ‘double-overhead cam’ – know nothing. Still, we like spacey things, so here are three of our favourites so far…
Here in TLCB’s home nation we’re pretty sure that some of the vehicles on our roads are helmed by plant-life, so non-reactive are they to any stimulus around them. Here it’s invariably an ageing small hatchback (most often a Peugeot) with a pink ‘Powered by Fairydust’ sticker on the tailgate, but Austin Vail‘s botanically-driven lunar rover is something far more retro-futuristic! Inspired by the bubble-canopied concept cars of the 1950s and ’60s, Austin’s design is ideal transportation for the flowers within, and there’s more to see of his ‘FloraTron Mooncruiser’ on Flickr.
Like, space dudes, we’re totally surfing the Mercury Nebula! There’s a Duplo van in the centre of the Scott Wilhem‘s ‘S.U.R.F for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence’ rover, and a whole lot of ‘greebling’ on the outside. The smiling classic spaceman looks pretty stoked by his ride, and you can catch a cosmic wave at Scott’s photostream via the link above.
And lastly… Blacktron aren’t just about thieving things from the other ‘trons – they need downtime too. And thus here they are tending to some crystal snails. Flickr’s Frost (aka TFDesigns!) is the maker of the ‘Blacktron Surveyor’ and you can join the mini-figures of Blacktron chilling out with some galactic gastropods via the link.
This TLCB Writer is over new cars. Unending app updates, simulated ‘manual’ transmissions, three sub-menus to turn on the heater, and constant bonging to tell you to sit up straight, that you’re 1mph over the speed limit of the road next to you, and that the width to the central white line is narrower than the car itself. Bleugh.
We’d go back to analog cars any day, and it seems the villains of Blacktron have done just that, deploying a unique combustion-powered buggy to avoid leaving a digital footprint for the Space Police to follow.
That they’ve also made it look like every ‘70s concept car is even better, and you can see more retro-futurism Blacktron style courtesy of Flickr’s Kristof and his Febrovery entry via the link.
It’s Febrovery! That time of year when members of the Lego Community get into line, following closely behind one-another to build rovers all shapes and sizes. None seem to be the wares of the defunct British car company which shares the name, to this site’s continual disappointment, but there are some marvellous contraptions nonetheless. This one, a sort of centipede of mini-figures, comes from Nikolaus Lowe, and you can join the back of it on Flickr via the link above.
Are cranes required in space? There’s no gravity… We’re a car blog so we won’t think about that too deeply and instead revel in the deep coolness of Ivan Martynov‘s ‘RS11200 Space Craft Type’. Lift something science-fictiony via the link above!
If Terry Pratchett can have a giant space turtle then we guess Tim Goddard can have a snail. This is – according to its aforementioned maker – a ‘Lunt Snail’ from the Cerulean Nebula, grown from the size of a fist and trained to haul loads across the galaxy via copious food-based encouragement. And who are we to argue with that? Oh yeah, a car blog. Ok, we’ll get back to cars shortly, but until then you can take a look in Tim’s shell via the link above.
The Lego Car Blog Elves are still in deep space for some reason, and thus we’re following the last spacey build with another. An explosion of grey bricks bursting forth from a blue shell, Flickr’s Scott Wilhelm has deployed binoculars, ice-picks, Technic conrods, and even a whisk in the creation of his Neo-Classic Spaceship. Attempt to find them all – plus a lot more besides – at his photostream via the link above.
The other Lego sites – you know, the good ones – are filled with enormous and extravagant spaceships brimming with lasers and fusion drives and other fantastical things. We on the other hand have a spacecraft more in keeping with ourselves; a humble two-seat transport that frankly looks like the space equivalent of a Suzuki Mirage. And it’s wonderful. Flickr’s Capt. Dad is its maker and there’s more to see of his ‘Neo-Classic Space Pod’ via his album of the same name at the link above.
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.
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.
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.
