Tag Archives: Speed Champions

Grey Moggy

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TLCB Elves and cats do not get on well. The results of cat/elf fights are usually 50/50, but whoever comes out on top TLCB Staff are definitely losers, what with the tidying up and occasional requirement to dig a hole in the yard…

Today though we have a grey moggy that is welcome in TLCB Towers, being this rather neat Speed Champions-scale Mercedes-Benz Unimog by Flickr’s Fukku Guen. Excellent detailing abounds throughout the build and you can take a closer look at Fukku’s ‘mog via the link above.

Land Speed(er) Champions

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It’s been days without a car and… um, that doesn’t change today. But today’s model is inspired by LEGO’s car-iest of themes. And it’s really good. Tim Goddard has channeled the Speed Champions line (and windshield) for his Land Speeder Champion, and you can enjoy the mash-up on Flickr via the link.

Past Master

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TLCB staff do not like the modern Volkswagen Golf GTI. Too heavy, too powerful, too expensive, too automatic, and with cabin controls that even VW themselves acknowledge are total crap, what with them being invisible in the dark. But hey the front grille lights up! Sigh.

Yes we’re grumpy old men today, because we much prefer this, the mid-‘80s Mark II Golf GTI. Low power, low weight, and not a touch sensitive unlit temperature slider in sight. Although they aren’t ’in sight’ in the modern Golf either, which is the problem.

This splendid Speed Champions recreation of probably the best Golf GTI of them all comes from regular bloggee SFH_Bricks, who has nailed the brief.

Just over 300 pieces, instructions are available, and you can head back to when hot hatches didn’t need three sub-menus to change the stereo volume via the link above.

Cyberbricks

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We’re often recommended models hosted on Instagram by our readers here at The Lego Car Blog. And many are awesome. However we unfortunately can’t feature them, because – in most cases – Instagram forces account creation just to view them. Not that Meta is desperate.

So we decided to create our own Instagram account, to at least start publicising the creations we write about there. And…. we can’t. Not unless we create a Facebook business account as well. Not that Meta is desperate.

So we’re still not on Insta. But one reader (and previous bloggee themselves) reached out to an Instagram-based builder and suggested that they upload their creations to a free-to-view platform too. And they have. And they’re awesome.

These are the works of mocbyendo, who’s now on Flickr, and we suspect you’ll be seeing rather more of in future…

Inspired by various Japanese car sub-cultures, concept art, and the modified car scene, Endo has created an array of outlandish creations including this cyberpunk Mazda RX-7, wide-arch Toyota Mark II, and… um, whatever the car below is. Mechanical components such as turbos, exhausts, roll cages, intercoolers and batteries are all superbly replicated in brick form, with many models further enhanced by custom decals, wheels and tyres.

Endo is still adding more creations from Instagram to Flickr and you can check out the three pictured here, plus lots more besides, via the link above.

The Streets of San Francisco

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Is there anything more 1970s than a brown police car crashing through some gratuitously placed boxes? Of course not, and Flickr’s SvenJ. takes us straight to ‘The Streets of San Francisco’ with this fabulous early-’70s Ford Galaxie as driven by Lieutenant Mike Stone and Inspector Steve Keller. Usually through some gratuitously placed boxes.

Clever building techniques and wonderful detailing match the top quality presentation, and there’s lots more of Sven’s seventies Galaxie to see via the link above. Plus you can hear tyres squealing on gravel and watch a few shots used twice in the hope TV audiences wouldn’t notice in this glorious ‘The Streets of San Francisco’ montage!

Flipping Dominant

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Le Mans is currently in a golden age, with multiple major manufacturers building wild bespoke racers for the top class. Three decades ago, things were just as good.

The top GT1 class led to the creation of some incredible cars, with one of the most famous being this, the spectacular 1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK LM.

Powered by a 5-litre 600bhp naturally-aspirated V8, the CLK LM was designed to dominate GT1. And it did, winning every single ‘98 race bar one, with only Le Mans eluding Mercedes due to a double retirement.

This superb Speed Champions recreation of the ‘98 CLK LM comes from previous bloggee SFH_Bricks, who has replicated not just the amazing proportions of Mercedes’ GT1 racer but the famous ‘D2’ livery too.

Beautifully presented, there’s lots more to see (including a link to building instructions) at SFH’s photostream, and you can dominate the ‘98 GT1 Championship via the link above.

1999 would not go so well…

Golden Nugget

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Proving that you can race anything – no matter how inappropriate – Flickr’s Fukku Guen has taken a Japanese Kei truck, fitted a V6 in the cargo bed, wide arches, and the sort of rear wing and front splitter you’d normally expect to find at Pikes Peak. Inspired by the LEGO 77262 Speed Champions Ken Block Hoonicorn set (and utilising a few of its pieces), building instructions are available, and you can take a closer look at Fukku’s black-and-gold Kei monster on Flickr via the link above.

Liquid Hot Magma

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No not the morning after a spicy curry, but this; South Korea’s first Le Mans hypercar, the Genesis Magma Racing GMR-001.

Built for the burgeoning Hypercar class, the GMR-001 combines an Oreca LMDh chassis with an in-house twin-turbo V8 based on two 4-cylinder engines from Hyundai’s World Rally Car. The team would also have the coolest name at Le Mans if it wasn’t for a certain world-dominting villain.

This spectacular Speed Champions recreation of the Genesis Magma Racing 2026 hypercar comes from previous bloggee SFH_Bricks, who has appeared here numerous times with his ever growing catalogue of Le Mans racers.

With a superbly replicated livery SFH’s GMR-001 is as realistic as Speed Champions creations come, and you can melt every city on the planet with liquid hot magma via the link above.

Cosmic Corvettes

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Corvettes, like Mustangs, are often driven by people who think their car can spin on the spot. Or fly. Or both. They are mistaken.

But not today! Because we have two Corvettes that can do just that. Previous bloggee Sergio Batista has taken the 76903 Speed Champions Corvettes set and added a whole lot more vertical ability, with inspiration from artist Alejandro Burdisio, the ‘Blade Runner’ movies, and a heap of unusual LEGO Bionicle and Exo-Force pieces.

LED lighting adds to the aura, and there’s more to see of both the Corvette Stingray hover car and Corvette C8.R ‘Spinner’ at Sergio’s photostream. Click the links to take a look, or here for another bonus Corvette crash.

The Fastest Car is a Rental

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The WEC’s Hypercar class is booming. From years of only a handful of cars there are now almost two-dozen, with more set to join. One of the front-runners is Cadillac, with their V-Series.R run by the British Hertz Team JOTA outfit who switched from Porsche for the 2026 season, meaning that Cadillac are now in both Formula 1 and Le Mans.

This superbly-liveried Speed Champions scale recreation of the 2026 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R comes from serial bloggee SFH_Bricks, with more to see and a link to building instructions available on Flickr. Make the jump via the link above for all the imagery.

Twingo

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After years of vehicular misery the French auto industry is finally re-finding its mojo. Back in the mid-’90s though, Renault couldn’t stop making hits. One was this, the wonderful Twingo, which – unlike every other ’90s city car – has come an enduring icon. So much so Renault are bringing it back as an EV, but it’s the little sub-800kg (1,700lb) 1.1 litre original we lust after. This one comes from Flickr’s ilyabuilder724, who has repurposed a Speed Champions windscreen brilliantly, and you can head to a European city circa-1994 via the link above.

It Was a Good Day

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I gotta go ’cause I got me a drop-topAnd if I hit the switch, I can make the ass dropCube’s Impala is the base
Sergio Batista’s even added his faceLow ‘n slow wins the race
Chrome bricks, printed rims and paint, for purists this Chevy ain’tBut listen homies, that’s not a complaintBounce over to Flickr, so you can acquaint.

Yes we’ve murdered Ice Cube’s ‘It Was a Good Day’, but with Sergio’s ’64 Chevrolet lowrider straight from the ’92 video we were pretty much obliged to. Click here to make the ass drop.

Special-K

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Kei trucks are not renowned for their performance. Smallness yes. Speed no. But what if you fitted a twin-turbo engine in the entirety of the bed?… Well Flickr’s Sergio Batista has answered that question with his mad kei truck, which imagines what a Suzuki Carry would look like if it were built for Time Attack. With choice parts and the livery from the LEGO 77258 F1 Academy Car set it certainly looks the business, and you can drift through the narrow streets of Tokyo via the link above.

Crossing the Atlantic

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Jean Bugatti’s personal Type 57SC Atlantic mysteriously disappeared almost a century ago. Estimated to be worth $100 million today if found, it’s one of just four Atlantics created by Bugatti in the mid-1930s, and perhaps one of the hardest cars ever built to recreate from Lego bricks. Flickr’s NV Carmocs has done just that though, replicating the incredible curves beautifully in Speed Champions scale. Spectacularly presented, NV’s Atlantic may not be worth $100 million but it’s sure worth a closer look, and you can cross the Atlantic via the link to his photostream above.

Insert Moderately Monied Male

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The early-‘00s Porsche 911 (997) is driven by exactly one sort of person. They may or may not wear sunglasses, a shirt or a blazer, be forty-six or sixty-four, but they will – without exception – be a Moderately Monied Male.

This means that none of TLCB Team have an early-‘00s Porsche 911 as we only fit half of the required characteristics, but if you’re more fiscally successful than we are you can get your hands on this one courtesy of Flickr’s ilyabuilder724, who has made building instructions for his excellent Speed Champions Porsche 911 Carrera S available. Take a look via the link!