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iCar

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Lego Hovercar

Rumour has it that Apple are apparently hard at work developing an autonomous car for production, and are headhunting the best minds at Google, Tesla and other tech and automotive leaders to help them accomplish it.

This is genuinely exciting, as Apple have – and we know this next sentence is probably going to irk some Apple fans – launched the square route of jack shit since the passing of Steve Jobs. No, a slightly bigger iPhone and a slightly slimmer iMac don’t count.

Anyway, if Apple do manage to bring their autonomous vehicle to market we hope it’ll look something a bit like this hovercar from MOCpages’ Jerac. Only in white of course.

Suggested to us by a reader, there’s more to see at Jerac’s MOCpage via the link above.

Deserted Road

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Lego Hot RodSylon-tw rounds off the weekend here at TLCB with this ace Town scale hot rod. He’s gone beyond the car too, and built a neat desert road upon which the mini-figure driver can put his foot down. There’s more to see on Flickr at the link above.

Lego Roadster

Valentines Day Special

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Lego Yacht

Today we’re calling upon the collective experience of the entire TLCB staff to bring you some top quality dating advice this valentines day, in Lego form.

First up is the beautiful classic yacht above, built by TLCB favourite ER0L. There’s nothing more romantic than a luxury boat, and if we were a mini-figure this would be our vehicle of choice with which to woo the limited supply of LEGO womenfolk. ER0L’s even added mood lighting by the way of Power Functions LEDs, and you can see more via the link above.

Our second love-inducing creation is probably at the other end of the romantic scale being, well – what looks like a hospital bed with a steering wheel. Still, it’s got some plastic flowers and there’s a camera to capture the ‘special’ moment, and that works for your Mom every time.

Billyburg is the builder and you can see more of his Lunar Love Buggy on Flickr.

Lego Bed Bug(gy)

Coyote Ugly

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Lego Salt Flat Rod

Nothing is cooler than a simple hot rod, and this is very cool. Eskimo fridge cool. It’s the work of _zenn, it’s called the ‘Coyote’, it was suggested by a reader, and it can be viewed here.

French Knickers

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Lego peugeot 403

Peugeot have – at last – got their act together and started to make cars that we wouldn’t mind owning again. After the horrible 2000s (307 anyone?) we’d pretty much given up hope for the French brand, but currently things are looking up, and we wish them all the best.

We quite like Peugeot because, despite the awfulness of the last 15 years, they do actually have a back-catalogue of some rather desirable (and even reliable) cars. One such model was this; the pretty 403 cabriolet, one of the nicest topless models to come out of France since Brigitte Bardot. This Town-scale version was built by Flickr’s mijasper, and you can see more of it via the link above.

The Roaring Twenties

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Lego Vintage Scene

This creation is a little unusual for us, seeing as it’s not really a car. But it does contain several vehicles, and they’re properly good too, so it’s earned its place here. Dario Minisini’s 1920s port scene was suggested to us by a reader, and it includes everything you could hope for in a snapshot of vintage America, including a gangster-operated distillery. There’s lots more to see at Dario’s Flickr page – click here to make the trip.

Lego 1920s

Mr. Blue Sky

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Lego Liebherr Crane

This enormous chunk of Blue is the work of TLCB favourite Nick Barrett, and it’s mini-figure scale. Yup, that’s just how big a Liebherr LTM mobile crane is – even in mini-fig form it’s 10 studs wide and very very long. Nick has used the size well, engineering in all the working functions you’d expect to find on a model of a much larger scale, including progressive rate steering, working stabilisers, and of course a fully extending, raising and lowering boom. Nick’s Liebherr crane was suggested to us by a reader, and you can see more on both MOCpages and Flickr.

Lego Liebherr LTM Crane

Maintenance Time

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Garage 01

The first of two car maintenance related posts today comes from L@go, over on Flickr. It’s a reworking of the classic 361 Garage set from 1979. This version has been updated and expanded too, leaving loads of space for an interior packed with details.

There’s an oil spill on the floor, that looks just like the stain on the carpet in reception at The Lego Car Blog Towers. There’s also a very nicely built bench vice and what we hope is a sausage in a microwave. Higher up, you might spot a fume extraction system and the typical collection of junk and old car parts that you’ll find on the office roof of many workshop. Click on this link to see the full album of the Raph brothers’ repair shop.

Garage 02

Er…

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Lego Steampunk

We have no idea what is going on here. Flickr’s Pascal aka pasukaru76 probably does though, and you can see more of whatever this is at his photostream.

Miami Vice

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Lego Ferrari 365 Daytona

This glorious Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spider in Miami Vice specification was suggested to us by a reader. It’s the work of Flickr’s ER0L, and it’s one of the most perfectly executed Town-scale replicas we’ve seen. More photos are available at the link above.

Lego Miami Vice Ferrari Daytona

Pirate Picture Special

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Lego Pirate Ship Brickmans Bounty

Yaarr! What better t’celebrate the return of pirates than with a 48,000 brick pirate ship!*

Certified LEGO Professional Ryan McNaught aka TheBrickMan has welcomed the LEGO Pirates line back into stores in 2015 in a huge way. At 2 meters long and taking 120 hours to build, Ryan’s ‘Brickman’s Bounty’ is the pride of the Brickvention 2015 Lego Show.

Lego Brickman's Bounty

The ship is constructed as a cut-away so you can can see interior too – Click the link above to visit Ryan’s photostream to see all the details of the Brickman’s Bounty, and you can see all of Ryan’s other works that have featured here by clicking this link and scrolling down.

Lego Ship Inside*In a pirate voice

Rock Rider

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Lego Concept Car

This retro-inspired concept car looks neat doesn’t it? Even neater when set against this cool background. It reminds us of LEGO’s old catalogues from the ’80-late ’90s. Peteris Sprogis is the builder and you can see more of his creation on both MOCpages and Flickr.

Money Shot

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Lego Rat Rod Money Shot

We deliberated quite a lot about whether to give this post the same title that Flickr’s _Tiler has used for this creation. Not because we’re a clean bunch here at TLCB (as the regular notes about your Mom testify), but more because whenever we title a post… er, ‘ambiguously’, we get inundated with spam.

Anyway, we’re risking it. And if you’re too young to know what this title means, ask your Mom…

Rat Run

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Lego Rat Rod

The final creation in today’s trio of Town posts is this beautiful mini-figure scale rat rod from Flickr’s _Tyler. There’s more to see after the jump.

Lego Rat Rod

Going Bananas!

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Lego Hot Rod Ford

It took us a few moments to realise why Flickr’s _Tiler has named this gorgeous Ford hot rod ‘Gone Bananas!’… Clever stuff _Tyler! Click the link above to see more.