I Don’t Want to Live on this Planet Anymore
Half of America believes the other half is lying, a deadly disease is confining us to our homes, and we’re at the tipping point of irreversible and catastrophic climate change (unless you’re in the...
View ArticleI Don’t Want to Live on this Planet Anymore
Half of America believes the other half is lying, a deadly disease is confining us to our homes, and we’re at the tipping point of irreversible and catastrophic climate change (unless you’re in the...
View ArticleBNEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!
Gosh scramblers are annoying. They’re ridden around TLCB Towers by obnoxious teenagers at full throttle to maximise their irritating noise all the time, and with a top speed of 48mph it means they...
View ArticleLEGO Technic 42122 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon | Set Preview
The 2021 LEGO Technic set previews continue here at The Lego Car Blog, with this; the brand new 42122 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon! Adding another real-world manufacturer to the Technic line-up, 42122 will...
View ArticleBuggy Blues
It’s been a while since the last mass Elven smushing here at The Lego Car Blog Towers. The Elves are wising up to the dangers of being out in the open for too long, a suspiciously unguarded Smartie,...
View ArticleFifteen Horsepower of Fun
We’ve featured some very cool, very fast motorbikes here over the years. The Honda Mini Trail ‘Monkey Bike’ is not one of them. However we would take this diminutive 125cc practical joke of a...
View ArticleWhat the Frack?
This is a Tatra T815-7 10×10. Plus a few other things. Built in collaboration across five companies and two continents, this remarkable machine is a mobile fracking rig, capable of extracting shale...
View ArticleMedium ‘Mog Magnificence
LEGO’s 8110 Technic Mercedes-Benz Unimog set earned a stellar 9/10 review here at The Lego Car Blog. With working steering, suspension, engine, all-wheel-drive with portal axles, Power Functions...
View ArticleRambo Lambo
The Urus is not Lamborghini’s first SUV. But it is their ugliest, which is something we suppose. No, back in the late 1980s, the maddest of all the car manufacturers decided to do something even...
View ArticleBaja Bug
Snow is falling outside TLCB Towers today, so here’s a VW buggy built to race in the desert. No we couldn’t think of a Christmas link. And we’re really cold. Anyway, this Speed Champions style ‘Baja...
View ArticleEscape to the Wilds
2020 has been a weird year. By ‘weird’, we mean ‘total crap’, and thus we completely understand those who choose to leave it all behind and head out into the wilderness. Two of the best vehicles for...
View ArticleMechanical ‘Mog
LEGO’s enormous official 8110 Technic Mercedes-Benz Unimog is a wondrous thing, with an array of motorised functions alongside pneumatics. However, Technic models can be just as engaging even at the...
View ArticleIntergalactic Escapism
Sometimes this TLCB writer wishes he could be a Classic Spaceman. Permanently happy, the mini-figures of Classic Space don’t have to deal with lockdowns due to deadly disease, Keeping up with the...
View ArticleMy Other Car’s a Jeep
LEGO’s new 42122 Technic Jeep Wrangler Rubicon set, revealed here last month, has only been released for a week or two, yet previous bloggee Eric Trax has already managed to turn it into something...
View ArticleA Canadian in Siberia
Canadians are known for their politeness and generosity. Although that might just be in comparison to their noisy neighbour in the basement. Still, even Canadian inventions demonstrate this altruism,...
View ArticleSmarter than the Average Bear
Yogi Bear looks pissed. We’re not sure what the mini-figure behind the wheel of this Chevrolet K5 Blazer has done but we’re betting he’s hoping that rickety bridge holds up. It’s got a bit of extra...
View ArticleDirt Danger
Is there a more dangerous vehicle than a quad bike? Of course there is, because back in the ’80s you could have one with a wheel missing. The logic was probably of the bar-stool variety, in that three...
View ArticleMy Other Car’s a Jeep
LEGO’s new Technic 42122 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon looks cool, although on close inspection not all that accurate, but is something of a disappointment technically. It does include plenty of decent parts...
View ArticleRaucous Rieju
Ninety-five year old Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Rieju make some great looking off-road mopeds. And so too does previous bloggee Mathjis Bongers, who has recreated their MRT PRO ‘motard’ in...
View ArticleSparky’s Dream*
We’re cheating a bit today, but whilst this creation by Flickr’s L E G O Z ; ) is digital, being ‘built’ in Bricklink Studio 2.0, it’s also awesome. Called the ‘SPARKY’ High Mobility Salvage Rover,...
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