The deadline for the LEGO Speeder Bikes contest just passed, and there are more than a hundred entries for the judges to peruse. A couple of my favorites from late in the contest are from mr. eugene. Eugene says that these are his first LEGO creations after emerging from a decade long LEGO hiatus. Welcome to the fold, Eugene!
Here’s his Vespa VRS 390:
Taking inspiration from the opposite end of the two-wheeled spectrum, here’s his Harley FXST-6000x Softail:
Dali Zheng has been hosting a Speeder Bike Contest with some really excellent entries so far. If you’d like to enter yourself, you have until the end of August.
Thomas Oechsner contributes a Neo-Classic Space speeder bike with appropriate greeblage.
What LEGO contest would be complete without a nostalgic Octan entry? This one’s by Mristoph Chonnaie.
Karf would be proud of the Bananabike by NIRDIAN.
Oh, I give up. There are too many cool little speeder bikes to pick just a few. Go look through the entries yourself.
Jon Hall (jonhall18) recently built this fantastic speeder.
It incorporates a lot of great angles, without looking like it’s a bunch of sections being forced together. Instead, it really appears as though the hull came from a factory in one piece. It also features just enough greebles inside of the fins to look good, without going overboard. The sticker use is also impeccable.
Neo-Classic Space master Peter Reid has gone over to the dark side (albeit briefly, I suspect). Consistent with the NBT design ethos, his Neo-Blacktron Speeder is a variant of his own speeder designs.
And since we failed to blog it back in April, here’s Pete’s amazing “LL-117 Under Construction”.
Although built entirely differently, this version of Pete’s LL-117 looks as though the original is simply missing its skin.
Kevin (Legorevolution) combines a whole bunch of rare chrome-gold LEGO elements with an excellent microscale cityscape for this wonderful scene featuring everyone’s favorite purple-lightsaber-wielding Jedi.
A chrome-gold C-3PO head serves as the hood ornament on the speeder piloted by “Lord Bamfness”.
A while ago I mentioned the speeder Matt Forcum has been working on, and I’m pleased to report that he’s finished it:
The speeder is instantly recognizable, and yet the balloon gives it a unique steampunk twist. What strikes me most, though, is the way the driver is dressed. This thing can’t possibly go much faster than 10 miles per hour, and yet he’s all decked out in a mask and goggles! It’s that type of humor — whimsy, I guess — that makes for good steampunk.
For more pics, check out the full photoset on Flickr.
One of my own. Not sure if I’ll enter this in the Steam Wars contest but I had a lot of fun making it. I hope it doesn’t need much description.
Rocko‘s second entry in the FBTB Steam-Wars contest (following on his world-famous TIE fighter) is an excellent speeder bike. The boiler is simple yet effective, and the multiple propellors (for lift and forward propulsion) give this classic Star Wars vehicle a truly steampunk flair.
(Incidentally, Matt Forcum has been working on a speeder with a similar front and back end, but with a very interesting — and hilarious — twist. Not to detract from Rocko’s great speeder, but I’m also looking forward to Matt’s.)
Flickr user jastermereel08 has been exchanging insults with the world at large through his 133t-speaking insult bot, but this little vehicle caught my eye this morning:
jastermereel08 identifies this as a boat, but I also think it works rather well as a speederbike, and quite possibly a rototiller. Whatever the case, it’s actually kind of cool.
