This spiky spacecraft by Toby Heineman (tobyhein) looks like it could punch quite the hole in the hull of those flying saucers hovering over our city.
The texture on the engines is particularly nice.
Tag Archives: Vehicles
On the road again, with Michael Jasper
That powerhouse of a builder, Michael Jasper, has been building choppers. In his usual fashion, he’s been building a lot of them and using all sorts of different pieces in unusual ways. Check out the whole gallery for some lovely eye-candy.
We love the Furry Freak brothers...
Warning! This model is 100% LEGO.
Dmac has combined practicality and raw beauty into his DT-75 tractor making a truly impressive beast. That plush seat looks so comfy I’d like to shrink myself to scale and relax.
Tron light cycles make quick turns at 90-degree angles
LEGO seems a perfect medium to build scenes from the 1982 movie Tron. These light cycles by Stefan (2×4) look like they’re going a million miles an hour.
If you’d like to build your own LEGO light cycle, Stefan has also posted instructions.
Ralph’s pumper roars to the rescue
Having just finished building 10197 Fire Brigade (awesome!), I’m tuned to see fire engines, ladder trucks, and other rescue apparatus everywhere. Ralph Savelsberg (Mad physicist) doesn’t disappoint with his American-style pumper truck.
Ralph’s pumper shares some key traits with the new set — interesting, complex techniques and great design. The way he continues the stripes from front to back, with that zig near the middle, is amazing, as are the wheel wells. The brick-built vertical doors on the back are the first I’ve seen.
Vespas and Harleys of the future
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:
What’s wrong with Wensleydale?
Nothing, it’s lovely, as is this Shaun the Sheep from “Wallace & Gromit” by Piotr (Pepik), via the Living Brick — welcome back, OJ.
Nearly as cute is Pepik’s Polish “tankette”.
Obscurance’s M808B Grizzly tank
I finally bought an Xbox 360, and not having an original Xbox either, I’m catching up on about eight years of games. And you know what? Halo doesn’t suck (though I could do without the chorus of 11-year-old fanboys).
Stephen Chao (obscurance) demonstrates that LEGO Halo creations can be pretty cool too, with this great M808B “Grizzly” Main Battle Tank Advanced.
LEGO E-One Tower Ladder & Pierce Pumper by Steven Asbury
Having built just about every fire apparatus in existence already, Steven Asbury is returning to some of his older designs and incorporating new parts and techniques. This gives us a great excuse to blog fire engines and ladder trucks that we didn’t way back when he first posted them to his Brickshelf gallery.
Steven’s latest includes an E-One tower ladder modeled after the vehicles used by the Boston Fire Department (below) and a Pierce pumper (above).
Heavy Assault Vehicle/wheeled A6 Juggernaut
Sven Junga built the Clone Turbo Tank like I’ve never seen before. Measuring 120 studs, the model is the ground equivalent of a SHIP. The wheel construction stands out the most to simultaneously amaze and baffle. I wish I was this good when I was 15.
Brickshelf Find: Scouzy
Ford GT Le Mans by Arvo
The Arvo Brothers present their latest LEGO vehicle, a Ford GT Le Mans.
It’s always hard to find only one thing to like about an Arvo creation, so beyond the obvious shapeliness of the car as a whole, I hereby pick the funky orange spiky bits in the wheels.
Thanks for the tip, Evo!