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Lego Technic 853 / 956 Car Chassis Set Review
Welcome to what will be the first in a series of reviews of all of Lego’s ‘ultimate’ car-based Technic sets. We start, naturally, at the very beginning. In 1977, this was the ultimate and I was a...
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LEGO TECHNIC 8860 CAR CHASSIS REVIEW
Welcome to the second in our series of Lego’s big car sets reviews. The year is 1980, and the sophistication of suspension arrives at Lego Towers. Not very brilliant suspension, but we’ll come to...
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Lego Technic 8110 Unimog Review
The most exciting release from Lego Technic for a long time. This very faithful representation of the Mercedes Unimog go-anywhere light truck could mark the beginning of a return to form. We can but...
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8865 Test Car Review
Sunglasses Optional... Welcome to the third instalment in our series of Lego’s ‘ultimate’ car sets reviews. The year is 1988, and progress marches on, technically if not aesthetically… The ‘Test Car’ –...
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8880 Review
The last of the studded Supercars Welcome to the next instalment in our series of Lego’s ‘ultimate’ car sets reviews. We had a fight over who was going to post this one. Likely I won . This set was...
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8448 Super Street Sensation Review
Looking Good On The Street Welcome to the fifth instalment of our Lego car sets reviews. It’s now 1999 and Lego decided they couldn’t top the technical wonderment of 8880, so didn’t try… What we have...
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Lego 8458 Silver Champion Review
Insert Mika Hakkinen for twice the awesome. Welcome one and all to the sixth instalment in our series of Lego’s ultimate car sets reviews. The year is 2000, and the ‘Racers’ line is off to a good...
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8466 Review
The big green Lego machine Welcome to the next instalment in our series of Lego’s ‘ultimate’ car sets reviews. Originally released in 2001, 2 years after 8448 (Super Street Sensation). It is clearly...
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8043 Motorized Excavator Review
The Technic Renaissance Continues… This is not just a model. It IS an excavator, albeit a small one. Lego Technic appears to have arrived at the point where it’s possible to make a kit do everything...
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Blast From The Past
In 1975, was this Lego’s first attempt to create an AFOL market ? Discuss… All the sets in the ‘Hobby Sets’ line from the mid to late Seventies are rare items now, and highly sought after; but they...
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It Could Have Been A Contender…
… if it was made of smaller pieces and released 30 years later… That’s ‘hobby sets’ for you, an almost forgotten line from the 1970s that lasted just 2 years and spanned 7 sets. In those far-off...
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Eighties’ Studly Goodness
Continuing our series of reviews of sets aimed at the more mature builder, here’s the 5580 Highway Rig, from 1986… It got the ‘Model Team’ line off to a good start. It was the same scale as the earlier...
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DuggaDuggaDugga!
Your favourite Lego Cars blog (whaddaya mean there’s only one…?) goes off topic again… Welcome to our review of Lego’s latest big thing with wheels. As a fan of all things mechanical, and Lego, I...
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Technic Tractors Ancient And Modern
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Glad you could come. Settle yourselves in for an exhaustive analysis of the new Technic 9393 Tractor model, and how it compares to its most illustrious forebear. Or...
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Model Team Is Alive And Well…
.. And living buried inside the Creator range. Meet set 7347, ‘Highway Pickup’ Mmmmm stripey! Nicely detailed too, at least as far back as the exhaust stacks. In case you’re wondering, this is one of...
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Big Is Beautiful.
Welcome to another TLCB review of a Model Team classic. This one’s from 1996 and ain’t it pretty? The 5571, or ‘Black Cat’ as it was known, was the crowning glory of the Model Team line. It certainly...
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S.M.I.D.S.Y.
Bikes are a slightly neglected species here on The Lego Car Blog, probably because all the elves are issued with cars (Austin Allegros, since you ask…), so I thought I’d bring you a quick roundup of...
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The Title Must Include The Word ‘Groovy’
And replies to this post must be addressed to ‘dude’, and end with ‘man.’ Moving on…. Welcome to the better-late-than-never Lego Car Blog review of the fab 10220 VW Camper van. You may already have...
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You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby.
Welcome to The Lego Car Blog’s latest comparison of old and new Technic models; this time, excavators. Some genres of Technic model age better than others – a 1977 tractor is every bit as good as a...
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31005 Construction Hauler – Set Review
A lot of modern Lego is focused on licensed products. These sets can be a great way of introducing children to the fun of building something from Lego. Unfortunately there are normally instructions...
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