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The One We’ve All Been Waiting For
Ohhh yes…. 42009, the Mobile Crane MkII, is finally here. Was it worth the wait ? Was it worth 150 smackers ? Was it worth spending my entire day off building it ? Read on… Well, what do you think ? I...
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5590 Model Team Helicopter Transport Review
Following the launch of The Lego Car Blog’s new Lego Review Library it’s time for another trip back in time to take a look at one of LEGO’s great sets; 5590 Model Team Helicopter Transport. 5590 was...
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8479 Technic Barcode Truck Review
It’s a Review day here at The Lego Car Blog, and with much of LEGO’s latest product line-up covered we’re going to take a journey back to 1997, and to one of LEGO’s forgotten gems; the 8479 Technic...
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Don’t Show Me The Money
The story so far… The Lego company make the 9398 Technic remote control Crawler. It works well and looks awful. Lego launch a competition to design a prettier body. Said contest is won by a talented...
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31006 Highway Speedster Review
Ever since they ripped open the delivery bag and saw the cover art on the 31006 Highway Speedster, the Elves have been playing the Miami Vice title music. Fortunately it’s on a TV Tunes of the...
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7345 Transport Chopper Review
After their adventures with the 31005 Construction Hauler and the 31006 Highway Speedster, we thought that the Elves would like to practice their nascent building skills on something a bit more...
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Seasonal Service
With the red and green, it looks like it could belong to a jolly fat man… welcome to TLCB’s review of the Lego Technic 42008 Service Truck. Not quite the latest in a long line of mid-range truck...
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Construction Cuteness
Welcome to the Lego Car Blog review of set 42023 – Construction Crew, one of the latest additions to the Technic range. We’ve got our finger on the pulse here at TLCB towers… So, there I was in the...
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Exploration Isn’t Dead
…We just have further to go. Meet the Curiosity Rover, LEGO Cuusoo’s latest offering. Set number 21104; coming soon to Legoland Mars. Of all the Cuusoo models to date, this is undoubtedly the one that...
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Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry
And they’re the same lorry… This is Technic set 42024, ‘Container Truck’ which will henceforth be referred to as a ‘Skip Lorry’ since I write this in the UK and that’s what it is. It’s a mid-market set...
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Backhoe Battle
Yellow building site stuff through the ages… On the right, from 1989, Lego Technic’s first JCB; the 8862 Backhoe. A startlingly yellow confection and the perfect showcase for the then-new second...
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The LEGO Movie Review
The Lego Car Blog Elves are spectacularly sulky today. The office went to the cinema to see The LEGO Movie and, sadly, we couldn’t take them. Don’t feel sorry for the Elves though as it’s entirely of...
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Fork-Off
Not just an excuse for a slightly rude title, but a comparison of Technic fork lift trucks…. We’ll start with set 850, just as Technic itself did, way back when the summers were warm and everybody was...
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The Ultimate Supercar
… Is one that goes into space… Until 1996, the top-of-the-range Technic set was always a car. Then Lego had another idea. Welcome to TLCB’s review of set 8480, the Technic Space Shuttle. With only a...
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Who You Gonna Call ?
…Well, what else was I gonna call it …? Welcome to the TLCB review of the new Lego Ideas 21108 Ghostbusters Ecto-1 set. I was in my early teens when this brilliant film was released, and I have fond...
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42001 Mini Off-Roader Review
…or the Elves go Technic. Regular readers of this blog will remember that the Elves have “helped” us to build some of sets that we have reviewed, including some of the 3-in-1 Creator series. We...
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Mini Mini
Welcome to our review of LEGO’s latest set for gearheads. If you’re from the UK and of a certain age, there’s a good chance your first car was one of these. Probably ten years old, falling apart with...
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Get Out Of My Way
There was a time you had to watch out for Volvo drivers; unpredictable, incompetent pilots who felt ‘safer’ in their tank while putting everyone else at greater risk… then two things happened. The...
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Incredible Lego Technic – Book Review
Pawel Kmiec, better known as Sariel, has been busy… Thumping onto the doormat at the TLCB Portakabin this week, has been a copy of his second Lego Technic book. It’s called Incredible Lego Technic and...
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8437 Sahara Blaster Review
It’s time for another TLCB set review! Today we take a trip back into one of the darkest corners of LEGO’s archives. The year is 1997, Bill Clinton has been elected for a second term, Hong Kong...
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