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8432 Red Hot Machine Review

After a less than positive review of LEGO’s 8437 set last week we take TLCB time machine forward a year to 1998, when sadly things were not getting any better for Technic fans. 1998 brought a slew of...

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Truck Economics

In our recent review of the 42030 Technic Volvo loader set, a reader did make the very valid point that the newer, more elaborate flagship sets, while very nice, do cost rather more than they used to....

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5541 Hot Rod Review

Whilst our recently-released Elves trek back to their favourite haunts around the internet in search of Lego vehicles for us, we’ll await their return with a Set Review of a model that turns twenty in...

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Superbike?

The new 2015 Technic sets are in the shops now and I’ve made my customary annual pilgrimage to the temple of Mammon… I returned with a very nice green and white Le Mans style racer (about which more...

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Green Speed

If ever a Technic set could polarise opinion, it’s this one… It is of course the new for 2015 42039 24 hours race car. Some say it’s ugly, others say it doesn’t do enough, or what it does do is...

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Kandy Kolored Krazy Karts

…Or according to the picture below, just red and blue ones; but as everyone knows, they’re the best Smarties…. Under Starter’s Orders… The Technic Go-Kart. These have been delighting lovers of...

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A Clockwork Elf – 42034 Quad Bike – Set Review

What could be more fun than a hoard of The Lego Car Blog Elves, balanced on top of a careering vehicle, powered by a large, metal spring? For just £17.99 for 148 pieces from our local toy shop, we...

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FORZA LEGO!

Welcome to TLCB’s almost timely review of the latest in a short line of Creator Expert car models… Looks nice, doesn’t it? Usually in these reviews I open by rambling on a bit about personal...

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Mad Max Interceptor – Set Review (Manner-Spielzeug)

A few days ago a little brown bag arrived at TLCB Towers, and the Elves have never been so excited! It came from custom set builders Manner-Spielzeug, and the excitement was due to a few words printed...

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42043 Mercedes-Benz Arocs Review

It’s time for another TLCB Set Review! But this time it’s one of our readers – the winner of TLCB Summer Building Competition – Thomas Graafland, who has picked up the Reviewer’s Pen. Thomas has got...

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The Art of Lego Scale Modeling – Book Review

Here at The Lego Car Blog we firmly believe that you can never read too much, so it’s with great pleasure that today we can bring you a review of a book that could be tailor made for this blog – The...

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42022 Technic Hot Rod Review

We’re donning TLCB Reviewing Anorak today, as it’s time for another official set review! We revealed LEGO’s 42022 Technic Hot Rod quite a while ago now, and we finally have a copy of the set in the...

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The Lego Technic Lifting Service

Satisfying your hoisting needs since 1978… We like cranes here at The Lego Car Blog. Technic cranes tend to make excellent, functional models that can be a lot of fun to muck about with. From the...

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42048 Race Kart Review

New for 2016, and looking like it means business…. …meet the LEGO Technic 42048 Race Kart in all its orange-and-purple glory. First impressions are very positive – this is, by a long way, the most...

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Not A Review

When the previews for the ‘Ultimate’ Technic 42056 Porsche were circulating, I was certain that I’d buy one, as a Lego fan and petrolhead; even though I’m not overly fond of the Volkswagen Beetle...

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The Big Blue – 42042 Crawler Crane Set Review

Most of The Lego Car Blog team are die-hard petrol heads, who exclusively build Technic supercars, filled with working features and Power Functions. However, this writer is not really a car expert nor...

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Tiny Lego Wonders – Book Review

‘Where can I get instructions / How do I build it?’. It’s the single most frequently asked question that we receive here at TLCB – so just how do you start ‘MOCing’? It’s a question we raised in our...

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8070 Technic Supercar Review

The Lego Car Blog Review My Set Competition is underway! Today we’re joined by MOCpages’ Rage Hobbit, who has donned TLCB Reviewing Anorak in order to pen a review of one of his favourite sets. Over...

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8845 Technic Dune Buggy Review

We’re great fans of free labour here at TLCB. It’s why we employ unpaid mythical creatures to scour the internet for the best Lego creations, and it’s also part of the reason for the The Lego Car...

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8376 Racers Hot Flame RC Review

It’s time for another one of your Set Reviews here at TLCB! We’ve been ’employing’ readers to bolster the official LEGO set count in the wonderful Set Review Library so that – just like your Mom –...

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