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Sci-Fi Special!
You lot have been busy. We’ve had so many Elves trooping back to the office holding spaceships, mechs and battle tanks that we’ve got a back-log to clear. So here it is, a Sci-Fi Special with no less...
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Tow Tank
Now this is a tow truck! Based on the Sherman Tank, the M32B1 Recovery vehicle was the perfect tool for rescuing unreliable World War 2 hardware. This brilliant replica is the work of =DoNe=, and you...
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Warhammer 40K
A Warhammer 40,000 Special today, with two builders and seven creations. Above is the imposing looking Imperial Guard from Lego Admiral, whilst below is a Furioso Dreadnaught by the supremely talented...
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iTank
If Apple made futuristic tanks, they’d probably look like this. mondayn00dle‘s remarkably clean ‘Winter Moon’ Tachikoma can be found on Flickr, along with a link to the epic artwork by ‘FlyingDebris’...
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Military Monday
Following last week’s Mech Monday we’ve continued the alliterative theme with today’s post. It’s also a little heavier in tone than normal, but occasionally we like to shine a light where we can. If...
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Will Someone Please Build A Hippy Van!
What is it with you lot? All the Elves are finding on MOCpages, Flickr and Brickshelf are machines of death. And we’ve stopped them watching war movies so we know it’s not TV’s fault. This particular...
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Tiny Tank
The tiny minds of the TLCB Elves are often attracted to tiny things. This small, clean, fun build is the work of The Digster on MOCpages.
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Top Tanks
Andreas on Flickr recently uploaded these two Main Battle Tanks in Woodland and Desert camouflage. On the left is the typical European paintwork of military vehicles past, on the right, the...
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Bring in the Big Guns
First up is this impressive looking device; a fictional ‘SPAG’ (Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun) built by iomedes !… You can see more of his sci-fi machine and his other works Flickr. The second of...
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Bullet Magnet
This strange-looking device was built by Jon & Catherine Stead on Flickr. It’s a British Mark IV Tank, one of the first operational, which saw service during World War I. Whilst tanks are an all...
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MAKtober
With SHIPtember over a few days ago the online Lego Community needed another tenuously named month in order to function. Rumour has it that without such months certain quarters of the online community...
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The Transporter
The Elves often return from the weird world of Karf Oohlu’s photostream with smiles on their faces and giggling tales of monsters on the toilet and aliens doing the hoovering. At other times they...
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Bad Guy No.1
No-one wants to be the bad guy. Though they might if they get to ride around in this. It’s the work of Flickr’s legohaulic, and it’s a commissioned model of Academy Award Winning Animator Hayao...
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Battlefield Recovery
Breaking down in battle presents problems. The local recovery firm may be a little unwilling to venture out to get you, spare parts might be a bit tricky, and their tow truck is probably on the small...
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Think Tank
When the British Army deployed their new invention, known as the ‘tank’, in the First World War the results were slow, unreliable and easily captured. They were also disguised as water carriers, hence...
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The Last Crusade
The Lego Car Blog Elves have moved on from the Transformers movies, having since discovered the ’80s gems from the Indiana Jones franchise. Indiana might be the star, but it’s his Nazi enemies that...
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This’ll Be a Blast!
TLCB newcomer Antti Hakala makes an explosive entrance with his incredible Siege Tank from the game StarCraft 2. This might be our photo of the year. You can see both it and the techniques used to...
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Wood Stove
We’re feeling a bit whimsical here at TLCB today, so here’s a vampire-hunting steampunk tank. It makes absolutely no sense what-so-ever, what with a wooden gun barrel and steam propulsion, but...
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LUGPol Video Special
The steady stream of Elves returning to TLCB office with a great build originating from Poland and/or the LUGPol group indicates that something special must be happening over there. Marek Markiewicz...
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