Now we’ve run through all the nominees and winners, we wanted to share some photos of the nominees exhibition! Each year we put on a display of all the nominated models which runs for the duration of the Nuremberg Toy Fair. This year the display was set up in one of the meeting areas, which […]
The brick model landscape is getting more competitive every day, with many new brands appearing on the scene to challenge more established names – and all at fantastic quality. This year’s winner is quite the giant killer; This was an impressive victory, given that the other four nominees are all models of hugely popular […]
Time flies when you’re having fun. In 2026 it’ll be 20 years since Disney Pixar’s Cars (2006) was released. To mark the anniversary, LEGO are releasing a model of series star Lightning McQueen in their hugely popular Speed Champions series. Measuring 5.5″ long by 3″ wide, the LEGO McQueen has 270 pieces and […]
Just in time for the anniversary of the first moon landing this summer, Lego has released a whopper of a moon buggy. The new Technic Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle is a huge 1/18-ish scale mode with an overall length of about 15.5 inches.
Above, Chris Holmes shows off one of the very first Lego Technic Sets, #948 Go Kart. And here he is a few years later with a Revell Porsche 928 kit. The engineering of the Lego set and the styling of the Porsche have served him well in his life as an auto enthusiast and in […]
Is there a more apt description for the 1936 Auto Union Type C racecar other than an “airplane without wings?” A version of this sleek vehicle, with its aerodynamic form and powerful underpinnings designed specifically for hill climbing, has just received the green light for another six months on the LEGO Ideas website. The campaign […]
Do you like boxy cars? Really boxy? Lego has been stepping up its model car game lately with limited edition, collectors models for cars like the Mustang. Following up on this resurgence, book publisher Quarto is selling How to Build Brick Cars, by Peter Blackert, to help enthusiasts craft their favorite models into Lego. Check it out!
If you don’t know by now that LEGO does a Creator Expert series of brick-ified classic cars, you should seriously check them out. These cars have more detail, more pieces, and more for the discerning enthusiast to be proud of after snapping that last brick into place. Now Hagerty has combined it’s time-lapse expertise from their […]
You may have built plenty of Lego cars, but nowadays Lego is on the lookout for creative builds from its fans to put into real production. Through the Lego Ideas site, builders can create accounts and design their own kits, many modeled after some fan favorite cars, and with enough fan support see them released […]
