Arvo Ford GT Le Mans

The Arvo brothers have created a new cult car, the Ford GT Le Mans. The result speaks for it self. Looking at the pictures I have the impression that it is in fact created with glue and and there is modelling clay inside. In short, it looks good.

Google Street View in Legoland, CA

With Google Street View we can easily get to places around the world in seconds. Since a few days they have also added Legoland California, so if you have never been there here is your chance. Push the button and drag the mouse to look around and follow the paths.


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Foosball

Another post without Technic... In my defense let me say that foosball is one of my favorite activities. It could not be better than on this table created by Billy McDill where pirates play against knights Lego Castle.

(I do not think it would withstand the style we play with my colleagues but I have to admit it looks nice and well built.)

Warner Bros. to create a Lego movie

The studio and producer Dan Lin have acquired the rights from the Lego company to create a family movie about Lego. It seems that they are planning a movie similar to Toy Story mixing real and animated elements. The target audience is children but of course the plan is to make it enjoyable by adults as well.

8265 Wheel Loader Mod

Nagy Abonyi Attila has created this wonderful 8265 Wheel Loader modification. As a result the loader is now fully motorized and can be controlled with an IR remote. The loader was also mentioned on TechnicBRICKs, congratulations!



More pics in Attila's BrickShelf folder.

Lego 7778 Millenium Falcon

To the fans of the Star Wars series: from now you can get a new Millenium Falcon besides the existing ones (the XL 10179 with 5195 pieces and the L 4504 with 985 pieces. The new set is the 7778 and consists of 356 pieces. It is definitely a wise choice if you do not have enough room in your apartment :)

8265 Wheel Loader

Blakbird published a detailed review about the 8265 Wheel Loader on Eurobricks. As an appetizer a video about the set:

8865 video

I have managed to upload the video about the 8865:

8865 Test Car

The risky purchase project has finished successfully. I admit that this was my biggest gamble evere, I only hoped that it has all the pieces. Although the set has many fragile parts all of them are in excellent shape: nothing is broken or sunburnt, they have not even been covered in dust. From the traces I suspect that the previous owner has built it together once or twice and then all the pieces ended up in a bag, for my luck. This is the oldest set I have bought so far and the one in the best condition - I will make a comparison of all my purchases sometime.


Like its age suggest, the car is built almost entirely from bricks and only a few special parts. The chassis and the bodywork is made of bricks and so is the rear suspension (excluding the springs and some links). Only the front suspension makes heavy use of special parts.


Interestingly, this car is almost a perfect representation of the developments that have happened in the car industry in the last 20 years. This car feels much more raw than its predecessors. It only has 4 pistons but they are brutally large - the block itself is bigger than a later V10. It runs very smoothly though. The gearbox has 3 gears and no synchronization at all. It happens frequently that it does not take a gear because the cogs are not in position. It also happens that the gearbox drops out of a previously selected gear. It is not very sophisticated and makes the owner feel the technology behind it unlike its successors. (Ok, the 8880 is at least hard to push forward but the 8448 is really very soft.)

I am very happy that I have bought it, it was well worth the 47 Euros it cost (about $85). Even more so if we count the remaining pieces (I will write about it later).

Let the images tell the rest of the story. And here comes the video:

8258 Crane Truck video

TechnicBRICKs has published the first video about the 8258 Crane Truck: