The requested URL /lego-instructions.php?cat_id=2 was not found on this server.LEGO Ideas, formerly known as CUUSOO, is a Japanese partner of The LEGO Group. They work with the LEGO Group to produce community supported sets. If an idea submitted to the website gains 10,000 (originally 1,000) supporters, it stands a chance of being produced as an official LEGO product. CUUSOO and LEGO began working together in 2008 and the scheme was launched worldwide on April 23, 2011. Originally, it was based solely in Japan, and LEGO CUUSOO projects required only 1,000 supports to be considered for production. If their creation receives 10,000 supporters, it will be reviewed by the LEGO Group for a chance to be made into an official LEGO product. On April 30 2014, CUUSOO was replaced by LEGO Ideas. When LEGO Ideas was known as CUUSOO, users had to be 13 years or older to create an account, but 18 years or older to submit a project. Since April 30 2014, users still have to be 13 years or older to create an account, but now all users have the chance to submit a project.
If the project creator is under 18, they require parental permission for their project to be produced if it passes the review.This Lego tribute to the McLaren MP4/4 F1 car is nearly 22 inches long and uses almost 1,600 pieces. There's an engine underneath all that low-profile bodywork. Just in time for the holidays, Pawel Kmiec’s new book “Incredible Lego Technic: Cars, Trucks, Robots & More!” will have you wondering where in the heck you stashed all those old bins of little plastic bricks and gears.You didn't throw them out, did you? Kmiec, a Warsaw-based Lego enthusiast who goes by the online name of Sariel, assembled this collection of creations from other masters of the medium who share their constructions on the Internet.Automotive highlights include a Koenigsegg CCX, a Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster and the twin-engined Jeep Hurricane concept. Some models are static, some are remote-controlled, but most include at least one mind-boggling feature -- like the incredible seven-speed (plus reverse!) transmission built into the miniature Bugatti Veyron.
There's a righteous Land Rover Defender 110 that has two live axles, selectable all-wheel drive and operational low gear. Kmiec's own tribute to Batman's angular Tumbler is cooler than most official Lego sets today, and it's remote-controlled to boot. Cutaway renderings like the one on the left show the workings of the Lego Technic components on many of the models. Labeled diagrams, like the one at right, point out all the functional details. It isn't all just cars: The book’s 280 pages are packed with tanks, motorcycles and construction equipment (and a few robots, for good measure). The Honda CBR1000RR Repsol race bike is a particularly stunning example of how talented Lego builders can use simple bricks to replicate the details of incredibly complex vehicles. Though there aren’t any step-by-step instructions in the book, cutaway renderings show the workings of some of the models' complex Lego Technic mechanisms. It's an able demonstration of just how much you can accomplish with the beloved building system.
“Incredible Lego Technic” will provide much-needed analog inspiration for aspiring young gearheads. Get your copy of "Incredible Lego Technic: Cars, Trucks, Robots & More!" right here. Using over 4,000 pieces, this Lego Technic Shelby GT500 boasts working steering, a five-speed (plus reverse) sequential transmission and a dampened hood.Almost everything for Land Rover enthusiasts and those interested in Land Rovers and overland travel.Free downloadable workshop and Landy models and toy cars for sale: Land Rover Series / 90 / Vintage images from old Land-Rover advertisements, brochures and catalogues - Landy biz - the place to find information on Land Rovers and the internet - since 200541513 LegoLego LandLego ScaleScale CarsLego Technic 8070Azz LegosLego TechnicolorGarrett LegoTechnic SupercarForwardPanicked parents fear not: there's a Lego model out there to ensure last-minute Christmas shopping goes without a hitch.Combining a ruggedness with luxury, the new Kahn Land Rover Defender Double Cab Truck is definitely something to behold.
The updated version of the classic SUV is the ultimate vehicle when it comes to off-roading. The Volcanic Rock Satin paint job, combined with the dark red leather seats and satin black roof gives the Kahn Land Rover the added luxurious feel it needs to make extreme driving that much more pleasant. In addition to the wider track, the SUV also has a two inch lift on the suspension. Powered by a 2.2 TDCI, 122 hp diesel paired with a manual transmission, doesn’t make it the most nimble car about but it makes up for it in it’s off-road capabilities. With no surprises, the SUV doesn’t come cheap with a retail price of $88,000, which you can purchase below: In other lifestyle news, McDonald’s will start giving away free bottles of the iconic Big Mac sauce. Your Daily Dose of Highsnobiety Receive the best in sneakers, fashion and street culture straight to your inbox!With Land Rover’s announcement that its iconic Defender model will cease production at the end of the year, we look back at a few of the reasons why, in our eyes, it’s the greatest 4×4 ever.
In the 130-year history of the automobile, there is only one car that can be associated with both pig farmers and Queen Elizabeth. Forget Volkswagen, the Land Rover Defender is the true “people’s car.” With pragmatic sensibilities and no-nonsense styling that appeals to pretty much everyone, everywhere, the Defender can be found right the way from Sunset Strip to your local gravel pit. If you want to buy one today, you can choose to pay almost $100,000 for the special “Autobiography” edition, or you can grab a secondhand one for as little as four or five thousand bucks. Really, this is a club that anyone can afford to join. Yet, despite this, in December this year the Defender is due to retire after 67 years of continual service – that’s half the time the modern car has been in existence. So, as a fond farewell, here are eight reasons why the Land Rover Defender is the greatest 4×4 in history… It’s going to be a future Bond mobile From the archetypal Aston Martin DB5 of Goldfinger, to the sub-aquatic Lotus Esprit of The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond rips through cars faster than he knocks back martinis.
While everyone’s favourite gentleman thug ruined a Land Rover Defender 110 Double Cab Pickup during Skyfall, the hardy 4×4 is back in action in this autumn’s Spectre. This time, Land Rover Special Operations aren’t taking any chances, and the vehicles have been heavily beefed up for a better chance of survival. For a chase-scene in Austria, the Big Foot Defenders were fitted huge 37-inch diameter off-road tyres, as well as bespoke suspension and enhanced body protection. The King of the Cool was the ultimate petrolhead. Among his stable of cars, McQueen once owned a 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo with a switch on the dash to kill the rear lights, just to escape the paparazzi. But, while Ferraris, Porsches and Mustangs were the machinery he was most associated with, he also rocked a Land Rover Series IIa which he would drive around the Sierra Madre Mountains, California, in the early sixties. This Landie was even fitted with a GB sign on the back, for an added bit of Brit authenticity.
It gave us this bit of parking While Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls was a mediocre film produced largely to appeal to stoned college students with names like Smiley Doobinator and Smokus Maximus, if anything saved it, it was the scene where Jim Carrey parks a safari spec Defender 90. With Fulton Greenwall (Ian McNeice) in the passenger seat, Ace gives the vehicle the ultimate jungle shakedown, ripping off panels as he goes before executing one sharp turn to barrel roll it into a parking spot between another Landie and a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud. Even in movieland, the Land Rover Defender is as tough as it gets. It spawned the Range Rover To look at the new $200,000 supercharged V8 Range Rover Autobiography, it’s hard to see much resemblance to that hardy Land Rover that has barely changed since WWII. But the lineage is there, with the original Range designed in an attempt to tame the Defender into something more civilised. Rolls Royce coach-builder Tickford created almost 650 Station Wagons from the late 1940s, followed by the Road Rover concept in the mid-fifties, but both failed to catch on.
This was a good thing, because in the ’60s, spurred by a need for new homes for the recently acquired 3.5-litre V8 from Buick, the Range Rover took shape. Rumour has it the iconic body style of the original Range was the result of a two hour design session to create a test mule – but it looked so good that it largely stayed intact for production, and even found a spot in the Louvre in Paris. While the more common extras specified on a Defender may well be a safari snorkel or a winch, Sir Winston Churchill’s came with something more befitting someone of his gravity. The passenger seat of the Series 1 was extra wide so he could fit in it, accompanied by a fold-down arm rest and a leather-clad grab handle. It even had a special place for his trowel in the glove compartment, so Churchill could practice his hobby of bricklaying as he was driven around his country estate. Having originally been sold for £160 in 1973, UKE 80 — a present from Rover for Churchill’s 80th birthday in 1954 — eventually fetched £129,000 at auction in 2012.
You can dream about this one Let’s face it, everyone’s got a G55 these days – better known as “$130,000 of winter throwaway money.” But if supercar-baiting performance in an antique utilitarian off-roader is your thing, then you need to be looking at something a lot more exclusive. That’s where the Kahn Land Rover Defender Huntsman 105 Long Nose comes in. The “105” denotes the wheelbase inches, up from 90 in the standard short Defender, and “Long Nose” explains where those extra dimensions can be found. In that extra room goes a GM crate engine, a 6.2-litre LS3 V8 with 430bhp, mated to a six-speed automatic gearbox. Built for this year’s Geneva auto show, it is still a one-off and currently on sale with 50 miles on the clock for £99,875. It was the first ever monster truck In the fifties, The Forestry Commission found that, good as the Land Rover was off-road, the standard model couldn’t deal so well with fallen trees. Bolting chunky axles from a Studebaker to a Series II, along with four tractor tyres, created the ultimate go-anywhere vehicle.