Holy Plastic Bricks, Batman! The OG Batmobile in LEGO Form!

The 1966 Batmobile, reborn in LEGO! Build the ultimate Bat-icon and grab a discount while you’re at it.

Let’s take a moment to appreciate one of the coolest cars ever created – the original 1966 TV series Batmobile. It wasn’t just a car; it was a Bat icon. Based on a 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car, this beauty was brought to life by the legendary custom car guru George Barris. With just $15,000 and a 15-day deadline, Barris worked his magic to transform the Futura into the sleek, rocket-inspired Batmobile we all know and love. It featured those fabulous bubble canopies, flaming exhaust, and gadgets galore – basically, it was the Batcave on wheels!

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25/01/2025 0

Lego Bond Car In London

Lifesize 007 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 at Lego’s London Store

Leena loves @LEGO and on a visit to the newly refurbished giant flagship Lego Store in Leciester Square London, discovered a lifesize @James Bond 007 @Aston Martin DB5 Lego car, that you can even sit in. It was made up of nearly 350,000 bricks, took 57 days to build and weights a literal ton! It has working headlights, dashboard lights and a rotating number plate. You can’t buy this car, but you can get the Speed Champions series Lego model complete with James Bond minifigure and five number plates for under £18 at this link https://amzn.to/3TMS44p

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24/10/2022 2

Speeding During Lockdown & Classic Car Heros Win Lego Models

Latest Brown Car Guy Update 15042020 #BCGDaily

Following up from yesterday’s conversation with Imthishan about the Cannonball Run record being broken during this lockdown, I try to balance the ethical and moral dillemma of doing what all us petrolheads would love to do, against doing the right and responsible thing – which is to stay home, protect the medical services and save lives. There’s reports of nutters behaving badly on British roads from GEM Motoring Assist.

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15/04/2020 0

We build Lego Caterham 7 620R

Expert Lego builder – my daughter – builds the latest car kit from Lego and then gets a ride in the real thing

It was fantastic of Caterham & Performance PR in the UK to dispatch the latest from Lego in car kits – the new Caterham Seven 620R – just for me. Of course as soon as I got it, I knew there’d be trouble at home.

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