Lego Trucks

It’s been a Lego Christmas this year. I took a 30 year break, but lately it’s as if I never stopped building. Every time my nephews come over Lego is the first thing they ask for. I thought it about time I documented the evolution of my truck designs. It’s a good thing I photographed them last time. When I got home from work the other day my nephews had almost completely de-constructed my most recent fleet. They had been over to spend the day with their Auntie Shauna.

First generation trucks.

I’ve been experimenting recently with bigger wheels. I guess I’m trying for the monster truck look. Also, I remember a series of Hot Wheels cars that came out when I was a kid that featured super-sized engines that would fully obscure one's vision from the cockpit were the cars to be constructed life-size for street use. I’m sure I still have a couple of those cars downstairs somewhere.

I've incorporated an engine that orignally came with a Lego go-cart kit into my monster truck build-up. The funny thing about it is that the engine is completely out of scale with the truck. The engine is patterned after a single cylinder internal combustion engine, typically the style used for a small dirt bike or a lawnmower. My intent now is to combine the big wheels with a super-sized version of a lawnmower powerplant. The engineer in me is having a good laugh over that one. Does that officially brand me a "Lego Nerd"?

I hope so.