TG in Lego

No, the picture above isn't slightly out of focus and yes, it is a Caterham Superlight R500. But it's made out of Lego. Legoland designers were so impressed when the car scooped BBC TV's Top Gear Car of the Year that they captured the moment in the famous plastic bricks. Taking their place in the 40-million-brick MINILAND attraction at Legoland near Windsor, the show's presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May as well as the Stig can be seen huddled around the Superlight in a motorsport-themed arena. "The Caterham is such a timeless and iconic car that it was a no-brainer as our choice for the motorsport area," said Legoland's chief model maker, Guy Bagley. "My colleague remembered that the Stig had put the R500 through its paces and how incredible it was on the test track. "It's a design that lends itself particularly well to our bricks, too." As well as gaining the Top Gear award, the £38,000 Caterham proved its potential by outpacing supercars such as the £1 million Bugatti Veyron. Text Size Email this article Print this article Share this article delicious Digg Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Yahoo! Buzz Mixx http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6066314/Top-Gear-team-immortalised-in-Lego.html Motoring News Get feed updatesMotoring Get feed updatesUK News Get feed updatesJames May Get feed updatesRELATED PARTNERS Search the market for car insurance Car Insurance with up to 75% No Claims Discount from the John Lewis Partnership

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Need LEGO Locost.

Is that Hammond or Han Solo?

What the hell is up with Clarkson's hair?

Linked from that article. Proof that it's possible to do something completely dorky and cool as hell at the same time.

Hammond is too tall and Clarkson is too short

Jay wrote: Linked from that article. Proof that it's possible to do something completely dorky and cool as hell at the same time.

Most things that are cool as hell have a complete dork--a completely obsessed complete dork--behind them.

mad_machine wrote: Hammond is too tall and Clarkson is too short

But they are spot on with Clarkson's gut.

LEGO Stig! FTW!

I like this better.

Where can I get the plans?

It's a Legost. That thing is silly-mad superfly!

Love the GT40! But the blue colour should be more turquoise-y.

Appleseed wrote: LEGO Stig! FTW!

+a gazillion

neon4891 wrote: Where can I get the plans?

Good luck with that! It was built by Arvo Bros. - pretty amazing stuff coming from them - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=127268

Call me a purist but legos shouldn't have curves. That GT40 is just cheating

Lesley wrote: Love the GT40! But the blue colour should be more turquoise-y.

Consider yourself lucky. These days there are a plethora of colors. Back in the day, all we had was blue. One damn color of blue. And we were hard pressed to even find a green. Kids these days...