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Mad physicist creates cars out of LEGOs
Click above for gallery of LEGO creations by the Mad Physicist
Today we bring you some more wonderfully crazy LEGO creations, this time created by a genuine mad scientist. The creator is actually a physicist living in Southampton, England, and his creations are so insanely imaginative that he is often described as mad by fellow LEGO artists, which explains his Mad physicist moniker on Flickr. His real name is Ralph Savelsberg and he's quite the modeler. On his Flickr page you'll see airplanes, helicopters and buildings, but his four-wheeled vehicles are what caught our eye.
Savelsberg's 1/22-scale vehicles are some of the most realistic LEGO interpretations we've ever seen, which is remarkable considering how small they are. As Savelsberg explains, most of the models were built for various challenges put forth by different LEGO groups. For example, there's a lime green Lamborghini Miura built for the "Who is agent Janus?" challenge on LUGNuts. Besides the Miura and Agent Janus, there's also an Audi TT, Ford F-150 SVT Lightning and Harley-Davidson Edition, BMW Z3, 427 Cobra with a detailed engine, some sweet Volkswagens, an old Benz, a hot rod, muscle cars, a Jag Mk2, even Sonny Crockett and his Testarossa. They are really spectacular and make us want to break out our bricks. Thanks for the tip, Will!
Gallery: MadPhysicist LEGO creations
[Source: Flickr via Sooth Brush]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Sektor 1:02PM (2/17/2009)
OK...
Like we've never seen anything like this before.
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Affalterbach 1:19PM (2/17/2009)
Like you can make anything better than this.
Point is that all this Lego stuff is cool.
Mobius_1 1:42PM (2/17/2009)
And because we've seen "things" on 4 wheels before, Autoblog and indeed, the whole auto industry has just become pointless and obsolete. Interesting logic. :P
But these really are awesome models. And the Miura's front and back both open!?! That's skill.
Mike P. 1:45PM (2/17/2009)
I'd have to agree, actually... I've seen better Lego models.
MachinaDC5 1:03PM (2/17/2009)
Oh he's good. Damn good. Better than I was at age 5, at least.
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tuesdaymorning 1:19PM (2/17/2009)
Maybe he could get a Lego Stig to drive them??
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RamblinReck89 1:19PM (2/17/2009)
Somebody's got too much time on his hands.
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PauloBecker 1:27PM (2/17/2009)
It's called a hobby.
Pokey 8:04PM (2/17/2009)
Yeah, it is called a hobby. Heaven forbid any of us do anything creative with our hands, besides typing.
It just goes to show you how lazy our society has become, when a person sitting at their computer, and looking at pictures of things that someone else has created with their hands, decides to say that the person who created them "has too much time on their hands".
sunnycyclist 1:23PM (2/17/2009)
I'm really impressed by the Beetle Convertible's reclinable seats and sunvisors. Some of these cars are known for their curves (esp. Beetle, TT, Shelby), and yet he captures them in a very square medium.
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Aki 1:37PM (2/17/2009)
This guy is the bomb. It's amazing that I can identify the cars, even the Edsel! Usually you compensate for the blockiness of Legos by making the cars much bigger in scale, but he kept the size small and yet still captured the designs and proportions of each car. That's amazing.
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nissanfreak87 2:05PM (2/17/2009)
must...resist...need...to buy...Legos!!!!
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RedSiBaron 2:15PM (2/17/2009)
Clay dont buy legos, go sketch more...
Curtis 2:13PM (2/17/2009)
Lego cars are so much fun! I've only tried my hand at it a few times and that was a few years ago when I unfortunately sucked at taking photographs. Check it out, it's my Pagani Zonda http://mocpages.com/moc.php/29327. I'll have to build it again one of these days and take some better pictures. I've been a fan of Mad physicist for a while now on Flickr, nice to see someone with such talent getting featured on a blog such as autoblog!
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geo.stewart 2:52PM (2/17/2009)
nice
Kaveh 2:47PM (2/17/2009)
the Muira came out really good, time to break out the lego
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dukeisduke 3:09PM (2/17/2009)
Excellent. Even given the fact that they're Legos, most are instantly recognizable, like the Bonneville with its huge rocker panel trim.
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Esemtee 3:53PM (2/17/2009)
These are great! It takes a LOT of skill to make vehicle replica's with wood, or plastic at this scale - with movable doors, hoods, and trunks! But with Lego! C'mon, give this guy a round of applause!
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Galley 4:39PM (2/17/2009)
THING!
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drunksaru 7:08PM (2/17/2009)
I wish I had the time and pieces to makes stuff. all my stuff is in a couple rubbermaid containers in storage.. haven't been opened since the early 90's lol
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