About this creation
After watching the 'Fully Loaded' Herbie movie, my daughters persuaded me to build a Herbie from Lego. I liked the idea and chose the Nascar race version as a base. I browsed the web for some pictures and used the Exlusives set (10187) as a design base for this moc.
After some research i found out that the Lego Beetle 10187 was not exactly what I needed to make this car work studless the way I had in mind, so I changed the whole thing radically. Roofline, bodywork, arches engine and interior were all radically changed.
To make the race looks complete I added a rollcage, fire extinguishers, special air and fuel tanks and rear spoiler. The special race exhaust is a nice feature too, together with the big racer wheels.
Normally I tend to be very serious on exactly replicating and detailling, but this has been more of a 'loose' build for the fun of it. Still I like the result quite a lot. I hope you do too!
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July 16, 2012 |
Great job! |
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July 15, 2012 |
I grew up with the original Herbie movies. This is a great representation of him. Nice work. |
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May 26, 2012 |
wow - very good rebuilt to the movie one! |
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May 24, 2012 |
I wish I could buy it because it is so great. |
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February 9, 2012 |
beautiful model can and will you send me the building instructions
mooi model zou je mij eventueel de bouwtekening willen mailen.
greetz groeten
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February 9, 2012 |
beautiful model can and will you send me the building instructions
mooi model zou je mij eventueel de bouwtekening willen mailen.
greetz groeten
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November 19, 2010 |
Awesome it looks great. I love the interior espiecially those seats. Great job |
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October 10, 2010 |
Very cool car! Looks good and it's very hard to do! |
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September 21, 2010 |
Wow, this has a great shape to it! Very impressive work, and I like the color scheme; It's just like the real one! |
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September 16, 2010 |
that's a very nice model from herby, i really like it |
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September 12, 2010 |
Great car i must say , the chrome parts just blend in so nicely ... Soon i will upload my truck too , at the moment i'm building the engine. |
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September 11, 2010 |
HIHI, i like Herbie.Good creation. |
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September 6, 2010 |
Thanks a lot all!
I have to disagree with you Fred. The original 10187 looks really blocky to me. |
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September 6, 2010 |
Fantastic Herbie, a real tribute! About studles, the funny thing is if you have a rounded shape it looks less blocky with studs the with tiles! Find some examples and see for yourself. And this is in fact logical cause a plate with studs has 2 different heights and widths on top, and a tile only one, so the rounded shape looks more smooth from a distance! But we all have our own style, thank God. Greetings, Fred. |
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September 2, 2010 |
Reminds me of childhood memories - "Herbie" and "Dudu", aseries of German movies about a yellow beetle with several gadgets... Hm, are these the predecessors of K.I.T.T.? Like it a lot & 10.000 X better than TLC's! |
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August 30, 2010 |
Nice. Can it wink? Hehe. |
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August 29, 2010 |
Very Impressive! I like how this car is smooth instead of studded like the 10187 Beetle set. Very good job! |
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August 29, 2010 |
realy cool |
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August 29, 2010 |
Excellent! |
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August 29, 2010 |
WOW, very nice! |
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August 29, 2010 |
That's the way eh hu i like it eh uh.... :-)
Very nice job. |
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August 29, 2010 |
Herbie is the coolest car ever! And you've duplicated it perfectly. Excellent build!! |
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August 29, 2010 |
Awesome! I was a big fan of Herbie when I was a lad, once I saw someone driving a replica down the highway. Anyways great modification of the Lego design, yours looks more compact and VW-ish. |
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August 29, 2010 |
I realy like this one a lot. Quite a difficult model, lot of curves to cover in LEGO...you did an excellent job!!!
One other I like a lot about your skills is the speed you build and display models in...I couldn't do it... :-) |
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August 29, 2010 |
Great bug! Yea.. VW Beetle isn't the first car you'll try to capture in LEGOs, that's for sure! But after some experience, it shows what you're really made of! And your version is just perfect |
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August 29, 2010 |
Very cute! And it looks just right. |
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August 29, 2010 |
Awesome! A very detailed build! |
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August 29, 2010 |
"For the fun of it" is reason enough fo ANY build! Nice job! |
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August 29, 2010 |
Awesome model, dude ! Great shape and detail, I love it !
- Dan |
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August 29, 2010 |
Wow, is a good car.
My wife like it too - she says: ohhh it very very sweet !!!!!
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August 29, 2010 |
Very nice! I love the herbie movies! you represented the little guy quite well! great work! |
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August 29, 2010 |
Love it. Great nostalgic piece! |
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August 29, 2010 |
Agree with Patrick, the best Beetle! love the details on this model! Excellent job! |
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August 29, 2010 |
Very great job! Keep up the good work, also you should try the deLorean from back to the future. |
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August 29, 2010 |
I agree with Firas.I didnīt know you are good in cars,too. I would say itīs the best beetle here on mocpages.Good work with nice details. |
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August 29, 2010 |
The exterior shaping combined with the detailed interior makes this MOC full of coolness. Very good job, and I really like the roll cage! |
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August 29, 2010 |
Wow man! Great to see a non-truck MOC from you, and it's so beautiful and accurate, of course it's instantly recognizable from the very first site. Shaping a VW Beetle with LEGO bricks isn't an easy job at all, but you've nailed it, great work on the roll cage, now I have to move on to Flickr to see some high quality photos there, well done mate. |
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