Two Cars. Two Stories. One Direction for 2026.

I love cars.
Well—shooting cars, that is.
Some of my fondest photographic memories are tied to four wheels and a (good) idea.

The VW Beetle that travelled all the way to Portugal for a sandy beach location shoot.

The Caterham Seven with Woody.

The Bugatti Chiron reveal in Billund.

Each of them became more than just an image.
They became moments.
And many of those moments ended up living here on the blog.
Becoming memories in the history of Stuck In Plastic.

Twenty Six

Now, with 2026 only just getting started, I already had two new cars in front of the camera.

One that I’m fairly sure will end up being the cutest car of 2026—and one that is very much the “junior version” of that Technic supercar from 2018.

So what makes these cars special?

Not the sets themselves.
Not their playability.
And definitely not the f-stops, lenses, or post-processing tricks I used on their respective shoots

They matter because they represent something we’ve been talking a lot about within the crew lately.
Getting back to our roots and share their stories here on the blog.
And so, they are kind of a beginning …

Back to roots (with a new twist)

As we head into 2026, we’re working on a new project—currently going by the codename Cinderella.
But alongside that project, or should I say as part of that project, there’s a strong pull to return to our roots.
Explore what makes us being stuck in plastic.

To slow down.
To go acoustic in a way (not to acoustic)
Share the story behind the shoot.

Not reviews.
Not specs.
But intent.

Why did we create the image this way?
What inspired it?
What story does it tell?
Is there a story?
Or is it just beautiful on its own.

These two cars of twenty six are examples of that mindset.
Same photographer, same bricks—but very different stories and intent.

The Flying Ford

The first car is the Harry Potter Ford Anglia.

This one was never about accuracy or recreating every scene beat for beat.
I wasn’t after the Whomping Willow moment—at least not yet.
I was more thinking about Thelma and Louise meets the Flying Ford

What I wanted was the feeling of flight.
A simple idea:
Can I make the car fly?

So this became a small experiment.
A basic LEGO rig.
Minimal setup.
The right location and hight for an old man to save his knees.
Let the imagination do most of the work.
The goal wasn’t perfection—it was motion, suspension of disbelief, and that split second where the car is no longer bound by gravity.

Simple.
Playful.
Honest.

The Bugatti (and the snowstorm)

Then there’s the Bugatti.
This one had very different plans.
In my head, I was already scouting locations I had been before.

Strandvägen in Stockholm.
That favourite parking lot with traces of burned rubber.
Places that feel right for a hypercar.
And then snowstorm Anna passed through.

Everything turned white.
Roads gone.
Textures gone.
Contrast gone.

So instead of chasing locations, I improvised.

The glass roof of my own car became the stage.
Not ideal.
But interesting.

Sometimes constraints don’t kill creativity—they redirect it.

What comes next

Both of these cars will be shot again.
Most likely in the studio.
And both will get their own, more dedicated place here on the blog.
So they can be added to the LEGO Car Reviews section on the blog.

But for now, they serve as a signal.
Expect more posts like this.
Not just from me, but from the crew as a whole.
More intent.
More process.
And more stories from behind the camera.

Less “what settings did you use?”
More “why did you make this image?”

This is us, easing into 2026—together.
Part of project Cinderella.

Boris and the crew 🚗✨

PS. Gifted

These two sets were #gifted by LEGO for creative play to the individual creative.

Boris

Taking plastic places.
Exploring my inner child and following Me2’s wanderlust into untold stories for generations to come.
100% Stuck In Plastic.