Science fiction is not just a film genre.
It's a laboratory of ideas, a testing ground where we project our fears, our hopes, and our relationship with technology. In this universe, vehicles occupy a central place: they embody the future before it even exists.
On Science Fiction Day , certain LEGO sets take on a special dimension. Not because they represent imaginary objects, but because they materialize machines that have become cultural icons , sometimes more real in our minds than in the physical world.
Science fiction tells the story of our relationship with the machine.
In science fiction, vehicles are never neutral.
They reflect a worldview.
A car can symbolize:
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technological progress,
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the fear of an uncontrolled future,
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nostalgia for a dreamed-of future,
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or, on the contrary, a society in ruins that adapts.
Unlike racing or production cars, science fiction machines are often conceived as extensions of the narrative . They are not just used for transportation; they tell a story.
That's what makes them so culturally powerful... and so memorable.
The DeLorean: the future seen from the past
It's difficult to talk about science fiction without mentioning the DeLorean from Back to the Future .
What makes this car unique is not its actual technology — which is rather modest — but the gap between what it is and what it represents.
An angular, almost clumsy car from the 80s, transformed into a time machine.
The DeLorean embodies a fundamental idea of science fiction: the future is never perfect. It is cobbled together, imperfect, sometimes absurd.
The LEGO set dedicated to the DeLorean works precisely for this reason. It doesn't try to modernize the car. It respects its strangeness, its status as a cult object, and allows you to relive the mechanical transformation that made it legendary.
We're not just building a car.
We are rebuilding a concept.
The Tumbler: When the Future Becomes Brutalist
Unlike the DeLorean, Batman's Tumbler does not seek to seduce.
He imposes it.
Inspired more by a military vehicle than a conventional car, the Tumbler embodies a dark and realistic vision of science fiction. Here, technology isn't elegant. It's functional, massive, almost unsettling.
It is this radical approach that has left a lasting mark on popular culture.
The Tumbler is not a “superhero gadget”. It is a logical response to a violent and unstable world.
The LEGO Tumbler set succeeds where many fail: it doesn't simplify.
It retains the angles, the raw volumes, the deliberate disproportions. Once assembled, it doesn't look like a toy, but like a conceptual machine .
Two visions of the future, one shared fascination
The DeLorean and the Tumbler represent two extremes of science fiction:
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One is nostalgic, almost naive,
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The other is dark, brutal, realistic.
And yet, both work for the same reason:
They reflect an era and a vision of the future.
LEGO, by adapting them, is not just reproducing objects from movies.
It helps us understand how these machines were designed , why they became iconic, and what they say about our relationship with technology.
Why these sets stand out more than others
Not all science fiction sets become memorable.
Those who leave a lasting mark share several characteristics:
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an immediately recognizable silhouette,
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a coherence between design and narrative,
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a strong symbolic charge.
The DeLorean and the Tumbler are not interchangeable.
They could not be mistaken for any other machine.
This is precisely the mechanism that explains why some fictional cars become more iconic than real-life models that are nevertheless more efficient.
When LEGO becomes a cultural object
Once built, these sets raise a simple question:
What do we do with an object that is so symbolically charged?
Science fiction sets are not meant to disappear into a display case.
They tell too many stories to be simply filed away.
They deserve to be displayed for what they truly are:
objects of popular culture , at the border between cinema, design and collective imagination.
Giving fiction machines a lasting place
At Kadris, this reflection is central.
The wall art dedicated to iconic science fiction vehicles does not seek to artificially embellish the sets, but to extend their narrative.
By highlighting:
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the structure,
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the silhouette,
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technical or conceptual reading,
The painting transforms the LEGO set into a wall piece, capable of fully existing in an adult interior, without losing its DNA.
👉 Discover our murals dedicated to iconic science fiction vehicles
Conclusion: Science fiction as mechanical heritage
Science fiction is not focused on the future.
She is facing us.
Through machines like the DeLorean or the Tumbler, it tells the story of our dreams, our fears, and our fascination with technology. LEGO, by giving tangible form to these icons, allows us to understand them in a new way.
And when these objects leave the screen or the shelf to become wall art, they cease to be mere references.
They become fragments of culture.
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