LEGO Contest Round-Up for May 2021
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Sometimes a spark of imagination, a group theme, prizes or even a deadline is all you need to get building! Here are all the LEGO community contests for the month of May 2021.
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BrickNerd HQ: From Battlestar to BrickNerd
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What’s a LEGO sig-fig and how can you get yours into the brand new BrickNerd HQ? Read on to find out!
Read MoreA Magical Castle that Gets Bigger Each Time You See It
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From the simple Great Hall LEGO set to a gigantic Hogwarts castle, Donna Went’s “The Magical World of Harry Potter” layout has been an ongoing labour of love for the best part of a decade.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines & Highlights for April 2021
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At BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks. But there are so many more fascinating stories from within the LEGO community that are worth your time. So here are some of the best LEGO articles that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of April.
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know About the History Collection Tours at LEGO House
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LEGO House is again offering virtual tours of its History Collection, but what do these tours entail? We have all the info you need to know about how last year’s tours worked, what to expect this time around, a brief overview of the collection, and how to book tickets.
Read MoreThe Best Dressed Bots on Sci-Fi Street
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When LEGO bots become the fashion, Marius Herrmann’s fashion bots will be trendsetters. These pant-wearing robots are carefully crafted with loads of clever part uses to discover!
Read MoreAustralian Architecture: The Legacy of Alan Jager
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Alan Jager was passionate about representing the local architecture of Melbourne, Australia through LEGO. We take a look at some of his work and the impact he had on the AFOL community.
Read MoreThe LEGO Space Race: Behind the Scenes of Brickmania's Custom Kits
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Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Brickmania designers Austin “Camera Guy” Granger and Amanda Feuk created these Titan II GLV and Gemini Spacecraft models and discover what is the biggest challenge of creating custom LEGO kits.
Read MoreRoanoke Handybuck and his Micro Meek Creek Village
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Many LEGO pieces like minifigure hands, frogs and paintbrushes can accomplish more than they were intended for in microscale models. One builder who “sees through the pieces” is Roanoke Handybuck who makes you zoom in to see what’s really going on.
Read MoreThe Ordo-nary Extraordinary World of the Honeycutt Twins
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LEGO builder Ordo (Fabian B) has shifted gears from a galaxy far, far away to the Highlands of Scotland to tell the story of a set of twins who are a bit more magical than they seem at first glance.
Read MoreSea Serpents and Castle Keeps: A Chat with a LEGO Storyteller, Part 2
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We continue our conversation with builder Louis of Nutwood about LEGO and writing—and learn his tips on creating a compelling scene that tells a story both in words and bricks.
Read MoreAre You Trying to Open a Zoo? A LEGO Creature Collection Overview
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The LEGO hobby is expressed in many different ways. Some people build sets while others build MOCs. I collect creatures. Welcome to my menagerie as we dive deep into LEGO animals, critters, mythical beasts and more!
Read MoreDream Catching: The Art of Vincent Sereks
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We had a dream of finding an overlooked and underappreciated builder that we could share with you here on BrickNerd. These dreamcatchers by Vincent Sereks have helped us to find one.
Read MoreLEGO Final Fantasy VII Buster Sword: Limit Breaking the Bricks
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Kevin Wanner (Brick Ninja) has built a massive 1:1 scale LEGO Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII, and we got to see some work-in-progress photos and how much it weighs! Any guesses?
Read MoreBreaking the Mold: Crazy Legs Kickstarts into High Gear
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The LEGO community has always pushed the limits of the LEGO minifigure when it comes to dynamic poses. But Guy Himber from Crazy Bricks has always looked to “break the mold” and grant new flexibility to customizers and LEGO fans alike. We chatted with Guy at length about his newest Kickstarter project “Crazy Legs” and how they might impact the fan community.
Read More100 Days of BrickNerdiness
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It has been 100 days since we launched the new BrickNerd! Our international team of LEGO superfans has worked hard to get nerdy about the bricks and highlight the best the LEGO community has to offer. But we need your help.
Read MoreChristmas Decorations and Bedtime Stories: Chatting with a LEGO RPGer
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What do Christmas ornaments and bedtime stories have to do with LEGO RPGing? We chat with Louis of Nutwood, an up-and-coming LEGO builder and storyteller from Brazil, who has a few stories to tell both about his LEGO building and storytelling.
Read MoreIt's Potty Time!
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Here at BrickNerd, we enjoy good old-fashioned potty humor as much as the next person. Sniffing around in our back catalog, we realized we were overdoo-doo in paying another visit to the venerable “thunder mug.” It’s time to put the seat down and lay a LEGO brick. Duty calls!
Read MoreOf Spindles and Spires: An Interview with Chris Wight
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We chat with builder Chris Wight about his gigantic LEGO MOC, “Maleficent’s Castle.” Find out how he planned, sourced the bricks, built, and transports this towering castle, and whether he plans on taking it apart!
Read MoreLEGO Link Takes a Breath of the Wild
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We take a closer look at an incredibly large LEGO Link from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, built by Sebastien Racicot and inspired by a single element. Can you guess which one?
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