Continuing our series about AFOLs with kids, we take a look at the question of whether or not kids are welcome at LUG meetings and LEGO fan conventions as exhibitors. Spoiler alert: there isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer.
Read MoreWhich LEGO colors have only ever been used for a single part? Come take a deep dive into the rare rainbow of single-instance LEGO colors to find out!
Read MoreA new month means new LEGO sets! If you use BrickNerd’s affiliate link for LEGO.com, you are helping support community-focused journalism—a win-win situation when you get your cabin, flowers or more!
Read MoreCheck out all these LEGO contests and challenges for the month of February 2023. From fantasy to castles to vignette competitions, there are MOCs to be built and prizes to be won!
Read MoreJanuary 2023 proved to be a month full of deep dives, fascinating features and riveting videos from the broader LEGO community. These are the best LEGO features from around the fan community that are worth your time!
Read MoreWe’re pretty nerdy about LEGO here, but who has traveled the furthest to buy bricks? Who has visited the most LEGO Stores? And which LEGO Store has been visited by the most BrickNerd contributors?
Read MoreSometimes art speaks to you, other times it literally jumps off the canvas! Today we chat with LEGO builder Jane Gibbons-Eyre about her pop-up MOC of the Australian painting Down On His Luck.
Read MoreFor the tenth anniversary of the most northern major LEGO event in the world in Norway, the organizers partnered with some of the best talents in the fan community to make a special model. This is the story of how the custom Trondheim Skyline event kit came to be.
Read MoreWe travel to sunny Southern California to chat with LEGO builder Cindy Zhan about her massive MOC, The Garden of Flowing Fragrance, and the Huntington Library in Pasadena that inspired it.
Read MoreWhat essential characteristics define a BrickHeadz figure? We push the boundaries by going on an unexpected journey through Middle Earth with LEGO’s Lord of the Rings BrickHeadz.
Read MoreNot all cars are made equal. Take a look at this beautifully sculpted Ferrari and find out what went into creating it – a study in Modulex that will surely impress!
Read MoreWhat happens when you shine a blacklight onto LEGO? An entirely new, strange world appears! We chat with Cyrille Bouquinet who used florescent bricks to build a glowing Galaxy Squad diorama.
Read MoreLEGO is bringing back Bionicle for a Gift With Purchase (GWP) set at the end of the month. We chat with LEGO designers Nico Vás and Niek van Slagmaat about how the set came to be and how Bionicle’s legacy is hidden in LEGO sets all around us.
Read MorePerhaps LEGO packaging shouldn’t be thrown out or recycled immediately? Take a look at these ingenious MOCs that use LEGO containers to great effect.
Read MoreHow do you use LEGO packaging in your MOCs? BrickNerd’s Caleb Huet takes you on a tour of some of the best in his “LEGO Dark Arts” series.
Read MoreFor the 58th anniversary of the first screening of Doctor Who in Australia, we chatted with local builders about the show and how it inspired their LEGO creations from Daleks to Doctors.
Read MoreThe Polaroid is one of the most iconic cameras of all time, and now you can build one yourself! The BrickNerd team designed a LEGO Polaroid camera with instructions only available here and in BrickJournal Magazine’s most recent issue.
Read MoreKeith Espinoza’s Bushido mech combines the articulation of a Gunpla/Gundam model with LEGO. Clearly, the days of stiff immovable models are long gone. We had a quick chat with Keith to find out the secret to his highly poseable builds.
Read MoreTo mark World Braille Day, we are getting hands-on with LEGO Braille Bricks, showing how to build your own set, and showcasing some resources from The LEGO Foundation to help learn how to read them by having fun!
Read MoreIn honor of Ken Block who tragically passed away earlier this week, we are republishing Are’s story about meeting him as a fellow car nerd and building a LEGO tribute to the stunt-driving legend.
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