LEGO Contest Round-Up for November 2023
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[Our current monthly LEGO contest round-up can be found here.]
A new month is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest batch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for November 2023 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite like a theme or a prompt to take you out of your comfort zone and give you something new to try. Besides, contests are the perfect place to interact with other contestants and judges and get to know your fellow builders. And if you’re like me, a deadline helps make sure you actually finish!
We’ve listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time to the best advantage. Make sure to check the LEGO activity calendar for local challenges and events near you. Here at BrickNerd, some of our fondest memories, greatest building achievements, coolest trophies, and best friendships came from LEGO contests, so we really hope you try some of these out. We look forward to seeing what you build!
Our happiest memories help us produce the strongest Patronus Charms! In the Wizarding World, the Patronus Charm is a defensive spell that produces an amazing animal guardian. However, that animal can take many forms. With over 100 different animals that can represent you, we want to see that animal built using LEGO!
Deadline: November 14th
Prize: The winner will receive 76414 Expecto Patronum, 76391 Hogwarts Icons - Collectors' Edition, 76419 Hogwarts Castle and Grounds, and 76405 Hogwarts Express – Collectors' Edition, and two runner-ups will receive two (different!) assortments of Harry Potter sets.
Where to enter: Ideas
A new month means a new theme! This month, it's all about the workplace. Show some brick buildings of places where we usually work or see someone working.
Deadline: November 28th
Prize: Just the fun of building!
Where to enter: BrickCentral Discord
Our Mega Nerdly met its demise earlier this year - but now yours must fare better than it! We want you to turn Nerdly into a survival character that can brave everything an apocalypse can throw at it!
Deadline: November 30th
Prizes: Lots of amazing prizes, exclusive LEGO sets, shopping spree options, and a shiny gold trophy! So many prizes that I can’t name them all! Take a look at the picture to find out!
Where to enter: Flickr or Instagram
The Wandering Skies contest is back! Put your floating island, airships, storytelling, and all-around epicness skills to the test. It’s time to take to the skies once more!
Deadline: November 30th
Prize: Amazing prizes for first and second place in three categories comprised of BrickLink store credits from this year’s sponsors.
Where to enter: Flickr or Instagram
We’re celebrating a huge milestone: 15 Years of LEGO Ideas! With millions of members and over 50 sets released, we need to celebrate. In style!
Could you show us what LEGO Ideas means to you in brick-built form? It could be absolutely anything, however, it must include the number 15 somewhere in your model.
Deadline: December 5th (6:00 am EST)
Prize: If you are the Grand Prize Winner of this challenge, you’ll receive the following:
Win a 3-day 2-night trip for 2 people to Billund, Denmark – the Home of the Brick - with a variety of activities and tours including:
Two spots on the LEGO Fan Tour. Specific dates in 2024 to be confirmed. The Fan Tour includes tours of: The Billund LEGO factory, Ole Kirk Kristiansen’s home (also known as the Idea House), The LEGO House, LEGO Campus tour, Lunch and "Meet and Greet" with the LEGO Ideas team
+ 15 different LEGO Ideas sets, including 21338 A-Frame Cabin, 21339 BTS Dynamite, 21340 Tales of the Space Age, 21341: Disney Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters' Cottage, 21342 The Insect Collection and 21343 Viking Village and A custom-built trophy
Two runner-ups will also recieve 15 Ideas Sets and a custom-built trophy!
Where to enter: Flickr or Instagram
For every heart built and share, the LEGO Group will donate one LEGO set to a child in need. Grab any bricks you can and get building. It doesn’t matter if your heart is a traditional heart shape or anatomically correct, all hearts are accepted.
Deadline: December 20th
Prize: Help give children in hospitals, children’s homes, and vulnerable communities a chance to play this holiday season!
Where to enter: Ideas
With another quarter of the year coming up, the next Rebrickable quarterly competition should be right around the corner!
Deadline: December 31st
Prize: TBA
Where to enter: Rebrickable
The Colossal Castle Contest is back! Join the fun with one of the longest-running LEGO contests out there with six categories (and prizes) to stimulate those creative juices.
Deadline: January 3rd
Prize: Lots of sets so check out all the great prizes on Classic-castle.com.
Where to enter: Classic-castle.com
Do you have what it takes to be a Dragonslayer? Do you deserve a place at the round table with some of the best medieval builders out there? Then come on and start snapping those bricks together! Brickscalibur has returned with six epic medieval categories (and one extra category just for digital builders).
Deadline: January 15th
Prize: First and second prizes (including sets and custom trophies) for each of the six categories (including one digital-only category), first for both members of the collab category, and 21343 Viking Village for the overall winner.
Where to enter: Discord or the Brickscalibur website
The guilds are in a period of relative peace and stability, and commerce is flourishing. From massive cities to remote settlements, caravans and shipping routes bustle with goods from every guild.
So build a trading post where your guild's unique wares can be bought and sold!
Deadline: January 15th
Prize: First place will receive the 21343 Viking Village, second place will win 40657 Dream Village, and a randomly selected participant will win four LEGO castle minifigures.
Where to enter: Eurobricks
Happy building! See you here next month for our next LEGO community contest list. And if you would like us to add a contest, please email dave@bricknerd.com.
What are your experiences with LEGO contests? Are there any you know of that we missed? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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