LEGO Animals of the Arctic: A Safari to the North Pole
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All aboard the Polar Express as we journey into the snow and ice to see every LEGO animal of the Arctic on a trip to the North Pole!
Read MoreBringing the LEGO Ideas Botanical Garden to a Real Garden
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Get ready to dig in as we tour two beautiful gardens across Europe and compare the LEGO Ideas Botanical Garden to its real-life counterparts. Will the plastic petals match their fresh flowers? Let’s find out!
Read MoreTo Bee or Not to Bee? Every LEGO Bee and Ladybug
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Let's head into the garden to catch a glimpse of all the bees and ladybugs (ahem, ladybirds) that have joined the LEGO insectarium over the years.
Read MoreThe Story of Misty Isle Bricks
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Travel with us to the Misty Isle of Scotland as we visit a local LEGO show that is so much more than just MOCs.
Read MoreAll A Flutter: A Kaleidoscope of LEGO Butterflies
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Join us in our LEGO lepidopterarium as we explore all the beautiful butterflies that have appeared in LEGO’s many systems.
Read MoreBricktastic 2024: AT-ATs on Parade
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At Bricktastic 2024, a parade of modded LEGO AT-ATs greeted visitors at the front of the exhibition hall. From giraffes to walking gardens, we chatted with each builder about how they approached customizing such a huge UCS Star Wars set.
Read MoreTurtley Unexpected: All About LEGO Turtles
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From saving sea turtles to collecting them, LEGO has created quite a collection of turtles over the years. Get ready to dive into the deep end and learn all about LEGO turtles, inflatable ones included!
Read MoreLEGO Pig Palooza: No Flies in This Oinkment!
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We are getting down and dirty with LEGO pigs! This is everything you want to know about LEGO pigs, where they have appeared, and highlighting a few very rare sows, indeed.
Read MoreHuggable LEGO Creatures: Ooh, Now That's Plush!
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LEGO doesn’t have to be hard plastic. Get an inside (and adorable) look at these huggable LEGO plushies from the vast creature collection of BrickNerd’s Teresa Elsmore.
Read MoreLEGO National Animals: The Crown Dependency and the Toad
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Travel with us to Guernsey in the English Channel as we explore national animals and their LEGO counterparts.
Read MorePerfecting Paimon: Building Big on Commission
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What goes into making a big flying 3D sculpture out of LEGO? More engineering than you might think. Get a look behind the scenes of this giant commissioned character Paimon from Genshin Impact.
Read MoreOne Shot Wonders: Single-Instance LEGO Colours
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Which 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 MoreDuplo Decoration: The Eyes Have It!
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There are lots of examples of LEGO animals that have received updated moulds over time, but what about the ones with the same moulds but different prints? Today we take an eye-opening look at the spectacle of Duplo animal eye decoration.
Read MoreOff (Or On!?) With Their Heads: Every Non-Human LEGO Head
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With only two weeks left to enter our pirate competition, I wondered just how many creature heads there are in the LEGO ecosystem? Starting to research, I realized I was in way over my head…
Read MoreTatooine Tails: The Fabuland Homestead and Landspeeder
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You may have seen Stewart Cromar’s fabulous Fabuland Landspeeder, but now he’s now built the Tatooine homestead to join it and has shared with BrickNerd all about his LEGO-building process!
Read MoreA LEGO Store in Edinburgh: Open It and They Will Come!
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Can you imagine living within a short walking distance of an official LEGO store? And the nervous excitement anticipating its Grand Opening!? BrickNerd’s Kitty Elsmore was on the scene for a first-hand report.
Read MoreLEGO Jerusalem: A Port City on the Shore of Eternity
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We chat with LEGO builder extraordinaire Rocco Buttliere about his newest 114,000-part masterpiece, First Century Jerusalem, to find out how he planned and built this impressive model, why he extensively researches the locations he builds, and how he chooses the perfect parts.
Read MoreOrigin of An Elephant: Bow-ties Are Cool!
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Join me for an elephant of a tale about how perhaps the largest LEGO-molded element ever became the biggest creature in my collection.
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!
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