What the Shell? A LEGO Modding Journey Under the Sea
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What could you do with a UCS LEGO shell? Guest writer Liz Puleo explores all the modding possibilities of The Little Mermaid Royal Clamshell from fish to flowers.
Read MoreLife After LEGO Masters: Giving Back to the Community
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Today we feature a guest article from one of BrickNerd’s patrons and former LEGO Masters contestant Liz Puleo about her experience visiting Boston Children’s Hospital and meeting the kids there who love LEGO.
Read MoreA Cute Contest Countdown: Last Weekend of the AdoraBuild
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The AdoraBuild is almost over! You only have a few days left to enter the ultimate LEGO contest of all things cute and cuddly.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for March 2024
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March was a month full of interesting articles, thought-provoking deep dives, and eye-catching videos all about LEGO. These are the best features of the month from around the LEGO community.
Read MoreInstructions to Build a LEGO Speeder Bike
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Fly through the streets of New Hashima with this cyberpunk speeder bike! Instructions are available right here on BrickNerd and in BrickJournal’s most recent issue.
Read MoreThe AdoraBuild: A LEGO Contest All About Cute
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Cuteness overload alert—the AdoraBuild contest has arrived! We want you to create the most cuddly characters, tiny things, and sweet scenes that make you smile. Choose the category that sparks your inner “Awww!” and build your heart out to win an adorable avalanche of LEGO prizes!
Read More50+ New LEGO Sets for March 2024 Include Animal Crossing, Castle, Star Wars, Snow White, Technic and More
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March 2024 has arrived with 50 new LEGO sets, including Star Wars, Animal Crossing, Technic Space and more! And if you use BrickNerd’s affiliate link, you are helping support the LEGO community as you shop.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for February 2024
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Even though it is a short month, February was full of interesting articles, thought-provoking deep dives, and eye-catching videos all about LEGO. These are the best features of the month from around the LEGO community.
Read MoreSelf Scrutiny: Learning From Past MOC Mistakes
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What can you learn from past MOC mistakes? Blake Foster looks back at his earlier spaceships to see what LEGO lessons he’s learned along his AFOL journey.
Read MoreBlack Panther and the Black LEGO Community
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What makes a LEGO set meaningful to a community? Corey Samuels shares his experience with the LEGO Black Panther bust and why it is important to the Black community.
Read MoreLooking for a Friend at the End of the (Cyberpunk) World
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We’ve looked into the past of LEGO Friends and discovered what they are doing in the present by building Andrea’s Modern Mansion. Now we’re going to extrapolate the cyberpunk future of Friends by revisiting New Hashima.
Read MoreThe Past, Present and Cyberpunk Future of LEGO Friends
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LEGO Friends has experienced a turnaround in the last few years, culminating in 42693 Andrea’s Modern Mansion. How did Friends begin, what are they up to now, and where can we imagine them going in the future?
Read More100+ New LEGO Sets for January 2024 Include Roses, Creator 3-In-1, Space, Marvel, Collectible Minifigs and More
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January 2024 has arrived with more than a hundred new LEGO sets, including X-Men, Star Wars, botanicals, goats, cameras and more! And if you use BrickNerd’s affiliate link, you are helping support the LEGO community as you shop.
Read MoreBrickNerd 2023: Numbers and New Years Resolutions
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Each year, we are amazed by the reception to BrickNerd, so we wanted to share with you some numbers of what we’ve achieved in 2023 and some of our New Year’s resolutions for what we want to accomplish in 2024.
Read MoreThe Winner of Our Nerdvember 2023 Survival Contest Is…
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Merry Christmas from BrickNerd! Now, let’s give away some gold. For Nerdvember 2023, we challenged our readers to interpret our mascot Nerdly in a survival theme, and we’re thrilled to award our Golden Nerdly trophy to…
Read MoreMeaningful Modding: Winterizing the A-Frame Cabin
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How do you improve a LEGO set to make it exactly what you want? Today, we explore “modding” the LEGO Ideas A-Frame Cabin to make it look more weathered, textured and snowy.
Read MoreDropping Into LEGO Fortnite
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With the arrival of LEGO Fortnite, what does the game mean to AFOLs and the LEGO community? Join guest contributor BrickinNick as he explores the launch of the game to see if it can break LEGO’s digital curse.
Read MoreLast Days to Build a Survivor Nerdly
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The end is nigh! Nerdvember is almost over at BrickNerd but it isn’t too late to race against time and build a survivor Nerdly to win some epic LEGO prizes.
Read MoreThe LEGO UCS Christmas Tree: A Holiday Build Journal
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LEGO announced the 10,001-piece 10307 UCS Christmas Tree, and BrickNerd was lucky enough to be sent an early copy ahead of the holidays. What follows is an epic stream-of-consciousness build journal of the set while lighting and decorating it for Christmas.
Read MoreThe Rebirth of Mega Nerdly
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The original Mega Nerdly died spectacularly along a highway. But thanks to the amazing LEGO community, Mega Nerdly is reborn! Find out how it happened, who built it, and how they kept the project secret.
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