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In 2005, LEGO celebrated the 200th anniversary of beloved Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Join us as we take a look at all the sets (both marvelous and macabre) inspired by the fabled writer.
Read MoreThe bakeries in Solvang, California banded together to host a LEGO brick bake-off to celebrate their Danish heritage. Join us as we take a look at what the sweet event was like from the AFOL competitor’s point of view.
Read MoreCollege tends to be a time when the Dark Age starts and interest in LEGO wanes, but for some students in The LEGO Brick Club at The Ohio State University, exactly the opposite is happening. This is their story about making a mosaic of OSU’s mascot, Brutus Buckeye.
Read MoreFollow the clues in a random bulk LEGO lot and put your searching skills to the test to identify the sets hidden within the chaos!
Read MoreBricks LA 2022 looked a little different than past years, but it was still the gathering that the AFOL community needed. Here are our takeaways from southern California’s premier LEGO event.
Read MoreLet’s take a tour of LEGO builds from all around Denmark to celebrate the 50-year reign of Queen Margrethe II. From Princesses to Puffins, Gwyneth brings us all aspects of Danish culture and history.
Read MoreLEGO Brand Retail Store events have been few and far between, but now they’re back! Gwyneth Kozbial reports on her experience visiting the LEGO Holiday Truck in sunny Los Angeles, California.
Read MoreWhen someone says “Comic Con”, San Diego is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But there are so many smaller, local shows where a LEGO display can really shine!
Read MoreAre you ready for more LEGO Beatles nerdity? Part two of the magical mystery tour starts now as we go behind the scenes of my brick-built Beatles’ British studio albums.
Read MoreI may officially be a “BrickNerd” but there is no subject about which I am historically nerdier than The Beatles. So I present to you “The Thirteen British Beatles Album Covers” created in LEGO.
Read MoreJust when you thought sorting, storing, and organizing your LEGO bricks couldn’t get any scarier, Gwyneth Kozbial conjures up some dark-magic solutions to those monsters we’ve all faced.
Read MoreWhat happens when you can’t bring people to a LEGO convention because of a pandemic? You bring LEGO to the people instead! This interview is how EnBlock 2021 in Singapore did everything they could to make their yearly LEGO exhibition happen—even installing display cases in a local mall.
Read MoreIs the cup half-full or half-empty? Bricks by the Bay may be the last hurrah for virtual LEGO conventions. Is that a good thing or not? BrickNerd explores this hot-button topic!
Read MoreWe 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 MoreThe LEGO builds in Amida’s new galleries are striking in their economy. They employ only a small number of elements, but each piece earns its keep, especially in the human characters.
Read MoreIn our first installment, I looked at pianos from LEGO Friends sets. In this installment, I analyze EVERYTHING else, from minifigures to keytars to Ideas and beyond. And after building some seventy LEGO pianos, I had to try my hand at creating my own…
Read MoreWhen did the first LEGO piano appear in a set and how did it evolve from being built with bricks to more curvy variations today? And what is the standard height of a LEGO piano built for a minidoll? Let’s get nerdy about all things piano!
Read MoreWhen an AFOL thinks about a“con,” they may think of “friends” or “MOCs” or “games.” With this year’s Bricks LA virtually in the books, I wanted to focus on the nerdly little details that the Very Important Builders (VIBs) in attendance may have overlooked. This is the third year that registered BricksLA participants received custom con kits designed by Tim Heiderich. The development of these kits involves some head-of-the-class Nerd Skillz. Not just run-of-the-mill nerdity like NPU (nice parts usage). We’re talking archival research and city planning and font detail. Super-duper-uber-BrickNerd fodder! Put on your highest prescription reading glasses to learn more.
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