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January 23, 2025

Building LEGO Manga and Anime Characters in Europe

January 23, 2025/ Samuel Pister
Building LEGO Manga and Anime Characters in Europe

Manga and anime-inspired LEGO creations are rare outside of Asia, but French builder Benjamin Walter is breaking the mold. From intricate characters to life-size builds, we explore his techniques, inspirations, and passion for Japanese pop culture.

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January 23, 2025/ Samuel Pister/ 4 Comments
Interviews, Builder Showcase
Benjamin Walter, Anime, Manga, Brick Sculpture
December 03, 2024

Under the Sea: Motorizing the Ocean Floor

December 03, 2024/ Samuel Pister
Under the Sea: Motorizing the Ocean Floor

Discover the colorful coral, captivating creatures, and mesmerizing movement of a motorized LEGO sea floor diorama by Quentin Biasotto, with some free GBC instructions included just for fun!

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December 03, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Spotlight, Interviews, Instructions
Quentin Biasotto, MocExpoQuentin, Sea, Briques mag, Ocean, Motorized
September 17, 2024

Medieval Alley: A Sprawling LEGO Castle Project

September 17, 2024/ Samuel Pister
Medieval Alley: A Sprawling LEGO Castle Project

BrickNerd's Pistash talks with French builder, Guillaume, about his sometimes sprawling and sometimes towering Medieval creations. In either direction, they're awesome: Check it out!

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September 17, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Spotlight, Interviews
Guillaume Greuzard, Medieval, Harry Potter, Castle
July 25, 2024

Christmas in July: A Motorized Whimsical Winter Village

July 25, 2024/ Samuel Pister
Christmas in July: A Motorized Whimsical Winter Village

It’s Christmas in July, so dust off your LEGO Winter Village because BrickNerd is interviewing a builder whose motorized display has moving Santa scenes and secrets galore!

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July 25, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Spotlight, Interviews
winter village, Alex Lejeune, Les Kroutes, Alex winter village, Motorized, Christmas in July, Christmas, Santa, Santa's workshop
July 14, 2024

LEGO Zombillenium: A Chat with the Author and the Builder

July 14, 2024/ Samuel Pister
LEGO Zombillenium: A Chat with the Author and the Builder

We chat with the author of the Zombillenium comic strip, Arthur De Pins, and the LEGO fan who transformed his drawings into a three-dimensional zombie theme park.

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July 14, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
Interviews, MOC Spotlight
Zombillenium, Arthur De Pins, Brickpirate, Theme Park, comics
April 27, 2024

Hopper’s Nighthawks: Updating a Classic

April 27, 2024/ Samuel Pister
Hopper’s Nighthawks: Updating a Classic

Samuel Pister takes us on a journey from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to a LEGO sci-fi chain of frog restaurants called Hopper’s. It’s going to be finger-licking’ good!

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April 27, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
Tips and Tricks, MOC Spotlight
Art, Hopper, Edward, Nighthawks, meme
April 09, 2024

Brickographie: Hidden Words in LEGO MOCs

April 09, 2024/ Samuel Pister
Brickographie: Hidden Words in LEGO MOCs

What brick-built words are hidden in these LEGO creations? Join Brickpirate as we search the MOCs of their Brickographie challenge for hidden letters… but be warned, some are easier to find than others!

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April 09, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Round-up
Brickpirate, BPChallenge, Legonoblois, Yatkuu, Antp, Zed, Ilive, Antha, Seb71, Letters, Lettering
March 21, 2024

How to Build a World Record Vertical LEGO Mosaic

March 21, 2024/ Samuel Pister
How to Build a World Record Vertical LEGO Mosaic

Ever think about earning a Guinness World Record? Largest ball of tinfoil? Longest time standing on one foot? How about the Largest Vertical LEGO Mosaic? Today Samuel Pister investigates just that about how an AFOL in France built big all because of a boat.

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March 21, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Spotlight, Interviews
Mick_batto, Simon Pinta, Mosaic, World record, Guiness book
March 10, 2024

Magnetic Movement: Taking LEGO Mario to the Next Level

March 10, 2024/ Samuel Pister
Magnetic Movement: Taking LEGO Mario to the Next Level

To celebrate MAR10 Day, we chat with Bricktendo about their massive Bowser’s Castle and take a peek inside the LEGO creation to see how Mario magically moves using magnets. It’s super!

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March 10, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
Builder Showcase
LEGO, Bricktendo, Mario, MAR10, Nintendo, Mario Kart, Bowser
March 09, 2024

LEGO Pop Art in Paris: The Modern Minifgures of Wawapod

March 09, 2024/ Samuel Pister
LEGO Pop Art in Paris: The Modern Minifgures of Wawapod

Walk down the streets of Paris with us as we discover the LEGO pop art of Warren Podguszer, aka Wawapod. His modern art minifigures will move you!

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March 09, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
Builder Showcase
LEGO, wawapod, Warren Podguszer, Pop art, Monroe, Mbappe, Orelsan, Zidane, Benzema, Art, Modern Art
January 24, 2024

Choose Your Own Adventure: French DreamZzz

January 24, 2024/ Samuel Pister
Choose Your Own Adventure: French DreamZzz

LEGO DreamZzz sets give people a choice between two final models, but what would happen if we gave the sets to three French builders and let them choose their own adventures?

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January 24, 2024/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
Review, Customizing
Alt Build, Alternate Model, lokiloki, antha, pistash, Fabergé Eggs, nike air jordan, DreamZzz
November 18, 2023

Comics & Classic Space: An Interview with Thomas Labourot

November 18, 2023/ Samuel Pister
Comics & Classic Space: An Interview with Thomas Labourot

We chat with French comic book artist and LEGO builder Thomas Labourot (aka Legolabo) about how he is inspired by Classic Space to both draw and build.

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November 18, 2023/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
Builder Showcase
LEGO, classic space, comics, Thomas Labourot, Legolabo
June 12, 2023

Abandoning the Instructions: Exploring Alt Builds for Smaller LEGO Sets

June 12, 2023/ Samuel Pister
Abandoning the Instructions: Exploring Alt Builds for Smaller LEGO Sets

Alt builds of large LEGO sets are fun, but we challenged two BrickNerd contributors to create alternate models of two very small sets without adding any extra pieces. Did they succeed?

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June 12, 2023/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
Review, Customizing
Alt Build, Alternate Model, LEGO Botanical Collection, Lotus, Rabbit
January 17, 2023

Blacklight Galaxy Squad: A Strange Glow In The Dark

January 17, 2023/ Samuel Pister
Blacklight Galaxy Squad: A Strange Glow In The Dark

What 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.

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January 17, 2023/ Samuel Pister/ 3 Comments
Builder Showcase
LEGO, Cyrille Bouquinet, black light, ultraviolet, Wood's lamp, UV-A light
August 21, 2022

Flying the Friendly Skies: A LEGO Plane with 10,000 Parts

August 21, 2022/ Samuel Pister
Flying the Friendly Skies: A LEGO Plane with 10,000 Parts

Though most of us can’t travel right now, this LEGO plane from builder Freezeur21 makes us want to fly! His massive United Airlines Boeing 777 reaches five feet in both directions) and cruises into first class with 10,000 pieces.

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August 21, 2022/ Samuel Pister/ 1 Comment
MOC Spotlight, Interviews
LEGO, 777, freezeur21, Airplane, plane, United
June 01, 2022

The Unicorn: Sailing the Seas with Tintin

June 01, 2022/ Samuel Pister
The Unicorn: Sailing the Seas with Tintin

Today’s BrickNerd article is sponsored by the letter Rrrrr! Pistash talks to builder Julio about his LEGO version of the Unicorn ship from the Tintin comic adventure series.

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June 01, 2022/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Spotlight
LEGO, boat, tintin, licorne, herge, Unicorn
March 02, 2022

Kaleidoscope of Color: Vincent Sereks’ Vivid Exhibit

March 02, 2022/ Samuel Pister
Kaleidoscope of Color: Vincent Sereks’ Vivid Exhibit

Hot off of LEGO Masters France, Artist Vincent Sereks’ launched a Kaleidoscope exhibit that uses LEGO as an art form—no matter how hot it gets.

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March 02, 2022/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
Builder Showcase
LEGO, Vincent Sereks, kaleidoscope, Art
November 11, 2021

A Rainbow Warrior Escaping a Cage of Gray

November 11, 2021/ Samuel Pister
A Rainbow Warrior Escaping a Cage of Gray

LEGO builder Loïc Brun shares with us his newest explosion of color in the form of a bird taking flight into freedom. We chat about creativity, color, contests, community and more.

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November 11, 2021/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Spotlight, Interviews
LEGO, Les briques de Loïc, Loïc Brun, Legomasters France, Bird, Color, Cage
November 06, 2021

Abducted by a Hand of Flame

November 06, 2021/ Samuel Pister
Abducted by a Hand of Flame

Though Halloween has passed, we still wanted to highlight this terrifying scene by LEGO builder “Renaud Petit Lego” whose abduction by a creepy hand could give us nightmares.

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November 06, 2021/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Spotlight
LEGO, Hand, Halloween, Nightmare
September 25, 2021

Batcave Brilliance Comes to Light

September 25, 2021/ Samuel Pister
Batcave Brilliance Comes to Light

Batman caves in LEGO are pretty popular, but what do you get when everything shines under blacklight? Check out this whimsical Batcave by Kloou to find out.

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September 25, 2021/ Samuel Pister/ Comment
MOC Spotlight, Interviews
LEGO, Kloou, Batcave, Batman, DC comics, Joker
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