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March 02, 2025

How To Make a DIY LEGO Brick Sifter

March 02, 2025/ Brian Everett
How To Make a DIY LEGO Brick Sifter

Sifting your loose bricks can make sorting them faster and more fun, but can you make a sifter yourself? Join us as we look at some of the easiest ways to make a LEGO sifter so you can get back to building, ASAP.

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March 02, 2025/ Brian Everett/ 4 Comments
Tips and Tricks
Sorting, Sifter, DIY, Container
January 18, 2025

A Clear Path Forward for Transparent Bricks

January 18, 2025/ Brian Everett
A Clear Path Forward for Transparent Bricks

Have you noticed a change in clear LEGO bricks recently? Because if they changed the plastic to what we think they did, it could usher in a whole new golden age of transparency.

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January 18, 2025/ Brian Everett/ 8 Comments
Deep Dive
Plastic, Injection Molding, Clear, Transparent
November 17, 2024

All About NED: The LEGO Engineering Department You’ve Never Heard Of

November 17, 2024/ Brian Everett
All About NED: The LEGO Engineering Department You’ve Never Heard Of

Who is NED and what do they do at LEGO? Find out in this rare look inside the mold and plastics engineering department at LEGO.

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November 17, 2024/ Brian Everett/ 4 Comments
Deep Dive
NED, Engineering, Injection Molding, Molds, Dual Molding, Flow Lines, Plastic, Bricks LA
July 22, 2024

How To Make Custom Printed Cloth Flags for LEGO Projects

July 22, 2024/ Brian Everett
How To Make Custom Printed Cloth Flags for LEGO Projects

The stiff fabric flags in many LEGO sets are a great way to add detail to a set, but how do you make your own custom flags for your MOCs? We have the guide for you!

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July 22, 2024/ Brian Everett/ 6 Comments
Customizing
Flag, Fright Knights, Cricut, Printing, Cutting
October 07, 2023

Curb Appeal: Building Curved Sidewalks for Your LEGO City

October 07, 2023/ Brian Everett
Curb Appeal: Building Curved Sidewalks for Your LEGO City

Creating LEGO cityscapes is an AFOL passion, but how do you build sidewalks and curbs that curve like in real life? We share some step-by-step instructions using some helpful new elements to make sure your city has curb appeal.

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October 07, 2023/ Brian Everett/ 4 Comments
Techniques
City, LEGO City, Sidewalks, Curb Appeal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, MILS
September 01, 2023

Instructions to Build a Yellow LEGO Convertible

September 01, 2023/ Brian Everett
Instructions to Build a Yellow LEGO Convertible

This yellow convertible car is ready to zoom down the streets of your LEGO city! Instructions are available right here on BrickNerd and in BrickJournal’s most recent issue.

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September 01, 2023/ Brian Everett/ 1 Comment
Instructions
Instructions, BrickJournal, LEGO, Convertible, Yellow, Car, LEGO City
June 22, 2023

It's All Just A Bunch of Hocus Pocus

June 22, 2023/ Brian Everett
It's All Just A Bunch of Hocus Pocus

School just let out for the summer but LEGO Ideas has already moved on to Halloween with the Hocus Pocus set. Brian Everett takes us on a tour of the Sanderson Sisters’ cottage, showcases his own obsession with spooky sets, and shows us some other haunted creations from the LEGO community.

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June 22, 2023/ Brian Everett/ Comment
Review, MOC Round-up
LEGO, Hocus Pocus, Halloween, Spooky
January 25, 2023

Down On His Luck: An Australian Painting Pop-Up MOC

January 25, 2023/ Brian Everett
Down On His Luck: An Australian Painting Pop-Up MOC

Sometimes art speaks to you, other times it literally jumps off the canvas! Today we chat with LEGO builder Jane Gibbons-Eyre about her pop-up MOC of the Australian painting Down On His Luck.

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January 25, 2023/ Brian Everett/ 2 Comments
MOC Spotlight
Australia, Bricktober, Jane Gibbons-Eyre, Pop-Up MOC, 3D

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