Walking the Green Brick Road with LEGO for Earth Day

Walking the Green Brick Road with LEGO for Earth Day

This Earth Day, one AFOL shares her own personal journey in supporting LEGO’s environment-centered initiatives by building models of flowers to promote biodiversity and conservation.

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Habitation on Hibernia: Literal LEGO Worldbuilding

Habitation on Hibernia: Literal LEGO Worldbuilding

Welcome to the fictional planet of Hibernia where LEGO builder Bongobert and his friends have created a world all their own. We take a close look at the story behind the evolving collab and the planet’s newest habitat MOC with some stellar golden arrays.

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The 1920+ Collab Making Jakub Różalski's Mech Artwork Materialize in LEGO

The 1920+ Collab Making Jakub Różalski's Mech Artwork Materialize in LEGO

Meandering mechs in an idyllic farm landscape are one of artist Jakub Różalski’s signature styles. And now those paintings have come to life through LEGO in the 1920+ Collab Project by builders from Polish LUG Zbudujmy To.

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Highlighting Uniqueness: A Chat with Pierre E Fieschi on Design and Creativity

Highlighting Uniqueness: A Chat with Pierre E Fieschi on Design and Creativity

Sometimes LEGO builders can inspire other AFOLs in the community and throughout space! Today we chat with Pierre E Fieschi about creativity and designing spaceships from Homeworld to Star Wars—and how highlighting the uniqueness in a build can make it shine.

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There and Back Again with LEGO Builder Balbo

There and Back Again with LEGO Builder Balbo

One of the big perks of getting a gig here at BrickNerd is the opportunity to reach out to builders from all over the world and ask them questions—without appearing like a complete stalker! So today, I have the privilege to shine the spotlight on one of my favourite builders in the community, Balbo.

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LEGO-Aero-gami: The Art of Automatic Paper Airplane Making

LEGO-Aero-gami: The Art of Automatic Paper Airplane Making

Aero-gami is the art of making paper planes. Okay, we totally made that up, but it captures today’s feature build so well though! Kenjiro Negai talks with us about his paper plane making LEGO robot, his plans for the future, and gives some excellent advice to aspiring robot builders.

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The Novel Builds of Shannon Sproule

The Novel Builds of Shannon Sproule

They say that you should never judge a book by the cover, but book publishers have long known that we still do anyways. Shannon Sproule’s appreciation for classic sci-fi cover art from the ‘50s to ‘70s has led him to create some eye-catching LEGO book covers of his own. Let’s take a closer look.

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LEGO Community Fads: Stay In Your MacLane!

LEGO Community Fads: Stay In Your MacLane!

Have you ever noticed lots of LEGO builders creating similar things all inspired by a brilliant concept? Well, there is a good chance that Angus MacLane (Pixar director and super AFOL) was the unwitting mastermind behind a few of those fads!

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Robots, Robots, Robots: An Interview with Josephine Monterosso

Robots, Robots, Robots: An Interview with Josephine Monterosso

BrickNerd's own Andreas Lenander speaks with Josephine Monterosso about robots, robots, and more robots. They delve deep into the parts, connections, and inspiration that make her creations come alive. In a good way, of course, not like those Terminators or Cylons.

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Creating Character: An Interview with Baron Julius von Brunk

Creating Character: An Interview with Baron Julius von Brunk

Take a journey into the mind of LEGO builder Baron Julius von Brunk in this showcase of creativity, wonder and character. You just might find yourself losing your head in Wonderland!

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One Color, Thirty-Nine Times: An Interview with Caz Mockett

One Color, Thirty-Nine Times: An Interview with Caz Mockett

Take a deep dive into color with builder Caz Mockett who created these stunning habitats for LEGO monofigures. She talks about how she was inspired, which color was the hardest to collect, and what’s the most expensive element in the entire display.

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