LEGO Holidays: The AFOL Celebration Calendar
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Happy 2x4 Day! If you need an excuse to build, the LEGO calendar is packed with dates that matter to the AFOL community. Here are the LEGO-related days worth celebrating.
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Building with Purpose: Designing MOCs for Photos vs Display
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Is your LEGO MOC ready for its close-up… or the convention spotlight? Where your MOC is headed should shape how you build it. Photos and public displays play by different rules—here’s how to master both by asking one key question: what are you building it for?
Read MoreThe Conversation Piece #14: Finding Your LEGO Community
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Building with LEGO is often a personal journey, but the right community can change everything. This month’s the Builder Improvement Initiative explores how finding your people—online or in person—can elevate your building, confidence, and connection to the hobby.
Read MoreInfluencers and Authenticity: The Impact of LEGO as a Lifestyle
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Are LEGO influencers staying true to the brand’s core values or just selling a curated lifestyle? This op-ed explores the evolving relationship between authenticity and influence in the LEGO community and how to champion creativity over consumerism.
Read MoreSets vs Parts: What Kind of AFOL Are You?
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When it comes to collecting LEGO, do you build and then keep sets together or do you part them out into pieces? Or do you fall somewhere in between? Between sets and parts, what kind of AFOL are you?
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for February 2026
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Even though it was a short month, February still delivered an avalanche of interesting articles and engaging videos from all corners of the hobby, alongside a full slate of features here on BrickNerd. Here’s the LEGO content that caught our eye in February 2026.
Read MoreRemembering Joe Meno, a Champion of the LEGO Community
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As the founder of BrickJournal and one of the earliest voices in LEGO fan media, Joe Meno championed builders, celebrated creativity, and quietly shaped the AFOL community we know today. This is a personal reflection on the man behind the magazine… and the legacy he leaves behind.
Read MoreThe Antique Collection: A Case for Variety in the BDP
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With minifigure-scale builds dominating the BrickLink Designer Program, the Antique Collection offers a case for why the BDP should make more room for creative risk.
Read MoreIs FebRovery the Best Month of the Year?
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How did FebRovery get started in the LEGO community and what is the standing appeal of this building theme-month? Come with us as we explore its creation and discover the nostalgia, ingenuity and community-focus that brings us together over rolling rovers.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for January 2026
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January was packed with thoughtful articles, creative builds, and engaging videos from across the LEGO community, along with quite a few awesome features here on BrickNerd. Here’s all the LEGO content that caught our eye in January 2026.
Read MoreFIRST LEGO League’s New Era Comes With Real Costs
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FIRST LEGO League may be entering a new era, but for teams on the ground, the changes go far beyond a simple tech upgrade. Here’s what the shift to new hardware and AI-focused kits means for real coaches, kids, and classrooms.
Read MoreGOATLUG: The Greatest LUG of All Time
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Is the LEGO goat the G.O.A.T.? Find out how a love for these rare animals turned into one of the quirkiest and most creative AFOL communities: GOATLUG.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for December 2025
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December brought so many interesting articles and videos from all across the LEGO community. These are some of the best LEGO features of the month!
Read MoreA Year to Remember: In Defense of the End-of-Year LEGO MOC Collage
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Every year, builders across the LEGO community pause to look back on what they’ve made, gathering a year’s worth of MOCs into a single collage. Here’s why I keep making them… and why you might want to start.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for November 2025
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November brought so many interesting articles and videos from all across the LEGO community. These are some of the best LEGO features of the month!
Read MoreEvery LEGO Collab Standard, Themed Month and Recurring Contest
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From MILS to Micropolis, there are many different themes that have become “standards” in the AFOL community. This extensive article seeks to list and document every LEGO collaboration standard, themed month, recurring contest, and any other coordinated excuse to build.
Read MoreBuilding Confidence in Microscale: The John Klesh Challenge
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What happens when a fellow builder challenges you to shrink your work to its smallest recognizable form? For Wayne Tyler, it sparked a journey through microscale, self-discovery, and the power of mentorship in the LEGO community.
Read MoreHow to Become a Better Builder
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How do you become a better LEGO builder? Brickworld Master Casey McCoy shares some of the things he has learned along the way, from surrounding yourself with inspiration to “stealing” the techniques you love.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for October 2025
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There’s nothing spooky about it! October brought a mountain of delicious articles and sweet videos from all across the LEGO community. These are some of the best LEGO features of the month for your trick-or-treating delight.
Read MoreSo You've Started a First LEGO League Team... Now What?
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So you’ve started a First LEGO League team—now what? Follow along as our rookie crew learns the ropes of coaching, coding, and keeping a team of young engineers on track for their first season.
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LEGO Speeder Bikes are back with a new community building challenge inspired by Citizen Sleeper. Build an airbike, create its messenger, and see what you can squeeze into just three studs wide.