Self Scrutiny: Learning From Past MOC Mistakes
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What can you learn from past MOC mistakes? Blake Foster looks back at his earlier spaceships to see what LEGO lessons he’s learned along his AFOL journey.
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Black Panther and the Black LEGO Community
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What makes a LEGO set meaningful to a community? Corey Samuels shares his experience with the LEGO Black Panther bust and why it is important to the Black community.
Read MoreThe Past, Present and Cyberpunk Future of LEGO Friends
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LEGO Friends has experienced a turnaround in the last few years, culminating in 42693 Andrea’s Modern Mansion. How did Friends begin, what are they up to now, and where can we imagine them going in the future?
Read MoreHow LEGO and ADHD Got Me on TV
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From sorting bricks to LEGO Masters, guest contributor Liz Puleo shares her experience growing as an AFOL and how ADHD has impacted her LEGO journey.
Read MoreSquaring the Circle: Building Round Shapes Using LEGO
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How do you build round things out of square LEGO bricks, what math tricks are involved, and how does Minecraft play into it all?
Read MoreCelebrating the Past, Present and Future of Modulex
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Modulex once produced cube-shaped bricks for architects, so how did that evolve into a global signage company today? Guest contributor Karyn Murphy shares her experience going to their 60th-anniversary event in Billund, Denmark.
Read MoreUp To Us: The BrickBuilding Community’s Fight Against Cancer
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Cancer affects so many people in the world, the LEGO community included. Hear from guest contributor Brian Saviano about the incredible things the BrickBuilding Community on Twitch is doing to stand up to cancer.
Read MoreOut of Service: The Making of a Moving Brickfilm
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How do you make a LEGO brickfilm that rivals a Pixar short? We talk to Stefan Minder about his short stop motion film “Out of Service” to find out.
Read MoreBeyond Lights: Taking Your LEGO Builds to the Next Level
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Lighting can instantly add life to any LEGO build, but where do you start? Rob Klingberg from Brickstuff shares where to begin, how lighting has evolved the past few years, and the exciting place where it could head in the future.
Read MoreCastle on a Hill: An Architectural Tour of Himeji Castle
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Guest contributor Masayuki Muraki takes us on an architectural and photographic tour of Himeji Castle — both the actual castle and LEGO’s latest set.
Read MoreThe Colors of New Hashima
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New Hashima takeover week continues as we explore the color palate of the cyber city! Guest contributor Meredith Najewicz takes us on a tour of the rare and unusual LEGO colors used in this massive collaboration.
Read MoreNew Hashima: True Grit in Old City
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New Hashima takeover week at BrickNerd continues by taking a look at the Old City section of the cyberpunk collab. Guest Contributor Mike Willhoit takes us on a monorail ride tour of the rundown sector.
Read MoreHidden Math: The Numbers That Make LEGO Work
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What math is hidden in your favorite LEGO sets, how can you recognize it, and how does it magically make LEGO geometry work so perfectly?
Read MoreLEGO and Lightyear: An Interview with Pixar’s Angus MacLane
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Join us for an exclusive chat with Pixar director (and AFOL) Angus MacLane about his newest movie Lightyear and how LEGO played an integral part in his creative process throughout the four-year journey of making the film.
Read MoreEvery Type of Plastic Used By LEGO
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While ABS may be the most well-known plastic used by LEGO, they actually use a wide variety of plastics. Here’s an example of all the kinds of plastic used by LEGO provided by BrickNerd guest contributor Ryan Howerter.
Read MoreThe German Grandma Creating LEGO Ramps to Access Buildings and Imagination
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Meet Rita Ebel, a grandma better known as the ‘LEGO Oma’ who is using LEGO to build ramps that make buildings more beautiful and accessible in Germany.
Read More10 Things I Learned by Building LEGO Skyscrapers, Part 2
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Continuing our guest article on building LEGO skyscrapers from Deep Shen, learn the SNOT tricks, Pythagorean triples, and jumper techniques you need to know to build big architecture!
Read More10 Things I Learned by Building LEGO Skyscrapers
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Building LEGO models of real-life skyscrapers is more complex than it seems. How do you get the right scale, nail the details, support the weight, and make the MOC portable!? To help answer those questions, we are pleased to feature a guest article from Deep Shen on LEGO architecture.
Read MoreShow Rods: Custom Chromed Cars Hotter Than Hot Rods
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In today’s guest article, Andrea Lattanzio displays his custom LEGO Show Rods inspired by the chromed cars from the 1970s, chats about the history of the vehicular trend, and shares some tips on building your own.
Read MoreThings Are Better With (LEGO) Friends
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LEGO recently relaunched its Friends theme with the intent of making sets more inclusive and reflective of society today. BrickNerd put those ideals to the test by engaging with educator and LEGO Masters contestant Corey Samuels who led a community event with a new generation of young female LEGO builders to see what they thought of the new Friends.
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