Be Our Guest: High-Class Realism by Victor van den Berg
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Today we chat with builder Victor van den Berg about his remarkable rooms, his creative process and how he recreates incredibly detailed interiors out of LEGO.
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Habitation on Hibernia: Literal LEGO Worldbuilding
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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.
Read MoreThere and Back Again with LEGO Builder Balbo
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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.
Read MoreA Pair of Pirates: Meet the Couple Who Build Big Together
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We take a cruise around this massive LEGO pirate bay built by a Swedish couple who just woke up one morning and decided to build something huge!
Read More100 Issues of LEGO Love: A Chat with Graham E. Hancock of Blocks Magazine
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Blocks Magazine is celebrating its 100th issue, so we are chatting with fellow long-form LEGO storyteller Graham E. Hancock about the magazine’s journey to 100 and his own personal history as a lover of LEGO.
Read MoreEnchanted by Encanto: The Movie MOCs of Thomas Carlier
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Welcome to Casa Madrigal and the other magical movie MOCs of medical student Thomas Carlier. From Encanto to Back to the Future and Toy Story to Ratatouille, we find out about the inspiration and process behind designing these vibrant vignettes.
Read MoreFrom Gardens to Gambits: An Interview with Cindy Zhan
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We travel to sunny Southern California to chat with LEGO builder Cindy Zhan about her massive MOC, The Garden of Flowing Fragrance, and the Huntington Library in Pasadena that inspired it.
Read MoreBionicle is Back: A LEGO Legacy Hidden in Plain Sight
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LEGO is bringing back Bionicle for a Gift With Purchase (GWP) set at the end of the month. We chat with LEGO designers Nico Vás and Niek van Slagmaat about how the set came to be and how Bionicle’s legacy is hidden in LEGO sets all around us.
Read MoreIn The Brick of Time: The Journey of the LEGO Wheel of Time
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Welcome to the LEGO Wheel of Time collaboration with a full breakdown of builds and why it was built. It’s time to get wheelin’!
Read MoreAn In-Depth Look at LEGO In Focus
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LEGO photography is so vibrant and engaging that we had to sit down with Stefan Matthies from Stuck in Plastic and Anna Bitanga from BrickCentral to talk about the stunning photos and stories behind them in the new coffee table book, LEGO In Focus.
Read MoreWorldbuilding in the Air: A Chat with the Creators of Wandering Skies
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Floating islands are nothing new. What’s more, they’ve consistently captured the imagination of some of the biggest names in LEGO MOCing. But the ambition behind Wandering Skies goes far beyond a series of collaborative builds or even an RPG—it is meant to become a TV show!
Read MoreMosaic Masterpieces: LEGO Fine Art in Warsaw, Poland
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How do you build museum-quality renditions of famous works of Polish art out of LEGO? Easy, you stack 150,000 tiny pieces in columns with all your friends for days on end! Read all about the monumental effort to make these mosaic masterpieces.
Read MoreLEGO-Aero-gami: The Art of Automatic Paper Airplane Making
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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.
Read MoreThe Novel Builds of Shannon Sproule
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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.
Read MoreFlying the Friendly Skies: A LEGO Plane with 10,000 Parts
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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.
Read MoreLEGO House: How the Home of the Brick Survived a Pandemic
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LEGO House CEO Jesper Vilstrup chats with BrickNerd’s roaming reporter Are about how they have adjusted during the pandemic, shares a thrilling never-before-told story about the opening, and gives an exclusive preview of new experiences coming soon to the home of the brick.
Read MoreEmerging From The Dark Age: An Interview with Jack England
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Many people started building with LEGO again throughout the pandemic, but perhaps none emerged from their Dark Age as colorfully as Jack England.
Read MoreRobots, Robots, Robots: An Interview with Josephine Monterosso
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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.
Read MoreBrickworld Chicago is Back! An Interview with Mark Larson
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Brickworld is getting the band back together! Today we’re chatting with Brickworld’s Chief Brick Officer Mark Larson about the upcoming convention in Chicago. Read on to find out more!
Read MoreMOC on Mars: The LEGO Ingenuity Helicopter
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What do you do after landing one of your projects on Mars? Build an earth-bound version out of LEGO! NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Engineer Stephen Pakbaz has done just that, creating a working version of the interplanetary Ingenuity helicopter as well as instructions for a 1:3 scale model.
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