An Oasis in a Sea of Sands
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We’re taking a closer look at a medieval fantasy masterpiece as Marcel V. invites us into this brick-built oasis, full of fun and fascinating LEGO piece usage.
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That Smoke is... Smokin!
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For Star Wars Day, we’re taking a closing look at this crashed, smoldering gunship scene from LEGO builder Wout and finding out what Star Wars means to him.
Read MoreA Magical Castle that Gets Bigger Each Time You See It
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From the simple Great Hall LEGO set to a gigantic Hogwarts castle, Donna Went’s “The Magical World of Harry Potter” layout has been an ongoing labour of love for the best part of a decade.
Read MoreThe Best Dressed Bots on Sci-Fi Street
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When LEGO bots become the fashion, Marius Herrmann’s fashion bots will be trendsetters. These pant-wearing robots are carefully crafted with loads of clever part uses to discover!
Read MoreRoanoke Handybuck and his Micro Meek Creek Village
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Many LEGO pieces like minifigure hands, frogs and paintbrushes can accomplish more than they were intended for in microscale models. One builder who “sees through the pieces” is Roanoke Handybuck who makes you zoom in to see what’s really going on.
Read MoreThe Ordo-nary Extraordinary World of the Honeycutt Twins
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LEGO builder Ordo (Fabian B) has shifted gears from a galaxy far, far away to the Highlands of Scotland to tell the story of a set of twins who are a bit more magical than they seem at first glance.
Read MoreLEGO Final Fantasy VII Buster Sword: Limit Breaking the Bricks
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Kevin Wanner (Brick Ninja) has built a massive 1:1 scale LEGO Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII, and we got to see some work-in-progress photos and how much it weighs! Any guesses?
Read MoreIt's Potty Time!
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Here at BrickNerd, we enjoy good old-fashioned potty humor as much as the next person. Sniffing around in our back catalog, we realized we were overdoo-doo in paying another visit to the venerable “thunder mug.” It’s time to put the seat down and lay a LEGO brick. Duty calls!
Read MoreOf Spindles and Spires: An Interview with Chris Wight
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We chat with builder Chris Wight about his gigantic LEGO MOC, “Maleficent’s Castle.” Find out how he planned, sourced the bricks, built, and transports this towering castle, and whether he plans on taking it apart!
Read MoreLEGO Link Takes a Breath of the Wild
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We take a closer look at an incredibly large LEGO Link from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, built by Sebastien Racicot and inspired by a single element. Can you guess which one?
Read MoreBook Wyrms Beware!
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Builder BobDeQuatre has built some beautiful bookends that risk creating BookNerds out of BrickNerds. Read on to find out what a self-admitted book hoarder thinks of his literary LEGO creations.
Read MoreThe Only Thing Missing is a Pencil
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LEGO builder Jerac has created a Sony Walkman for a contest on zbudujmy.to that you can actually open and close—and it plays music too!
Read MoreWelcoming Spring with a Burst of Beautiful Butterflies
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The first day of spring can feel like a breath of fresh air, a chance to begin again, and an excuse to spread your wings—the same three feelings I get from looking at Kelly Bartlett’s stunning LEGO butterfly artwork.
Read MoreFalse Hopes 20 Years Later: Voriki Reinvented
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When LEGO teased the release of a seventh Bionicle hero in 2003, a fake leak gave birth to the legend of Voriki. To celebrate the fake set, builder Alex Mertens has put his personal spin on the character, depicting him as a monstrous cyborg electric generator.
Read MoreThis 9,000-Piece LEGO Technic Trebuchet Can Launch Projectiles 260 Feet Away
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Trebuchet meme alert! TFOL Justin Fossum has built a LEGO Technic trebuchet capable of chucking ballistics at a speed of 75 mph and up to 260 feet away.
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Building the Blue Cottage
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Andrea Lattanzio (Norton74) is known for his realistic LEGO scenes with organic landscaping and realistic vehicles. His newest country creation is a small and cozy blue cottage, and he shared his work-in-progress photos with us for a behind-the-scenes look at this idyllic forest scene.
Read MorePlaying in Space: Travelling the Cosmos Through Forced Perspective
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Ever wondered why anyone would want to travel to outer space? Well, if these LEGO builders’ brick-built travel posters are anything like reality, outer space is an awfully cool place!
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These Budding Bonsai Blossoms Signal the Start of Spring
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With its vibrant pink and red blossoms, builder ZiO Chao’s Plum Bonsai stands out from the crowd. And there’s a lot to enjoy on a closer look too like the use of large constraction fists on the table legs!
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