Brickworld or bust!

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Like a scene out of The LEGO Movie Knights, Princesses, Cops, Robbers, Pirates, Superheroes, Friends, Ninjas, Jedi and more will converge upon one location to celebrate the one thing they all have in common - a love for LEGO. Hundreds of AFOLs and TFOLs have spent countless hours putting together their LEGO creations to share with the thousands of visitors who will marvel over their mastery. 

Next week Wednesday through Sunday is the BrickWorld: Chicago convention and BrickNerd will be there blogging live about the best MOCs. Come find me (Philip) at the Knight’s Forest Castle MOC display to pick up some BrickNerd swag while it lasts!

I hope to see you there!

The Wait Is Over!

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Yes Ghostbusters fans the wait is over, LEGO Ideas 21108 Ghostbusters is now available at LEGO! I've had the pleasure of building this set and it's one of my favorites of recent years. To get yours follow these links and you'll not only get a phenomenal set, you'll support BrickNerd.

And if you have any doubt the set is awesome, have a peek at either the live build (real-time) or the brief I posted on my YouTube channel. 

The Part Challenge

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This is a two part post. The first order of business to attend to is this fantastic MOC by Peteris Sprogis. Brick built lettering can be difficult, especially if you want some panache to it, but Peteris pulls it off beautifully. Although it is important to point out that this is the second iteration of this MOC, because sometimes a "P" can look an awful lot like an "F".

The second order of business is to bring up what this MOC is actually promoting. It's a Flickr group called, you guessed it, Part Challenge. It's sort of like Iron Builder for the rest of us. Check it out and get building!

Part Challenge

How The LEGO Movie Should Have Ended

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Last month BrickNerd Studios was lucky enough to have stop motion animator Kevin Ulrich help us out on Beyond The Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary. Sharp eyed viewers might have spotted him in this video of our biggest setup (he's the one wearing glasses). Well the team at How It Should Have Ended recruited him as well, and who better to determine how The LEGO Movie *should* have ended?

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Batman!

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KAPOW! Check out this awesome Batmobile Cuusoo project of the classic 60's Batman. I can't decide what I love the most about this, that it's classic Adam West campiness, the design itself or the fact that it all started with a dad building a Batmobile for his daughter so Robin could ride along too. Regardless I want one, and if you want one too let's all support this project and make it a reality!

Working LEGO Keyboard

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This is pretty damn cool. A functioning computer keyboard build almost entirely of LEGO. The only parts that are non brick are the membrane and cable. Check out the video, it's really cool.

Thanks for the head's up James

Did You Spot Any Of These MOCs?

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When the live action scene was shot last year in Los Angeles the producers of The LEGO Movie put out a "MOC casting call" to local groups. Many talented AFOLs responded and now their work is on the big screen. I don't know which is more mind-boggling, that I know these artists and have actually held some of these MOCs, or that I didn't spot a single one when I watched the movie last week.