Building Brilliance with 101 Bricks or Less
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Each of these MOCs is built with 101 bricks or less for the RogueOlympics contest, showing that you don’t need a huge LEGO collection to build amazing custom creations.
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This 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!
Read MoreControl Transferred to Pilot: Gerry Burrows' Life-size LEGO T-5 Affliction Mech
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We interview builder Gerry Burrows and get a close-up look at his life-size LEGO mech that he can sit in and move himself, find out all the work that goes into making large-scale LEGO models, and discover his favorite milkshake flavor.
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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!
Read MorePegasus Racing Team Takes LEGO Teamwork to a New Level
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We’d watch these LEGO space rally races compete in an instant! Get the inside story of how this team came together and created such a cohesive group of racers.
Read MoreLEGO Contest Round-Up for March 2021
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Sometimes a spark of imagination, a group theme, prizes or even a deadline is all you need to get building! Here are all the LEGO community contests for the month of March!
Read MoreLet’s Get NERDIER About LEGO Pianos - Part 2
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In our first installment, I looked at pianos from LEGO Friends sets. In this installment, I analyze EVERYTHING else, from minifigures to keytars to Ideas and beyond. And after building some seventy LEGO pianos, I had to try my hand at creating my own…
Read MoreNew LEGO Sets for March 2021 Have Something for Everyone
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Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines & Highlights for February 2021
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At BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks (I mean, you’ve read some of our articles, right!?). So here are some of the best LEGO stories that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of February.
Read MoreTheme 101: LEGO Ninjago
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In the first of our Theme 101 series, we take an in-depth look into the world of LEGO Ninjago. We’ll explore the history, Easter eggs, highlights, and share some of the best communities around to dive deeper into the vast world of the ninjas!
Read MoreAnd the Winner of Nerdly Strikes Back Is…
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The wait is over! The results of our Nerdly Strikes Back contest are in! Judging this LEGO contest was HARD because of how awesomely varied the submissions were. Without further ado, the Golden Nerdly trophy goes to…
Read MoreThis 253rd Legion LEGO Battle is Definitely a Star Wars Thing
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The story behind this impressively-detailed Star Wars battle MOC by LegionDude goes back more than five years as part of an evolving collaborative building RPG, The 253rd Elite Legion.
Read MoreShine Your Astro Spurs and Don Your Robot Fist!
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Builder Matt Goldberg manages to bring this LEGO Western figure to life while nodding to three other members of the community in his HeroFebruary build.
Read MoreDon't Mess With This Bear
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Builder Andrea Lattanzio has treated us to an awesome diorama illustrating once and for all why you should never mess with a bear… or traverse a rickety wooden bridge in a vehicle!
Read MoreWe’re in the Mooooood for an Amazing MOC
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This ox made of blocks made us have a cow over how udderly amazing it is! The steaks are high so check out this impeccabull LEGO creation.
Read MoreLet’s Get Nerdy About LEGO Pianos
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When did the first LEGO piano appear in a set and how did it evolve from being built with bricks to more curvy variations today? And what is the standard height of a LEGO piano built for a minidoll? Let’s get nerdy about all things piano!
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Shrek’s fairy-tale cast has arrived in LEGO minifigure form, but does everyone get a happily ever after? We take a close look at the movie references, a few puzzling design choices, and some useful parts for Castle builders.