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 and challenges for the month of July 2021.
Read MoreLEGO Masters may be taking a break this week, but BrickNerd’s Maria Straatsma sure isn’t! She’s got more exclusive behind-the-scenes content just for you with a guest post from the Science Alliance!
Read MoreAt BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks. But there are so many more fascinating stories from within the LEGO community that are worth your time. So here are some of the best LEGO articles that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of June.
Read MoreWhat is it like building a LEGO vignette every day for a week? Get a behind-the-scenes tour of RebelLUG’s 2021 Vignweek and see some of the incredible builds that were entered day after day.
Read MoreThough we may not be able to travel at the moment, this LEGO microscale creation from Gut’s24 reminds me of one of the most beautiful destinations in France: Le Mont-Saint-Michel.
Read MoreInspiration strikes again and again in the latest round of Bio-Cup 2021. Let’s take a closer look at some of those inspired LEGO builds and the various muses that inspired them.
Read MoreIn this week’s “Inside LEGO Masters” article, Maria shares her experience building a wearable LEGO hat, learning how to develop a concept, and figuring out a twist.
Read MoreA BrickNerd exclusive interview and MOC reveal with Firas Abu-Jaber and his all-new Toyota Supra! Well, technically we just interviewed him, not the car…
Read MoreThis last weekend was the Paredes de Coura Fan Weekend in Portugal. What did the LEGO convention entail, what fun was to be had, and how did the event handle being online? Keep reading to find out or watch the whole event online!
Read MoreWe chat with LEGO builder extraordinaire Rocco Buttliere about his newest 114,000-part masterpiece, First Century Jerusalem, to find out how he planned and built this impressive model, why he extensively researches the locations he builds, and how he chooses the perfect parts.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of information about 2×4 LEGO bricks and other old LEGO items out there, though scattered across many sites. The Brick Archive is trying to change that to preserve LEGO history, but how did it get started?
Read MorePlant yourself down, and don’t even think about leafing this page! An in-depth look at Sjoerd Jochems’ flora filled Wolfpack Ambush. And as an added bonus, if you read this article in the next five minutes, you’ll receive detailed instructions on how to build one of those pine trees. Act now!
Read MoreFour years ago, LEGO builder Eva Svartkrut (aka Blackpowderbricks) started working on a MOC that just kept growing in size to become a gigantic dollhouse-style castle. We chat with her to learn about the process and what she is working on next.
Read MoreIn this week’s “Inside LEGO Masters” article, Maria shares her thoughts on what it means to have a LEGO Masters family, get through tearful eliminations, and survive earthquakes.
Read MoreForced perspective techniques create optical illusions by playing with scale—so when you’re building with LEGO bricks, it’s a great technique for turning less into more! Armon Russ gives us a great example of effective forced perspective in his creation Fractured Kingdoms: The Siege.
Read MoreLEGO builder Rian Zagelow has a keen eye for incorporating cool functions into his builds including Batwings and Bat Computers. But what comes first? The mechanism or the MOC idea?
Read MoreIn this week’s “Inside LEGO Masters” series, brother-sister team Bryan and Lauren Firks share their build process for their explosive frog and what it is like to destroy something you create.
Read MoreJoin us for a BrickNerd exclusive interview with Dave Kaleta and Richard Dryden of LEGO Masters US Season 2 to discover all sorts of behind-the-scenes info about filming the show, the brick pit, and spaceships!
Read MoreBuilding a kampung house was something that Malaysian LEGO builder Vincent Kiew had wanted to do for a long time but there weren’t enough brown colors. Now that has changed he gives us an inside tour of his MOC.
Read MoreWe’ve seen a few Modulex pieces used here and there but never 5,400 of them in a single build! Take a closer look at this house—we had to double-check if it was actually made of our favorite interlocking LEGO bricks.
Read MoreAre you one of those people that has a perpetually messy building table? If so, you are not alone. Ted Andes comes out in defense of creative clutter and pleads the case for there being a method-to-the-madness of a messy building table. Read on to find out why a little bit of disorganization can be a good thing.
What happens when you turn a LEGO pirate ship into a Great Ball Contraption? Brian Hickey and his family find out, building a working module and learning a few hard lessons when it joins the GBC loop at BrickCon.
The Spindlejack messengers have a new predator on their tail! Dan Ko shares his T-R3X Speeder Bike, a dinosaur-inspired ride for the light-fingered Swindlejerks, with free instructions to build your own bike and display stand.
Creating LEGO cityscapes is an AFOL passion, but how do you build sidewalks and curbs that curve like in real life? We share some step-by-step instructions using some helpful new elements to make sure your city has curb appeal.
Monet painted his garden many times, exploring changes in color and time of day. Meredith Najewicz follows his lead, rebuilding the LEGO Art Water Lilies set with a darker palette and some creative part substitutions to cast the lilies in a different light.
It is time to take to the skies to see all the LEGO floating islands that populate our imaginations. Check out these gravity-defying rocks and learn why they might be one of the best ever collab ideas.
Old LEGO magic still has its charms. We revisit Borgin and Burkes and Dumbledore’s office to compare how their buildings, curious objects, and magical creatures have changed across generations of Harry Potter sets.
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