Is the cup half-full or half-empty? Bricks by the Bay may be the last hurrah for virtual LEGO conventions. Is that a good thing or not? BrickNerd explores this hot-button topic!
Read MoreGrab a turkey leg and tighten your helmets and corsets, BrickNerd readers, because the LEGO jousting action is about to begin! And this is no ordinary joust, mind you, it’s a Dino-Joust!
Read MoreSometimes 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!
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