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 November 2021.
Read MoreOur Nerdvember contest is here! Have you ever wanted a rare event-exclusive LEGO set from Comic-Con or Star Wars Celebration? Do you want to have your LEGO MOC turned into a hand-drawn comic book cover? Do you want to win a Golden Nerdly trophy!? Now is your chance!
Read MoreA new month means new LEGO! And a reminder that if you purchase anything online, please consider using our affiliate link for LEGO.com. It is a great way to support community-focused journalism while ordering your titanic… well… Titanic as well as a booby-trapped holiday home and Batman vehicles!
Read MoreJoin us for a haunted Halloween story about a hidden danger as we pass the narrative from contributor to contributor who wrote the next chapter and built a scene out of LEGO inspired from it.
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 and videos that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of October.
Read MoreHalloween is almost upon us, BrickNerd fans! Today we’ve got a random sampling of LEGO builds from across the interwebs for your spooky viewing delight.
Read MoreLet’s take a look at some awesome NPU (nice parts usage) using LEGO Clikits pieces that a few of us may have accidentally thrown out while sorting.
Read MoreThe BrickNerd contributor and Patreon sig-figs are back! What’s going on today in the LEGO neighborhood? Find out in today’s installment of BrickNerd HQ!
Read MoreWe chat with Brick Master Erik Legernes from LEGO Masters Norway about being a judge, how being an AFOL is a benefit, and why creativity is critical. Erik is also the creative mind behind Vikings, Atlantis, Ninjago, mini-ball joints and stud shooters, so we think he knows a thing or two about creativity!
Read MoreAt “På Kloss Hold” in Norway, the world’s northernmost LEGO fan convention, things have changed over the years. Read Are’s story to find out how the event expanded, how far people travel, and what this all has to do with chocolate!
Read MoreCome with us as we journey north to experience the origin story of LEGO fan convention “På Kloss Hold” in Norway, the world’s northernmost fan convention that we know of!
Read MoreBrickNerd contributor Are Heiseldal shares a story and instructions to build a mini LEGO Fabuland “Michael Mouse’s New Car” available here and in BrickJournal Magazine’s most recent issue.
Read MoreYou may have seen Stewart Cromar’s fabulous Fabuland Landspeeder, but now he’s now built the Tatooine homestead to join it and has shared with BrickNerd all about his LEGO-building process!
Read MoreWith the premiere of LEGO Masters Norway, I can finally share some of the stories from the set including how we sorted through so much bulk LEGO, how the studio was set up, and show off some of the adventures of Nerdly!
Read MoreThe Rock Raiders HQ is open for a visit down memory lane courtesy of two brothers who have been sharing their entire LEGO collection their whole lives.
Read MoreOver the past year, BrickNerd has published more than 275 in-depth articles about LEGO and the fan community. And we want you to become a BrickNerd and join us! But how does one become a BrickNerd, you ask? There are several meaningful ways.
Read MoreLEGO Masters is a global show—and we have a global, nerdy audience. I had the chance to work with the new version in Norway, so join me as I share some of the behind the scenes of the most northern LEGO Masters show ever!
Read MoreBrickCon is back live baby! Swing on by, and read all about the Seattle LEGO extravaganza!
Read MoreBrickNerd’s own Francesco Spreafico reports directly from the 2021 Skærbæk Fan Weekend with exclusive content you'll only find here. Since that's what exclusive means.... Check it out!
Read MoreMichael J brings us the action, in LEGO form, from this year’s Paralympics in Tokyo. He’s also got exclusive behind-the-scenes info on builder James Zhan’s process and inspiration. Today on BrickNerd!
Read MoreWhat 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.
Want to customize a minifig without fancy printers or toxic fumes? Learn how to use the dark art of reductive design to literally erase the line between official and custom LEGO parts.
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Are 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.