The LEGO Dark Arts: Incorporating LEGO Packaging Into Your MOCs
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How do you use LEGO packaging in your MOCs? BrickNerd’s Caleb Huet takes you on a tour of some of the best in his “LEGO Dark Arts” series.
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Doctor Who in the Land of Oz
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For the 58th anniversary of the first screening of Doctor Who in Australia, we chatted with local builders about the show and how it inspired their LEGO creations from Daleks to Doctors.
Read MoreInstructions to Build a Polaroid Camera
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The Polaroid is one of the most iconic cameras of all time, and now you can build one yourself! The BrickNerd team designed a LEGO Polaroid camera with instructions only available here and in BrickJournal Magazine’s most recent issue.
Read MorePoseable Possibilities: The Way of the Mech
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Keith Espinoza’s Bushido mech combines the articulation of a Gunpla/Gundam model with LEGO. Clearly, the days of stiff immovable models are long gone. We had a quick chat with Keith to find out the secret to his highly poseable builds.
Read MoreHands-On with LEGO Braille Bricks: Learning Through Play
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To mark World Braille Day, we are getting hands-on with LEGO Braille Bricks, showing how to build your own set, and showcasing some resources from The LEGO Foundation to help learn how to read them by having fun!
Read MoreBuilding Block: Making A LEGO Tribute to Ken Block
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In honor of Ken Block who tragically passed away earlier this week, we are republishing Are’s story about meeting him as a fellow car nerd and building a LEGO tribute to the stunt-driving legend.
Read MoreThings Are Better With (LEGO) Friends
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LEGO recently relaunched its Friends theme with the intent of making sets more inclusive and reflective of society today. BrickNerd put those ideals to the test by engaging with educator and LEGO Masters contestant Corey Samuels who led a community event with a new generation of young female LEGO builders to see what they thought of the new Friends.
Read MoreLEGO Contest Round-Up for January 2023
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Check out all these LEGO contests and challenges for the month of January 2023. From fantasy to castles to seed part competitions, there are MOCs to be built and prizes to be won!
Read MoreYear of the Rabbit Round-Up: Ear-Resistible Rabbits
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To welcome the Year of the Rabbit, today on BrickNerd we feature a MOC round-up of other bunny builds, plus a surprise bonus feature at the end!
Read MoreSteampunk Art to LEGO Brick: A New Way to Get Around Town
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How do you transform steampunk concept art into a MOC? We chat with LEGO builder Hejjo Demkowicz about his wonderfully atmospheric scene, District 1., to get the full story.
Read More100+ New LEGO Sets for January 2023 Include Jazz Club Modular, New Classic Spacemen and the Return of LOTR
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More than a hundred new LEGO sets are available for January 2023. If you use BrickNerd’s affiliate link for LEGO.com, you are helping support community-focused journalism—a win-win situation when you get your modular Jazz Club, an official purple or brown spaceman, the return of LOTR, and more!
Read MoreIn The Brick of Time: The Journey of the LEGO Wheel of Time
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Welcome to the LEGO Wheel of Time collaboration with a full breakdown of builds and why it was built. It’s time to get wheelin’!
Read MoreBrickNerd 2022: Numbers and New Years Resolutions
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Every year we are amazed by the reception to what we are doing at BrickNerd, so today we wanted to share with you the numbers of what we’ve achieved in 2022 and some of the New Years resolutions for what we want to accomplish in 2023.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for December 2022
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December and 2022 may be coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few more LEGO articles worth your time! These are the best LEGO features from around the fan community for December 2022.
Read More2022 in GBC: Mighty Modules and Laudable Loops
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The LEGO Great Ball Contraption theme and community evolve each year, and this year was no different. Today, we take a look back at the standout GBC modules and layouts of 2022.
Read MoreLunar New Year & LEGO: Cultural Significance and Symbolism
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Join us as we celebrate the Spring Festival with LEGO’s most recent Lunar New Year sets! We explore the cultures and traditions of the Chinese diaspora from the perspectives of LEGO fans in Asian communities across the globe.
Read MoreLEGO Lighting Lessons: Making Sets and MOCs Merry and Bright
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With many people having just opened presents of LEGO and lighting kits, I took a hands-on approach to adding lights to a set and to a MOC to see if I could come up with any bright ideas.
Read MoreThe Secret Adventures of LEGO Minifigs: It’s Christmas Time!
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The characters from LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 23 are celebrating Christmas with a little added holiday magic. Join us on a photographic journey to see all their festive secrets of the season!
Read MoreQuick Builds #5: Santa and Nutcracker Christmas Ornaments
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Welcome back to BrickNerd Quick Builds! We have two treats for you today—Santa and Nutcracker ornaments. Now you can decorate your Christmas tree with LEGO ornaments packed full of holiday NPU!
Read MoreWhere’s Leia? Gender Disparity in LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendars
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LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendars have been a Yuletide highlight for more than a decade providing a total of 288 small gifts from a galaxy far away. But what are the odds of finding a female minifig in your advent calendar?
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