From Gardens to Gambits: An Interview with Cindy Zhan

From Gardens to Gambits: An Interview with Cindy Zhan

We travel to sunny Southern California to chat with LEGO builder Cindy Zhan about her massive MOC, The Garden of Flowing Fragrance, and the Huntington Library in Pasadena that inspired it.

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Rainbow Heart: A LEGO Mosaic Pulsing with Color

Rainbow Heart: A LEGO Mosaic Pulsing with Color

What do you do when you have too many LEGO Dots? Create a mosaic bursting with color! Guest contributor Joe Meno from BrickJournal Magazine talks with BrickNerd-in-Chief Dave Schefcik about how his Rainbow Heart came to be.

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The Need For Speed: An Interview with Jon Elliott

The Need For Speed: An Interview with Jon Elliott

When you think of amazing LEGO cars, one MOC builder immediately comes to mind: Jonathan Elliott. Today we sit down with Jon to talk about his vehicles, Speed Champions, what inspires him, and his constant drive to push the envelope of what a LEGO car can be.

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Bionicle is Back: A LEGO Legacy Hidden in Plain Sight

Bionicle is Back: A LEGO Legacy Hidden in Plain Sight

LEGO is bringing back Bionicle for a Gift With Purchase (GWP) set at the end of the month. We chat with LEGO designers Nico Vás and Niek van Slagmaat about how the set came to be and how Bionicle’s legacy is hidden in LEGO sets all around us.

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Chibi Style, Part 2: Techniques to Build Cute

Chibi Style, Part 2: Techniques to Build Cute

We resume our chat with Javier Soravilla and Mike Dung, pioneering builders of expressive “chibi style” LEGO characters, and learn more about all the techniques they use to build them.

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"Gettin’ Chibi Wit It": A Chat with Javier Soravilla and Mike Dung

"Gettin’ Chibi Wit It": A Chat with Javier Soravilla and Mike Dung

What is chibi style? We chat with Javier Soravilla and Mike Dung, pioneering builders of the expressive LEGO characters, and learn about the chibi building community.

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Worldbuilding in the Air: A Chat with the Creators of Wandering Skies

Worldbuilding in the Air: A Chat with the Creators of Wandering Skies

Floating islands are nothing new. What’s more, they’ve consistently captured the imagination of some of the biggest names in LEGO MOCing. But the ambition behind Wandering Skies goes far beyond a series of collaborative builds or even an RPG—it is meant to become a TV show!

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LEGO-Aero-gami: The Art of Automatic Paper Airplane Making

LEGO-Aero-gami: The Art of Automatic Paper Airplane Making

Aero-gami is the art of making paper planes. Okay, we totally made that up, but it captures today’s feature build so well though! Kenjiro Negai talks with us about his paper plane making LEGO robot, his plans for the future, and gives some excellent advice to aspiring robot builders.

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The Novel Builds of Shannon Sproule

The Novel Builds of Shannon Sproule

They say that you should never judge a book by the cover, but book publishers have long known that we still do anyways. Shannon Sproule’s appreciation for classic sci-fi cover art from the ‘50s to ‘70s has led him to create some eye-catching LEGO book covers of his own. Let’s take a closer look.

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LEGO House: How the Home of the Brick Survived a Pandemic

LEGO House: How the Home of the Brick Survived a Pandemic

LEGO House CEO Jesper Vilstrup chats with BrickNerd’s roaming reporter Are about how they have adjusted during the pandemic, shares a thrilling never-before-told story about the opening, and gives an exclusive preview of new experiences coming soon to the home of the brick.

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Robots, Robots, Robots: An Interview with Josephine Monterosso

Robots, Robots, Robots: An Interview with Josephine Monterosso

BrickNerd's own Andreas Lenander speaks with Josephine Monterosso about robots, robots, and more robots. They delve deep into the parts, connections, and inspiration that make her creations come alive. In a good way, of course, not like those Terminators or Cylons.

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