To celebrate the arrival of the LEGO Animal Crossing theme, join us as we explore a world of whimsy and wonder as we take an incredibly deep dive into the lasting legacy of one of LEGO’s most iconic animal themes, Fabuland!
Read MoreMarch 2024 has arrived with 50 new LEGO sets, including Star Wars, Animal Crossing, Technic Space and more! And if you use BrickNerd’s affiliate link, you are helping support the LEGO community as you shop.
Read MoreEven though it is a short month, February was full of interesting articles, thought-provoking deep dives, and eye-catching videos all about LEGO. These are the best features of the month from around the LEGO community.
Read MoreThe newest LEGO castle set has arrived, but what other non-goat-related side quests will it take us on? Read on to find out about the winding Wolfpack journey through the Medieval Town Square.
Read MoreWhat does a font say about a product? Today we continue our exploration of the fonts used by LEGO between the 1960s and 1990s.
Read MoreHappy Engineers Week! Join Michael as he explores the 6x6 quarter-circle gear racks to make LEGO planetary gear trains.
Read MoreToday on BrickNerd, guest contributor and prolific military builder, João Eínon takes us to Portugal. We'll see the LEGO fan event in Caldas da Rainha as well as João's massive MOC display.
Read MoreTable scraps are the misfit LEGO bits and pieces that get left behind after you finish a MOC. However, they can actually be quite interesting and helpful if you hang onto them.
Read MoreHow do you create a custom LEGO minifigure sword? Cutting, lathing, sanding, drilling, gluing, painting and etching were all necessary for this exceptional sword created by Detroitika who shared with us his behind-the-scenes process.
Read MoreLet’s celebrate The Phantom, the first comic strip superhero! On this day in 1936, Lee Falk first published The Ghost Who Walks, and more than 80 years later, the LEGO Phan community is still inspired by his purple spandex suit.
Read MoreWhy do all the bad guys in LEGO City have red cars? Has this always been the case? We go on a journey with the villainous vehicles to find out why baddies love seeing red.
Read MoreToday we celebrate love by giving you instructions to build a LEGO rose using minifigure chairs! Now you can give a single rose to that special someone in your life for Valentine’s Day who loves the sweet smell of NPU.
Read MoreWhat’s the first thing you would do if you won LEGO Masters? If you answered, “Build a working life-size Volvo car out of thousands of LEGO pieces,” then you just might be David Gustafsson.
Read MoreIf you want a more flexible option for building a MOC masterpiece, look no further! Today we’re taking a look at how capes and cloth have been used as NPU (Nice Part Usage) in LEGO MOCs.
Read MoreHow do you convert a set into a MOC? By using some wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey powers. Join us as we change the LEGO Red Telephone Box into a blue TARDIS from Doctor Who.
Read MoreWhat do you do when your LEGO track layout doesn’t work with your table? This amusement park build journal takes you on a journey of all the highs and lows when the process throws you through unexpected loops.
Read MoreWhat can you learn from past MOC mistakes? Blake Foster looks back at his earlier spaceships to see what LEGO lessons he’s learned along his AFOL journey.
Read MoreCheck out these amazing LEGO contests and challenges for February 2024. There are MOCs to be built and prizes to be won!
Read MoreAre you ready to travel the world at microscale? We talk to Thomas Carlier about his Mini Modulars, how to express cultural identity through architecture, and how he shares that knowledge with the LEGO community.
Read MoreLEGO has produced a fantastic flock of bird-related sets over the years. With the arrival of 10331 Kingfisher Bird, we’re taking a flight of fancy and have assembled this field guide of LEGO brick-built birds.
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.