LEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for July 2024
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July brought many articles, deep dives, and videos from across the LEGO community. These are the best LEGO features of the month!
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Abandoning the Instructions: Rebuilding Smaller LEGO Botanical Sets
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LEGO pieces can be used in near-infinite ways, especially those from smaller sets! Today, we explore the alt-build possibilities of the Plum Blossom and Chrysanthemum botanical sets.
Read MoreCar Mods: Customizing the Speed Champions Camaro ZL1 and Ferrari F40
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What difference does the color and a little extra detail make in a LEGO Speed Champions set? Today, we explore how to modify your car to be exactly what you want.
Read MoreReverse Engineering MOCs: Building Without Instructions
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Have you ever seen a LEGO creation online and wanted to build it yourself? Before asking for directions, why not try reverse-engineering the MOC? We have some tips and tricks to get you started.
Read MoreA Bevy of Bionicle: An Interview with Abby Lilliebridge
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Today we chat with Bionicle builder Abby Lilliebridge who we met at Brickworld Chicago about the massive amount of amazing creations she had on display and what her personal LEGO community is all about.
Read MoreGoing for Gold: The Summer Olympics in LEGO
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The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris have begun! Here at BrickNerd, we’re highlighting some great LEGO MOCs of lesser-known Olympic sports to celebrate the games.
Read MoreChristmas in July: A Motorized Whimsical Winter Village
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It’s Christmas in July, so dust off your LEGO Winter Village because BrickNerd is interviewing a builder whose motorized display has moving Santa scenes and secrets galore!
Read MoreMissing MOCs: What Hasn’t Been Built from LEGO Ninjago?
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There are quite a few stunning locations, buildings, vehicles and moments from LEGO Ninjago that haven’t been given the full AFOL treatment. Take a look at our list of “Missing MOCs” and maybe inspiration will hit!
Read MoreLEGO Monorail: Bring it Back or Build Your Own?
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If you’ve ever attended a LEGO fan convention, you’ve probably heard the question, “When is monorail coming back!?” Guest contributor Joe Meno answers the question and shows how you can build your own.
Read MoreFarewell to Fareham: Retiring a Large LEGO Train Layout
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Retiring a train layout conjures many bittersweet feelings, especially when it represents such a big part of your LEGO train journey. Like all worthwhile journeys, however, MOCs must come to an end.
Read MoreFrom Good to Great: The 2024 Bio-Cup Blessing
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Bio-Cup is back along with some of the most amazing LEGO constraction creations of the year. Join us as we look at four builders that have taken us by surprise!
Read MoreWill It Float? Testing the Buoyancy of the LEGO Ideas Jaws Boat
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The age-old question “Will it Float?” is once again asked as BrickNerd tests the buoyancy of the LEGO Ideas 21350 Jaws set. Can we make the Orca boat float? Read on to find out…
Read MoreA Racing Expert's Take on the Technic McLaren P1 Hypercar
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What does a racing official think of the new LEGO Technic McLaren P1 hypercar? Scott Bowman joins BrickNerd to determine if the set lives up to its real-life counterpart’s power and prestige.
Read MoreLEGO Zombillenium: A Chat with the Author and the Builder
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We chat with the author of the Zombillenium comic strip, Arthur De Pins, and the LEGO fan who transformed his drawings into a three-dimensional zombie theme park.
Read MoreA Castle Builders’ Classic Challenge: The Watchtower
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A few years ago for the 10th Anniversary of its founding, Eurobricks’ Guilds of Historica hosted a “Build a Watchtower” competition. From beacons to guard towers and from desert to tundra, we boil down all the LEGO goodness.
Read MoreAround the LEGO World in 14 Days: Brickfest to Brickworld
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Is it possible to attend two LEGO conventions on different sides of the world only a few days apart? Aiden Rexroad describes his journey around the world from Japan Brickfest to Brickworld Chicago and beyond.
Read MoreThe Story of Misty Isle Bricks
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Travel with us to the Misty Isle of Scotland as we visit a local LEGO show that is so much more than just MOCs.
Read MoreA Spaceship on Wheels: The New Hashima Cybertrain
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Blake Foster is known for his LEGO spaceships, but what if you built one on wheels? This is how he built the New Hashima Cybertrain, with all the trials and tribulations that come with becoming a temporary train guy.
Read MoreThe Story of New Hashima: How The Colossal LEGO Cyberpunk City Came To Be
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How did a LEGO cyberpunk city with millions of LEGO bricks and sixty builders come to be? Today we look at the New Hashima, starting with a guest article from the collab’s fearless leader Stefan Formentano.
Read MoreLEGO Contest Round-Up for July 2024
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Check out all of these amazing LEGO contests and challenges for July 2024. There are so many MOCs to be built and prizes to be won!
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October has arrived with a fresh selection of LEGO contests and challenges. Don’t miss your chance to build a MOC and maybe even win some awesome LEGO prizes. With a new LEGO Speederbike Challenge, and a Halloween contest or two, there’s plenty of inspiration to be found!