Summer Down Under: Surfer Girls Revisited
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Do you ever look at an old MOC, and think how you can improve it? BrickNerd’s own Miro Dudas walks us through his process of refinement. Read on to find out!
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Minifig Mastery: Crafting Next-Level Custom Fantasy Figures
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Whether you are crafting D&D adventurers or Castle champions, Sobek Bricks reveals how purist LEGO parts can combine to build custom minifigures with epic personalities.
Read MoreInstructions to Build a LEGO Gift Box
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Looking for a creative way to wrap small gifts? Here are free instructions to build a festive LEGO gift box that’s perfect for any occasion.
Read MoreChibi Style, Part 2: Techniques to Build Cute
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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.
Read More"Gettin’ Chibi Wit It": A Chat with Javier Soravilla and Mike Dung
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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.
Read MoreA Non-LEGO Gift Guide for Serious LEGO Builders
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Looking for the perfect gift for a LEGO fan who already has all the bricks? This non-LEGO gift guide has tools and essentials that serious builders didn’t know they needed—until now!
Read MoreLEGO Contest Round-Up for December 2025
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Time for hot cocoa and some LEGO bricks! December 2025 is here and offers great LEGO competitions and challenges. Don’t miss your chance to build a MOC and maybe win some awesome LEGO prizes!
Read MoreTurning LEGO Light Bricks Into Christmas Tree Lights
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Sure, you’ve hung a few LEGO ornaments on your Christmas tree, but why stop there? This year, we’re taking donning the tree to the next level by creating Christmas lights and other holiday decorations with the classic LEGO light brick.
Read MoreCompeting to Build a GBC Module from a Single LEGO Set, Small Technic Edition
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Two teams, one small Technic set, and a whole lot of GBC chaos. See how both groups turned the same LEGO tractor into two wildly different—and surprisingly clever—great ball machine modules in this year’s GBC Set Competition Cup.
Read MoreHow To Make a Hanging LEGO MOC Photography Backdrop
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Do you have an amazing MOC but no place to photograph it on a clean backdrop? If so, this is a DIY guide to hanging an all-in-one backdrop solution from the ceiling of your LEGO workshop.
Read MoreMaster Chen's Ferry: A Ninjago Take on the LEGO Ideas Steamboat
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What happens when the gorgeous LEGO Ideas River Steamboat meets a lifelong Ninjago dream? One builder can’t help himself and turns it into Master Chen’s iconic ferry from Ninjago!
Read MoreThe LEGO UCS Christmas Tree: A Holiday Build Journal
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LEGO announced the 10,001-piece 10307 UCS Christmas Tree, and BrickNerd was lucky enough to be sent an early copy ahead of the holidays. What follows is an epic stream-of-consciousness build journal of the set while lighting and decorating it for Christmas.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for November 2025
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November brought so many interesting articles and videos from all across the LEGO community. These are some of the best LEGO features of the month!
Read MoreNerdvember 2025 Contest Extended: Enjoy Your Vacations!
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We’ve heard from lots of you that you want to take Nerdly with you when you are actually on vacation for the holidays and New Year’s—so we’re extending our Nerdvember 2025 contest deadline to January 4th.
Read MoreEvery LEGO Collab Standard, Themed Month and Recurring Contest
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From MILS to Micropolis, there are many different themes that have become “standards” in the AFOL community. This extensive article seeks to list and document every LEGO collaboration standard, themed month, recurring contest, and any other coordinated excuse to build.
Read MoreTurkey Trouble! A History of LEGO Gobblers and Drumsticks
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From Scala origins to modern molds, here’s everything you didn’t want to know about LEGO’s most chaotic holiday bird, the turkey. Why is it as big as a minifig? Why are the drumsticks so weird? Let’s investigate.
Read MoreExpanding the LEGO Holiday Express by Exploring the Visual Identity of Winter Village Trains
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From color palettes to decorative details, each LEGO Winter Village train has a distinct style. Here’s how understanding their visual identity can help you build a longer, more cohesive Holiday Express.
Read MoreA 3D-Printed Approach to Smarter LEGO Storage
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Tired of wasted space in your LEGO drawers? See how 3D printing and Gridfinity can transform chaotic piles of plastic into an efficient, customizable storage system, complete with some IKEA Alex drawer mods to unlock every inch of space.
Read MoreBuilding Confidence in Microscale: The John Klesh Challenge
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What happens when a fellow builder challenges you to shrink your work to its smallest recognizable form? For Wayne Tyler, it sparked a journey through microscale, self-discovery, and the power of mentorship in the LEGO community.
Read MoreThe Art of Castle Building: Designing the Emerald City from Wicked
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To celebrate the film Wicked, builder Juan Rodriguez Lopez unveils his most complex castle yet with 33 unique towers in shimmering green and gold. From every angle, this LEGO Emerald City captures the wonder of Oz.
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LEGO took a different approach to San Diego Comic-Con this year, transforming its booth into a travel-themed gateway to Star Wars, Pokémon, Ninjago and more. We explore the sights, reveals, and thinking behind LEGO’s Smart Play-centric Comic-Con 2026 experience.