BrickNerd 2025: Numbers and New Years Resolutions
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What do BrickNerd’s 2025 numbers really tell us? This year-end recap examines the data, the community impact behind it, and how both are shaping our plans for 2026.
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LEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for December 2025
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December 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 MoreA Year to Remember: In Defense of the End-of-Year LEGO MOC Collage
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Every year, builders across the LEGO community pause to look back on what they’ve made, gathering a year’s worth of MOCs into a single collage. Here’s why I keep making them… and why you might want to start.
Read MoreThe Beauty of Bionicle: An Interview with Patrick Biggs
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Can Bionicle be beautiful? But of course! Today we have the pleasure of chatting with and showcasing the work of Patrick Biggs, who builds incredible LEGO creations out of Bionicle pieces that look organic and stunning—and tell a story.
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 MoreBoxing Day? A Look At Wacky LEGO Packaging
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Who says LEGO packaging has to be a rectangle or square? Celebrate Boxing Day with us by exploring the weirdest and wackiest LEGO box designs ever made!
Read MoreMore Than a Christmas Tree: The Build Together Experience
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I went into this ready to say “bah humbug” to a $330 LEGO Christmas tree. I ended up with a holiday build experience that reshaped how I think about LEGO, value, and what really matters when you’re building together.
Read MoreInstructions to Build a Microscale LEGO Train for the Holidays
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This small-but-mighty tiny train is easy to build, endlessly expandable, and packed with festive charm. Perfect for Winter Villages, desk displays, or anywhere that could use a little seasonal locomotion.
Read MoreReturning to the Spider-Verse: A Digital Detour from a LEGO Dark Age
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What started as a simple CMF experiment turned into a months-long digital LEGO build inspired by Across the Spider-Verse. Thorsten Bonsch (aka xenomurphy) walks us through the creative detour that brought him back to building.
Read MoreInstructions To Build A Hot Drinks Stand For Your Winter Village
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Didn’t manage to snag the Hot Chocolate Stand GWP? These instructions are still a simple way to keep your Winter Village well caffeinated, no purchase required.
Read MoreTwo Weeks Left to Enter Our Nerdvember Vacation Contest
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We’ve seen Nerdly traveling near and far, and with two weeks left in our Nerdvember 2025 contest, there’s still time to submit your vacation build or photo before the January 4th deadline to win some awesome prizes!
Read MoreLEGO Nutcrackers and Toy Soldiers: Tough Nuts to Crack
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Nutcrackers and Toy Soldiers are holiday icons steeped in tradition with their distinctive uniforms and classic designs. Join BrickNerd as we explore their many LEGO interpretations and see why their design is a tough nut to crack!
Read MoreMaking Christmas: Carving Upscaled Wooden LEGO Trees
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Join us on a Christmas journey as we use woodworking to upscale and carve the classic LEGO tree element into a centerpiece that will be the talk of the dinner table.
Read MorePoinsettia Memories: Building Holiday Joy with LEGO Botanicals
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From blooming red poinsettias to timeless evergreen wreaths, we explore how LEGO holiday botanicals can rekindle cherished memories of Christmases past.
Read MoreThe LEGO Story: Preserving a Life With LEGO in a Book
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What was growing up with LEGO like for the founding family and what new photos have been uncovered in the LEGO archives? We learn all in the new book “The LEGO Story” from author Jens Andersen himself.
Read MoreThe Shady Side of Paradisa: The Problem with Pink
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Welcome to Paradisa: the tropical idyll of LEGO Classic Town. However, all is not as utopian as it seems. Island life has a shady side from nefarious dealings to inconsistent pink colors.
Read MoreInvesting in LEGO, Part 2: Left on the Shelf
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Do LEGO sets actually rise in value as they sit on the shelf? Join us as we analyze if holding onto LEGO sets for the long term is a sound investment strategy to generate a profit.
Read MoreInvesting In LEGO: Gold Rush or Fool’s Gold?
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Is LEGO really a better investment than gold? Join us as we explore whether investing in LEGO is a profitable strategy or if it is just something that AFOLs say to themselves to ease their conscience when buying a new set.
Read MoreThe Definitive Guide to LEGO Costumed Minifigures
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Think you have every LEGO costumed minifigure? From CMFs and retail sets to Build-A-Minifigure exclusives and rare oddities, this definitive guide tracks down every officially released LEGO costume minifigure, organized by theme.
Read MoreSummer 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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