The LEGO community is lucky to have so many blogs, magazines and channels that create amazing content about our hobby. Here at BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks!

BrickNerd’s October pumpkin patch was a colorful one: We learned all about LEGO trophies as well as what goes into designing them, built curved sidewalks for our LEGO City, and celebrated awesome Black creativity. We followed a mom behind the scenes of LEGO Masters, reported from both Skærbæk Fan Weekend 2022 and BrickCon Seattle 2022, and went back in time to unearth the birth of Great Ball Contraptions as well as the theme month that was Ma.Ktoberfest. We also celebrated Dungeons and Dragons the LEGO way and chatted with the creators of Wandering Skies.

And while it might only be October we also kicked off our Festive FUNdraiser for Fairy Bricks and published instructions for a LEGO teddy bear mech and two spooky Halloween quick builds. We’ve published so many interesting articles, that we’ve included an interactive calendar of them at the bottom of this post so you can make sure you didn’t miss a thing.

But there are many more fascinating stories to be told from within the LEGO community, so here are some of the best LEGO articles that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of October. We applaud the effort that went into each of these features, so click on the headlines or photos to head to each story or video. They are well worth your time!

Bits N’ Bricks: The Tale of LEGO Bricktales

Bits N’ Bricks dives into the making of LEGO Bricktales, and covers its journey from concept to release, from its core values to the game design.

Brick Architect: BrickCon 2022 LEGO Convention

Tom Alphin cover this year’s BrickCon and manages to not only reflect on the amazing presentations and a keynote by none other than Angus MacLane but also gives room to the fun and games and the conversations that make in-person AFOL conventions so special.

Bricksfanz: LEGO Building with the BBC

For the BBCs 100th birthday Bricksfanz goes back in time and looks at the history of the BBC’s partnerships with the LEGO Group. There are obvious things such as the LEGO Ideas Doctor Who sets but would you have known that there was a much-loved Fabuland stop-motion TV series?

Brickset: Designing a Modular Building from Start to Finish

What is the process like of designing a custom modular from start to finish? Let’s explore the creation of “Florentine Palazzo” to find out.

Brickset: Interview with the Friends Relaunch Team

Along with other Fan Media, Brickset had the opportunity to speak to the LEGO Friends design team about the upcoming relaunch and what exactly went into the new sets and characters.

Eurobricks: OcTRAINber 2022 BR05-003

Follow Eurobricks member TS__ as he builds a BR05-003, a German experimental locomotive from 1937, for OcTRAINber.

Hispabrick Magazine: Magazine 038 is Available for Download

The long-awaited 38th issue of the Hispabrick Magazine is available and it’s all about LEGO Castle! There’s a trip down memory lane covering classic Castle sets as well as interviews with esteemed medieval builders and even instructions for a castle-centric MILS module. Follow the link to the English PDF.

Jay’s Brick Blog: RLFM Days 2022: LEGO UCS Razor Crest Designer Reveal and Insights

A fly on the wall during the reveal of the UCS Razor Crest during the Fan Media days in Billund, Denmark, Jay covers the design stories, easter eggs and details of the Mandalorian’s famous ship. Read how César Soares had to learn to love the angled ship and what decision the design team had to make throughout the design process.

LEGO Newsroom: Getting Hands-On To Help Switch-Off

New research from The LEGO Group shows that an overwhelming majority of adults are regularly feeling stressed. Hands-on creative activities could be a remedy as adults are looking for new ways to relax.

matyho kostky: A copy of the LEGO bricks behind the Iron Curtain (translated)

Before people could buy the original, you could find numerous more or less successful imitations of LEGO bricks behind the Iron Curtain. Vlastimil Novák goes back in time and uncovers these relics of the Cold War.

matyho kostky: How I renewed my collection: Yellowed Bricks (translated)

What to do with old and yellowed bricks? Direct sunlight and cigarette smoke may be the causes but how do you renew those bricks from the past? Pavel Tazbirek puts on gloves and covers how to use peroxide to bring back the white.

New Elementary: Old Elementary: LEGO Clikits – Colourful Icons

Elspeth de Montes returns to take a trip to the past and examine the dazzling elements that Clikits brought into the world in the early 2000s. There’s a lot, from never-seen-again colors to hair clips and even flamingos!

Rebrickable: Is this LEGO? - Znap

After having taken a look at Scala and 4 Juniors, Rebrickable’s TobyMac has now discovered the oddities of Znap, a construction toy engineered to take on K’Nex, and one of the more obscure offerings in LEGO’s rich history.

Stonewars: LEGO Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – In 14 MOCs from Rivendell to Amon Hen (translated)

Stonewars continues to cover the Lord of the Rings vignette collaboration. What was started by Thorsten Bonsch is now getting continued by Jonas Kramm who follows the ring to Rivendell and beyond.

The Rambling Brick: Classic Themes: Defining Classic Castle

A pillar of of the Classic LEGO Minifigure themes, LEGO Castle has a rich tapestry full of wonderful and whimsical sets for different eras. Follow Richard from ‘before the beginning’ all the way to the late 80s.

The Rambling Brick: We Stress Test the New ‘In Box’ Paper Bags

Will it rip? Richard stress-tests the new paper-based bags that will soon replace the plastic bags inside LEGO sets that we all know. From international travel to water damage, Richard goes above and beyond to see if they hold up.

Tips&Bricks: Favorite Brick Friday: Rubber Belts

Every Friday the Tips&Bricks team looks at their favorite elements. One of their latest posts covered the colorful rubber bands most builders only know from functions inside LEGO sets. But how can those be used in MOCs beyond their intended use?

If all of those amazing features weren’t enough to satisfy your LEGO community craving, here is an interactive calendar of everything that BrickNerd has published this last month to make sure you didn’t miss a single article.

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