LEGO Contest Round-Up for February 2021
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[Our current monthly LEGO contest round-up can be found here.]
Ready for another month of competitive building? Here’s another batch of LEGO contests from all around the AFOL community for you to find some inspiration and motivation! There’s nothing quite like a theme or a prompt to take you out of your comfort zone and give you something new to try. Besides, contests are the perfect place to interact with other contestants and judges and get to know your fellow builders. And if you’re like me, a deadline helps make sure you actually finish!
We’ve listed them in order of deadline, although our Nerdly Strikes Back contest is still the best… Here at BrickNerd, some of our fondest memories, greatest building achievements, coolest trophies, and best friendships came from LEGO contests, so we really hope you try some of these out. We look forward to seeing what you build!
Since at least 2012, February has been the month of LEGO rovers - all sizes, shapes, and styles welcome!
Deadline: As long as it’s February, it’s FebRovery!
Prizes: No prizes, just awesome rovers!
Where to enter: Flickr
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Credit for the photo (left) to Huw Gwilliam.
From LEGO Ideas, show your love for sports in LEGO bricks!
Deadline: February 8th
Prize: First place receives a custom LEGO trophy, 21321 International Space Station, 21322 Barracuda Bay, 21323 Grand Piano, 21324 Sesame Street, and the next Ideas set. Three runner ups receive a custom LEGO trophy and their choice of 21321 International Space Station, 21322 Barracuda Bay, 21323 Grand Piano, 21324 Sesame Street or the next LEGO Ideas set.
Entries that reach the fan vote phase will be reviewed by the LEGO Ideas team for potential production as a set.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
This is a great contest for builders with smaller collections to get involved in! Build a scene from a Nintendo Switch game, and make sure it fits the Nintendo Switch featured in the poster to the left. Check out the template in the contest’s Discord server.
Deadline: February 13
Prize: First place, 71374 LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System. Second place, a LEGO Super Mario bundle (Starter Course 71360, 71634, 71370, and 71372). Third place, a full set (x10) of Series 2 LEGO Super Mario Mystery packs.
Where to enter: Discord
Nerdly is back and better than ever—and we want you to build one! It’s the perfect opportunity to put a pair of glasses on your favorite theme. This is the best contest on this list by far! (Though we may be a bit biased…)
Deadline: February 14th
Prize: The Golden Nerdly trophy and a super-secret box of swag and surprises for the top three winners, plus $200 toward LEGO Shop@Home for first place, $100 for second place, and $50 for third.
Where to enter: Flickr or Instagram
Brickset is seriously #goatflexing! There are two categories: take the existing Bonsai Tree set and modify it or build a bonsai tree of your own from scratch. You could win a LEGO goat - and if you’ve ever wanted to buy a goat, you know what that means!
Deadline: February 14th
Prize: First prize in each category is four goats, Brickset printed items, first choice from these 2020 gift with purchase sets 40409, 40410, 40412, 40413 and other LEGO goodies. Second prize is two goats, Brickset printed items, second choice from the 2020 gift with purchase sets and other LEGO goodies.
Where to enter: Flickr, Instagram or Blockheads
I’ve got a soft spot for Ninjago since it was the theme that introduced me to the online LEGO community. So I’m excited to see that LEGO is celebrating 10 years of Ninjago appropriately with an Ideas contest! Build the ultimate display piece for a Ninjago museum for a chance at the new Ninjago Botanical Gardens!
Deadline: February 16
Prizes: First place, 71741 Ninjago City Gardens, 71735 Ninjago Tournament of Elements, 71736 Ninjago Boulder Blaster, 71737 Ninjago X-1 Ninja Charger, 71738 Ninjago Zane’s Titan Mech Battle, 71742 Ninjago Overlord Dragon, and a selection of ultra-rare Ninjago Posters from ten years Ninjago. Two runner-ups receive 71735 Ninjago Tournament of Elements, 71736 Ninjago Boulder Blaster, 71737 Ninjago X-1 Ninja Charger, 71738 Ninjago Zane’s Titan Mech Battle, 71742 Ninjago Overlord Dragon, and a selection of ultra-rare Ninjago Posters from ten years Ninjago.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
With thirteen categories, there’s an award for every kind of a train lover!
Deadline: February 28th
Prize: A 1x8 winners brick and other TBC prize(s) from their sponsor(s)
Where to enter: Via email
LEGO World Builder is looking for banners that world builders can draw on in creating their worlds. This month, they’re asking for banner art celebrating some of the most extraordinary women of all time!
Deadline: February 28th
Prize: At least three winning designers will receive $250 each.
Where to enter: Tongal
(note: you are not allowed to publicly show entries anywhere else)
If you’ve been enjoying LEGO’s fan-designed gifts with purchase, you’ll be happy to see another of these same contests! With a 250 part limit, it’s also perfect for those who prefer creating smaller, more finely crafted MOCs.
Deadline: March 8th
Prize: First place, besides getting turned into a new gift with purchase set, recieves: 10 copies of the final Gift with Purchase set, 92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V, 21321 LEGO Ideas International Space Station, 10266 LEGO Creator Expert NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, 75300 LEGO Star Wars Imperial TIE Fighter™, 40335 Space Rocket Ride, 40448 Vintage Car, and a LEGO Ideas tote bag. There are also five runner-up prizes: 92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V, 75284 LEGO Star Wars Knights of Ren™ Transport Ship, 60226 LEGO City Mars Research Shuttle, 40335 Space Rocket Ride, 40448 Vintage Car, and a LEGO Ideas tote bag.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
If normal LEGO building for contests isn’t your thing, maybe this will spark your interest! Starting from a LEGO microgame, you can design your own game, even importing builds from Studio. There are four prize-winning places and two random drawings, so the incentive is not lacking!
Deadline: March 15th
Prize: Every entrant will receive an exclusive LEGO Unity minifigure. Two grand prize winners will receive: 51515 LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor, 71374 Nintendo Entertainment System, 71360 Adventures with Mario Starter Course, 71369 Bowser’s Castle Boss Battle Expansion Set, 1-year Unity Pro subscription, Unity Microgames Premium Asset Bundle, Unity Asset Store voucher for 200$. Two runner-ups AND two randomly chosen entries will receive: 71374 Nintendo Entertainment System, 71360 Adventures with Mario Starter Course, 71369 Bowser’s Castle Boss Battle Expansion Set, Unity Microgames Premium Asset Bundle, Unity Asset Store voucher for $100
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Here’s the perfect excuse to try out a short LEGO animation! The challenge is five to ten seconds of what the medieval world would have been like without a blacksmith!
Deadline: March 16th
Prize: First place receives: 21325 LEGO Ideas Blacksmith, 21322 LEGO Ideas Pirates of Barracuda Bay, 10223 Kingdoms Joust. Second place: 21325 LEGO Ideas Blacksmith, 92177 LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle, 40448 Vintage Car, 7952 Kingdoms Advent Calendar. Third place: 21325 LEGO Ideas Blacksmith, 92177 LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle, 40448 Vintage Car, 3841 Minotaurus game.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Or you could be a maniacally devious madman genius builder and enter multiple contests at once like El Barto with his FebROVERy Bonsai Nerdly!
Happy building! See you here next month for March’s updated LEGO community contest list.
What are your experiences with LEGO contests? Are there any you know of that we missed? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
