LEGO Contest Round-Up for March 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, so you can plan your building time to the best advantage. 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!
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, receives: 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
Have you ever found your minifigures monkeying around with common household items? Catch them on camera and enter Brick Central’s contest!
Deadline: March 28th
Prize: One winner chosen by Brick Central will receive a Room Copenhagen Play & Display Case and a Minifigure Display Case 16 (colors vary). The winner of the Brick Central community vote gets a Minifigure Display Case 16 and a Minifigure Display Case 8 (colors vary).
Where to enter: Instagram
Interested in designing a banner for LEGO World Builder? This month’s prompt is Earth Day!
Deadline: March 31st
Prize: A minimum of three winners will receive $250 each.
Where to enter: Tongal (note: you are not permitted to share your designs anywhere else)
More details
Looking for a good excuse to build Star Wars? Look no farther, it’s now Imperial March! Not only will Boone Builds choose one winner from each of four social media platforms and one grand prize winner, but you also have a chance to win in a random giveaway!
Deadline: March 31st
Prize: There are nine prizes. Grand prize across all platforms is 75288 AT-AT™. Four entries chosen by judging, one from each of four platforms will receive one of these four prizes: 75277 Boba Fett™ Helmet (YouTube), 21046 Empire State Building (Facebook), 75294 Bespin Duel (Instagram), or a used 75181 UCS Y-Wing Starfighter™ (Flickr). Four random entries from each of these four platforms will receive one of these four prizes: a collection of eight different previously owned Ewok minifigures™ (YouTube), a used 75534 Darth Vader™ Buildable Figure (Facebook), 75286 General Grievous's Starfighter™ (Instagram), or 75284 Knights of Ren™ Transport Ship (Flickr).
Where to enter: Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram
More details (more details will also be coming to Boone Builds’ accounts on each of those four social media sites)
Build something Star Wars… in baby scale!
Deadline: The end of March 2021 in any time zone anywhere on Earth.
Prize: First place, 75292 The Razor Crest, second place, 75318 The Child, third place, 75299 Trouble on Tatooine
Where to enter: Flickr or Instagram
Big LEGO sets are fun… but they’re also expensive and take up a lot of room. How about down-sizing them? This contest is focused on micro versions of licensed sets, but future contests for other sets are also planned.
Deadline: April 1st
Prize: First Place will receive a $100 USD LEGO Gift Card ($125 CAD gift card for Canadians), Second Place will receive a $25 USD LEGO Gift Card ($30 CAD gift card for Canadians).
Where to enter: Toys N Bricks Forum
Think you have what it takes for eight weeks of challenges with a 101 maximum part count?
Deadline: Weekly deadlines until April 26th (you can enter as many or as few weeks as you like, but points are added to calculate the winner)
Prize: First place wins year long fame and choice of 31109 Creator Pirate Ship, the 76165 Iron Man Helmet and 76157 Wonder Woman vs. Cheetah. Second place picks of the two remaining sets, and third place receives the third. Fourth through Seventh places can look forward to 71718 Wu's Battle Dragon. Eighth through Tenth, 31111 Cyber Drone.
Where to enter: Rogue Bricks Forum
Interested in having your creations showcased at the LEGO house? Find the category that best fits your skills and see if you can impress the LEGO Ideas team!
Deadline: April 26th
Prize: 25 winners across three categories will each receive 21037 LEGO House Set and have their model displayed at The LEGO House for a year (shipping paid for both ways).
One grand prize winner (fan vote) for each category will receive 21037 LEGO House, a signed 40501 The Duck, a signed 40502 The Brick Moulding Machine, 21326 Winnie the Pooh, and 21325 Medieval Blacksmith.
Two runner-ups for each category (fan vote) will receive 21037 LEGO House, a signed 40501 The Duck, and 21325 Medieval Blacksmith.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Enjoy building castle and medieval fantasy? With five different categories, you should be able to find something for you in the Mega Medieval MOC Mania!
Deadline: April 30th
Prize: Best entry across all categories, used 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress. Vignette category, used 6035 Castle Guard. Flora category, used 6054 Forestmen's Hideout. Outpost category, used 6059 Knight's Stronghold. Battle category, used 6061 Siege Tower. Village life category, used 6041 Armor Shop. Best smack-talking build, used 6021 Jousting Knights.
Please note, winners outside the Netherlands may be asked to contribute half of the shipping price for a prize.
Where to enter: Lowlug Forum
Happy building! See you here next month for April’s updated LEGO community contest list. And if you would like us to add a contest to our list, please email dave@bricknerd.com.
What are your experiences with LEGO contests? Are there any you know of that we missed? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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