Five Mesmerizing LEGO Mosaics from Brixpo 2025
/From nostalgic villains to technicolor blooms, these five standout mosaics at South Australia’s biggest LEGO fan event show how creativity and color collided at Brixpo 2025.
Read MoreFrom nostalgic villains to technicolor blooms, these five standout mosaics at South Australia’s biggest LEGO fan event show how creativity and color collided at Brixpo 2025.
Read MoreBringing a slice of cyberpunk to Australia wowed crowds at Brickvention 2025, so we spoke with the New Hashima Down Under crew to uncover what it takes to build big, bold, and brilliantly lit.
Read MoreWhich country has the cheapest LEGO? We’ve crunched the numbers across 22 countries spanning Europe, North America, and Australia and found a surprising result…
Read MoreIf you had three weeks off and a whole continent of LEGO to explore, where would you go? Join Sue Ann on her travels through Australia for the Festival of the Brick!
Read MoreHave you ever packed up your MOCs, and traveled across the country? Or a continent? Sue Ann Barber takes us to the Bendigo Bricks fan event in Australia to see how far people are willing to go.
Read MoreLet’s celebrate The Phantom, the first comic strip superhero! On this day in 1936, Lee Falk first published The Ghost Who Walks, and more than 80 years later, the LEGO Phan community is still inspired by his purple spandex suit.
Read MoreCome with us to Melbourne, Australia to see the LEGO dragons, art, trains, and towns of Brickvention 2024. It is a LEGO fan event not to be missed!
Read MoreWhether you call them Tokens of Appreciation, Fan Trophies or some other name, giving these small LEGO-related items has become a well-established tradition at many AFOL events across North America—and now they’ve made their way to Brixpo in Australia.
Read MoreSue Ann Barber takes us on an epic journey across Australia, braving the wilds of Shopping Centres, witnessing the birth of a brand new LEGO Store, and attending an elusive LEGO Fan Convention. Read all about it, today on BrickNerd!
Read MoreCome with us to Bendigo Bricks in Australia to hear about the event and see what MOCs made their way to just outside of Melbourne.
Read MoreSometimes art speaks to you, other times it literally jumps off the canvas! Today we chat with LEGO builder Jane Gibbons-Eyre about her pop-up MOC of the Australian painting Down On His Luck.
Read MoreFor the 58th anniversary of the first screening of Doctor Who in Australia, we chatted with local builders about the show and how it inspired their LEGO creations from Daleks to Doctors.
Read MoreIn this week’s “Inside LEGO Masters” article, Fleur Watkins from LEGO Masters Australia Season 3 gives us an inside look at her journey to becoming an AFOL, how LEGO Masters helped bring here there, and what being on a LEGO competition show meant to her as a woman and a mom.
Read MoreMany LUGs have traditions that are unique to their group. It might be the meeting location, the kind of food the members enjoy, the preferred MOC style, or even a special game they play. For the Melbourne LEGO Users Group (MUGs) in Australia, it’s an activity known as Partsies.
Read MoreAlan Jager was passionate about representing the local architecture of Melbourne, Australia through LEGO. We take a look at some of his work and the impact he had on the AFOL community.
Read MoreTake a literal stroll through a virtual art gallery of LEGO creations, watch some of the best videos, and experience a bit of what the Brickvention Online convention from Australia was all about this year.
Read MoreBrickvention is Australia's premier LEGO fan event and is typically held each January. As a founding and former member of the organizing team behind the event, it holds a special place in my heart. It started in 2006 after the Australian AFOL community on LUGNET requested a regular event in their own country—quite the task at the time. With humble beginnings of fewer than 50 AFOLs in attendance, Brickvention has since become a popular event for Australian AFOLs and regularly attracts local and international visitors.
Read MoreEver wonder what goes into the design of LEGO set packaging? BrickNerd has you covered as we dive into the rules, standards and design sensibilities that go into creating an appealing product for store shelves.
What happens when a lifelong Trekkie, AFOL and professional toy designer finally gets an official LEGO Star Trek playset? Samuel Hatmaker explores the new Enterprise bridge and shows why playing Star Trek matters as much as displaying it.
We spoke with several Autistic AFOLs who shared their experiences with LEGO regarding coping, community, collecting and catharsis. And we found that Autism can be both a challenge and a superpower when it comes to LEGO.
What do you do when a LEGO Pokémon set doesn’t quite hit the mark? Take it apart and create an alternate build using only the pieces from the original set! But how do you level up a character as recognizable as Pikachu?
What happens when a LEGO builder who knows almost nothing about Pokémon takes on the entire Smart Play wave? We explore the colorful and curvy sets and then remix them into crazy creations far beyond the Pokédex.
Who was Susan Williams and why was her impact on people’s perception of LEGO so significant? Join BrickNerd as we piece together the illustrious career of this mysterious LEGO employee.
Have you ever wondered what the LEGO community was like in the 2000s? Today's guest writer and veteran builder, Nannan Zhang, shares his thoughts on building and sharing MOCs online for the past 20 years.
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