Warning! This article contains dangerously high levels of adorableness. Enter at your own risk as we reveal the winners of AdoraBuild 2026 and celebrate the LEGO creations that made us smile the most.
Read MoreFrom tropical escapes to airport adventures, Nerdly traveled far and wide for Nerdvember 2025. With the vacation wrapped, it’s time to reveal the winners and hand out some prizes!
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read MoreThink you’ve got what it takes to be a BrickNerd? We’re looking for passionate LEGO fans to help us tell stories, share creativity, and celebrate the people who make this hobby amazing.
Read MoreLast month we challenged you to bring to life your most iconic LEGO Star Wars creations for our Imperial March contest. Today for May the Fourth, we are excited to reveal the winners who went to the Dark Side and beyond!
Read MoreFrom groundbreaking builds to inspiring community stories, discover what made 2024 unforgettable for LEGO fans around the world and what 2025 has in store for the future of BrickNerd.
Read MoreMerry Christmas from BrickNerd! For Nerdvember 2024, we challenged our readers to interpret our mascot Nerdly in an animated theme, and we’re thrilled to award our Golden Nerdly trophy to…
Read MoreOver the past four years, BrickNerd has published over a thousand articles about LEGO and the fan community, hosted a dozen contests, and gotten really nerdy about the bricks. And now we want YOU to join the team!
Read MoreEleven years ago on July 1st, 2013, our glasses-wearing mascot burst onto the scene. The bespectacled red 2x2 brick has since become a symbol for all things nerdy about the bricks. So let's turn it up to eleven to celebrate!
Read MoreWe challenged you to bring to life your cutest LEGO creations for our AdoraBuild contest, and we were overjoyed with how much they made us smile! So get ready to feel happy because we are about to reveal the winners and crown our Master AdoraBuilder!
Read MoreEach year, we are amazed by the reception to BrickNerd, so we wanted to share with you some numbers of what we’ve achieved in 2023 and some of our New Year’s resolutions for what we want to accomplish in 2024.
Read MoreMerry Christmas from BrickNerd! Now, let’s give away some gold. For Nerdvember 2023, we challenged our readers to interpret our mascot Nerdly in a survival theme, and we’re thrilled to award our Golden Nerdly trophy to…
Read MoreOver the past three years, BrickNerd has published nearly a thousand articles about LEGO and the fan community. And we want you to join the team!
Read MoreThis is the story of the birth and death of Mega Nerdly, our ambitious 10-year anniversary project we brought to Brickworld Chicago to celebrate the LEGO community. And now we need your help to rebuild!
Read MoreWe’re pretty nerdy about LEGO here, but who has traveled the furthest to buy bricks? Who has visited the most LEGO Stores? And which LEGO Store has been visited by the most BrickNerd contributors?
Read MoreEvery year we are amazed by the reception to what we are doing at BrickNerd, so today we wanted to share with you the numbers of what we’ve achieved in 2022 and some of the New Years resolutions for what we want to accomplish in 2023.
Read MoreFor Nerdvember 2022, we challenged our BrickNerd readers to take our mascot Nerdly on a fantastic adventure and reimagine it into the realm of fantasy. We received so many creative entries that took us to another world, and we’re thrilled to award our Golden Nerdly trophy to…
Read MoreOver the past two years, BrickNerd has published more than 600 in-depth articles about LEGO and the fan community. And we want you to join us! How does one become a BrickNerd, you ask? There are several meaningful ways.
Read MoreWe challenged our BrickNerd readers to create pirate-themed LEGO MOCs but with a twist—no humans allowed! We received a stunning 78 entries, took a deep look at each, and are awarding the shiny gold loot to…
Read MoreFor our 9th birthday, we are giving away three Nerdy LEGO models, but there are only two days left to enter!
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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September has arrived with a fresh selection of LEGO contests and challenges. Don’t miss your chance to build a MOC and maybe even win some awesome LEGO prizes. With SHIPtember, the Brick Train Awards, and the return of the BrickLink Designer Program, there’s plenty of inspiration to start building!