BrickNerd - All things LEGO and the LEGO fan community
  • Home
  • Deep Dives
  • MOCs
  • Interviews
  • Community
  • Contests
  • Build
  • Swag
  • About
  • Search
BrickNerd - All things LEGO and the LEGO fan community
  • Home/
  • Deep Dives/
  • MOCs/
  • Interviews/
  • Community/
  • Contests/
  • Build/
  • Swag/
  • About/
  • Search/
BrickNerd - All things LEGO and the LEGO fan community

Home

Nerdy About The Bricks

BrickNerd - All things LEGO and the LEGO fan community
  • Home/
  • Deep Dives/
  • MOCs/
  • Interviews/
  • Community/
  • Contests/
  • Build/
  • Swag/
  • About/
  • Search/
March 19, 2025

One Box To Control Them All: Making an Automated LEGO Amusement Park

March 19, 2025/ Brian Hickey
One Box To Control Them All: Making an Automated LEGO Amusement Park

What if your LEGO amusement park ran like a top-secret doomsday device? With a little coding, some old-school power tricks, and a key-activated control box, I brought my theme park to life—no batteries required.

Read More
March 19, 2025/ Brian Hickey/ Comment
Customizing
9V, controller, Amusement Park, Automaton, Coding
November 19, 2024

Hacking Studio: How To Get Better Renders Like Blender

November 19, 2024/ Dave Schefcik
Hacking Studio: How To Get Better Renders Like Blender

BrickLink Studio is a powerful program to digitally build and render photos of your LEGO creations. But what if we told you that the program was holding back and capable of so much more?

Read More
November 19, 2024/ Dave Schefcik/ 9 Comments
Techniques, Deep Dive
Hacking Studio, Studio, Rendering, Render, Eyesight, Coding
March 14, 2024

Pybricks and Powered Up: A Recipe For Bluetooth Py

March 14, 2024/ Ronald Vallenduuk
Pybricks and Powered Up: A Recipe For Bluetooth Py

Using a smartphone or tablet to control LEGO Powered Up or Mindstorms functions can be a little tricky. So for Pi Day, we have a recipe for you to make everything much easier with the help of Pybricks.

Read More
March 14, 2024/ Ronald Vallenduuk/ 2 Comments
Deep Dive, Customizing
Pi Day, Pie, Pybricks, NXT, Mindstorms, Coding, Recipe
November 09, 2023

DIY LEGO Lighting: Creating Custom Light Effects

November 09, 2023/ Chris Roberts
DIY LEGO Lighting: Creating Custom Light Effects

What does it take to make custom lighting effects for LEGO creations? Today we dive into the hardware, tools and coding you need to make your MOCs shine.

Read More
November 09, 2023/ Chris Roberts/ 2 Comments
Customizing, Deep Dive
Lighting, Customization, New Hashima, Soldering, Adafruit, Coding

Featured
It Came From Outer Space: Space Baby GWP Available Now
It Came From Outer Space: Space Baby GWP Available Now
Why the Eurobricks Event Isn’t Like Any Other LEGO Meetup
Why the Eurobricks Event Isn’t Like Any Other LEGO Meetup
Integrated Habitats: The Art of the Seamless Stack
Integrated Habitats: The Art of the Seamless Stack
Behind the Lens: Visual Storytelling in LEGO
Behind the Lens: Visual Storytelling in LEGO
How to Part Out LEGO Sets: Sorting Your Way Out of a Dark Age
How to Part Out LEGO Sets: Sorting Your Way Out of a Dark Age
LEGOLAND Promo Bricks: Collecting May Be Addictive!
LEGOLAND Promo Bricks: Collecting May Be Addictive!
Everyone Is Still Awesome: The Quiet Advocacy of LEGO’s Keith Haring Dancing Figures
Everyone Is Still Awesome: The Quiet Advocacy of LEGO’s Keith Haring Dancing Figures
Have Shuttle, Will Travel: A NASA Engineer’s Take on the LEGO 747 and Space Shuttle
Have Shuttle, Will Travel: A NASA Engineer’s Take on the LEGO 747 and Space Shuttle

  • Home/
  • Deep Dives/
  • MOCs/
  • Interviews/
  • Community/
  • Contests/
  • Build/
  • Swag/
  • About/
  • Search/

BrickNerd - All things LEGO and the LEGO fan community

BrickNerd is your source for all things LEGO and the LEGO fan community

Home RSS

LEGO Contests & Challenges

Site Sponsors

LEGO Recognized Fan Media (RLFM) Logo
BrickJournal Logo

Affiliate Shopping Links

LEGO Logo Square.png
Amazon Logo.jpg

Support BrickNerd

Like what we're doing? Become a patron to show your support, get early access, exclusive swag and more. Or leave a one-time donation by hitting the yellow button. Everything is appreciated!

BrickNerd+Patreon+Announcement+-+Square.jpg

Article Archive




BrickNerd Logo Icon.png

BrickNerd is not associated with The LEGO Group.
Opinions shared on this site are our own and not the opinions of LEGO or The LEGO Group.
LEGO® is a trademark of The LEGO Group which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site.
Copyright © 2013 - 2025 BrickNerd. All Rights Reserved.
Contact Us