Everyone’s favorite creepy and nostalgic show Stranger Things is back for season 3 tomorrow and we’re going to celebrate by building LEGO 75810 The Upside Down live!. This will be a simulstream on both our YouTube channel and our sister site Nerds&Makers Twitch stream. Join us tomorrow July 4th starting at 8am PST!
It’s Star Wars Day!!!! And what better way to celebrate than to build the latest super awesome LEGO set, the Tantive IV! You may know it as the rebel blockade runner, or perhaps as the original “smuggler ship” (yup, this was the original Millennium Falcon) and we’re going to build it live starting at 9am PST. Tune in to either our YouTube channel or head over to our sister site Nerds&Makers’ Twitch Channel.
See you then!!!
The Grid...
A digital frontier...
Me and special guest James Morr (SpastikChuwawa) are going on the game grid today. We're going to take on Master Control Program and build the new LEGO Ideas Tron Legacy set live!
Join us at 2:00pm PST, and have your quarters ready.
It's December, and that means we're counting down to two things Star Wars The Last Jedi and Christmas (not necessarily in that order). And what better way to count down that with a LEGO clock or watch? Join me as I check out a new Stormtrooper alarm clock and BB-8 watch as build a couple holiday polybags. Anything that passes the time before Santa visits is a good thing right?
Join me and Mrs BrickNerd at the BrickNerd homestead live tomorrow as we build something a little different. At the intersection of LEGO nerds, sports enthusiasts, Michael Jordan fans and shoe aficionados there is bricksnkicks.com. And tomorrow we're going to build this custom LEGO model they sent us. The build starts at 10am PST, join us!
While we were in Portugal for Paredes de Coura Fan Weekend we had the distinct pleasure of rooming with the group from LEGO. One of those people was LEGO designer Tiago Catarino, and we learned that his first set was newly on the market. Well, needless to say we nabbed one for him to sign, and another to build.
Join us tomorrow at 8pm PST while we build it live!
Join me and Mrs BrickNerd live from BrickNerd Studios as we build the latest LEGO Architecture set, 21035 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Building starts at 1pm PST and doesn't end until it's done, join us!
UPDATE: technical difficulties, please stand by...
Yes, you're right, it has been a long time since we've built live. But tomorrow me and Mrs. BrickNerd are going to break the dry spell and build LEGO 21035 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Join us at 1pm PST for some brick clicking, architecture building action. Guaranteed 19% more exciting than organizing receipts. See you then!
Batman has many enemies, but none are quite so unusual as Clayface. I mean, how do you fight a guy made of clay? Well, come to think of it, bringing some water, a throwing wheel and a little patience might be an approach, but I digress.
Join me and Mrs BrickNerd as we build 70904 LEGO Batman Movie Clayface Splat Attack live! Building starts at 9am PST!
What better way to kick off a birthday than to hang out with Mrs BrickNerd and you guys and build? Tomorrow we're building the new LEGO Batman Movie Clayface Splat Attack set.
Join us starting at 9am PST!
Choo Choo! The holidays are here (yay!) and it's time to build another great holiday themed set from LEGO. This time it's 10254 Winter Holiday Train, and it looks fantastic. Join me and Mrs BrickNerd live starting at 10am PST!
Even Scrooge will enjoy this
The holidays are upon us, that means A Christmas Story is on all the time at my house, fires in the fireplace, holiday tea, wrapping presents and of course a holiday LEGO set or two (or three...ok four...).
So me and Mrs BrickNerd are going to build the new Winter Holiday Train live tomorrow starting at 10am PST. Come hang out with us and lets get this holiday started right!
I've only ever seen a Caterham Seven in the wild once, at a mall in Irvine CA, but I was instantly smitten. Of course I've seen Caterham cars on TopGear many time, but seeing it in person was different. It's an unusual beast, with a energy even when parked. Well now I get to build one, and you should join me while I do it. It's guaranteed 13% more exciting than watching bananas discolor in real-time. Building starts at 10am PST, see you then!
The fine folks at LEGO were kind enough to send me a copy of the gorgeous new Caterham 7 Ideas set, and I want to build it with YOU! We don't see many of these cool cars here in the states (unless you hang out in Beverly Hills or know Simon Cowell) so they're extra exotic here. I can't wait to build it!
Join me live tomorrow morning at 10am PST, see you then!
Me and Mrs BrickNerd were considering visiting Disneyland this weekend, but then this showed up in the mail. Yes, thanks to a little Disney magic, pixie dust and LEGO generosity we're bringing Disneyland to us. Yes, technically this is from Magic Kingdom in Florida, and we're west coasters, but we love Disney World too, just can't get there as often. This is going to be an epic build, so we're going to split it into two days. Starting this Friday, Sept 16th at 9am PST and continuing on Saturday at 9am PST we're going to tackle this mighty but magical set, join us!
VW has been an important part of my life. The first family car I remember was a beetle, my first car was a beetle and I drive a beetle now. So to say I'm excited about this set is a bit of an understatement. I know this is last minute and I'm sorry I didn't announce it yesterday, but I can't wait to build this little beauty.
Join me live at 2pm PST as I build the amazing new LEGO 10252 Volkswagen Beetle live!
Mixels series 8 is out and we've got the whole collection. Join me and Mrs. BrickNerd as we build the Medix, Pyrratz and MCFD live starting at 1pm PST. Grab the popcorn, make a sandwich, find a comfy place to sit and get ready for some riveting building. Will I say something stupid? (absolutely) will Dianna make a building mistake? (who knows) Will it be more entertaining than the last Fantastic 4 movie? (guaranteed)
I know it's been a while (what can I say, I've been pretty busy) but while I was in Utah Mrs. BrickNerd scored an entire series 8 of Mixels, and tomorrow we're going to build them. Join us at 1pm PST for some real-time LEGO building action!
Disclaimer: I use the term "action" pretty loosely, but it is guaranteed to be at least 17% more exciting than watching bread dough rise.
To celebrate Star Wars day we have a couple things planned, including building the new UCS Assault on Hoth set live! Join me and James Morr as we nerd out Star Wars style.
Build starts at 11am PST, see you then!
Yes, it's been a long time since we've built anything live (sorry, I've been really busy!) but that all changes tomorrow at high noon PST. Join me and Mrs BrickNerd as we build the entire Mixels series 7. Guaranteed 9% more exciting than waiting 6-8 weeks for your mail in cereal premium.
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