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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 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 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 MoreFor our 9th birthday, we are giving away three Nerdy LEGO models, but there are only two days left to enter!
Read MoreIt is BrickNerd’s and Nerdly’s 9th birthday! Help us celebrate by supporting BrickNerd and you could win a birthday present from us!
Read MoreOver the past year, BrickNerd has published more than 275 in-depth articles about LEGO and the fan community. And we want you to become a BrickNerd and join us! But how does one become a BrickNerd, you ask? There are several meaningful ways.
Read MoreIt has been 100 days since we launched the new BrickNerd! Our international team of LEGO superfans has worked hard to get nerdy about the bricks and highlight the best the LEGO community has to offer. But we need your help.
Read MoreBrickNerd has brought together an amazing group of international contributors and we are excited to continue highlighting the fan community—but we need your help. Today, we are launching the BrickNerd Patreon— and some pretty cool swag!
Read MoreIt is time to take to the skies to see all the LEGO floating islands that populate our imaginations. Check out these gravity-defying rocks and learn why they might be one of the best ever collab ideas.
Old LEGO magic still has its charms. We revisit Borgin and Burkes and Dumbledore’s office to compare how their buildings, curious objects, and magical creatures have changed across generations of Harry Potter sets.
Want to customize a minifig without fancy printers or toxic fumes? Learn how to use the dark art of reductive design to literally erase the line between official and custom LEGO parts.
LEGO meets tabletop combat in the Brassbound universe. We talk with creator Paul Antoine about designing microscale armies, turning builds into game pieces, and developing games with a growing community.
When a legendary archaeologist minifigure meets the spin cycle, adventure calls! Follow along as we reclaim the lost fedora of Indiana Jones and uncover how to repair a LEGO keychain.
LEGO adventurers need somewhere to unwind between quests. We talk with Sleepy Dragon Inn designer Marin Graux about classic Castle, medieval hospitality, and how his design evolved for the BrickLink Designer Program.
From sketches to superglue, see how this custom LEGO motorcycle earned its street cred. We chat with Jean-Yves about the design, prototyping, and even heat resistance of his LEGO customizations, taking them from prototype to the pavement.
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Monet painted his garden many times, exploring changes in color and time of day. Meredith Najewicz follows his lead, rebuilding the LEGO Art Water Lilies set with a darker palette and some creative part substitutions to cast the lilies in a different light.