On This Day Five Years Ago in BrickNerd History
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Sometimes looking back helps us see how far we have come. Join us as we explore a bit of MOCstalgia, looking at the LEGO builds we featured exactly half a decade ago.
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Inside LEGO Masters: Netherlands and Belgium
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In this week’s “Inside LEGO Masters” article, Ernesto Lemke from LEGO Masters Netherlands and Belgium gives us an inside look at the dual-country competition, what it is like to have two hosts, how the show differs in Dutch, and what it was like filming during COVID.
Read MoreLEGO Contest Round-Up for August 2021
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Sometimes a spark of imagination, a group theme, prizes or even a deadline is all you need to get building! Here are all the LEGO community contests and challenges for the month of August 2021.
Read MoreCube Your Enthusiasm Contest
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The Golden Nerdly is up for grabs! And all you have to do is “Cube Your Enthusiasm!” For this LEGO contest, use DOTS cubes and loops to build whatever you want—anything goes. Hurry up, there are prizes to be won!
Read MoreNot Just LEGO Street Art, It's Dijon Street Art!
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BrickNerd's Samuel Pister interviews a mysterious street artist in Dijon, France, known as M'Brick. Although his identity remains a secret, Pistash finds out what he's all about and reveals his newest art piece.
Read MoreMassive Wave of New LEGO Sets for August 2021 Can Help More Than You Think
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We don’t talk about new LEGO sets much at BrickNerd—there are a plethora of other great sites that do that. However to help us keep the quality up and ads down, we need your help. If you are going to purchase any new LEGO sets, we ask that you use our affiliate link for LEGO.com. It is a great way to support us without costing you more than you are already spending on LEGO. Thank you in advance, and now back to more awesome LEGO nerdiness!
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for July 2021
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At BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks. But there are so many more fascinating stories from within the LEGO community that are worth your time. So here are some of the best LEGO articles that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of July.
Read MoreLEGO Convention Recap: Brick Rodeo 2021 Round-Up
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Guest contributor Alicia Costello takes us through her Brick Rodeo 2021 experience in Texas. The LEGO convention, formerly known as Brick Fiesta, featured games, amazing LEGO creations, fundraisers for charity, and more.
Read MoreInside LEGO Masters Australia: Feminine Flavour
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In 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 MoreAppetite for Constraction: Round 3 of Bio-Cup 2021
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It’s time to gorge ourselves once again on another round-up of tasty LEGO builds from Bio-Cup 2021. This time it is by way of a three-course meal of “Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner” builds as prepared by the competition’s remaining nine top chefs. Let’s dig in!
Read MoreInside LEGO Masters: Memory and Demolition
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In this week’s “Inside LEGO Masters” article, Maria talks about building from memory, a special celebrity guest, working together in small spaces, and an encouraging host pep talk. Buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!
Read MoreTeaching Chemistry with LEGO
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This article should generate quite a reaction! We chat with AFOL teacher Lavi Subang about how he uses LEGO to get his high school students to bond with the complexities of chemistry. The subject may seem daunting at times, but Lavi thinks that using something familiar like LEGO may be the solution.
Read MoreMOC Evolution: The Great Leviathan Awakens
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Here be dragons! In today’s MOC spotlight, BrickNerd’s Keith Reed talks to builder Joss Woodyard about his Great Leviathan creation and how it evolved over the years, as well as Iron Builder, BioCup 2021, social media attention, and much more.
Read MoreThe Coming of the Fairies: Telling Classic Stories with a Little LEGO Magic
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Join me as I tell you a classic story using LEGO bricks and special effects, then peek behind the lens to find out how to create your own fairytales!
Read MoreThe Waiting Game: An AFOL's Love/Hate Relationship with the Postal Services, Part 1
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How on earth did eight yellow LEGO wheels, ordered from one BrickLink seller, manage to end up in an envelope sent from a completely different BrickLink seller, before mysteriously returning to the seller they didn't come from? You're probably as confused as we are, but at least we can tell you the story.
Read More"Mythic Makeovers" Bio-Cup Style
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In the latest round of Bio-Cup 2021, the remaining competitors went “Back to the Future” to give various legends from around the globe a mythic-makeover. Let’s take a look at some of these mythic LEGO builds.
Read MoreA LEGO Store in Edinburgh: Open It and They Will Come!
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Can you imagine living within a short walking distance of an official LEGO store? And the nervous excitement anticipating its Grand Opening!? BrickNerd’s Kitty Elsmore was on the scene for a first-hand report.
Read MorePartsies: An Alternative to Drafting LEGO for LUGs
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Many 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 MoreInside EclipseGrafx: An Interview with Victor and Maggie Fernandez
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Eclipsegrafx is a premium provider of custom printed LEGO Minifigures and accessories. BrickNerd’s Billy Mohr sits down in person to find out all there is about their operation and inspiration. Check it out!
Read MoreInside LEGO Masters: Most Incredible
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In this week’s Inside LEGO Masters article, Randall Wilson gives us an inside look at his relationship with his partner, Syreeta Gates, how it brought him to LEGO Masters, and what this experience has taught him.
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