by Isaiah Durand | Sep 5, 2024 | BrickNerd
A new month is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest bunch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for September 2024 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite...
by Oscar Cederwall | Sep 4, 2024 | BrickNerd
A story about shopping blind bags at conventions and finding LEGO you never even heard of, years later, in your own collection.When my dark ages ended in 2012 and I discovered BrickLink, there was an almost endless world of weird LEGO to be discovered. There were so...
by Henry Licklider | Sep 3, 2024 | BrickNerd
I’ve already gushed about the innovative, creative energy that defined LEGO Club TV and how no other era of The LEGO Group’s marketing has been able to replicate its grassroots and authentic sensibilities. SOURCE: YOUTUBE The LEGO Club Show pioneered a lot of segments...
by Teresa Elsmore | Sep 2, 2024 | BrickNerd
LEGO doesn’t produce that many moulded insects, but when they find one they like, they tend to stick with it. Such is true of both bees and ladybirds – the subjects of today’s article. (I know, everyone except the Brits calls them ladybugs and the title even says...
by Dave Schefcik | Sep 1, 2024 | BrickNerd
In today’s guest article, LEGO builder Ben Smith shares an inside view of his rotating Ark spaceship, how it is constructed, how it moves, and some of the hard lessons he learned along the way. Overview & VideoWhen Dave asked me to write a piece on The Ark for...
by Marco den Besten | Aug 31, 2024 | BrickNerd
Every now and then a LEGO train MOC comes by that takes your breath away and steams things up. Today is one of those days! Not just a train but a wonderful Swedish Class S1 2-6-4. Doesn’t ring a train bell? Well, I get that because the name doesn’t say...