by Sue Ann Barber | Jun 17, 2024 | BrickNerd
Around this time last year, my partner and I went on a road trip to BrickBuilt Sydney and visited all of the LEGO Certified Stores in the Sydney area to obtain the LEGO store passport stamps. This year we embarked on another road trip to BrickBuilt Sydney, but managed...
by John Cooper | Jun 14, 2024 | BrickNerd
My favorite ride at LEGOLAND California is The Dragon roller coaster. The coaster is one of the standard LEGOLAND rides, appearing in all ten parks. The roller coaster itself is reasonably exciting (for a park designed for younger children), but the coaster part is...
by El Barto | Jun 13, 2024 | BrickNerd
Today’s guest article comes from Casey McCoy, an AFOL from the Chicago-land area, an active MOC builder, and current Brickworld Master for a few more days. You can find him online on Flickr and Instagram. Meet Simon LiuIn the North American LEGO Community, you’re...
by Josh Parkinson | Jun 12, 2024 | BrickNerd
I will admit it… when I was encouraged to join a LEGO minifigure habitat challenge early in my MOC-building journey as BrickBuiltJosh, I was not so sure about these small 8×8 square corner builds. They seemed small, constrictive, boxy, and like… everything had to...
by Brian Hickey | Jun 11, 2024 | BrickNerd
Earlier this year, LEGO and a group of impressive global partners successfully lobbied the UN to recognize the importance of play in childhood development by recognizing June 11th as the International Day of Play. The concept of “Play” loosely means engaging in...
by Will Hafner | Jun 10, 2024 | BrickNerd
Welcome to the next exploration in our NPU series (Nice Parts Usage). This time on our quest we are exploring the least LEGO of LEGO themes, ZNAP! But what is ZNAP, you ask? Doesn’t look very ‘lEGO,’ does it??? ZNAP was a very short-lived theme, lasting from the fall...