by Dave Schefcik | Feb 4, 2025 | BrickNerd
For each issue of BrickJournal Magazine, the BrickNerd team creates instructions for a LEGO mini-model to go with the theme of the cover story. For a recent issue about Classic Space, we created some Mini Rovers. Building a Mini RoverTo celebrate Febrovery, I made...
by Oscar Cederwall | Feb 3, 2025 | BrickNerd
When I returned to LEGO as an adult, I did not have a sufficiently large collection of elements to really build anything. It took me several years of buying sets on discount and multiple orders of elements from various sources to get to a point where I now feel I can...
by John Cooper | Jan 31, 2025 | BrickNerd
It’s hard to believe that one twelfth of 2025 is already in the history books. Most of those New Year resolutions are broken or completely forgotten by now. But here at BrickNerd we won’t forget our continuing resolution to bring you quality, Nerdy LEGO news! Here at...
by Brian Hickey | Jan 30, 2025 | BrickNerd
Among the many amazing, fantastical things common to LEGO conventions, the Great Ball Contraption is a standout. It is essentially a Rube-Goldberg-esque machine that exists solely to justify its own existence. We’ve written about the Great Ball Contraption (GBC) a few...
by Dave Schefcik | Jan 29, 2025 | BrickNerd
Today’s guest article comes from Lia Chan, a LEGO builder and space nerd who is taking a look at the new LEGO Chinese Festivals sets for the Lunar New Year, which begins today. A New YearLunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is one of the most beloved and...
by Are M Heiseldal | Jan 27, 2025 | BrickNerd
Congratulations, fellow LEGO fans—it’s International LEGO Day! (…in Australia! Yes, we are a little early for the rest of the world for a few hours, but we’re emphasizing the international part of the day this year.) On January 28, 1958, LEGO submitted the patent...