LEGO Contest Round-Up for January 2025

LEGO Contest Round-Up for January 2025

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 January 2025 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite...
The Conversation Piece #1: How to Finish Your MOC

The Conversation Piece #1: How to Finish Your MOC

Today, we unveil “The Conversation Piece,” a new BrickNerd series authored by our friends over at the Builder Improvement Initiative (BII), a Discord-based community that helps LEGO builders of all levels get better at their craft through feedback.This will be a place...
Making Leonardo da Vinci’s LEGO Ornithopter Fly

Making Leonardo da Vinci’s LEGO Ornithopter Fly

Back in the 15th century, THE renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci had a dream to design a human-powered flying machine. He never realized his goal, but he quite impressively worked out an early understanding of many laws of physics behind flight—often based on observing...
BrickNerd 2024: Numbers and New Years Resolutions

BrickNerd 2024: Numbers and New Years Resolutions

Four years ago, we brought BrickNerd back to life with a mission to celebrate the creativity of the LEGO community, share the stories of both builders and builds, and provide a place to really get nerdy about the bricks. Every year since then, we’ve been amazed by the...