Dream Catching: The Art of Vincent Sereks
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We had a dream of finding an overlooked and underappreciated builder that we could share with you here on BrickNerd. These dreamcatchers by Vincent Sereks have helped us to find one.
Read MoreIt's Potty Time!
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Here at BrickNerd, we enjoy good old-fashioned potty humor as much as the next person. Sniffing around in our back catalog, we realized we were overdoo-doo in paying another visit to the venerable “thunder mug.” It’s time to put the seat down and lay a LEGO brick. Duty calls!
Read MorePegasus Racing Team Takes LEGO Teamwork to a New Level
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We’d watch these LEGO space rally races compete in an instant! Get the inside story of how this team came together and created such a cohesive group of racers.
Read MoreMOC TALK, Part 2: If You Build It, They Will Come
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In my last article, I discussed the issue of displaying LEGO sets at a fan convention and the plans I made to create a local MOC-building community to help change the situation. The grand plan was to create a MOC TALK series of small “show-and-tell” sessions, requiring attendees to bring something with them that they have designed and built themselves to talk about and show off. But would it work?
Read MoreMOC TALK: How to Cultivate a Local MOC Building Community
/Many times, change is born out of irritation. One day, you finally decide to take matters into your own hands and take action to change something for the better. Sometimes that momentum leads to reinvigorating a community-focused AFOL blog when other LEGO community-oriented content seemed to have fallen by the wayside. In my case, I became frustrated seeing the growing number of built LEGO sets being displayed at LEGO conventions. This is my story of how to cultivate a community of LEGO builders that go beyond sets.
Read More“Speeder bikes! Speeder bikes! Speeder bikes!”
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It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of building LEGO speeder bikes (LSB; a.k.a. flying motorcycles). Sometimes I even host building contests for them on Flickr in the LSB - LEGO Speeder Bikes group. The LSB contest is currently on hiatus, but that hasn’t kept people from building some really awesome speeder bikes in the meantime… and even hosting building challenges of their own! I first noticed Dan Ko (Instagram / Flickr) while adding his recent speeder bike line-up into the photo pool of the Flickr group. Here are two of his builds that really caught my attention:
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