April Showers: Brick-Built Bathroom Showers
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These literal LEGO showers bring bubbles of delight to the bathroom! We present to you a round-up of brick-built “April Showers.”
Read MoreFake It Until You Make It: An Intro to Composite Photography
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What do you do when you run out of pieces but want to make a MOC bigger and edit it onto a cool background? You use photography tricks! This is your guide to compositing and editing for LEGO photography.
Read MoreThings Are Better With (LEGO) Friends
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LEGO recently relaunched its Friends theme with the intent of making sets more inclusive and reflective of society today. BrickNerd put those ideals to the test by engaging with educator and LEGO Masters contestant Corey Samuels who led a community event with a new generation of young female LEGO builders to see what they thought of the new Friends.
Read MoreChibi Style, Part 2: Techniques to Build Cute
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We resume our chat with Javier Soravilla and Mike Dung, pioneering builders of expressive “chibi style” LEGO characters, and learn more about all the techniques they use to build them.
Read More"Gettin’ Chibi Wit It": A Chat with Javier Soravilla and Mike Dung
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What is chibi style? We chat with Javier Soravilla and Mike Dung, pioneering builders of the expressive LEGO characters, and learn about the chibi building community.
Read MoreThe Novel Builds of Shannon Sproule
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They say that you should never judge a book by the cover, but book publishers have long known that we still do anyways. Shannon Sproule’s appreciation for classic sci-fi cover art from the ‘50s to ‘70s has led him to create some eye-catching LEGO book covers of his own. Let’s take a closer look.
Read MoreEverything Old Is New Again: A Look Back at LEGO Atari Consoles
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In the spirit of “everything old is new again,” we take another look at some of the Atari MOCs from around the fan community to celebrate the arrival of the official LEGO Atari 2600 set.
Read MoreBio-Cup 2022 is Back! (Naturally)
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Bio-Cup is back once again, which means we will be sharing some amazingly creative Bionicle MOCs in the weeks ahead. But what even is a “Bionicle MOC”? How did the contest get started, and how can you get involved? It’s time to refresh your Matoran memories!
Read MoreReady, Player One? Classic LEGO Game Consoles
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Though our Festival of Mundanity is quickly coming to an end, we can still appreciate these classic LEGO game consoles from yesteryear gone by. We can almost hear the photos of these brick-built old-school video game systems!
Read MoreThe Karate Kid of Québec: An Interview with Philippe Moisan
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Are you a Karate Kid at heart who still loves to build with LEGO? If so, this interview with Philippe Moisan is just for you as we chat with him about his karate-themed creations.
Read MoreLEGO Love at First Sight
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What was the moment you fell in love with something LEGO-related instantly? Was it a set that ended your Dark Age or maybe something more subtle? For Valentine’s Day, we asked our BrickNerd contributors to share the stories of their LEGO love at first sight.
Read MoreBrickUniverse Louisville 2022: Welcome Back, MOC-ers!
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It’s time for Ted Andes to provide an update on the return BrickUniverse to Louisville, KY, and on how LEGO things have been going since his MOC TALK article from last year about cultivating a MOC building community.
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Hypothetical Winners of the Flickr x LEGO “Build & Capture” Photo Contest
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Flickr and LEGO got together a few months ago to sponsor a “Build and Capture” photo contest. While official results have not been made public yet, we've gone through the entries to see what caught our eye the most!
Read MoreSorting, Schmorting: Creativity and Chaos
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Are you one of those people that has a perpetually messy building table? If so, you are not alone. Ted Andes comes out in defense of creative clutter and pleads the case for there being a method-to-the-madness of a messy building table. Read on to find out why a little bit of disorganization can be a good thing.
Read MoreThe Life Aquatic with Ken Ito 暁工房
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While many of us around the world are sweltering in the summer heat, we thought it would be a perfect time to dive back into the deep end of the photo pool to cool off with some killer aquatic LEGO builds from Ken Ito / 暁工房.
Read MoreAppetite for Constraction: Round 3 of Bio-Cup 2021
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It’s time to gorge ourselves once again on another round-up of tasty LEGO builds from Bio-Cup 2021. This time it is by way of a three-course meal of “Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner” builds as prepared by the competition’s remaining nine top chefs. Let’s dig in!
Read More"Mythic Makeovers" Bio-Cup Style
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In the latest round of Bio-Cup 2021, the remaining competitors went “Back to the Future” to give various legends from around the globe a mythic-makeover. Let’s take a look at some of these mythic LEGO builds.
Read MoreThe Inspired Builds of Bio-Cup 2021
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Inspiration strikes again and again in the latest round of Bio-Cup 2021. Let’s take a closer look at some of those inspired LEGO builds and the various muses that inspired them.
Read MoreLEGO Speeder Bikes (LSB) Contest Winners Revealed
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It’s time to announce the winners of the 2021 “Let’s Get Tropical” LEGO Speeder Bikes (LSB) Contest here on BrickNerd! Let’s check out these amazing flying creations that were built during the contest.
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