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May 21, 2025

How to Avoid Con Crud: Staying Healthy at LEGO Conventions

May 21, 2025/ Melissa Rekve
How to Avoid Con Crud: Staying Healthy at LEGO Conventions

It’s LEGO convention season again which means con crud is on the rise! From germs to post-con blues, this guide explores how to avoid—and recover from—the dreaded con crud.

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May 21, 2025/ Melissa Rekve/ 1 Comment
Conventions, Events
Con crud, Nerd Flu, Illness, FOMO, Mental Health
February 25, 2025

LEGO, Learning and STEM: Unpacking How We Learn

February 25, 2025/ Melissa Rekve
LEGO, Learning and STEM: Unpacking How We Learn

Think The Evolution of STEM is just another LEGO set? Think again. We unpack all the hidden details that celebrate scientific discovery, innovation, artistic expression and explore how it reflects the different ways we all learn.

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February 25, 2025/ Melissa Rekve/ 4 Comments
Review
STEM, Educational, history, Building Inspiration, Learning
January 14, 2025

GOATLUG: The Greatest LUG of All Time

January 14, 2025/ Melissa Rekve
GOATLUG: The Greatest LUG of All Time

Is the LEGO goat the G.O.A.T.? Find out how a love for these rare animals turned into one of the quirkiest and most creative AFOL communities: GOATLUG.

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January 14, 2025/ Melissa Rekve/ 1 Comment
Interviews, Community
LUGs, Goat, GOATLUG, #goatflexing, LEGO Goat
October 18, 2024

Life After LEGO Masters with Mel Brown

October 18, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
Life After LEGO Masters with Mel Brown

In the second installment of Life After LEGO Masters, Melissa speaks with Season 1 contestant of LEGO Masters USA, Mel Brown, about the many opportunities in the LEGO community his time on the show afforded him.

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October 18, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ Comment
Interviews
LEGO Masters, Buddy vs Christmas, LEGOMasters: Holiday Bricktacular
October 14, 2024

Classroom Connections: How LEGO Connects Kids and Educators

October 14, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
Classroom Connections: How LEGO Connects Kids and Educators

Sometimes kids are hard to connect with but LEGO can be the perfect icebreaker. Join Melissa Rekve as she shares what it is like being the LEGO lady at school and what fun connections that creates.

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October 14, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ Comment
Stories, Community
Educational, Education, Earrings, shoes, Classroom
September 09, 2024

Paul Hetherington’s Bricktacular West Coast Modern Show

September 09, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
Paul Hetherington’s Bricktacular West Coast Modern Show

Melissa Rekve takes us to British Columbia, Canada, to check out an architectural preservation project that uses LEGO bricks as the building medium. Read on to find out all about it!

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September 09, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ 2 Comments
Builder Showcase
LEGO exhibits, Exhibition, West Coast Modern, Architecture
September 08, 2024

Lost and Found: The Story of Stolen LEGO

September 08, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
Lost and Found: The Story of Stolen LEGO

What would you do if a car full of your MOCs was stolen right after you packed it for a LEGO convention? BrickNerd contributor Melissa Rekve tells the story of what she lost and what was found.

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September 08, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ 6 Comments
Stories, Community
Brickworld Chicago, Transportation, Paul Hetherington, Moving, Theft
August 27, 2024

Life After LEGO Masters with Rachel and Jason

August 27, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
Life After LEGO Masters with Rachel and Jason

Ever wondered what life is like after LEGO Masters? We spoke with New Zealand semi-finalists Rachel and Jason to find out how they've continued their LEGO journey post-competition.

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August 27, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ 2 Comments /Source
Interviews
LEGO Masters, Interview, Lego Serious Play
May 13, 2024

The B Boys of Canada: Creating Community Through AfobLife

May 13, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
The B Boys of Canada: Creating Community Through AfobLife

Meet the B Boys of Canada who make everyone at BrickCan feel at home. Today we explore how they got started, how they create so much swag, and what it is like to wear a two-person buffalo costume at a LEGO convention.

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May 13, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ 9 Comments
Community, Conventions
Community, AFOL Community, Friends, Swag, BrickCan, Canada, Bacon, Convention, Party
March 13, 2024

LEGO Fashion: Even More Brick-Built Bow Ties

March 13, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
LEGO Fashion: Even More Brick-Built Bow Ties

LEGO bow ties are so cool that we chatted with three more brick-built bow tie enthusiasts about the endless creative possibilities and deeply personal expressions of these stylish LEGO wearables.

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March 13, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ Comment
Interviews
Fashion, Bow Ties Are Cool, Bow Ties, Wearables
March 12, 2024

LEGO Fashion: Brick-Built Bow Ties

March 12, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
LEGO Fashion: Brick-Built Bow Ties

How do you make a LEGO bow tie? We talk to three LEGO bow tie enthusiasts to find out about the motivation and techniques behind their dashing brick-built fashion statements.

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March 12, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ 3 Comments
Interviews
Fashion, Bow Ties, Bow Ties Are Cool
December 08, 2023

How To Start A LEGO Club at School

December 08, 2023/ Melissa Rekve
How To Start A LEGO Club at School

From sudsy brick buckets to bureaucratic red tape, Melissa Rekve takes us on her journey of starting a LEGO Club from the ground up and shares how you could start one too.

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December 08, 2023/ Melissa Rekve/ 7 Comments
Community, Stories
Education, Teaching, LEGO Club, Robin Sather, Cleaning, Student

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