Nerdvember continues here at BrickNerd, and you now have just over a week to enter our comic-themed building competition! You could win a rare event-exclusive LEGO set from Comic-Con or Star Wars Celebration or even have your scene turned into a custom, hand-drawn comic book cover. So what are you waiting for!?

Build an Event Exclusive

So what is the Nerdvember challenge, you ask? You must build a creation inspired by the comics that could be the next super rare event exclusive. Build something that makes your fellow LEGO fans scream, “I want that! Build something that would turn into a great comic book cover!

Exclusive sets typically fall into three categories: iconic scenes, vehicles & ships, and character busts. For Nerdvember, you can choose to build something in any of these three categories. Your creations can be up to 300 pieces and must cost $50 US or less if you were to build it out of new LEGO brick purchased on LEGO Bricks and Pieces or BrickLink. (So no super rare pieces or custom minifigures!)

Official Inspiration

Comic-Con and Star Wars Celebration LEGO sets have varied over the years and typically represent Marvel, DC and Star Wars (excluding limited edition minifigs—those aren’t sets and they vary a whole lot more). For your comic inspiration, here are some event exclusives from the past in three categories.

Iconic Scenes: Depict a character within or in front of a dynamic setting. The best exclusives replicate a specific moment and are instantly recognizable. Most include a base with a black tile border.
Vehicles & Ships: Heros need to travel in style! Build a vehicle or ship in a scene or as a singular model on a black display stand.
Character Busts: Smaller in size than those available from LEGO.com like Iron Man, Venom or the Clone Trooper. Exclusive busts typically include the upper torso and head.

So Many Prizes

We’ve collected the five most recent event-exclusive LEGO sets from San Diego Comic-Con 2020 and Star Wars Celebration 2020. First place will get to choose whatever set they want from the prize pool, second place gets second choice, and third place will get to pick from what is left.

But wait, there’s more! Our grand prize winner will have their MOC drawn as a comic cover by artist Paul Lee who has created the box art for many previous Comic-Con exclusives. He’ll hand-draw your creation into a comic cover worthy of a set to drool after!

And finally, the top three winners will also receive a Golden Nerdly trophy along with a BrickNerd Box full of swag and surprises. So what are you waiting for!? Nerdvember is here and it is time to get building!

(Image depicts the likely contents of a BrickNerd Box, but shipped contents depend on whatever cool stuff we have on hand when the contest ends.)

Nerdvember 2021 Rules

All entries must be new creations. Entries may be updated as long as the contest is still open.
Entries can be posted either on Flickr or Instagram. A link to your entry should be posted in the Nerdvember 2021 Flickr thread using the hashtags #Nerdvember2021 and #BrickNerd. If you do not have a Flickr account, you can use the hashtags and tag us on Instagram and we’ll post a link to your entry for you. Please only add one photo/submission of each entry to this group (extras will be removed). If you don’t have either Flicker or Instagram please email your submission to dave@bricknerd.com.
You may enter as many times as you want with unique creations.
Entries must be inspired by a comic, feel like a LEGO event exclusive, and feature either 1) an iconic scene , 2) a ship or vehicle, or 3) a brick-built character bust.
The total part count should be 300 pieces or less including minifigure parts. The total average cost to purchase new pieces and replicate the build should be $50 US or less (or local equivalent). So no crazy rare or exclusive parts or minifigures!
Digital renders are allowed, though the creation must be structurally sound and all the pieces must be available physically. Custom or modified parts are not allowed this time around.
These rules or the prizes may be modified at any point.
The contests ends on Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 at 11:59 pm PT (7:59 am GMT on Dec. 1st for the Europeans). Winners will be announced a few weeks after.
The contest will be judged by BrickNerd contributors and a few special guests who will evaluate entries based on concept, quality, presentation, composition, creativity, how much it feels like an event exclusive, and how much it makes us say, “I want that!”

What are you waiting for? Start building! Nerdvember is almost over!

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