The LEGO community is lucky to have so many blogs, magazines and channels that create amazing content about our hobby. Here at BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks!

This past month, we went on a trip down memory lane with LEGO Adventurers and visited both ItLUG Lecco 2022 in Italy as well as the LEGO Inside Tour. We took a deep dive into LEGO waterfall techniques, Miniland scale vehicles and how to add movement to LEGO spaceships. And not just that: We also published instructions for a Cloud City vignette, looked at the results of the Bio-Cup 2022, and followed both a casual fan of LEGO into the AFOL community as well as chronicling a TFOL’s journey into AFOLhood. We’ve published so many interesting articles, that we’ve included an interactive calendar of them at the bottom of this post so you can make sure you didn’t miss a thing.

But there are many more fascinating stories to be told from within the LEGO community, so here are some of the best LEGO articles that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of July. We applaud the effort that went into each of these features, so click on the headlines or photos to head to each story or video. They are well worth your time!

BBC - 5 Minutes On: How a Colourful Plastic Brick Revolutionised Play

BBC reporter Steve Holden has a 5-minute conversation with LEGO Group’s Vice President of Design, Matthew Ashton.

Beyond the Brick: Massive LEGO Cyberpunk City Built by 11 People

Beyond the Brick's Joshua Hanlon interviews the builders behind the massive cyberpunk city collaboration that wowed everyone at BrickFair Virginia 2022.

Bits N’ Bricks: The LEGO Group’s Playful 90th

Celebrating the LEGO Group’s 90th anniversary, the latest episode of the Bits N’ Bricks podcast takes a trip to Billund, Denmark, to cover the past, present and future of the LEGO Group as well as the annual Play Day.

Bouwsteentjes: How Three Fires Fueled the Success of LEGO (translated)

The early years of the LEGO Group were focused solely on wooden toys. Wood has a tendency to burn – find out how that has led to the creation of the little plastic bricks we all know and love today.

BrickCentral: Tip: Color Effects with Gels

It’s really simple to add a splash of color to your LEGO photography. BrickCentral shows us how to do just that using photographic gels and LED lights.

Brickset: Kiwi teen breaks world record for most carriages in a toy train

A New Zealand teenager has broken a Guinness World Record for the most carriages in a LEGO toy train. Read on about how this day unfolded inside Auckland's busiest transport hub.

Brick Model Railroader: Bauspielbahn-Treffen (BSBT) The Place To Be for L-Gauge Railway Fans in Europe

What makes the Bauspielbahn-Treffen in Leipzig, Germany so special? What goes into organising it? Enrico Lussi covers this unique event in detail, highlighting both the creations and what else was going on.

Jay’s Brick Blog: LEGO Ideas Is No Longer Affordable

Has LEGO Ideas become inaccessible? Where did all the affordable LEGO sets go? Jay’s trying to find out and has the graphs and data to back it up.

matyho kostky: From several countries into one box, or where LEGO is actually produced (translated)

The LEGO Group is a global toy manufacturer and as such has factories all over the world. Vlastimil Novák covers the history of the LEGO Group’s expansion and its various manufacturing locations.

New Elementary: Space Tools Parts Fest: Tom Loftus

New Elementary’s Space Tool Fest continues with Tom Loftus taking a look at some classic LEGO Space elements. Tom delivers an in-depth analysis, showcases interesting connections and tops it off with some beautiful MOCs.

Promobricks: LEGO and Literature: These Sets and Minifigures are Based on Famous Classics (translated)

Did you know numerous LEGO sets have been inspired by classic (and modern) literature? Promobricks flips through the pages and covers easter eggs and full-blown themes alike.

Rebrickable: Is this LEGO? - Jack Stone

Intriguing and different, LEGO Jack Stone is one of the more controversial themes from the past. Rebrickable’s TobyMac can and will take a closer look at the infamous plastic hero of the early 2000s and the related 4 Juniors theme.

steponabrick: Arrow Peak Shrine

Marius Herrmann is well-known for his amazing MOCs. On his website he covers the creation and design decisions of last year’s Arrow Peak Shrine, a creation inspired by the video game Ghosts of Tsushima.

Stonewars: Trading Figs - A BrickLink Minifigure Analysis (translated)

Did you know that a Captain Jack Sparrow minifigure changes hands every 37 seconds? And that four of the top five selling Harry Potter minifigures are the Pearl Gold 20th Anniversary figures?

The Rambling Brick: Counting Down to 90 Years of Play (Parts 1-9)

Richard Jones published not one, not two, but nine amazing articles this past month covering a decade each of the LEGO Group’s rich history, all the way from woodworking to the current times.

The Rambling Brick: Happy Micropolis Day

August 17th is Micropolis Day! On this day in 2008, Max Braun first presented the Micropolis concept to his local LUG, TwinLUG, and the standard was created.

Tips and Bricks: 1774 MOC Feature: Women Builders at Brickworld Chicago 2022

Showcasing a dazzling variety of beautiful creations, Tips and Bricks highlights the creativity of women builders at one of the largest LEGO fan events in the US.

If all of those amazing features weren’t enough to satisfy your LEGO community craving, here is an interactive calendar of everything that BrickNerd has published this last month to make sure you didn’t miss a single article.

Did we miss any of your favorite LEGO articles and content for the month? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

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