LEGO Contest Round-Up for August 2022
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[Our current monthly LEGO contest round-up can be found here.]
Another month of competitive building is upon us! Are you ready? Here’s the latest batch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community (and our newest Pirate contest right here at BrickNerd!) for August 2022 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite like a theme or a prompt to take you out of your comfort zone and give you something new to try. Besides, contests are the perfect place to interact with other contestants and judges and get to know your fellow builders. And if you’re like me, a deadline helps make sure you actually finish!
We’ve listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time to the best advantage. Make sure to check the LEGO activity calendar for local challenges and events near you. Here at BrickNerd, some of our fondest memories, greatest building achievements, coolest trophies, and best friendships came from LEGO contests, so we really hope you try some of these out. We look forward to seeing what you build!
Build something Bionicle to share the beloved theme with the world! This includes new takes on Bionicle sets, your own Bionicle themed creations, and even mash-ups with other (non-IP) themes!
Deadline: August 4th (6:00 a.m. EST)
Prize: One grand prize winner will receive the following LEGO sets: 11021 LEGO Classic 90 Years of Play, 10305 LEGO Icons Lion Knights’ Castle, 10497 LEGO Icons Galaxy Explorer, 40567 LEGO Forest Hideout (Gift with Purchase), and 30510 LEGO 90 Years of Cars.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Build something in a state of deconstruction or decay. Show us something that's seen better days using at least 75% Bionicle/Hero Factory/Technic parts.
Deadline: August 5th
Prize: Prizes TBA!
Where to enter: Take or send your build to Brickfair Virginia by the deadline.
As we approach the LEGO Group’s 90th anniversary on August the 10th, we invite you to start putting together minifigure habitats and/or Minifigures On Parade (MOPs) Modules (see the details on how to build those below).
Between now, and August 10th, we invite you to build using either (or both) of these formats using classic homegrown LEGO Themes: Town, Space, Castle, Pirates, Ninjago. Or even Fabuland, Paradisa, Western, Time Twisters or more. If its a Home Grown LEGO Theme that you grew up with, it’s fair game. If it’s older than you, its even fairer!
Deadline: August 11th (10:00am UTC)
Prize: The prizes will be drawn randomly, and are a copy of 11021 90 Years Of Play for each of Town, Space, Castle, and other classic themes in both the Habitat and MOPs division.
Where to enter: Instagram
Challenge your building skills with an intensive week of six vignettes, each one with a different theme!
Deadline: Daily deadlines starting August 8th
Prize: First place will receive the Modular Police Station, second place will receive the City of Lanterns set. An additional set will also be raffled off among the participants!
Where to enter: Discord
Just dream up the 'wishbrick' you want to see LEGO produce someday – and then build it!
Deadline: August 22nd
Prize: 1 first prize of Doctor Strange's LEGO® Marvel Sanctum Sanctorum (76218), and 3 runner-up prizes of the spacetastic LEGO Galaxy Explorer model (10497)
Where to enter: New Elementary
Build Studley the Scottie a new doghouse using the six new pieces as seed parts
Deadline: August 26th
Prize: No prizes, just the fun of building with your LEGO!
Where to enter: BrickLink (Studio Gallery)
It's August 1st, the start of summer travel in Europe and other parts of the world, so this month's contest theme is "Going on Holiday"
Show how your minifigs travel and enjoy themselves at destinations! Or not, like @thebrickdwarf's photo suggests 🤣
Well, at least one of them seems to be having fun travelling!
Deadline: August 28th
Prize: One (1) Galaxy Explorer 10497 set or One (1) set of equal or lower value of winner's choosing
Where to enter: Tumblr
Here’s the pirate-themed contest that all you scurvy dogs ‘ave been waiting for—but with a nerdy twist! In your epic pirate crew, no human minifigs are allowed (except costumed stowaways!) and you must build an awesome pirate-themed build inspired by your crew to exhibit their scallywaginess!
Deadline: August 31st
Prize: Golden trophies, LEGO shopping sprees, rare minifigs and more! Too many awesome prizes to mention them all! Check out all of them with the details below!
Where to enter: Flickr or Instagram
Celebrate the second anniversary of DigiLUG by building any kind of map that you can think of! If it has a map in the name, it probably qualifies!
Deadline: August 31st
Prize: New Sets for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place
Where to enter: Discord
A multi-round contest with a focus on constraction creations themed around nature, the Bio-Cup is a great place to flex your character-building skills!
Deadline: The preliminary round is finished, but everyone is welcome to watch as the contest unfolds!
Prize: A plethora of prizes! First Place will receive a prototype LEGO piece, 71316 Umarak the Destroyer, 71312 Ekimu the Mask Maker, first pick between two sealed Galidor Sets, a custom-cast Socketball Mask, a $100 cash prize, and 1st place trophy!
Where to enter: Flickr
Join the tournament-style contest where builders face off against each other in a series of rounds, each with a unique Middle Earth-based theme, until only one contestant remains!
Deadline: Closed for new contestants, but we’re whittling it down to the final two! Follow all the action on the discord channels!
Prize: The two tournament winners (first and second place) will receive a custom LOTR MOC and a castle parts pack each. Additionally, the two highest-scoring entries from the first round will each get a castle-themed parts pack.
Where to enter: Discord
In celebration of LEGO's 90th anniversary, and with so few new non-licensed themes these days, it's time for YOU to create the next best In-House Play Theme! It can take any form in any setting: medieval, space, fantasy, underwater, supernatural, action-adventure, etc. etc. as long as it's original and Minifigure-compatible and your own fresh idea! This includes designing a couple of sets, a line-up of minifigures, and descriptions of the theme and sets to go along with them.
Deadline: September 24th
Prize: One winner and runner up of the MOC category get to pick a wonderful LEGO prize pool of choice! (valued at around 200 euro and 170 euro respectively)
One winner of the Minifigure category gets to pick a wonderful LEGO prize pool of choice! (with a value of around 100 euro)
Where to enter: Eurobricks
Show off exactly what family means to you with some LEGO bricks! We’d love to see games you play together, holidays you’ve been on, and memories that will last a lifetime. Regardless of what family means to you, we want to see it brought to life using little plastic bricks!
Deadline: September 28th (6:00 a.m. EST)
Prize: Have your entry turned into an official LEGO Ideas set, with the corresponding bonus and recognition!
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Win awards and recognition for all things LEGO trains with over fifteen separate award categories for 2022!
Deadline: Open for 2022 entries between Sept. 1st and Sept. 30th
Prize: TBA
Where to enter: Bricktrainawards.com
Happy building! See you here next month for our next LEGO community contest list. And if you would like us to add a contest, please email dave@bricknerd.com.
What are your experiences with LEGO contests? Are there any you know of that we missed? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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