LEGO Contest Round-Up for July 2024
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[Our current monthly LEGO contest round-up can be found here.]
A new month is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest bunch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for July 2024 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!
Design a model inspired by LEGO Minifigures Series 26 Space. Take a Minifigure and expand on their life in any way you want. Build them a home, a vehicle, a family, or an entire planet. With the entire universe in your hands, the possibilities are endless!
Designs are not required to feature a Minifigure from Series 26 but should be inspired by or relate to one of the Minifigures in some way.
Deadline: July 8th
Prize: A Studio badge and the fun of building!
Where to enter: Bricklink Studio Gallery
Calling all pet lovers and LEGO enthusiasts! It's time to unleash your creativity and bring your furry, feathered, or scaly friends to life in brick form. In this challenge, we want you to showcase your beloved pets in various playful situations, whether they're frolicking in the park, lounging at the beach, or causing mischief around the house.
Deadline: July 9th at 6 am ET
Prize: The winner and two runner-ups will receive a pack of animal-related LEGO sets that could include 21349 Tuxedo Cat, 21342 The Insect Collection, 31137 Adorable Dogs, 31211 Macaw Parrots, 10331 Kingfisher Bird, 31154 Red Fox, 31150 Wild Safari Animals, 31133 White Rabbit, and 31136 Exotic Parrot.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Food Trucks BrickCentral Contest
Summer is in full swing, so we spend more time outside the home. Walking around the city, in parks and other places, we often turn to street food. All of these food trucks offer a huge variety to suit all tastes!
Build a mobile food vendor from LEGO parts and take photos. Let's exchange our favorite foods and come up with some stories!
Deadline: July 29th
Prizes: Two winners will get 60404 Burger Truck LEGO sets and also be offered the opportunity to shoot a narrative for BrickCentral from one of the other 4 options: 21342 The Insect Collection, 31151 T-rex, 31150 Wild Safari Animals, 76427 Buckbeak
Where to enter: BrickCentral Discord
The race is on to build the best Olympic Games MOCs! Will you sprint your way to the finish, land the most dazzling of flips, or nail the bulls-eye to take home the gold? Two categories are up for grabs, but you have to be the best. Let the Games Begin!
Deadline: July 31st
Prize: New Sets for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place in two2 categories!
Where to enter: Discord
Create an original, family-friendly stop-motion animation video with LEGO that is 30 seconds or longer to win prizes from Bricks and Minifigs.
Deadline: July 31st
Prize: The winner will receive a $500 gift card and 2nd to 5th places will receive smaller gift cards.
Where to enter: Facebook or Instagram
Welcome to the 9th annual Summer Joust!
There are plenty of fresh, exciting categories and returning favorites to ensure you have plenty of castle-building motivation for the next two months. So buckle on your brick separator and get to work!
Deadline: August 1st (5pm)
Prizes: Lots of epic set and custom MOC prizes!
Where to enter: Flickr, Discord, or Instagram
This LEGO tournament competition is centered around the world of Middle Earth and will consist of four rounds with a themed prompt.
The first round is open for anyone to enter, then the top 12 entrants will go onto one on one rounds until a single victor is crowned the winner!
Deadline: June 24th - August 10th
Prizes: Some awesome prizes TBA.
Where to enter: Discord
As events continue to spiral out of hand in the world of Halos, several intrepid souls from across the globe set out to sea. Be it for fortune, mercy, salvation, boredom, or curiosity, that is for you to decide.
Now is the time to wrap up old storylines and start new! Come over to Brethren of the Brick Seas to join the excitement!
Deadline: August 16th
Prize: Fun in-game bonuses for the upcoming Era III
Where to enter: Eurobricks
For years, this minifigure was simply known as “The Merchant” who came sailing into the Imperial Trading Post onboard “The Cutter” and then later mysteriously appeared among Captain Redbeard’s crew on the Skulls Eye Schooner. Where does Steve come from? Are there more merchants who use the same insignia on their flags and sails? Do these merchants also have ships? Larger ships than Steve?
With large and small building categories, the creative critic, and prize draws, there’s pirate goodness here for everyone!
Deadline: August 17th
Prize: Prize sets of the winner’s choice based on placement and category!
Where to enter: Eurobricks
Welcome to the LEGO Constraction tournament! The preliminary round may be over, but we’ve got weeks of constraction building epicness in store for us coming up to witness.
Deadline (for the Preliminary Round): June 4th
Prizes: A bevy of Bionicle sets.
Where to enter: Flickr
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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