LEGO Contest Round-Up for March 2023
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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 batch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for March 2023 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!
For this challenge, you can design a custom landscape fit for one of the incredible Worlds on LEGO Worldbuilder. Your creation can be for your own world, or for someone else's, and it can be anything from a natural sloping valley to a chaotic urban metropolis.
Deadline: March 3rd
Prize: 31208 Hokusai - The Great Wave
Where to enter: LEGO Worldbuilder
Build a cozy 12x12 vignette featuring your favorite licensed theme characters! Think Tony Stark's workshop, Indiana Jones' office, a Disney Princess suite, or something entirely from your imagination that would suit a character's place where they go to relax.
Deadline: March 4th
Prize: First-place winner will receive a 120EUR set of their choice and one runner-up will receive a 60EUR set of their choice.
Where to enter: Eurobricks
If you could do pretty much anything during your cabin holiday, what would it be? Maybe kayaking, rock climbing or some fishing? Whatever it is, show us what you would get up to in brick form!
Deadline: March 9th (6 am EST)
Prize: The winner will receive 21338 A-Frame Cabin signed by the LEGO designers, 21337 Table Football, 21318 Tree House and 21335 Motorised Lighthouse
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Design a LEGO model that includes one or more elements traditionally associated with the construction industry – like the digger scoop, girder and the hardhat. The catch? The subject of your creation must not be construction industry-related!
Deadline: March 20th (11.59 pm UTC)
Prize: First place receives three buildable products designed by LMmodels, and five runner-ups receive one poster of the "Lucky Luke and Daltons" LEGO Ideas submission each
Where to enter: Entry form via New Elementary
Create and assemble your very own LEGO Fellowship of the Ring of 9 minifigures! You can theme them all, or create all-new identities for them, just be as creative as possible!
Be sure to telling the story of who your LEGO Fellowship is and what is their quest!
Deadline: March 28th, 17:00 AEDT
Prize: The Grand Prize Winner will receive a 10316 RIVENDELL set! 1st runner up: 1 winner will win a set of Gollum & Frodo, Balrog & Gandalf, and Aragorn & Arwen Brickheadz: Consolation Prizes: 2 winners will receive US$50 LEGO e-gift cards (or in your equivalent currency)
Where to enter: Email
BrickCentral Gaming Challenge
What is gaming for you? Is it something you do with friends? Is it something you do with strangers? Is it something you do alone? Capture a moment of gaming, however you perceive it.
You may also build scenes of a game you love (real or not), but remember, originality is a key factor!
Deadline: March 29th
Prize: Just the fun of LEGO building!
Where to enter: BrickCentral Discord
Eurobricks’ Guilds of Historica is one of the oldest and longest-lasting RPGs in the LEGO community, recently celebrating its tenth anniversary—and now the final anniversary contest has rolled around with three great categories and lots of amazing prizes!
You are required to have two other Guilds-related MOCs to participate, but there’s plenty of time to hop on in and join the fun!
Deadline: March 31st
Prize: Awesome sets for first and second place in each of three categories and a raffle!
Where to enter: Eurobricks
How madly creative can you get with 101 bricks? RogueOlypmics is back to test your building skills, endurance, and imagination… coming soon!
Starting: Mid-March
Prize: TBA, top 10 builds receive prizes.
Where to enter: RogueBricks
The BrickLink Designer Program’s submission phase has closed, but now it’s time to check out all the cool builds and vote for your favorites!
Crowd Voting: March 7th-31st
Prize: Five models will be accepted to become the next wave of sets produced through the program!
Where to enter: BrickLink
Explore the world of Middle-Earth and show us some of the most epic, stunning, or iconic scenes and moments from the books and films for a chance to win the amazing Lord of the Rings Rivendell set!
Deadline: April 11th
Prize: The Grand Prize Winner for each of two categories (Location and Scene) will receive a signed 10316 RIVENDELL set and a prize package of The Lord of the Rings goodies - one runner up in each category will also receive a 10316 RIVENDELL set.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
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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