LEGO Contest Round-Up for May 2021
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[Our current monthly LEGO contest round-up can be found here.]
Ready for another month of competitive building? Here’s a new batch of LEGO contests from all around the AFOL community for May 2021 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. 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!
Are your minifigures ready to feel sand in their toes—and maybe in their hair—and definitely in their cookies? Build a seaside-themed creation under 250 pieces for a chance to have it turned into an official Gift with Purchase set from LEGO!
Deadline: May 11th
Prize: First place will receive the opportunity to have their model transformed into a new LEGO Gift with Purchase set, 92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V, 21322 LEGO Ideas Pirates of Barracuda Bay, 21326 LEGO Ideas Winnie the Pooh and 40448 Vintage Car. Five runner-ups will each receive 92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V, 21326 LEGO Ideas Winnie the Pooh, and 40448 Vintage Car.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Minifigure scale LEGO furniture is always fun to design, so enjoy building three pieces for this contest!
Deadline: May 21st
Prize: First place, $100 LEGO gift card. Second place, $50 LEGO gift card. Third place, $25 LEGO gift card.
Where to enter: Instagram
Create a challenge for LEGO robots to solve! They’re looking for creative and challenging new mission model designs which have the chance to be included in future FIRST LEGO League robot games.
Deadline: May 27th
Prize: One grand prize winner will receive a virtual meet and greet with the FIRST LEGO League Robot Game Development Team, and the potential to collaborate with its designers and see your model included in a future Robot Game, and also 45678 LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Set, 45680 LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Expansion Set, FIRST LEGO League trophy with an engraved plaque and a 100 USD shopping spree at LEGO.com. Two runner-ups will receive 45678 LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Set, FIRST LEGO League trophy with a plaque and a 100 USD shopping spree.
Where to Enter: LEGO Ideas
Every LEGO piece is a sci-fi piece when it comes to building greebles, so have fun finding some new uses for old parts this month!
Deadline: Weekly theme challenges until May 29th
Prize: Bragging rights!
Where to enter: Discord
Get inspired by some classic themes and create a banner for LEGO World Builder’s digital library!
Deadline: May 31st
Prize: A minimum of three designers will receive $250 each.
Where to enter: Tongal
(note: you are not allowed to publicly show entries anywhere else)
Interested in building modern military-themed builds—specifically, about the Vietnam War? Here’s a contest for you!
Deadline: June 1st
Prize: An unspecified number of winners in two different tiers will receive a Brickmania kit or mini-kit.
Where to enter: Via email
Who doesn’t love recreating a movie scene or a piece of concept art? For this contest, you can pick one from the Star Wars universe and build it!
Deadline: June 4th
Prize: First place will win their pick of 75306 Probe Droid or 75305 Scout Trooper Helmet or 75304 Darth Vader Helmet. Second place will win their pick of the 2 remaining sets. Third place will win the remaining set.
Where to enter: Eurobricks Forums
All Aboard the Train
All aboard the WBI Train! Built a WBI train car to be displayed at Brick Rodeo. It can be an engine, box car, passenger car, whatever you’d like, as long as it’s a train car! Must be able to connect to a standard LEGO train and roll on standard LEGO train track, and must include the three WBI logo colors.
Deadline: June 5th
Prize: First prize: choice of 43181 Raya and the Heart Palace or 80009 Pigsy’s Food Truck and train displayed at Brick Rodeo. Second prize: choice of 41926 Creative Party Kit or 41923 Bracelet Mega Pack. Third prize: whichever is left of 41926 or 41923
Where to enter: On Instagram with the tag #wbitrain or by email.
A multi-round contest with a focus on constraction creations, the Bio-Cup is a great place to flex your character building skills!
Deadline: Round 1 ends June 8th
Prize: There are prizes for first place, second place, third place, best-in-show, best of round, most creative, and redemption round winners, besides raffle prizes! Specifics TBA.
Where to enter: Flickr
Ever wanted to design your own comic book cover? This contest has two categories, one for brick-built entries, another for LEGO themed drawn or graphically designed entries!
Deadline: June 22nd
Prize: One grand prize winner in each category will receive: 76178 LEGO Super Heroes Daily Bugle, 76187 LEGO Super Heroes Venom Head, 76199 LEGO Super Heroes Carnage, and Spider-Man Premium Format™ Figure by Sideshow. One runner-up in each category will receive: 76178 LEGO Super Heroes Daily Bugle.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
Looking to build something Harry Potter related? Here’s an incentive!
Deadline: June 30th
Prize: First place, a MOC of Tom Riddle's diary designed by Joachim Klang. Second to fifth place, 76389 Chamber of Secrets. Sixth to tenth, 76395 Flight Hours.
Where to enter: via email
More details (in German)
Ready to try to combine humor and trains? Make the judges laugh with a LEGO railcar… if you can!
Deadline: Noon, July 23rd
Prize: First prize is an 8-wide TBRR tank car kit designed by Edward Chang, with custom award printing. Second prize, a new-in-box Brickstuff animated Metroliner billboard for your town. Third prize, a LEGO "Charles Dickens Tribute," 40410, new in box. There is also a “build bonus:” $100 in booth credit at the Brick Rodeo “Too Many Bricks” booth for the best physical entry that is actually brought to the show. And for the top dozen entries, a "2021 Funny Freight" 1x8 bricks each.
How to enter: Via email, or bring your build to the show!
Happy building! See you here next month for June’s updated LEGO community contest list. And if you would like us to add a contest to our list, 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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