Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published October 20, 2022. If you have ever been to a LEGO convention, you are probably familiar with the noise of hundreds of LEGO balls rattling through a continuous chain of mechanical madness. But do you actually know where the tradition originally came from? As a GBC (great ball contraption) builder myself, I was quite curious about this question because I didn't even have the answer. So I did some research and this is what I found. Let's go back in time to see where the idea of GBC came from and how it all started. Ping Pong Ball Handoff It all started with a ping pong ball. In 2004, The Lafayette LEGO Robotics Club (LafLRC) created a challenge called the “Ping Pong Ball Handoff”. The idea was simple: receive a ping pong ball from the robot to your left and pass it to the...

Phineas and Ferb! by Greygo is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,999 piece build features the two-story Flynn-Fletcher house with easy access to the inside. It also proposes minifigures of Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Agent P, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Isabella, Baljeet, and Buford. The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, LEGO Anatomy, WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979, Coraline: The Pink Palace, Good Ogel’s Garden, Happier Than Ever, and City Burger as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Phineas and Ferb! Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published October 17, 2022. A common gripe among AFOLs of a certain age is that the instructions have been way oversimplified. “When I was a kid a whole castle had less than 50 steps!” (6074 Black Falcon’s Fortress had 36 and 6077 Forestmen’s River Fortress had 22—OK more of a tower but still). While building the recent Gift With Purchase (GWP) set 40567 Forest Hideout, I was pondering this complaint. Especially when assembling the cut-out doorway and remembering this step being frustrating as a kid—and it is still fiddly and frustrating! One of my binders of saved instructions! Since 40567 is a direct remake of 6054 Forestmen’s Hideout, I thought a comparison of the instructions might be interesting. I still have the instructions to 6054 as my dad cut them apart and covered many of my early instructions in clear contact paper. Thankfully for everyone else,...

Desktop Rock ‘n’ Roll by Adwind is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 1,280 piece build features a classic jukebox that has a few moving details to showcase the moveable functionalities of the set. The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, LEGO Anatomy, WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979, Coraline: The Pink Palace, Good Ogel’s Garden, Happier Than Ever, and City Burger as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Desktop Rock ‘n’ Roll Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Earlier today, LEGO posted a new LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog teaser for their production line of the 2024 sets and they have also showed an image of some of the new minifigures coming soon. On the bottom right corner of the video, there are minifigures of Rogue, Knuckles, and Shadow which we should be seeing in next year’s sets. The team is working hard to fix this matter as fast as possible. #Sonic pic.twitter.com/doGpxOvKeR — LEGO (@LEGO_Group) October 23, 2023 The post LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog 2024 Minifigures First Look appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran