Today’s guest article comes from Casey McCoy, an AFOL from Chicago. You can find him online on Flickr and Instagram. The Decade of Awesome  Today on BrickNerd, we’re continuing our retrospective on our very own Simon Liu—an AFOL whose reputation precedes him. If you missed our last article: Go back and read it! To recap, we learned about his early life origins, early days in the AFOL world, and how a LEGO fan convention experience from over a decade ago inspired him to go on and lead his own part of the LEGO community. When we left off, Simon was using his Brickworld Master 2012 title as a blank check of goodwill to do a whole lot of awesome for the LEGO community over the next decade. Now, Simon has done a ton of incredible things in his LEGO career, and if I sat here and talked about all of them,...

Amazon has recently put the LEGO DC Batmobile: Batman vs. The Joker Chase (76224) on sale again by 20%. This drops the price down to $38.39 and saves you about $10 on it. This version of the Batmobile is the latest one that LEGO has released and features the iconic 1989 Michael Keaton version. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO DC Batmobile: Batman vs. The Joker Chase (76224) Amazon Sale – July 2024 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Over the last few weeks, I was faced with a decision that I’ve been both dreading and yet knew was necessary. That is, to “retire” my first and most ambitious LEGO train layout called “Fareham.” Occupying a little over 13.8 sq. m (150 sq. ft), it was consuming valuable basement real estate, which was needed for other priorities. Therefore, the decision was taken to pack and store Fareham indefinitely. As an homage to this beloved and important layout project, I thought it would be nice to review and reflect on this layout and its significance to me. Background Before I became an active LEGO train fan, I was a scale model train hobbyist. I’ve built model trains and layouts in various scales, such as OO, HO, and N scale. My main interest was British trains from the 1970s and 1980s, as I remembered them from my youth; more specifically, from the...

The annual Bionicle building competition Bio-Cup is nearly over. The semifinals end in a few days, and then it will be down to the last three competitors to battle it out for the first-place title. If you don’t know about Bio-Cup yet, it’s the largest LEGO constraction building contest with over 150 entries that all get narrowed down to one victor in a tournament-style competition. Each round has a unique theme and lasts two weeks, with builders in groups of three or four battling head-to-head to move on to the next round. With great prizes on the line, such as sealed sets, custom resin cast masks, and cash, it’s no surprise this contest brings out the absolute best in everyone. This year, I want to look at four builders who really excelled in this year’s competition and, I think, took a few people by surprise with their amazing builds. Micellanabuilds Many...

The LEGO Star Wars The Force of Creativity (5008878) coffee table book is now available for purchase on the LEGO Shop. It was available for pre-order for a while now but it now shipping to those who previously did pre-orders for it. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Star Wars The Force of Creativity (5008878) Now Available appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran