Here at BrickNerd, we love creating and sharing instructions for builds. For our lucky number 13 Quick Build (and to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day), we have a cool little guy representing the Emerald Isle with a green hat and jacket and orange beard, clutching a gold coin. As a fan of the small brick-built figures, it was awesome to bring to life this little dude waving his coat. Let’s be honest here, I really wanted to use those leaf pieces and I think Little Paddy is loving my choice of clothes for him! :D Instructions to Build Little Paddy… or a Leprechaun The build starts with my all-time favorite brick—the Travis brick or 1x1 Modified Brick with studs on 4 sides. You can start any small build with this part, and it will work because you can build out in all directions with so many studs to work with! Here are...

Halfway through Imperial March, we are! Ready, are you, to rebuild the galaxy, hmmm? Embrace your inner dark side, and build into history you will. Many prizes, there are! (Don’t worry, only the first paragraph is written in Yoda.) We are challenging you, young Padawan, to bring to life your most iconic Star Wars creations. Imperial March is your battlefield to showcase epic scenes, legendary ships, and unforgettable characters. This is your excuse to go all in and build something so impressive it would make even Grand Moff Tarkin would take notice. What is a Grand Moff, anyway? Three Epic Categories There are three categories, each with some awesome LEGO Star Wars prizes for 1st and 2nd place. And one builder who enters all three categories will win even more and the title of Grand MOC Builder! Choose the category that fuels your inner Sith Lord or Rebel hero—or enter all...

In honor of Pi Day (π = 3.14 or, as I love to think of it, Pie Day!), what better way to celebrate than by indulging in some delectable dishes? But since you’re here at BrickNerd and not some fancy food blog, we’ll be feasting exclusively on LEGO creations. So, I hope you’re hungry for another technique spotlight because we’re serving up a full-course meal. Rise and Dine: Breakfast First off, you can’t cook up anything tasty without a decent kitchen. Perhaps this nostalgic kitchen (at least if you were born in the 80s or 90s) by Aukbricks will spark some culinary inspiration. I love how things aren’t quite minifig scale. Now that we have got our surroundings taken care of, let’s get started with the most important meal of the day—breakfast. Tyler has whipped up this tasty looking waffle and decided to go for breakfast in bed. A tried and...

I have spoken in passing before in previous articles on the changing nature of The LEGO Group’s marketing when discussing what I hold as the best online campaign The LEGO Group has created in the last 20 years: LEGO Club TV. I alluded to the idea that LEGO has begun to lean into the brick as a lifestyle as opposed to a force of creativity and imagination. With the Adults Welcome campaign starting in 2020, the presence of sets designed for display like the Botanicals Collection has only grown with time. It’s a sign of the times, and one I’m personally not so keen on as someone who grew up with a LEGO with an incredibly different brand identity 15 years ago. Is LEGO a lifestyle brand now? I’d like to explore what a lifestyle brand is and how The LEGO Group has, perhaps surprisingly, been following its key tenets since...

Hey BrickNerd fans! Long time, no see! I emailed Dave the other day to see if he needed an article for the month and if we have posted anything space-related in a while. “Wait, who are you?” he replied. Exactly! If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed a multitude of various sci-fi vehicles rolling through your Instabook, Facegram, TockTick feeds. I figured I’d feature a few for FebRovery here on BrickNerd, based on several criteria that are vaguely floating around in my head, and in no particular order. SpringTime Let’s start things off with Whitetron Color Research, in The Planet Frost series by Frost. It’s been a long winter here in Vermont, and something about this, in spite of it being on an alien world, reminds me of springtime. The rover itself has great wheel-to-chassis proportions, ready to take on the most challenging terrain. Even if it’s just to...