Welcome back to “The Conversation Piece,” a new BrickNerd series authored by our friends over at the Builder Improvement Initiative (BII), a Discord-based community that helps LEGO builders of all levels get better at their craft through knowledge-sharing and feedback. This will be a place for you to ask all of your trickier questions about creativity and building out of LEGO bricks. Have a question you'd like us to consider for a future article? You can submit it here. Enjoy! What Makes a MOC Outstanding? Anonymous asks: “In your opinion, what makes a MOC outstanding?” “Excellent!” “Great!” “Awesome!” These terms are common currency in the world we live in, and one is so easily traded for the other that choosing among them doesn’t really seem to matter anymore. But in this series, we aim to go a little further down than the surface, so let’s see what we can dig up....

About a week ago, LEGO revealed a new LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog set called the Badnik Crabmeat (40781). At first, we didn’t know how it would be distributed whether it being a regular set that we could buy or it would be a gift with purchase set considering the set number. We can now confirm that it will be available in the LEGO Insiders Rewards Center very soon. It is listed to be available starting today but nothing has been loaded up yet. When it does go live, you can get the 181 piece set for 2,000 points. The post LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog Badnik Crabmeat (40781) Confirmed as Insiders Reward appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It has been announced that LEGO will be doing a Double Insiders shopping event starting tomorrow. From February 8-12, you can earn double points in stores and on the LEGO Shop for all your purchases. In addition, the promotion for the LEGO Tropical Rainforest Diorama (40782) gift with purchase set will go live. It will also run during the same timeframe with purchases of $150 or more, while supplies last. The post LEGO Double Insider Points and Tropical Rainforest Diorama (40782) GWP Confirmed for February 8-12 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Muppets – Statler & Waldorf’s Balcony Key Rack by Howdy Ashley Here is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 219 piece build features the iconic balcony from The Muppets that has enough structural integrity to be used as a real key rack. The project joins Civil Engineering: Types of Bridges – Revisited, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Go Go Power Rangers! LEGO Megazord, Booknook: Story Laboratory, Medieval Knight, Coraline – The Pink Palace, Taylor Swift Lover House, Jellyfish Collection, Nolinor Boeing 737-200, Portal 2: Core Replacement Station, Ancient Roman Temple, The Holiday – Rosehill Cottage, Gilmore Girls: Stars Hollow, Appa the Sky Bison, Grand Central Station, “Love Enlighten Me” The Bench of the Lampposts in Love, Bob Ross – The Joy of Building, Peter Rabbit and the Garden, and Disney’s Phineas and Ferb Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated as the ones to reach the First 2025 Review Stage. The...

ComicBook.com has revealed some of the dinosaurs that will be in the upcoming LEGO Jurassic World Rebirth sets. The set haven’t been shown off yet but they did show the Titanosaurus, Spinosaurus which we saw in the teaser earlier today, Quetzalcoatlus, and a brick-built Mosasaurus. Jurassic World Rebirth will be in theaters July 2 so we should be seeing the sets in stores around the same time. The post LEGO Jurassic World Rebirth Dinosaurs Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran