Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published March 22, 2021. Throughout the past year, AFOLs around the world have been prevented from getting together physically and sharing the thing they love most. In my opinion, LEGO is best viewed and experienced up close and in person—and though virtual cons and meetups have filled the gap, nothing comes close to seeing a LEGO model’s minute details. It’s hard to convey the time, effort, size and even emotion that goes into a MOC through a few photos on a computer or phone screen. Some of the small details I miss seeing are from models made by the amazing Paul Hetherington. If you ever come across his work at a convention (which I’m sure a lot of you have) then you know his models can captivate and memorize you. I remember seeing his Tiki Madness MOC at Bricks Cascade last February and just standing...

April arrived in force with a bevy of interesting articles, fascinating features, insightful deep dives, and eye-catching videos from all across the LEGO community. We are lucky to have this many outlets and channels that keep creating incredible content, and these are the best of the month. Here at BrickNerd, we published the case for and against purism, posted instructions to build a ballerina and some art supplies, and teased a “Children Welcome” initiative along with revealing the work behind LEGO’s Majestic Horse April Fools joke. We explored the classic minifigure smile, forgotten minifigure packs, working LEGO clocks, and building trains with style. We’ve chatted with AFOLs with kids, autistic AFOLs, and charitable AFOLs. We’ve even analyzed the rise of big sets and the basics of a LUG. In fact, we’ve published so many interesting articles in April, that we’ve included an interactive calendar of them at the bottom of this...

For each issue of BrickJournal Magazine, the BrickNerd team creates instructions for a LEGO mini-model to go with the theme of the cover story. For their recent issue all about crafts, we decided to create some art supplies including some paint, scissors and a canvas. Getting Crafty It’s time to get crafty! For the art theme, we designed three mini-builds of art supplies you’d find at a craft shop including scissors, a paintbrush and some paint, and an easel and canvas. The scissors feature back-to-back mudguards for the shape of the handles using a fun SNOT technique made possible with the new 1x1x2/3 brick with a hole in it. They also pivot like a real pair, though we don’t recommend using them to cut any paper. For the paint supplies, you can customize your paint colors and canvas with whatever you want using new 3x3 circle tiles. Also, see if you...

Now THIS is my kind of Hulk. Friday’s Hulk may have been a more refined Hulk, one that went to an Ivy League school. But today’s set, 5000022 Hulk, is a rougher Hulk, the kind that scored four touchdowns in a single game. Torn up purple shorts, messed up angry hair, green as can be, […] The post A Year of Polybags 207/230: 5000022 Hulk Review appeared first on FBTB. Original link

I was going to come up with a more concise title, but that didn’t feel on brand for me or for a post talking about Warhammer 40,000, so I went with one that feels pretty on brand for a game that gives us titles like “Necromunda: The Aranthian Succession – The Vaults of Temenos” or […] The post Nick’s Painting Table: A Red Grimdark Tide Before the End of June appeared first on FBTB. Original link