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

I like sorting. It’s a soothing exercise (very unlike rewriting an article in Squarespace after not hitting save and hitting the backspace button). It’s calming, peaceful, and uses just the right amount of finger power while leaving brain power free to meditate on life’s joys and sorrows. It’s fortunate that I like sorting because I keep finding new collections to sort. So before we get started, let me walk you through The History and Times of Sorting LEGO Bricks According to Geneva. Then vs now My first sorting article was a time capsule of the collection I grew up with. The collection was sorted piecemeal as it came along. I started with a color-based sorting method, then went part-sorting crazy (did I really need Tile, Modified 1x2 with Bar Handle taking up a whole container?). Overall, the sorting method was patchy. Are wedges slopes or plates? Who thought sorting SNOT bricks...

The LEGO Insiders Rewards Center has put up a sweepstakes to enter for a chance to win one of three signed copies of the LEGO Minifigure Tribute (40504). This set is exclusive to the LEGO House and it features an upscaled version of Captain Redbeard. It costs 50 points to enter and there is a max of 50 entries. The sweepstakes ends on November 12. The post LEGO Minifigure Tribute (40504) Sweepstakes in Rewards Center appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran