Today’s guest article comes from Australian builder Kristel Whitaker, known for her whimsical builds and her continual exploration of colourful tile techniques. She shares her experience building LEGO’s new 41839 Message Board set on BrickNerd’s behalf. Editor’s Introduction A few weeks back, BrickNerd was offered a new LEGO “message board” set. As with most offers through the LEGO Ambassador program, we needed to respond quickly, knowing little about the set. With the recent retirement of the DOTS theme, we were at least curious to see what new direction LEGO might take with lettered signage. If nothing else, we hoped that some new brick-built font styles or techniques would be featured. This led to a discussion amongst ourselves about all of the notable brick-built alphabets that the LEGO MOC building community has developed through the years. Here are a few of the notable examples that came to mind: A person whose font...

The new LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated Edition will be releasing in April 2025 and LEGO Ideas needs your help in choosing the featured minifigure for the book cover. Head over to the fan vote page to choose between Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and Ahsoka Tano. The deadline to vote is August 23 and the winning character will be announced on August 26. The post LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated Edition Cover Fan Vote appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today’s guest article comes from Chris Castagnetto who shares his experience visiting San Diego Comic-Con over the years. San Diego Comic-Con, one of the largest fan events in the world, was hosted from July 24th to 28th. In classic form, LEGO showed up with a collection of fan activations and experiences for AFOLs of all ages. As a fan of pop culture and an attendee of Comic-Con since 2002, I have been lucky enough to have been witness to LEGO and their fan experiences and activations over the years. Today I’m going to share my LEGO Comic-Con experience in 2024 while also reflecting on LEGO’s Comic-Con experiences over the years and how they have evolved and grown to what we see today. From fights for exclusive minifigs and sets to a more community-based approach, these are the good and the bad of LEGO at Comic-Con. LEGO Panels: Ninjago Dragons Rising and LEGO Masters...

For the Tim Burton cinephile or the Halloween and Christmas holiday debate fence-sitter or passionate fans and collectors of The Nightmare Before Christmas, LEGO has announced the highly anticipated LEGO Ideas The Nightmare Before Christmas (21351). On September 3, LEGO Insiders will have access to the 2,193 piece set first for $199.99, while on September 6 it will be available to the general public. This collector’s set will include three of the memorable locations (Spiral Hill, Jack Skellington’s home, and Halloween Town Hall) and eight characters from the films (Jack, Sally, Santa Claus,Lock, Shock, Barrel, Zero, and a two-faced brick-built figure of The Mayor). The release of this set is pretty much perfect for the upcoming holiday season, and from the details within the press release may be a great collector’s piece with features that have been lovingly designed from the film. Can’t Believe Your Eyes? Discover the New LEGO® Ideas...

LEGO has officially announced the new LEGO Wicked sets for the upcoming movie. As we’ve already seen, there will be four sets for the theme which will be releasing on October 1 and you can pre-order them today. Glinda, Elphaba & Nessarose at Shiz Uni (75681) – 304 pieces/$29.99 Elphaba & Glinda Figures (75682) – 558 pieces/$54.99 Glinda & Elphaba’s Dormitory (75683) – 740 pieces/$69.99 Welcome to Emerald City (75684) – 945 pieces/$99.99 Pink Clicks Good with Green: LEGO® Wicked Lands On The Scene With Four New Sets Billund, Denmark, 12 August 2024: The LEGO Group and Universal Products & Experiences today have revealed the full lineup of LEGO® Wicked products, inspired by the upcoming musical event film from Universal Pictures coming to theatres November 2024. The four new sets feature mini-dolls and fan-favourite characters such as Glinda and Elphaba, The Wizard and more. Fans will have to wait little more...

For you LEGO Ninjago fans, Amazon has a deal currently going on for the Destiny’s Bounty – Race Against time (71797) for 25% off. The 1,739 piece set is now listed for $119.99 which saves you $40 on it. The set features the updated Destiny’s Bounty for Dragons Rising and includes minifigures of Master Wu, Arin, Sora, Lloyd, Kai, and Rapton. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Ninjago Destiny’s Bounty – Race Against time (71797) Amazon Sale – August 2024 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today’s guest article comes from Brian Saviano, one of the only AFOLs who still buys LEGO Super Mario, who shares how the LEGO community is coming together to raise money for cancer research. One Idea, One Mission Every great initiative starts with a few people stepping up and making it happen. We can sit around all day and discuss what we should do, but rising to the challenge can grow beyond what you’ve ever expected. What started with one person clicking bricks together during a live stream on Twitch has evolved into one of the most ambitious and successful charity campaigns in the LEGO realm! I’m honored to forge my second article here on BrickNerd and share the remarkable work of the BrickBuilding community again! Our newly established team, “Stand Up Builders,” is spearheading the annual “Up2Us” charity drive for Stand Up to Cancer. Our third year of fundraising finds us...

Earlier today, the official trailer for LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy was released with more scenes of what we can expect from the show. The four piece special event will be airing on September 13 on Disney+. LEGO currently has a few sets available on the LEGO Shop for the show including Jedi Bob’s Starfighter (75388), The Dark Falcon (75389), and TIE Fighter & X-Wing Mash-up (75393). The post LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy Official Trailer appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Last week at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the US Women’s Rugby team took the bronze medal against Australia and an interesting fact from Sammy Sullivan’s post medal interview is that she’s self-proclaimed LEGO mega fan. When she’s not training with her team, she’s building LEGO during her downtime. She also attributes LEGO to helping with her mental health and just having a relaxing evening building LEGO sets. You can see from the video below, she likes to build sets from all sizes. Now she’s just waiting for a shout out from LEGO which still I don’t think I’ve seen yet. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sammy Sullivan OLY (@sam_sull_) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sammy Sullivan OLY (@sam_sull_) … Continue The post Paris 2024 Olympics US Rugby Bronze Medallist LEGO Mega Fan Sammy Sullivan appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author:...

LEGO has announced that they have entered a multi-year partnership with board game company Asmodee to create new shared play experiences. This partnership will create a range of LEGO board games for fans to play within the LEGO universe. The first of these games is the LEGO Monkey Palace which was revealed just last month. They are already working on a second game called Brick: Like This! which is a party game from 2-8 players looks to LEGO bricks to complete word challenges. Building Board Games Together: The LEGO Group and Asmodee Announce Partnership to Create LEGO® Board Games Billund & Boulogne-Billancourt, August 8, 2024: Today, the LEGO Group and Asmodee have announced that they have entered a multi-year partnership, joining forces to create and distribute new shared play experiences. The partnership will create an exciting range of high-quality LEGO board games for all types of players, inventing new ways for...