There are plenty of magical (photographic) tricks that we can use when wanting to stretch the boundaries of a microscale LEGO set. The extra-micro scale 76419 Hogwarts Castle and Grounds set is no exception. The only question is which of the Wizarding World’s Extension Charm spells should we use to expand its potential? Maybe Engorgio (the growing charm)? Or Reducio (the shrinking charm)? Getting the right balance between these two spells can make a huge difference in changing our perspectives on how we see a set. Let’s see how we can use these spells to explore LEGO Hogwarts Castle and discover all of its hidden secrets! The LEGO Group generously provided BrickNerd with 76419 Hogwarts Castle and Grounds, and I have the honor and the great pleasure of being your tour guide once again into LEGO’s brick-built version of the Wizarding World. Now, let’s hop onto our flying broomsticks and take...

Stray Kids “Oddinary Maniac” by MadamTerrificHouse100 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build recreates the Maniac music video using multiple building facades. Below is the music video for reference. 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, City Burger, Phineas and Ferb!, JWST, Harry Styles Love on Tour 2023, LEGO Microscope, Sequoia Tree, Tesla Center, Working Canal Lock, Christmas Theater, and Wreck-It Ralph 10th Anniversary as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Stray Kids “Oddinary Maniac” Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

As a BrickNerd reader, you know (or hope) your LEGO collection is worth its weight in gold. This is especially true if you have any rare LEGO sets or one-of-a-kind MOCs made from a combination of your bricks and your brains. However, while AFOLs realize their LEGO collections are precious, many collectors don’t have insurance for their bricks. When it comes to valuable possessions, we insure our homes and our cars, so why not our LEGO? If you’ve never thought about this (or just assumed your bricks were covered by your homeowners or renters insurance), consider this article your wake-up call. If your LEGO collection was damaged by an event like a flood or a fire, what do you think would happen? What about if it was stolen? None of us want to envision horrible scenarios like these, but they can happen. If you’ve read our own Melissa Rekve’s story, you...

The LEGO Insiders Weekend 2023 promotions and sales are now live on the LEGO Shop. For the next couple of days, you can get some cool promo sets for this this year’s event which include the highly anticipated LEGO Icons Majisto’s Magical Workshop (40601) with purchases of $250 as well as the LEGO Creator Winter Market Stall (40602) with purchases of $170. There are sets that have discount codes in the LEGO Insider Rewards that you can use to reach those price requirements. There are also various products that you can claim such as the Tape Player and the Holiday Tin Ornament. Check out all the promotions and sales you can find during the LEGO Insiders Weekend 2023 below. The promotions will run until November 19, while supplies last. Gift with Purchase LEGO Icons Majisto’s Magical Workshop (40601) – Purchases of $250 LEGO Creator Winter Market Stall (40602) – Purchases of...

The LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower (76269) comes out one week from today and LEGO has released the designer video for the 5,201 piece set. LEGO designers Justin Ramsden, Mark Stafford, and Mark Trante talk about just some of the many details that are in the set including some Easter eggs from the Infinity Saga. The Avengers Tower releases on November 24 for $499.99 just in time for the LEGO Black Friday promotions which include the limited edition LEGO Marvel Taxi (5008076). The post LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower (76269) Designer Video appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Outside of LEGO conventions and LUG meetups, the LEGO community primarily gathers online. With forums, social media and chat apps, AFOLs have been sharing their creative work digitally for years. The rise of the decent phone camera has exacerbated this trend, making sharing your MOCs the easiest it has ever been. But when you have a lot of ideas and build quickly, sometimes completing only the MOC's front side that will be photographed is all I have time for… and who else will know? Is this a LEGO building sin that needs to be confessed or a shrewd speed building secret for the digital age? Is only building the parts of a MOC that will be photographed sheer laziness? Is it a smart strategy to build more? To explore these questions, let me share with you a bit of my building process. The Need For Speed When I build MOCs, my...

Amazon has kicked off their Early Black Friday 2023 sales and there are about a dozen LEGO sets that have been discounted from 25%-60% off. The list isn’t too expansive but there are some good ones on the list including the LEGO Icons Police Station (10278) which is 25% off. There is a limit on the amount of sets that claimed during these and a lot of them are about a third claimed already so get on it if you see something that you like. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Amazon Early Black Friday 2023 Deals Now Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has kicked off their LEGO Insiders Weekend 2023 sales in which you can get some good deals on various sets. You’ll need to log on to the LEGO Insiders Rewards Center to redeem the free discount codes to get the savings. Note that only one code can be used during checkout so you’ll need to make multiple orders if you want to get more than one of the sets on the list. In addition, you can earn 3X or 4X Insider points on a number of other sets as well. • LEGO Icons Eiffel Tower (10307) – Save $100• LEGO Star Wars Republic Gunship (75309) – Save $60• LEGO Icons Assembly Square (10255) – Save $60• LEGO Marvel Captain America’s Shield (76262) – save $40• LEGO Creator NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander (10266) – Save $20• LEGO Ideas Winnie the Pooh (21326) – Save $20• LEGO Ninjago City Gardens (71741)...

LEGO has officially revealed the next LEGO Ideas set with the Orient Express (21344). Releasing on December 1, the set has 2,540 pieces and will retail for $299.99. The set celebrates the 140th anniversary of the real-life luxury train that carried passengers across Europe to Istanbul. ALL ABOARD! TRAVEL THROUGH TIME WITH THE NEW LEGO IDEAS ORIENT EXPRESS SET The LEGO Group today unveils the LEGO Ideas Orient Express – a beautiful brick recreation of the one of the world’s most luxurious and legendary forms of travel. Known as a ‘rolling palace’ the Orient Express was the world’s first international luxury train that carried thousands of passengers across Europe to Istanbul from 1883 to 1977. Released to celebrate the train’s 140th anniversary, the new 2,540-piece LEGO set transports builders back to the Golden Age of travel, with some stunning key features, including the main locomotive, tender, dining and sleeping cars. The...

Earlier this year, a new website joined the AFOL eco-system: Open L-Gauge. It is aimed at a very specific target audience of LEGO train builders but could have impact far beyond the train community. Open L-Gauge logo Instead of describing the site for you, I’ll let the site speak for itself: “The goal of Open L-Gauge is to make high-quality LEGO train models available to everyone in the community, but we do want to set some rules for how these models can be used. The goal of the site is to encourage the sharing and remixing of ideas with other LEGO train fans and simultaneously protect the original designers against commercial parties reselling their designs without permission.” I wanted to find out the story behind the site so at a recent LEGO train event in the Netherlands, I met up with two of the driving forces behind the creation of Open...