I have written six articles covering the many aspects of SNOT that I think are necessary for an advanced LEGO builder to know about. In this article, however, I will focus on how I learned many of the tricks I know and how to think when applying SNOT to your MOCs. It's time to talk about reverse engineering, or more specifically, the Reverse Engineering Contest (REC). I participated in my first REC competition in 2014. It is actually one of my most precious moments so far in my AFOLhood. It was basically a LEGO SNOT puzzle that you were challenged to recreate. A new puzzle was released every week, and if you didn't solve it you didn't get any points. That basically meant you wouldn't win, so it was an equal mix of stress and delight. I made it to the final challenge, which I failed. But it was such a...

The LEGO Cyber Monday 2023 promotion is now live on the LEGO Shop. For today only online, you can get the LEGO City Police Bicycle Training (30638) and LEGO Friends Skate Ramp (30633) polybag bundle with purchases of $50. Unfortunately, North America has already ran out of all three that were going during Black Friday but other countries may still have them in stock. LEGO still has over 175 discounted sets on the Sales Page and some of them are listed as backorder but you can still order them to get the promo. LEGO has restocked a few of the free discount coupon codes from the Rewards Center but it looks like some are already going out of stock already. • LEGO Marvel Captain America’s Shield (76262) – save $40• LEGO Creator NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander (10266) – Save $20• LEGO Disney The Little Mermaid Royal Clamshell (43225) – Save...

Amazon has discounted the LEGO Marvel Hulkbuster (76210) for 41% off the regular retail price for Cyber Monday. It is now listed for only $325 which is the best deal the set has seen on Amazon. The set features the Hulkbuster MK44 from Avengers: Age of Ultron during its fight with the Hulk. Be sure to the check the LEGO hub to find other discounted sets that aren’t listed as a Cyber Monday deal. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Marvel Hulkbuster (76210) Amazon Cyber Monday 2023 Sale appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO Amazon Cyber Monday 2023 Deals are now live and they have added a few more sets to the list from Black Friday. The best deals still going on there are for the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express – Collectors’ Edition (76405) which is discounted 30% along with the LEGO Disney The Little Mermaid Royal Clamshell (43225). Also be sure to check out the general LEGO hub to see other sets that have been discounted but not listed as a Cyber Monday deal. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Amazon Cyber Monday 2023 Deals Now Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Rainforest Frogs by Mario Vela is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build consists of six different frogs from Costa Rica which include the Red Eye Frog, Sylvyas Leaf Frog, Golden Poison Dart Frog, Blue Jeans Frog, Blue Dart Frog, and Masked Tree Frog. 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, Wreck-It Ralph 10th Anniversary, and Stray Kids “Oddinary Maniac” as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Rainforest Frogs Achieves...

Alright, end-of-the-world enthusiasts and BrickNerd doomsday preppers, the end is near! Time’s running out faster than water in a post-apocalyptic desert. We’re counting down the final days of Nerdvember 2023, so channel your inner Mad Max, grab your bricks, and build a Nerdly that would make the Four Horsemen proud! Your Mission: Create a Survivor Nerdly Nerdly is a survivor, for whatever survival means to you. Think of Nerdly outsmarting zombies, or maybe they’re the last brick-bender in a world without the Avatar. Maybe Nerdly is the sole survivor of Y2K? Or perhaps they’re navigating a dystopian wasteland with nothing but a spork and a positive attitude. Maybe Nerdly survived a boring entry-level job? Or Thanksgiving with that one crazy aunt or uncle? Perhaps Nerdly survived a comically hanging piano on a street front while waltzing under a ladder when a black cat crossed in front of a broken mirror? Nedrly’s...

The release of the LEGO Ideas The Orient Express Train (21344) is just around the corner but there is a sticker issue with the set in case you are building it right after release date. There are two sticker sheets in the set and one of them has incorrect coloring it. As shown below on the left, stickers 9, 10, and 14 are supposed to have a metallic silver finish to them but there will be some sets that have stickers with a flat flame-orange coloring. LEGO has already caught the error and has already provided the new stickers in future production runs. If you do get the wrong sticker sheet, LEGO suggests contacting Customer Service to get the replacement stickers. Below is the official statement that LEGO has provided about the issue. We identified a color error in the sticker sheet for LEGO set 21344 and we have already implemented...

With the much-anticipated release of the LEGO Ideas Orient Express (21344), LEGO train fans once again have a great deal to celebrate. Given that LEGO’s product release schedule for train theme sets is both infrequent and unpredictable, each release is that much more impactful and attracts its share of scrutiny from LEGO train fans. After building the new LEGO Orient Express, I can say it is special for a few reasons: It's a steam train! Steam trains are definitely a minority subject compared to their diesel and electric peers. Its chosen scale is 8-studs wide. For almost all of the span of LEGO train theme history, the nominal scale of locomotives and rolling stock has been 6-studs wide. The trend to bigger proportional scales started with the Disney Train (71044) in 2019 at 8-studs wide, followed by the Crocodile (10277) in 2020 at 7-studs wide. Size. At nearly 140 studs long...

To celebrate the release of the new LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower (76269), LEGO is doing a sweepstakes to win a graded New York Toy Fair 2012 Captain America minifigure in the Rewards Center. These were one of the first few LEGO minifigure exclusives for conventions at that time and only 125 were produced which makes it highly desirable for collectors. Each entry costs 50 Insiders points and you can have a maximum of 50 entries. The sweepstakes ends on December 15. The post LEGO New York Toy Fair 2012 Captain America Minifigure Sweepstakes in Rewards Center appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

In less than a day, the US is already out of stock on a few LEGO Black Friday 2023 gift with purchase sets on the LEGO Shop. The Marvel Taxi (5008076) which came with the Avengers Tower (76269) and Majisto’s Magical Workshop (40601) are already gone and it may seem that the mini Falcon Knight’s Castle is also gone from the Rewards Center. I can’t confirm that because it only shows that I redeemed the code but I’ve been told by a few readers that it already went out of stock 30 minutes after Black Friday started. If you still want the promos, your best chance is to see if a local LEGO Brand Store still has them in stock or you may have to resort to the secondary market. It seems that LEGO is doing well for Black Friday this year even if the promotions don’t seem as flashy as...