BrickNerd returned five years ago with the intention of celebrating creativity, amplifying builder voices, and creating a home for thoughtful, in-depth coverage of the LEGO hobby. As we head into 2026, the growth and engagement of this community continue to shape not just what BrickNerd publishes, but where it goes next. As 2025 wraps up, it feels like the right time to pause and look back. Below, we’re sharing some of the numbers that shaped the year, a handful of standout articles, and a few New Year’s resolutions guiding BrickNerd as we move into 2026. Reflecting on BrickNerd in 2025 Looking back on 2025, it’s clear that BrickNerd continued to do what it does best by telling meaningful stories from across the LEGO community while staying grounded in the people and creativity that make the hobby special. Over the course of the year, we published hundreds of articles spanning interviews, event...

There is only one day left to get your orders in for the end of year promotions and sales on the LEGO Shop. LEGO currently has over 50 items for their sales and all four previous gift with purchase sets still available. First is the LEGO Star Wars TIE Fighter with Imperial Hangar Rack (40771) when you purchase the Ultimate Collector Series Death Star (75419). When you purchase the LEGO Harry Potter Hogsmeade Village – Collectors’ Edition (76457), you can get the Hogwarts Castle: Room of Requirement (40770). For the general purchase GWPs, you can get the LEGO Creation Celebration: Ferris Wheel with Fireworks (40758) when you make a purchase of $85 or more and the LEGO Spring Festival Lucky Knots (40756) when you make a $150 purchase. This would work great on some of the End-of-Year Sales or any sets that are retiring at the end of the year. For...

It seems that LEGO fans were scrambling to get their votes in for the LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage as nine projects qualified in just a week. There’s a good mix of everything but the Sailor Moon one stands out to me. Ratatouille – BRICKS-SGE Train Bookends – Jerboa Scooby-Doo: Brick by Brick, Clue by Clue – Jake the master builder Adventurers – Return to Egypt – Krackenator4 Sailor Moon – teljesnegyzet National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Full House Version – MadamEnthusiasticJay Tiffany & Co Engagement Ring Box – WillMake Maldives Water Villa – MMG-Designs Jumanji Board Game – PrehistoricHamster051 The post LEGO Ideas December 30 Updates – 9 More Added to List appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

December brought no shortage of great LEGO content from around the globe! Here at BrickNerd, we started the month by converting the LEGO Ideas steamboat into Master Chen’s ferry, had two talented teams compete to turn a retail set into a GBC module, looked at an innovative way to convert light bricks into Christmas tree lights, and found that new elements sometimes warrant revisiting an excellent MOC to make it even better! We looked at the ever-growing array of costumed minifigs, revisited a hot drink stand MOC, saw the detailed inspiration and planning going into wonderful Spiderman inspired MOCs, and provided instructions to build your own microscale train. We learned how a group LEGO build can be a catalyst for something bigger than the completed model, and looked at how annual MOC collages can be fun historical references as well as a means to see building skill progression. In fact, we’ve...

LEGO has revealed a new upcoming gift with purchase set with the LEGO Birthday Cupcake (40905). The 174 piece set features a brick-built cupcake that can be customized with various decorative pieces. There’s no word yet on when it will be available or the price requirement to get it but I’m guessing it’ll be at the beginning of the new year. Celebrate kids’ birthdays with the LEGO® Birthday Cupcake (40905) toy. This customizable birthday gift comes with a range of colorful tiles and shapes letting kids decorate their cake in lots of creative ways. This customizable small toy includes a chef minifigure holding a balloon animal that young builders can use to decorate the cupcake, as well as candles for their age. This is the ideal birthday gift for 7-year-old-plus girls and boys, or for kids who love baking. Set contains 174 pieces. The post LEGO Birthday Cupcake (40905) GWP Revealed...

The LEGO Star Wars Gingerbread AT-AT Walker (40806) has restocked on the LEGO Shop. Although it’s listed on backorder status, you can still place an order for it and it’ll ship in 60 days. The set has been extremely popular since its release back in October as it has been out of stock since. It does qualify for a couple of current promotions including the LEGO Creation Celebration: Ferris Wheel with Fireworks (40758) with a $85 purchase or the LEGO Spring Festival Lucky Knots (40756) with a $150 purchase. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Star Wars Gingerbread AT-AT Walker (40806) Restocked on LEGO Shop appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Every December—well, let’s be honest, sometimes early January—for thirteen years now, I’ve set aside a little time to scroll through my photostream, pull my favorite builds, layer them neatly in GIMP, and then write “Original linkOriginal author: Geneva D

Yesterday we did our list for our Top 5 LEGO sets of 2025 and now we’re doing our list of best gift with purchase sets. It didn’t seem like it but LEGO released 77 GWPs this year ranging from polybags to small-to-medium sized sets, although a small number of them were for new LEGO Brand Store openings. Some of the more “premium” GWPs were locked into certain sets that you had to buy when they initially released which has gotten some backlash in recent times. This factor did go into my rankings as well as the price requirements to get them. 5. Tribute to Jane Austen’s Books (40766) – June 2025/$150 purchase I really love the GWPs that LEGO releases that pay tribute to various people with historical significance. The Jane Austen tribute set does a decent job showing her living room in the style of a book and a minifigure...

Today I have the great pleasure of shining the spotlight on one of the—at least in my humble opinion—best Bionicle builders out there, Patrick Biggs. I have to admit that when I first got back into LEGO, I had no idea what Bionicle was or that it was even made by the LEGO company. I am a bit embarrassed about that now, but back then (around six years ago) I was just coming out of my dark age and as Bionicle first came out around 2000-2001, I initially missed the first wave by about half a decade. And the (short-lived) re-launch ended just before I got back into LEGO. Fortunately, the internet is a marvellous thing and I quickly started noticing some very cool MOCs showing up in my Flickr feed every now and then. I also had a fellow LUG-member (o0ger) that was always using cool pieces that I couldn’t...

2025 was a pretty big year for LEGO as there were 800 different products released. I haven’t done it in a few years but these are my top 5 sets for 2025 and my reasoning for it. The original list was about 10 sets and it was extremely hard to get it down to only 5. Some of the factors that went into my personal rankings are fandom, nostalgia, and pricing. Note that none of these sets were given by LEGO for review. I’ll also probably do a top 5 gift with purchase set list as well so stay tuned for that. 5. LEGO Marvel Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock Subway Train Scene (76321) – $54.99 It’s been 21 years since we’ve gotten a Spider-Man 2 set and the LEGO Marvel Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock Subway Train Scene (76321) was a no-brainer for me. Although it’s small, it captures one of the...