LEGO has officially announced the LEGO SMART Brick at their first-ever CES event. LEGO’s Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Julia Goldin, was on hand to reveal the SMART Brick which is the size of a 2×4 LEGO brick. The system consists of the brick, the tag, and the minifigure. There’s a chip inside the brick that is smaller than the LEGO stud. The platform that the SMART Bricks is used on is called Smart Play. #LEGO announced #SMART Brick at #CES. Kids are digital natives. Wanted to bring tech into physical play. Stay true to the system open ended. Truly intuitive. Silicon chip smaller than one brick stud. pic.twitter.com/y29lAyOh3a — Jeff (@mediawhiz) January 5, 2026 The SMART tag and minifigure has codes inside that defines the behaviors. The SMART Brick has a tiny speaker as well lights and sounds and can also sense a SMART minifigure. The bricks can form a...

A new month (and a New Year!) is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest bunch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for January 2026 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite like a theme or a prompt to take you out of your comfort zone and give you something new to try. Besides, contests are the perfect place to interact with other contestants and judges and get to know your fellow builders. We’ve listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time to the best advantage. Make sure to check the LEGO activity calendar for local challenges and events near you. Here at BrickNerd, some of our fondest memories, greatest building achievements, coolest trophies, and best friendships came from LEGO contests, so we really hope you try some of...

The LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage doesn’t seem to want to end as there are seven more projects that have reached the 10,000 supporter goal. As of this point, I’m not sure when it’ll end as we are well into 2026 and there are a few more projects getting close to hitting the goal as well. With this update, we’ve ballooned to 75 projects that are in the running to become an official LEGO Ideas set. Modern Family – Jay and Gloria’s House – Countdraynor Squirrel – Dockan The Princess Bride 40th Anniversary Set – Frogtopia Cactus Terrariums – 44th_brick America’s National Parks: Iconic Postcards – Space and Time LEGO Settlers of Catan – Master_Brickz Bob’s Burgers – BlizzardBlazer The post LEGO Ideas January 4 Update – Total Up to 75 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has just released a teaser on social media with something that has “a whole new dimension of play.” The announcement will be some time tomorrow, January 5. In the short clip, there are some minifigure hands and quotes from kids that says “it sounds like it’s actually talking.” The final clip shows some kind of coiling going on. Note that LEGO will be a CES 2026 (Consumer Electronics Show) for the first time so it’ll be something big and innovative and brand new for LEGO. What do you guys think it is? The post LEGO Teasing “A Whole New Dimension of Play” appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

A few days ago, LEGO revealed some new LEGO 2026 polybags and there are more that have been revealed at Lucky Bricks. Again, these polybags can be distributed in many ways such as being sold at various retailers, gift with purchase items, and redeemed at the Insiders Rewards Center. LEGO Creator Orange Cat (30714) – 79 pieces LEGO Creator Cute Animal Birthday Party (30715) – 64 pieces/500 Insiders points LEGO City Go-Kart Racer (30719) – 48 pieces LEGO Disney Ariel & Flounder’s Birthday Music Fun (30720) – 39 pieces LEGO Friends Flower Stand with Roses (30721) – 55 pieces LEGO Friends Garden Bunny House (30722) – 46 pieces LEGO Technic Hot Rod Car (30735) – 83 pieces The post More LEGO 2026 Polybags Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today’s the day! The Nerdvember 2025 Vacation contest officially closes tonight, and this is your final reminder to get those entries in before the January 4th deadline passes. Whether you’ve been building between holiday travel, sneaking in a quick photo during a staycation, or putting the finishing touches on a MOC you’ve been tinkering with all week, now’s the moment to hit submit. Once the clock runs out, Nerdly’s suitcase snaps shut. We extended the deadline to help everyone survive the end-of-year scramble, and the entries we’ve received so far have made it clear that the extra time paid off. Vacation Nerdly has been everywhere, from big trips to clever close-to-home adventures, and we can’t wait to see what comes in at the wire. Pack Your Bags (One Last Time) Nerdvember is all about stepping away, having fun, and telling a great story—and there are two ways to enter, even at...

Today’s guest article comes from ThrawnsRevenge who has built more than 150 MOCs available on Rebrickable. He shares some of the things he’s learned about mastering the platform, from sharing designs to protecting them. Finding Rebrickable The world of LEGO is constantly changing every year, both within the LEGO community itself and in the online sphere surrounding our favorite plastic bricks. Every year, we get a flurry of new parts and ways to catalog them. On top of that, we always see new programs or websites to catalog parts, blog about our experiences with LEGO, and find ways to upload our models online to share. One of these websites is called Rebrickable, a site used by many LEGO fans to share their models both for free or even for sale.  Rebrickable was started by Nathan Thom in 2011 and it has flourished as a platform since then. The website allows you...

BrickNerd sent contributor Casey McCoy 11370 Stranger Things: The Creel House and 40891 Stranger Things: WSQK Radio Station to write about. Sets provided by The LEGO Group guarantee neither positive nor negative coverage. Opinions are those expressed by the author. Strange Times How does one broach the cultural monolith that is Stranger Things? As we try to culturally sunset this beloved 1980s homage with the release of the fifth and final season of the streaming hit, it’s hard to capture just how our society has shifted “upside down” in the last ten years by sending all 80s nostalgia bait into maximum overdrive With a decade of cultural upheaval under its belt (I was in my early college years when Season One released!), anthropologists, sociologists, and a crack team of marketers will be analyzing just how all-powerful the Stranger Things franchise has been in an effort to replicate its success. And it’s...

In less than 24 hours after the release, the new LEGO Stranger Things: The Creel House (11370) and the corresponding WSQK Radio Station (40891) gift with purchase set has sold out on the LEGO Shop. No doubt the series finale of Stranger Things helped out with the sales. I’m also hearing that LEGO Stores were overwhelmed with shoppers for it along with the 2026 sets with the Creel House also selling out in stores. You can try to use the notify by email button on the product page or just follow our updates to see when it’ll go back in stock. The LEGO Shop still has three GWP promotions going on with the main one being the LEGO Icons Vintage Parade Car (40913) which can be had with a $200 general purchase until January 11. You can also double up with the LEGO Year of the Horse (40779) with a purchase...

It’s a new year and that means we can now do a recap of what when on for The Brick Fan in 2025. It’s always fun to look back and see what happened during the year compared to previous years. There were a total of 928 posts last year with July being the month with the most news with 105 posts. Of those posts we had 19,010,766 page views and that was a 26.5% decrease in views from 2024. Although the views are down, it doesn’t really tell the whole story because the engagement through social media have increased significantly. The most popular day on the site was May 2 with 244,621 views which was the day that the summer 2025 LEGO sets were revealed for a majority of the themes. As a result, May was also our most popular month of the year. Again like with 2024, our review numbers...