LEGO has given a free Insiders Reward for a digital download of the 20th Anniversary LEGO Modular Buildings Poster. The poster features all of the modular buildings that have released in the past 20 years. The download provides a ZIP file that contains various sizes of the poster. Now we just need LEGO to release a physical version of the poster on heavy stock that we can redeem with points and I would be all over it. The post LEGO 20th Anniversary LEGO Modular Buildings Poster Free Download appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you are a fan of Imperial-inspired MOCs, you might be familiar with the work of Evan Crouch aka Evancelt. He builds vibrant ships, houses, battles and more from that era (and always with sharp photos so you can feast your eyes on those splendid MOCs). We asked Evan how his interest started in building in this theme and how he puts the LEGO bricks to good use. Sailing the Brick Seas Marco: Looking at your Flickr and Instagram accounts, I see an abundance of historical-based MOCs. Some are Wild West-themed or Castle-themed, but even more MOCs are based on the Imperial/Age of Sail era, including ships, fortresses, battles, and vignettes. What is the reason you like this theme so much? Where do you get your inspiration from? Evan: I grew up in Pennsylvania in the eastern United States, specifically in an area that had lots of history tied to Colonial America...

LEGO has officially revealed a new LEGO Star Wars Helmet set with the AT-AT Driver (75429). Releasing on March 1, the set has 730 pieces and will retail for $69.99. The set features the helmet worn by the AT-AT Driver in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Memories of the thrilling Battle of Hoth scenes come flooding back with this LEGO® Star Wars AT-AT Driver Helmet buildable model kit for adults (75429). Take time out to enjoy a complex, hands-on creative project, using LEGO bricks to recreate the iconic contours of the helmet worn by drivers of AT-AT walkers in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. This buildable helmet comes with step-by-step instructions, or you can download the LEGO Builder app, which lets you zoom, rotate and visualize a 3D digital version of this construction model as you build. Once it’s complete, place your creation on the buildable stand with a...

Yesterday, LEGO announced a new Restaurants of the World subtheme for the LEGO Icons line with the first set being the French Cafe (10362). This new line of sets have a smaller form factor and the main focus is at the front of the shop. Unfortunately, this comes at the expense of the interior and mainly, the back of the set. Although it is hard to see in the official images, there is a very small interior, just enough to get some details in. On the backside, it’s pretty bad. Of course the images don’t show you the back but LEGO does provide a 360 degree shopper video of the set and you can see the emptiness when it spins around. There are some modified 1×1 bricks with holes so it makes me think that you’ll be able to connect future sets with bars so you won’t get the flat backside....

With the Chinese/Lunar New Year just a few days away, LEGO has recently released some Spring Festival sets and the first one we’ll be checking out is the Good Fortune (80117). The set has 1,021 pieces and retails for $89.99. Build The whole build pretty much sits on a 16×16 plate. You can’t really see it later on but there’s a very intricate design made up of pearl-gold curves. There are some jumper plates and turntables for the various objects in the set. The first of the objects are the three gold ingots. All three are exactly the same and the resemble the yuanbao used as currency during Imperial China. In present day, Chinese use it as a symbol of wealth and prosperity. The next object is the persimmon fruit that is place in the middle of the build. It is actually made up of three sections that are stacked on...

Amazon Japan seems to have lots of 2024 LEGO sets sitting around as they have discounted the LEGO Technic Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance (42171) by about 24%. The set is listed for $166.84 which saves you $53.15 off the normal retail price of $219.99. As mentioned before, it does ship from Japan so it may take a little longer to get to us but it is reliable as I have ordered from there a few times in the past. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Technic Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance (42171) Amazon Japan Deal – January 2025 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The relationship between LEGO MOCs and AI is a knotty one (one we’ve already looked into here at BrickNerd more than once!). lego-ish dragon designed with playground ai But in this article, instead of tackling the general ethics of AI or the possibility of it taking over the LEGO MOCing community, I’d like to explore something far more niche—the use of AI as a tool for a very specific sort of MOC, one that many of us often struggle with: brick-built animals. Yes, some people seem to have an innate talent for it, but for most of us, looking at something like a fox or a horse and trying to think where to start snapping the bricks together is enough to produce a migraine. Their shapes are so organic, bending and blending every which way with a degree of smoothness you can only drool over, and when it comes to LEGO, it...

Building LEGO creations of manga and anime characters is usually the specialty of MOCers from Asia. It’s rare to come across this style in Europe. I had the chance to cross paths with Benjamin Walter, aka Bad Brick Boy, and chat with him to bring an overview of his fascinating work for BrickNerd readers. Meet Benjamin Sam: Hi Benjamin! We've met at several exhibitions in eastern France, but you're focusing on a theme from a much more distant region—manga? Benjamin: Hi Sam, I’ve been to a lot of exhibitions over the last few years, but my passion for LEGO goes back much further! Even as a kid, I used to reproduce the sets I saw in magazines with the bricks I had at home. Then with time and experience, I was able to turn my ideas into MOCs. For some time now, my favorite theme has been the reproduction of characters from Japanese...

When I think of LEGO builders in the 6 to 8 stud-wide “Speed Champions” scale, one always immediately comes to mind: Jonathan Elliott. He’s an extremely talented builder whose vehicles make constant appearances on various community blogs such as The LEGO Car Blog and The Brothers Brick. A great many LEGO car builders, myself included, cite his work as an inspiration. Jon Elliott’s “2022 Highlights.” I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to speak with Jon on behalf of BrickNerd and pick his brain about real cars, his building style, his earlier work, and his constant drive to push the envelope of what a LEGO car can be. Tom: Why don’t you start by telling me just a little bit about yourself? Jon: Ha! The classic opener. Yeah, wow, that’s a difficult way to start, I suppose. I’ve been around quite a long time, so there’s quite a lot to...

Series 27 of the LEGO Collectible Minifigure (CMF) line has delivered some very cool new prints and molds that will most assuredly appear in future sets and other products down the line. Included in this series is a redesign of a minifigure familiar to AFOLs who grew up with the Classic Castle theme in the late 80s and early 90s: The Wolfpack Beastmaster. The Wolfpack Beastmaster is just one of many minifigures in the last several years to revive classic themes and designs of what many consider to be the golden age of LEGO—and as such it is already demanding top prices on the secondary market. The M-Tron powerloader is definitely a contender for one of the best minifigure remakes This trend of revamps and redesigns is not reserved for just the CMF line. While Basil the Batlord, the Falconer, and M-Tron spaceman are just a few examples of classic minifigures...