A new month is upon us which means more competitive and just-for-fun building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest bunch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for June 2026 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite like a theme or a prompt to nudge you out of your comfort zone and push you to experiment building in ways you might not otherwise attempt. We’ve listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time wisely—especially in a month that always seems to fly by. Be sure to check the LEGO activity calendar for local challenges and events near you. Some of our fondest memories, proudest builds, coolest trophies, and strongest friendships started with a contest entry, so we hope you’ll jump in and give one (or two) a try. Brethren of the Brick Seas: A Knight’s Tale...

Today is the 60th anniversary of the opening of “It’s a Small World” at Disneyland, BrickNerd is featuring a guest post by builder Bill Vollbrecht about his stunning LEGO display of the iconic ride. Bill shares how this impressive build began, the hardest details to replicate, and the risks of carrying a large MOC down a staircase... When I was a child of four or five years old, our family was visiting my Great Aunt and Uncle in Costa Mesa California. While the adults caught up with each other, I looked for something to occupy my time—no easy task in the childless elderly couple’s home! But looking at their bookcase, I came across a Disneyland guidebook from the late sixties. Having never been to the park, I assumed it was all about the same cartoons we would watch during The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights. Instead, it was filled...

Have you ever experienced builders’ block? Or maybe looked at your collection of bricks and just didn’t know where to begin on a new MOC? When this happens to me, sometimes reworking or doubling an existing LEGO set can be the perfect place to spur creativity. My alternate build of 2X the 31114 Superbike set. Thanks to Ted Andes for the slick edit! Building your own MOC from the parts within a LEGO set (or sets plural) is a fun experience that equally applies to new MOC builders and the most seasoned AFOL veterans alike. The most common example is to take a single set and use one’s imagination to create something new and unique out of the parts. The beauty of it is that you’ve got a color-coordinated and element-function-matching pack of parts, and the existing set design provides some clues and starting points if you want it. The exercise...

In our final review of the LEGO Editions Soccer Highlights sets, we’re taking a quick look at Vini Jr. (43027). The set has 510 pieces and retails for $29.99. Minifigure The minifigure features Vini Jr. in his yellow and blue Brazil kit. I do like the dual molded legs with the neon yellow shoes. Build Like with the other Soccer Highlights sets, the layout of the build has details with significance to the player. The grass on the field is shaped like a V for Vini. There are some neon yellow slope pieces to show Vini with blazing speed while kicking the ball into the net. In the front of the build, we have the printed tile showing Vini’s stats and his signature. Unlike the previous sets, there’s no small sign showing his name or popular phrase. Instead, his name is blown up at the back of the build. In front...

LEGO has officially revealed a new LEGO Disney set with the Main Street, U.S.A. (43302). Releasing on June 1, the set has 3,899 pieces and will retail for $399.99. The set includes a number of recognizable buildings on Main Street including the Fire Station, Disney Family apartment, the Crystal Arcade, and the Emporium. There are also 16 minifigures such as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, 7 Park Guests, The Dapper Dans quartet, the Fire Department Chief, a Popcorn Seller, and an Emporium Seller. Disney fans ages 18 and up can showcase their passion with this LEGO® ǀ Disney Main Street, U.S.A. (43302) architecture building set. Packed with curated details and mini builds, this display-worthy model kit makes a unique decoration for your home, on a bookshelf or coffee table. It features 3 buildings: a fire station with the Walt Disney family apartment, the Emporium and the Crystal Arcade. There’s also a fire...

LEGO building is a remarkably diverse creative practice. Some builders dive into projects with playful abandon, improvising as they go. Others hesitate, plan endlessly, or feel crushed by the weight of their own expectations. Perfectionism isn’t universal, but for those who experience it, it can be deeply limiting. In this article I talk about my continued personal journey as a LEGO builder, my exploration of creativity and design, and the things I’ve learned on the way. More specifically; how I found myself locked by my own expectations and how I dealt with it. The Burden of Knowledge To understand how I ended up in this situation, I need to go back to the beginning. I took my first small steps as a LEGO builder in 2012. I had just moved into a house and received all my childhood LEGO that had been stored at my parents place. The first MOC I...

LEGO has announced that the LEGO Insiders app is now available for other countries including Denmark, Poland, Canada, France, and Spain. If you’re new to the app, you can pretty much do almost everything you can do on the LEGO Shop. This includes checking your Insiders account, redeeming rewards, and even shopping as well. The devs will be taking feedback on how to improve it so send them anything else you want to see on it, especially for the new countries. The post LEGO Insiders App Now Available for More Countries appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

We all like LEGO botanical sets. Sick part usage, interesting colors, goofy techniques—what’s not to love? Speaking of goofy colors, one of the most recent botanical sets completely changed the game… 11510 Magnolia Branches is one of the newest LEGO Botanical sets, and it is hiding something amazif in plain sight! Eggshell elements? Nah, that’s old news. Technic spokes? Those have been around for a while. Cupcake flowers? The Chrysanthemum has those already. But let’s take a peek at the petals. Notice how they’re both white and pink? For the first time since their introduction back in 2021, the Botanicals line has dual-molded elements! Part 7096 (Leaf, 5x6x1 2/3, No. 1), comes in dark pink and white at the same time! Oddly enough, this makes every single element unique. Maybe it swirls to the left, maybe to the right. Sometimes there’s way more pink, and sometimes there’s more white. (Before we...

The LEGO One Piece Season 2 sets release in August and pre-orders have been going since early April but there are some price changes for some of the sets since then. LEGO has silently increased the price on three of the seven upcoming sets. From the looks of it, prices have increased by $10 across the board. Since LEGO already started pre-orders for them, hopefully they will honor the old price but I doubt it. This isn’t the first time LEGO has done this. Last year, there were price increases for the LEGO Jurassic World Rebirth sets shortly after the official announcement. Showdown with Captain Smoker (75642) – 547 pieces/$59.99 $69.99 (16.67% increase) Battle at Drum Castle (75645) – 1,038 pieces/$99.99 $109.99 (10% increase) Garp’s Marine Battleship (75646) – 1,705 pieces/$169.99 $179.99 (5.9% increase) The post LEGO One Piece Season 2 Price Increases appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal...

We’re nearing the end of our reviews of the new LEGO Editions FIFA sets and the next one we’re checking out is Cristiano Ronaldo – Soccer Legend (43016). This set hs 854 pieces and retails for $79.99. Build The build mainly features a brick-built model of Cristiano Ronaldo. The main model I’ll be reviewing is the main one which is in his Siuuu celebration pose. The first part of the buid is for his torso which is actually two separate parts. The arms are on ball joints and the elbows have some swivel while the fingers are on clips. Ronaldo’s head is also on hinges and there’s only a little bit of movement back and forth. The head does have a printed face as well as his number 7 on the jersey. For the lower torso, it’s funny that LEGO used the modified hood panel for his abs. The legs are...