Brixpo was held on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of July in Adelaide, South Australia. This year, 157 LEGO fans attended from all over the country, making it the largest LEGO fan event in South Australia. It’s a fun weekend with exciting builds to view, a great selection of vendors, and many old and new friends to meet. Brixpo 2025 exhibitors It’s always difficult to know what to write about a LEGO Fan event without it sounding just like any other show. Sure, I could write about the “winning builds” or the “highlights,” but that’s the same sort of thing you’ll read anywhere else. Instead, I’ve chosen to examine a few of the more unusual mosaics found at Brixpo 2025. Skeletor Full of colour and a heavy dose of nostalgia, the Skeletor mosaic drew a constant crowd throughout the event. The creator, Steve Gasson, took his inspiration from his...

For each issue of BrickJournal Magazine, the BrickNerd team creates instructions for a LEGO mini-model to go with the theme of the cover story. With their issue celebrating the diversity within the AFOL community a few years ago, we decided to create a puzzle! We chose this model for this specific issue because a single puzzle piece is a fun and instantly recognizable build, but if you make many and combine them, they become even more beautiful together. The instructions are for a single puzzle piece, but you can use them to make four puzzle pieces in almost any color. The elements you will likely have to swap due to color availability are the 1x2 bricks with the curved top and the SNOT bricks (instead of the BrickHeadz SNOT brick or two of the half-version, you can use two 1x1 SNOT bricks or a single 1x2 SNOT brick). But there are...

Today’s guest article comes from Evan Crouch, an AFOL out of Colorado, a historical MOC builder, contributor to Brethren of the Brick Seas and the Builder Improvement Initiative, and founder of Rocky Mountain Minifigs. You can find his work on Instagram. What Is DUPLO? Have you ever wondered how you can possibly create a large mountain or landscape using your limited brick collection? Among other interesting methods, one great technique for building big is to integrate DUPLO into your LEGO builds. DUPLO is a line of large building bricks introduced by LEGO in 1969. A 2x4 DUPLO brick is twice as large as a LEGO system brick, meaning it is twice as long, twice as wide, and twice as tall. In practice, this means a single DUPLO brick can fill the space of eight LEGO System bricks! Interestingly, LEGO also briefly produced a line of extra-large bricks called QUATRO, which are...

Bio-Cup 2025 is entering the final phase: from 64 builders down to the final four! Today we’ll take a peek at the Round 2 finalists and prepare for the final round just around the corner! The round 2 theme was WELCOME TO THE SHUFFLE, based off the classic suits from a deck of cards. DIAMONDS: ALL INcarnate I really like the motion Panuvara portrays here! Here at BrickNerd, we enjoy a good cheese mosaic, and there’s a little one in the hat that matches a bow tie using the kilt from the series 7 Bagpiper. Ever seen Fabuland roof support epaulets? Neither have I. Even the horse has some neat NPU, its front right leg uses a giant arm and an Adventurers Jun-Chi arm! On the base, we got a few masks and Krana nestled around some tan Hero Factory chest armor pieces. Lots of Bionicle elements and masks have holes,...

Copenhagen may be the capital city of Denmark, however the capital city of LEGO fandom is most certainly Billund, Denmark. This small town in central Jutland is home to The LEGO Group’s headquarters, as well as the fan-focused attractions of LEGOLAND Billund and the LEGO House – The Home of the Brick. However, building a LEGO-centric community is just one part of the Billund story. The other part was finding a way to make it easier for people to travel there and enjoy it all. Billund International Airport: Photo Link SkyTrax This is the story of Billund International Airport, and how it came to become the second most important airport in all of Denmark, and the first most important in connecting the LEGO Group (TKG) to the world. Below are translated excerpts from an article previously published on Brick.it Magazine, [with a bit of new information also added for clarity]. The...

Everyone has at least one day they count down to all year long. For many, it’s Christmas. For me, I look forward to my school’s Fun Day: a school-wide event that allows students to take a break from the routines and expectations of the classroom and learn through novel and engaging activities. I’m a member of the Fun Day committee which lets me help select the stations students can visit at the event. I also host and run the LEGO station! Join me as we take a look at the development of my LEGO station at my school’s Fun Day! Fun Day Before LEGO As a kid in the 80s in my small town, Fun Day was a community-wide event called Sports Day. There were numerous sports to be played; there was even a visit every year from Tina the Traveling Elephant, all the way from the Greater Vancouver Zoo. It...

Phineas and Ferb by Greygo is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,999 piece build features and open layout with the top being the backyard while underneath the ground is Agent P’s secret lair. There’s also a number of smaller builds such as Rover, the Portal to Mars, the Flying Car of the Future, Today, and the Coolest Coaster Ever. The project joins The Fortress of Bellinzona, Jumping Spiders, Planet Express Headquarters, Modular Medieval Village, Pantheon 124 AD, The Circus, Clippy, Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor, This is Fine, Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version, GLaDOS from Portal 2, Botanical Terrariums, Samurai Castle, Working Modular Fairground, Roman Forum, Vintage Rotary Phone, The Hourglass, My Neighbor Totoro, Godzilla: Minus One, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jumanji Game Board, Lake House, Twister, Wolf’s Gate, 1800’s Railroading | Bridges and Engines, and The Hunger Games: Catching...

Elf the Movie – North Pole! by Johnathan1986 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features both Santa’s Workshop and Walter Hobbs’ Office all in one set. The project joins The Fortress of Bellinzona, Jumping Spiders, Planet Express Headquarters, Modular Medieval Village, Pantheon 124 AD, The Circus, Clippy, Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor, This is Fine, Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version, GLaDOS from Portal 2, Botanical Terrariums, Samurai Castle, Working Modular Fairground, Roman Forum, Vintage Rotary Phone, The Hourglass, My Neighbor Totoro, Godzilla: Minus One, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jumanji Game Board, Lake House, Twister, Wolf’s Gate, 1800’s Railroading | Bridges and Engines, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as the ones to reach the Second 2025 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Elf the Movie – North Pole! Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal...

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by BrickGallery is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on the second book in Suzanne Collins’ trilogy featuring the arena of the 75th Hunger Games. The project joins The Fortress of Bellinzona, Jumping Spiders, Planet Express Headquarters, Modular Medieval Village, Pantheon 124 AD, The Circus, Clippy, Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor, This is Fine, Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version, GLaDOS from Portal 2, Botanical Terrariums, Samurai Castle, Working Modular Fairground, Roman Forum, Vintage Rotary Phone, The Hourglass, My Neighbor Totoro, Godzilla: Minus One, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jumanji Game Board, Lake House, Twister, Wolf’s Gate, and 1800’s Railroading | Bridges and Engines as the ones to reach the Second 2025 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author:...

1800’s Railroading | Bridges and Engines by Shawshank is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features the 4-4-0 steam locomotive running on a wooden bridge. The project joins The Fortress of Bellinzona, Jumping Spiders, Planet Express Headquarters, Modular Medieval Village, Pantheon 124 AD, The Circus, Clippy, Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor, This is Fine, Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version, GLaDOS from Portal 2, Botanical Terrariums, Samurai Castle, Working Modular Fairground, Roman Forum, Vintage Rotary Phone, The Hourglass, My Neighbor Totoro, Godzilla: Minus One, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jumanji Game Board, Lake House, Twister, and Wolf’s Gate as the ones to reach the Second 2025 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas 1800’s Railroading | Bridges and Engines Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran