Today’s guest article comes from Juan Rodriguez Lopez, a builder living in the Seattle area who has mixed his passion for architecture with his love of LEGO bricks. He shares a follow-up article about designing custom castles, this time focusing on the Emerald City from the film, Wicked. My Most Ambitious LEGO Castle Yet My love for castles is still going strong, and designing LEGO castle models has pretty much become my number one hobby… and obsession. (Read all about my former castles in my first guest article.) I’m always thinking about what the next build could be and how to make it feel special—something uniquely its own, something that adds a new spark to the collection. So when it came time to choose my next MOC, I landed on the Emerald City from the film Wicked for a few reasons. First, I’ll admit it: I was disappointed with the official...

LEGO Insiders Weekend 2025 kicked off last night and it was full of frenzy with a lot of the discounted sets selling out. The main one was the LEGO Icons Lion Knights’ Castle (10305) which sold out within minutes and if you got hit with the queue, it was game over. A number of other sets were on the Retiring Soon list and they eventually sold out as well. Since some of these sets are LEGO exclusives, they’re only sold on the LEGO Shop and in LEGO Brand Stores so if you missed out, you may want to hit up your local store to see if they have it. There are still plenty of offers going around including all the GWPs and a few discounted sets left. You can also earn 4x points on select sets as well. Were you able to pick up what you wanted before things sold out?...

The ISS in all it’s glory! Ok, I’ll come clean: I didn’t build the International Space Station (ISS) out of LEGO to get my barber to come to BrickCon. Sorry all, clickbait totally debunked. But the fact is, he did come to the con to see the build, and I think it’s fantastic that my MOC engaged people outside my typical LEGO circle! Jeff is one example of many awesome friends and family who came by to support me. Jeff the barber - Shows up to support his client, what a Stand up fella! So, what this article is really about is sharing the process to get from a mere twinkle of an idea in my eye to a real-life motorized and lit-up 8.5-foot-wide minifigure scale model of the International Space Station, in an… ahem… “crisp” 1.5 years. I’ll walk you through the major elements of the build and my process in this article,...

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. For a recent issue about Classic Space, we created a Mini Vic Viper. What is NoVVember? NoVVember is a LEGO MOC theme month centered around the ‘Vic Viper’ style of spaceship. Based on a sprite from the Gradius game series and popularized by the late Nate “nnenn” Nielson, the Vic Viper style is distinct with a specific alignment of wings and fins. Here are a few examples built by BrickNerd superfan Scott Wilhelm, currently on sale to raise funds for Creations for Charity. Now allow us to tell you a bit about this charity before we get back to spaceships. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Creations for Charity raises funds to give LEGO to kids in need around the world, so go buy a...

Today we’re thrilled to showcase a special interview with Azurekingfisher, a talented LEGO artist from Japan whose creations blend geometry, color, and motion into a distinctive aesthetic. Many of these works were recently featured in the Masterpiece Gallery at LEGO House, so prepare for a journey through creativity, form, and artistic philosophy. Color Choice Ann: Hello and welcome to BrickNerd! It’s wonderful to explore these remarkable creations with you. Azurekingfisher: I am very honored to be asked to participate in this interview. Thank you. Ann: First of all, your sense of color is exceptional. Your “LEGO Flower” piece, for example, practically lets us smell spring in the air. Is your color selection a long, deliberate process, or is it more of an intuitive habit? Azurekingfisher: I’ve been familiar with LEGO bricks since I was a child, but I began building in 2013. The “LEGO Flower” that BrickNerd noticed was made in...

Amazon has started some early LEGO Black Friday 2026 deals going on where you can save up to 50% off select sets. • LEGO Botanicals Mini Bonsai Tree (10373) – $44.99/31% off• LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Wild Animals: Majestic Rhino (31171) – $41.99/30% off• LEGO Disney Simba the Lion King Cub (43243) – $13.99/30% off• LEGO DUPLO Caring for Animals at the Farm (10416) – $34.99/30%• LEGO DUPLO Train Bridge and Tracks (10426) – $27.99/30% off• LEGO Fortnite Peely Bone (77072) – $84.99/15% off• LEGO Friends Space Research Rover (42602) – $34.99/27% off• LEGO Friends Stargazing Camping Vehicle (42603) – $20.99/30% off• LEGO Friends Andrea’s Modern Mansion (42639) – $139.99/30% off• LEGO Harry Potter Thestral Family (76458) – $48.99/30% off• LEGO Icons Fountain Garden (10359) – $69.99/30% off• LEGO Ninjago Wolf Mask Shadow Dojo (71813) – $95.95/20% off• LEGO Star Wars Grogu with Hover Pram (75403) – $49.99/50% off• LEGO Technic Ford...

After the release of the LEGO Icons Tropical Aquarium (10366), LEGO has revealed an upcoming LEGO Insiders reward item coming soon with the LEGO Fish Tank (5009626). There is no information yet on how much Insiders points it will cost or when it will be available but but the link does say Black Friday so we can assume it’ll be available then or even before during the LEGO Insiders Weekend event. The set has 150 pieces and it features a small fish tank that sits on a rock cave. Inside the tank, there’s a larger blue fish that looks like a blue tang fish with some smaller ones surrounding it along with some plants. The post LEGO Insiders Fish Tank (5009626) Reward Item Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The first half of 2025 saw Warren and me working on a multi-model commission for American Airlines to go on display in their museum as part of their centennial celebrations. This article was originally published on our own website by Warren, but BrickNerd suggested that its readers might be interested in hearing more about one section of this project: scale models of the fleet’s history. Introduction This part of the AA project took up a big percentage of the time. After all, what would any exhibition of an airline be without the planes that they have flown over the years? When we started planning the exhibition, it was clear we wanted to include a number of aircraft from throughout the history of American Airlines from the earliest planes, right through to the present day. So we decided on five different planes, all iconic in one way or another. (Jump straight to...

The LEGO Icons Tropical Aquarium (10366) is now available for purchase on the LEGO Shop. The set has 4,154 pieces and retails for $479.99. With your purchase of the Aquarium, you can also get the LEGO Icons Fish Tank Filter & Fish Food (5009823) attachment as a gift with purchase set. This promotion will run from now until November 19, while supplies last. The set features a brick-built aquarium filled with a variety of plants and coral along with four different fish, seaworms, sea snails, and a crab. There is also some dials and cranks to use to animate the animals. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Icons Tropical Aquarium (10366) Now Available on LEGO Shop appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has started a new LEGO Ideas building challenge where they want you to Design a Vendor Cart and the winning build will become an official LEGO gift with purchase set. The build is part of their City Life Creations where it can fit in any LEGO City or Modular Building layout. The build must contain between 150–200 elements and the cart cannot be a motorized vehicle. You have until December 10 to submit your build. For being the winner, you can get the following: • 10 complimentary copies of their LEGO Ideas set• Credit and a bio as the LEGO Ideas Fan Designer in the set materials• 10350 – Tudor Corner The post LEGO Ideas Design a Vendor Cart Building Contest for Future GWP Set appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran