LEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for March 2026

March kept the momentum rolling on BrickNerd as we brought kids’ drawings to life and explored the art of the everyday kitchen and the world of the abstract. We visited the new space-themed area at LEGOLAND NY and took a trip on a magnificent blue Maersk ship.

We learned how to find your LEGO community, what makes for a good Speed Champions set, and even dived deep into all the different types of plastics used by LEGO. In fact, we’ve published so many interesting articles in March that we’ve included an interactive calendar of them at the bottom of this post, so you can make sure you haven’t missed a thing.

But there are many more fascinating stories to be told from within the LEGO community, so here are some of the best LEGO articles and videos that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of March. We applaud the effort that went into each of these features, so click the headlines or photos to read each story or watch each video. They are well worth your time!

Ben Cossy: Are These McDonald’s LEGO Toys The Best Sets Ever?

Explore the 2001 McDonald’s Bionicle McToran sets, breaking down their simple builds, disc-launching play features, and the surprising creativity packed into their tiny parts selection.

Ben Cossy: Why Does LEGO Hate Ochre Yellow?

Ben digs into LEGO’s newest color, ochre yellow, questioning why it’s been so limited to just a handful of parts like mostly animals and minifigure hair, despite the cost of introducing a new color.

Brads Archives: Is Lego Ninjago Actually Good?

After years of dismissing Ninjago, this deep dive follows Brad’s full reevaluation—watching every season and building a range of sets to finally give the theme a fair shot. What starts as skepticism turns into appreciation, making the case that while Ninjago isn’t perfect, its worldbuilding and sheer staying power make it one of LEGO’s most compelling original themes.

Brick Sculpt: The Original and Ultimate LEGO SNOT Brick

Takes a tour of the classic headlight brick, the original and still most versatile SNOT element, thanks to how it interacts with both bricks and brackets. Learn about its alignment, stud reversal, and its quirky half-plate offsets.

Brick Technology: Why Traffic Jams Happen (with LEGO Cars)

This experiment recreates real-world traffic flow using 22 LEGO cars on a circular track, combining brick-built vehicles, a magnet-guided road system, and programmed driver behavior to show how jams can form seemingly out of nowhere once density crosses a tipping point.

Brickcrafts: Expanding the LEGO Ancient Rome Project

This update to a massive Ancient Rome layout adds a curved Colosseum using tension-based building techniques, along with a detailed underground substructure hidden beneath the arena.

Brickset: Bricks On Display Series

This two-part series explores a meticulously curated display of rare 2×4 bricks to showcase the evolution of LEGO’s most iconic element including variations in form, function, and even how they connect. The follow-up article dives deeper into the bricks themselves, tracing early designs to the breakthroughs that led to the modern system.

Building Together: Does Everyone Actually Hate LEGO?

After being mentioned in a viral video claiming “everyone hates LEGO,” this response breaks down the arguments point by point, highlighting where the critique lands and where it falls apart, making the case that LEGO can be flawed and thriving at the same time.

Cheesey Studios: A LEGO Set So Nice, They Made It Twice

This video dives into LEGO’s long, slightly odd history of recolored sets, from Technic and Bionicle to City, showing how the same build can take on a completely different identity with a new color scheme.

JerryRigEverything: They Said This LEGO Brick Was Smart…

Zack Nelson tears down the new Smart Brick to reveal just how much tech is packed inside, from dense copper coils to sensors and a compact internal system.

LEGO: LEGO Hacks From Master Builders

LEGO highlights five specific designer techniques, from using ship wheels to create circular builds to combining bars, clips, and hollow studs to break free from the grid. It’s a grab bag of techniques like sideways building tricks and finding NPU in anything.

NFTI: 3D Printing a LEGO-Style Castle: It's Finished!

After more than a year of printing, planning, and problem-solving, this massive LEGO castle is finally assembled, complete with working hinges, a functional portcullis, and towering walls nearing 16 feet tall. See it at BrickSlopes this summer and see if you can find the hidden BrickNerd logo inside!

StoneWars: We X-Rayed the LEGO SMART Brick – And Here’s What’s Inside!

If you’ve been wondering what exactly powers LEGO’s new Smart Play system, StoneWars went full mad scientist and ran the Smart Brick through an X-ray machine to find out.

StoneWars: The Functional History of Strange Minifigures

LEGO has a long history of functional minifigures, from Smart figures back to early basketball players. So how did we get from Darth Vader with a glowing lightsaber to one that can make sounds through a Smart Brick?

The Brick Blogger: How I Built Brickonomics - Smart Algorithms to Save Money on LEGO

A computer science PhD student turned AFOL walks through the creation of Brickonomics, a tool designed to solve the surprisingly complex problem of sourcing LEGO parts as cheaply as possible while also tracking the price of sets over time.

The Brothers Brick: Galactic Plastic Fantastic - In Conversation With Spaceship Whiz Nick Trotta

From Classic Space influences to constantly revisiting builds, Nick Trotta discusses his distinctive spacecraft and the deliberate, iterative approach behind them, plus he he focuses on refinement rather than volume.

The Brothers Brick: Behind the Scenes with Pedro Lolli’s ‘The Whimsical Kiss’

Pedro Lollis goes behind the scenes on The Whimsical Kiss, a build that feels effortless at first glance. In reality, it’s a tightly engineered piece where nearly every decision walks the line between delicate design and structural risk.

Tips & Bricks: History of Building - Pre-Classic Era (1949–1975)

This new series kicks off by examining LEGO’s earliest era, focusing on how models evolved and why key design decisions were made. It frames early LEGO as a time when accuracy took a back seat to creativity, helping define the playful, system-driven identity that still shapes builds today.

TrikBrix: The LEGO Western Gold Rush of 1996

Saddel up for this deep dive into LEGO’s 1996 Western theme, exploring the full lineup of sets, minifigures, and standout play features that defined the wave. With some of the best minifig filming and photography we’ve seen, it also reflects on a time when LEGO built entire worlds from scratch—and why that kind of risk feels rarer today.

Toy Photographers: How To Add Haze to Your Scene

This guide walks through the evolution of haze techniques in toy photography, from early DIY attempts like steam and mist makers to more modern tools like vaping, facial misters, and portable smoke machines.

If all of those amazing features weren’t enough to satisfy your LEGO community craving, here is an interactive calendar of everything that BrickNerd has published this last month to make sure you didn’t miss a single article.

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