August brought no shortage of great LEGO content from around the globe! Here at BrickNerd, we travelled to BrickCon.PH in the Philippines, Paredes de Coura in Portugal, Comic-Con in San Diego, BSBT in Germany, and even to Epic Universe in Florida to help LEGO Toothless find the real one! We built a battle pack of trees, an Iron Man mini bust, an awesome Nerd Mech, the new One Piece sets, and a slightly disturbing long-arm Benny. We talked to builders about minifig-scale Pokémon characters, a fabulous national park collaboration, and an impressive cheese slope mosaic while delving into the history and meaning of FROGust. We even explored Middle Earth, started a First LEGO League team, looked at physical and inspirational tools for MOC builders, and explored the engineering principles and polygons needed for SHIPtember. In fact, we’ve published so many interesting articles in August that we’ve included an interactive calendar of...

It’s almost the holiday season and LEGO has revealed some new LEGO Iconic Christmas set coming this October. Snowman Ornaments (40812) – 168 pieces/$12.99 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Make wishes of a white Christmas come true with this LEGO® Snowman Ornaments (40812) building set for kids aged 6 and up, which includes 2 adorable snowman figures. Girls and boys will have lots of fun building the snowman toys and admiring all the cute details, including their charming carrot noses. There’s an adult snowman who wears a top hat and holds a gift and a child snowman who wears glasses and a beanie and holds a lantern. The snowmen figures also include hanging rings so, once they’re complete, they become LEGO Christmas ornaments that kids can hang on the tree or use as part of a festive display. Festive Gingerbread House (40809) – 498 pieces/$39.99 Ready for...

LEGO has revealed a new LEGO Star Wars Christmas set with the Gingerbread AT-AT Walker (40806). Releasing on October 1, the set has 697 pieces and will retail for $59.99. The set features a smaller scale AT-AT Walker but in gingerbread style and it includes an exclusive gingerbread Darth Vader minifigure as well. Inspire kids’ imaginations during the holiday season with the festive LEGO® Star Wars Gingerbread AT-AT Walker (40806). A brilliant Star Wars gift idea for boys, girls and fans aged 10 and up, this Christmas craft building set features an AT-AT with gingerbread-house-style decoration and a Gingerbread Darth Vader LEGO minifigure. Pose the legs of the AT-AT, open the cockpit and flip up the sides of the main compartment to reveal the cozy interior: there’s a seat by the fireplace for Darth Vader, a table, drinking cup, cookie and candy cane elements, stockings hanging on the wall, a pile...

September is now here and there are some new sets that have dropped on the LEGO Shop. The main set for today is the LEGO Harry Potter Hogsmeade Village – Collectors’ Edition (76457) which coincides with the LEGO Harry Potter Back to Hogwarts event which runs through September 7. Besides that, we also have the new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Collectible Minifigures as well as the new wave of Wicked: For Good sets. In addition, we have the new Nike sets and finally the launch of the LEGO Advent Calendars for various themes. For the Back to Hogwarts promotions, we have three gift with purchase items that you can get. The exclusive Hogsmeade Sign (5009867) is only available when you purchase Hogsmeade Village – Collectors’ Edition (76457). The Quidditch Lesson (30706) polybag is with Harry Potter purchases of $40 or more. Lastly is the Hogwarts Castle: Room of Requirement (40770) with...

LEGO has officially revealed a new LEGO BrickHeadz Fortnite set featuring Drift & Raven Figures (40884). The set has 280 pieced and will retail for $19.99. We’ll have to wait and see if this is listed as a regular set you can buy or a gift with purchase set because the last time LEGO revealed a Fortnite BrickHeadz, it changed from one to the other. Build iconic video game collectibles with this LEGO® BrickHeadz Fortnite® Drift & Raven Figures (40884) building set for kids aged 10 and over. Gamers create Drift, who wears a pink hood and white mask, and Raven, who wears a dark hood and feathers, before adding their awesome Pickaxe and sword accessories. The BrickHeadz set makes a great gaming gift for boys and girls, who can use the LEGO Fortnite toys for imaginative role play or as video game decor. Set contains 280 pieces. The post LEGO...