And with that the first month of the year is over! A flurry of reviews and set announcement is behind us – time to take a look at what else this lovely community had to offer! We have a smorgasbord of insightful articles, interesting features and deep dives from all across the LEGO community on offer – care to join us? We are lucky to have this many outlets and channels that keep creating incredible content, and these are the best of the month. Here at BrickNerd, we visited Brickvention, went back to Vic Viper school, topped by Gringotts and broke into its vaults. We put our winter village back into storage, sent the new DreamZzz sets to talented French builders while we also remixed a Friends mansion. And we learned all about forced perspective (in two parts, no less!), unleashed Orctober and glinched with Galidor. We even published instructions for a broody...

Brickvention 2024, an AFOL Networking Event, was recently held at the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia. It’s now in its 18th year and continues to attract some of the best builders and most enthusiastic AFOLs from around Australia and other countries. This year, around 280 exhibitors displayed their creations, with an additional 250 non-exhibitors attending the convention day. Around 15,000 members of the public visited the exhibit over the weekend of January 20th and 21st. So let’s take a tour of Brickvention 2024! Brickvention 2024 exhibitors State library of victoria by Brickman Even though the public event is held over two days, Brickvention is really a four-day convention. Everything starts on Thursday morning as the exhibit is set up and the AFOLs greet their new, old, and soon-to-be friends. Friday is the convention day. The day is devoted to guest speakers, games, and workshops and with the added...

Getting hooked into vintage LEGO 12V trains is a descent into madness not unlike the world of classic cars. Both hobbies consume unreasonable amounts of time, money, and nerdy street cred! Luckily, my addiction is not the “collector” flavour, but rather the restoration artist. I am happy to find 12V train sets or element specimens in any condition and restore them to showcase condition (as described in my previous article on 12V track restoration). This also involves “remixing” classic 12V era train models—that is, rebuilding them using a very restrained combination of both old and modern LEGO elements to a contemporary re-interpretation. It would be too easy to blame my exploration of vintage LEGO 12V trains on my friend Holger Matthes since the release of his incredible book LEGO Eisenbahnwelt (shown below). No, this passion for 12V trains started with my exploration into the 12V electrical accessory system (shown below). I...

LEGO released a large wave of new sets in January, but they kept a few of them for February as well. With Valentine’s Day coming up, the freebie this month is the #40679 LEGO Love Gift Box with purchases of $75 or more. This offer is valid until February 14th at official LEGO stores and […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)

An interesting press-release appeared in the LEGO newsroom, announcing a new film titled PIECE BY PIECE that will be in theaters this fall. Below are the details. PIECE BY PIECE is an unparalleled motion picture experience that captures the magic and brilliance of Pharrell Williams’ creative genius, one LEGO brick at a time. Uninterested in […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)