Best of BrickNerd — Article originally published December 25, 2021. Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you have a merry holiday no matter how you celebrate it—or even if you celebrate it at all. We at BrickNerd are from many faiths and traditions. We speak dozens of languages and represent even more countries. It is that diversity that really brings the richness of culture and breadth of LEGO knowledge that has made BrickNerd such a community the past year. To me and for many Christians, Christmas is more than just a day of gift-giving and family get-togethers. It is the day we celebrate the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ—one of our most sacred Holy Days. Throughout the ages, many people have celebrated this holiday through expressions of art, music, and literature—religious art is part of the human experience as it is a lasting chronicle of history. As such, many artists throughout the...

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published December 20, 2022 with updates from this year’s gift. There is no way to measure how much joy LEGO gifts bring to those that receive them for the holidays. But what about the LEGO elves (aka employees) that work year-round creating wonderful LEGO products? Join BrickNerd as we take a look at each and every exclusive LEGO employee holiday gift. Humble Holiday Beginnings 2009: Heart via brickset LEGO employees have received sets for the holidays for the past fourteen years. This tradition got off to a very modest start in 2009 with a boxed heart model (following a year of the same set in polybag form). Perhaps it was a way of The LEGO Group (TLG) saying “We Original linkOriginal author: John Cooper

A time to reflect and give back, the holidays offer a perfect opportunity to take a closer look at what might just be my favourite part of the holiday season each and every year. Nine years ago, I had the silly idea to start a LEGO Christmas bauble gift exchange – and 220+ custom-built MOCs later, our annual Secret Santa is still my LUG’s favourite activity. Let’s find out what’s behind this tradition that’s slowly depleting the world’s supply of LEGO Christmas baubles, shall we? History of a Holiday Tradition Back in 2015, I found myself in the role of LUG Ambassador for the German online community Imperium der Steine. We had a small team of dedicated members that would organise activities and contests. Clearly, we had too much free time on our hands and many a silly idea got brought to life, be it elaborate MOC-Olympics or even our own printed...

From today, December 26th, until January 4th, LEGO fans can purchase hundreds of older LEGO sets up to 40% off! Some notable sets available at a discount are the #76210 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Hulkbuster at 20% off, the #76215 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Black Panther at 40% off, the #43225 LEGO Disney Little Mermaid […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)

Merry Christmas to all of our LEGO fan friends! I hope you have a warm and wonderful holiday season with family and friends, and maybe even build some new LEGO sets! Below are some wonderful LEGO Winter Village dioramas by LEGO fans from one of my favorite Facebook groups; Fans of LEGO Winter Village. It’s […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)