With the holidays rapidly approaching, I thought we´d take a look at one of the more recognizable characters from the holiday season, the big guy himself, Santa. My wife loves collecting different types of Santas, so this year I decided to build her one. Now, there are of course, a lot of different ways you can build old Saint Nick; you can go for something classy, or perhaps a beautiful scene with him sitting by the fireplace. I decided on… something else… Usually, before I start building, I like to do some research to see what else is out there on the great big interweb. While searching for “LEGO Santa“ on Flickr, I realized there are a ton of fantastic Santas out there, and a lot of them both brilliant and hilarious. So I figured, why not share this with you guys? After all, the holidays are nearly here so if...

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published December 25, 2022. Happy Holidays everyone! Today I’m going to take you on a mini Christmas adventure making large classic LEGO pine trees. For starters I want our readers to know that this article is not a comprehensive DIY guide. Walking through CNC manuals for machining tools, router settings, and listing out a bunch of decimal numbers would be a tedious read. However, I do hope that this is a fun summary and inspires the maker in many of us. You may even be inspired to do it better! So, whether you are in a woodshop (like this project), dialing in your own 3D plastic printer, or simply want to live vicariously… let’s take a look! Slicing and Dicing As with many large element fabrications that don’t rely on a computer rendering, I started with digital calipers. I sacrificed one actual LEGO tree and...

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published February 6, 2023. I occasionally get asked how to start building MOCs by budding AFOLs. One of my go-to responses is to get two copies of a LEGO set that they enjoy and try combining them and expanding the model into something new. That way, they are already familiar with the building style, techniques and colors and have an easier way to ease into building their own original creations. Another way to get your feet wet is to modify an existing set to customize it to your liking. Go ahead, build an extra floor of the modular, swap the colors of that car to your favorite, or add a feature or two that push the set from good to great in your mind. This practice is commonly known as “modding” or modifying a set to make it even better than ever. With the release...

Many LEGO fans are now counting down the days to Christmas with the LEGO Advent Calendar sets. As you probably know already, these sets have little windows for each day of December with pieces for a small build inside. This year, we got five LEGO Advent Calendar sets from various LEGO themes: the #60381 LEGO […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)

Over the past months, the LEGO Ideas review board evaluated 71 record-breaking product ideas that reached 10,000 supporters between early January 2023 and early May 2023. Yesterday, LEGO Ideas Community Activation Manager Hasan Jensen, and LEGO Ideas Marketing Manager Michelle Ta announced that two of the projects were approved to become LEGO Ideas sets. Below […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)