LEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for May 2021

LEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for May 2021

At BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks. But there are so many more fascinating stories from within the LEGO community that are worth your time. So here are some of the best LEGO articles that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of May.

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The LEGO Space Race: Behind the Scenes of Brickmania's Custom Kits

The LEGO Space Race: Behind the Scenes of Brickmania's Custom Kits

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Brickmania designers Austin “Camera Guy” Granger and Amanda Feuk created these Titan II GLV and Gemini Spacecraft models and discover what is the biggest challenge of creating custom LEGO kits.

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Breaking the Mold: Crazy Legs Kickstarts into High Gear

Breaking the Mold: Crazy Legs Kickstarts into High Gear

The LEGO community has always pushed the limits of the LEGO minifigure when it comes to dynamic poses. But Guy Himber from Crazy Bricks has always looked to “break the mold” and grant new flexibility to customizers and LEGO fans alike. We chatted with Guy at length about his newest Kickstarter project “Crazy Legs” and how they might impact the fan community.

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100 Days of BrickNerdiness

100 Days of BrickNerdiness

It has been 100 days since we launched the new BrickNerd! Our international team of LEGO superfans has worked hard to get nerdy about the bricks and highlight the best the LEGO community has to offer. But we need your help.

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LEGO Community Headlines & Highlights for March 2021

LEGO Community Headlines & Highlights for March 2021

At BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks. But there are so many more fascinating stories from within the LEGO community that are worth your time. So here are some of the best LEGO articles that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of March.

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Welcoming Spring with a Burst of Beautiful Butterflies

Welcoming Spring with a Burst of Beautiful Butterflies

The first day of spring can feel like a breath of fresh air, a chance to begin again, and an excuse to spread your wings—the same three feelings I get from looking at Kelly Bartlett’s stunning LEGO butterfly artwork.

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Building the Blue Cottage

Building the Blue Cottage

Andrea Lattanzio (Norton74) is known for his realistic LEGO scenes with organic landscaping and realistic vehicles. His newest country creation is a small and cozy blue cottage, and he shared his work-in-progress photos with us for a behind-the-scenes look at this idyllic forest scene.

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New LEGO Sets for March 2021 Have Something for Everyone

New LEGO Sets for March 2021 Have Something for Everyone

We don’t talk about new LEGO sets much at BrickNerd—there are a plethora of other great sites that do that. However to help us keep the quality up and ads down, we need your help. If you are going to purchase any new LEGO sets, we ask that you use our affiliate link for LEGO.com (or from any of your other favorite LEGO sites). It is a great way to support us without costing you more than you are already spending on LEGO. Thank you in advance, and now back to more awesome LEGO nerdiness!

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And the Winner of Nerdly Strikes Back Is…

And the Winner of Nerdly Strikes Back Is…

The wait is over! The results of our Nerdly Strikes Back contest are in! Judging this LEGO contest was HARD because of how awesomely varied the submissions were. Without further ado, the Golden Nerdly trophy goes to…

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Support BrickNerd (and Get Swag!) By Becoming a Patron

Support BrickNerd (and Get Swag!) By Becoming a Patron

BrickNerd has brought together an amazing group of international contributors and we are excited to continue highlighting the fan community—but we need your help. Today, we are launching the BrickNerd Patreon— and some pretty cool swag!

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LEGO Community Headlines & Highlights for January 2021

LEGO Community Headlines & Highlights for January 2021

At BrickNerd, we celebrate getting nerdy about the bricks (I mean, you’ve read some of our articles, right!?). So we are starting a new series curating the best LEGO stories that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month.

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The Classic LEGO Theme You Should Vote For

The Classic LEGO Theme You Should Vote For

To celebrate LEGO’s 90th anniversary, the company is letting fans vote for a classic theme that will be the inspiration for a new singular set released in 2022. But which of the 30 themes on the ballot should you vote for? Our BrickNerd team weighed in and came to the conclusion that the single perfect LEGO theme to make a comeback is…

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Diving Deep with Dino Dudes: An Interview with Guy Himber

Diving Deep with Dino Dudes: An Interview with Guy Himber

The LEGO community encompasses many people from designers in Billund to builders far and wide and thousands of enthusiasts in between. At LEGO fan conventions, you get a good cross-section of where all these people come together with builders, photographers, resellers, printers, and engravers sharing their passion projects. One of the frequent faces at these events is Guy Himber of Crazy Bricks who I got nerdy with chatting about his recent project of prehistoric proportions, Dino Dudes.

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