Trondheim in Miniature: Birth of a Custom LEGO Event Kit

Trondheim in Miniature: Birth of a Custom LEGO Event Kit

For the tenth anniversary of the most northern major LEGO event in the world in Norway, the organizers partnered with some of the best talents in the fan community to make a special model. This is the story of how the custom Trondheim Skyline event kit came to be.

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From Gardens to Gambits: An Interview with Cindy Zhan

From Gardens to Gambits: An Interview with Cindy Zhan

We travel to sunny Southern California to chat with LEGO builder Cindy Zhan about her massive MOC, The Garden of Flowing Fragrance, and the Huntington Library in Pasadena that inspired it.

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Bionicle is Back: A LEGO Legacy Hidden in Plain Sight

Bionicle is Back: A LEGO Legacy Hidden in Plain Sight

LEGO is bringing back Bionicle for a Gift With Purchase (GWP) set at the end of the month. We chat with LEGO designers Nico Vás and Niek van Slagmaat about how the set came to be and how Bionicle’s legacy is hidden in LEGO sets all around us.

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Things Are Better With (LEGO) Friends

Things Are Better With (LEGO) Friends

LEGO recently relaunched its Friends theme with the intent of making sets more inclusive and reflective of society today. BrickNerd put those ideals to the test by engaging with educator and LEGO Masters contestant Corey Samuels who led a community event with a new generation of young female LEGO builders to see what they thought of the new Friends.

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100+ New LEGO Sets for January 2023 Include Jazz Club Modular, New Classic Spacemen and the Return of LOTR

100+ New LEGO Sets for January 2023 Include Jazz Club Modular, New Classic Spacemen and the Return of LOTR

More than a hundred new LEGO sets are available for January 2023. If you use BrickNerd’s affiliate link for LEGO.com, you are helping support community-focused journalism—a win-win situation when you get your modular Jazz Club, an official purple or brown spaceman, the return of LOTR, and more!

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