A new month is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest bunch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for February 2025 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite like a theme or a prompt to take you out of your comfort zone and give you something new to try. Besides, contests are the perfect place to interact with other contestants and judges and get to know your fellow builders. And if you’re like me, a deadline helps make sure you actually finish! We’ve listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time to the best advantage. Make sure to check the LEGO activity calendar for local challenges and events near you. Here at BrickNerd, some of our fondest memories, greatest building achievements, coolest trophies, and best friendships came from LEGO...

The promotion for the LEGO Tropical Rainforest Diorama (40782) GWP is now available. From now until February 12, you can get it with purchases of $150 or more, while supplies last. In addition, you can now also earn double Insiders points as well. Now is the perfect time to get your orders in for some of the newer releases like the LEGO Ideas Twilight The Cullen House (21354) or the LEGO Icons Tudor Corner (10350). Note that the Rainforest Diorama will not work on pre-orders as they changed that rule a while back. Also if you want to get the LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog Badnik Crabmeat (40781), it is now available in the Rewards Center for 2,000 Insiders Points. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Tropical Rainforest Diorama (40782) GWP Now Available appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Welcome back to “The Conversation Piece,” a new BrickNerd series authored by our friends over at the Builder Improvement Initiative (BII), a Discord-based community that helps LEGO builders of all levels get better at their craft through knowledge-sharing and feedback. This will be a place for you to ask all of your trickier questions about creativity and building out of LEGO bricks. Have a question you'd like us to consider for a future article? You can submit it here. Enjoy! What Makes a MOC Outstanding? Anonymous asks: “In your opinion, what makes a MOC outstanding?” “Excellent!” “Great!” “Awesome!” These terms are common currency in the world we live in, and one is so easily traded for the other that choosing among them doesn’t really seem to matter anymore. But in this series, we aim to go a little further down than the surface, so let’s see what we can dig up....

About a week ago, LEGO revealed a new LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog set called the Badnik Crabmeat (40781). At first, we didn’t know how it would be distributed whether it being a regular set that we could buy or it would be a gift with purchase set considering the set number. We can now confirm that it will be available in the LEGO Insiders Rewards Center very soon. It is listed to be available starting today but nothing has been loaded up yet. When it does go live, you can get the 181 piece set for 2,000 points. The post LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog Badnik Crabmeat (40781) Confirmed as Insiders Reward appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It has been announced that LEGO will be doing a Double Insiders shopping event starting tomorrow. From February 8-12, you can earn double points in stores and on the LEGO Shop for all your purchases. In addition, the promotion for the LEGO Tropical Rainforest Diorama (40782) gift with purchase set will go live. It will also run during the same timeframe with purchases of $150 or more, while supplies last. The post LEGO Double Insider Points and Tropical Rainforest Diorama (40782) GWP Confirmed for February 8-12 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran