German retailer JB Spielwaren has revealed the Series 25 LEGO Collectible Minifigures (71045) which will be coming in January. The wave has 12 characters to collect and one of them includes the return of the goat figure, albeit a slightly different one than the original. Which characters are you looking to collect? The post LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 25 (71045) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published October 21, 2022. As months pass and seasons change, the year ends with winter… well at least for the population living in the Northern Hemisphere. The days get shorter, temperatures drop, and with that comes the arrival of snow. For many, especially the young (and the young-at-heart), this is a magical time of the year. Fond memories of playing in the snow, ice skating and sitting around the fireplace are cherished in our minds. People decorate their homes for the holidays and for many, building a mini Winter Village inside of their home goes back generations. LEGO is no stranger to this seasonal tradition. With the popularity of the Winter Village Collection theme that started it all in 2009, people young and old look forward to the unveiling of the new set to be revealed. I too got hooked early on at around 2012...

It’s December 1st! For many LEGO fans, the Christmas Season is already in full swing with Christmas music playing 24-7, Christmas trees up and decorated, and lots of wrapped packages underneath with that extra special rattly sound that only LEGO makes. Today is also the day that we start opening our LEGO Advent Calendars with all those fun mini-builds and unique minifigures. C-3PO in an ugly Christmas sweater? Yes, please! I’m sure you’ll see many other LEGO fan sites doing daily posts, analyzing every aspect, minibuild and minifigure from each of LEGO’s five(!?) calendars this year. But here’s a secret: Advent hasn’t officially started yet. It officially starts on Sunday, December 3rd this year. (It only starts on December 1st on years when Christmas falls on a Wednesday, like 2024 and 2030! Who knew!?) So What is Advent? Christmas wreath 2 in 1 Set 40426 modified with tall purple and pink...

Now that we’ve all spent our money between Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays, it’s time to kick back and enjoy our monthly LEGO community round-up! While November traditionally is a jungle of sales announcements, we were once again treated with a smörgåsbord of insightful articles, interesting features and deep drives from all across the LEGO community. We are lucky to have this many outlets and channels that keep creating incredible content, and these are the best of the month. Here at BrickNerd, we celebrated Nerdvember and wow, did we get nerdy! We witnessed the heartwarming rebirth of Mega Nerdly and got introduced to a LEGO engineering department. We insured our LEGO collection, created custom light effects for our MOCs, and hacked BrickLink’s Stud.io. We played with LEGO SNOT puzzles, and learned all about LEGO coupling rods and Open L-Gauge. And we chronicled the LEGO minifigure skin tones over time, got nerdy...

Yes, you read that title correctly—we did not misspell nerd! To wrap up Nerdvember, I am going to introduce you to NED. So, who in the world is NED!? To explain that, I first need to tell you about Bricks LA which began in 2015 and sadly held their last event in 2022. It was organized by Ayleen Dority. They had a great run of eight conventions, and it was even part of a small collective of conventions worldwide called Recognized AFOL Networking Events. The last year of the convention brought us a behind-the-scenes look into something rarely seen: a presentation from LEGO engineers about NED, which stands for Novelty Element Development. The presentation came via video conference by Tore Christensen and Andreas Malling Jensen. They gave us a walkthrough of their daily activity and some example projects. This article aims to share that presentation with you and all the nerdy...