On July 1st, 2013—exactly one decade ago—Tommy Williamson debuted Nerdly, the glasses-wearing mascot of a site called BrickNerd. (The site actually launched a full six months before that, but the brick-built bespectacled red 2x2 was introduced in the summer.) Nerdly has since become a symbol for all things nerdy about the bricks, popping up in contests and countries all around the globe. History to Live Up To To celebrate BrickNerd and Nerdly’s 10th birthday, we wanted to go big! The plan was to build a 10x size Nerdly to premiere at Brickworld Chicago and then tour around LEGO fan conventions to encourage readers to participate in the BrickNerd Brigade, showing off how they have made Nerdly their own. The plan actually harkened back to a live build at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015 where Tommy built a large version of Nerdly in front of an audience of enthusiastic fans. So one...

The LEGO Super Mario theme will be continuing with the main theme as LEGO has revealed a new set with Larry’s and Morton’s Airships (71427). The set has 1,062 and retails for $79.99. It releases on August 1 but you can pre-order it today. Take the LEGO® Super Mario action into the skies with Larry’s and Morton’s Airships Expansion Set (71427). It features brick-built versions of these 2 Koopalings’ airships. Place LEGO® Mario, LEGO® Luigi or LEGO® Peach (figures not included) in the cockpits and ‘fly’ the airships to activate sound effects and fight a virtual cannon battle. Morton’s airship can also be opened up to create a battle zone in a LEGO Super Mario level. Note: the 71360, 71387 or 71403 Starter Course is required for interactive play. The post LEGO Super Mario Larry’s and Morton’s Airships (71427) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous"...

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 and want to help out BrickNerd simultaneously, we ask that you use our affiliate link for LEGO.com. It is a great way to support community-focused journalism without costing you more than you already spend on LEGO. You can support BrickNerd at the same time you get your Disney Castle, Hocus Pocus house, or Eldorado Fortress. Even if you pre-porder some Dreamzzz or just get a keychain using our link, we appreciate the help. There are also a ton of deals in the VIP center, a Disney 100 with purchase, and a few cool giveaways to enter. See all the new sets at LEGO using the following...

The Flying Scotsman – LNER Class A3 4472 4-6-2 Pacific Steam Locomotive by LOCOBUILDERBEAR1 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,339 piece set features a replica of the real train and can run on official LEGO tracks using Power Functions. The project joins “Big Boy” Locomotive, Retro Arcade, Spartan Helmet of Leonidas, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, The Muppet Show, Red Bull Racing F1 Team RB18 1:12, Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, Western River Steamboat, Dreamwork’s Shrek Swamp, Asterix & Obelix, Venice, Stilt House, Red Bull RB18, Trojan Horse, Red Dwarf: Sleeping Quarters, TaleSpin Seaduck Meeting Seagull, Stud Lane Book Nook, Greenhouse, Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Box: Dark Magician vs Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Phineas and Ferb Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc., Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Taylor Swift “Lover House”, The Motograph, Taylor Swift’s Lover House, and Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: Perry the Platypus/Agent P as the ones to reach the Second 2023...

June is over and we’re in the midst of Summer - time to sit back and enjoy a cocktail of great features, insightful articles and deep dives 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 put LEGO under the microscope and also looked at larger-than-life minifigures. We got nerdy about more LEGO SNOT and (missing) LEGO colors, and looked at how toys might be able to help equaling the playing field. We discovered Rome (twice!) and Venice made from bricks, and visited Sydney, Nevada, the UK, and Kobe, Japan. And on top of that, looked at Bio-Cup villains, went to the arcade, did some alt-building, revived old LEGO themes and 12V train track and talked (to) Big Planes. In fact, we’ve published so many interesting articles...