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...

LEGO has revealed a brand new LEGO Art set with the Modern Art (31210) set. Releasing on August 1, the set has 805 pieces and retails for $49.99. The set features a piece of abstract art using various shapes. Explore your creativity with this LEGO® Modern Art (31210) building kit. Make a bespoke piece of modern abstract art by assembling a collection of colorful and differently shaped elements, including rectangles, triangles and circles. Design your own piece of abstract artThere are no wrong ways to create: just experiment and have fun with the limitless possibilities. It’s impossible to make a mistake! The accompanying building instructions are not there to tell you what to do, but rather toinspire you with aspirational images and suggestions for your artistic journey. Hobbies and crafts for adultsLEGO® Art sets offer adult builders a chance to create their own piece of premium wall art while they enjoy...

July is now here and LEGO has just released a small number new sets on the LEGO Shop, some of which are very popular according to early reactions. As far as LEGO July 2023 promotions are concerned, the LEGO Disney 100 Years Celebration (40600) is the only one that is going on and you can it from July 1-9 with purchases of $100 on LEGO Disney products. One thing to note is that the Disney Hocus Pocus – The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage (21341) does trigger the promotion so that’s a huge plus for those who were wondering. Remember to use Rakuten to earn some cash back on your purchases. Disney • Disney Castle (43222) – $399.99 Friends • Horse Training (41746) – $29.99 Ideas • Disney Hocus Pocus – The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage (21341) – $229.99 As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO July 2023 Sets...

Welcome back to Rome! Or, rather, Rocco Buttliere’s 1:650 scale version of it. En route to replicating the entire part of the Eternal City that lay behind the ancient city walls, this world-class architecture building expert has finished Phase I of the monumental task, covering about a tenth of the area that eventually will make up the SPQR project. The city center of ancient Rome, in all its 104.000-brick splendour. Photo © Rocco Buttliere, MMXXIII We sat down with Rocco to discuss the endeavour. If you haven’t already, make sure to read Part I of the interview first, where Rocco talks about how he came up with the idea, his meticulous research, angles and shapes that are difficult to get right using the square medium of LEGO, and using Stud.io during the design process. Devil in the Details BrickNerd: I have to say, my head still hurts a bit from looking...