Today’s guest article comes from Canadian AFOL Justin Speers who has previously shared his experience on BrickNerd about building modular buildings. Today he shares about a special anniversary for SortLUG. A good portion of BrickNerd’s readers have probably heard of SortLUG, maybe through mentions in various articles or experiencing it themselves. Well, it has now been three years since SortLUG’s formation! Happy Anniversary! The ‘standard’ SORTLug logo. But how did SortLUG begin and how has it lasted so long in a post-pandemic world? Do we really just sort LEGO all the time? Born After BrickCon Organized by Jenn Cavin (aka The Brick Chick), it is generally agreed that SortLUG started their first weekly Zoom meeting on the second Friday/Saturday of October—and we have met every Friday since then. Back in October of 2020, the world was very much in the thick of “the Pandemic” (cue ominous music). By then, many people...

The LEGO Shop has updated their offers page and it has been confirmed that there will be a LEGO Insiders Double Points event starting next week. From October 10-15, you can earn double points o your entire purchase on the LEGO Shop and in LEGO Brand Stores. Now is a great time to have it with so many new sets that have been released since the last time which was back in June. The post LEGO Insiders Double Points Event Coming October 10-15 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Coraline: The Pink Palace by Thebigchicken is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,999 piece build features the apartments from the animated movie and also proposes minifigures of Coraline, Charlie Jones, Mel Jones, andn Alexander Bobinksi. The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, LEGO Anatomy, and WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979 as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Coraline: The Pink Palace Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

This past summer, LEGO released a flagship set for the new season of LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising with the Ninjago City Markets (71799). This set comes in at 6,163 pieces and retails for $369.99. I will say beforehand that I am not the biggest Ninjago fan so if I miss or don’t mention some of the many sticker references, please forgive me. Minifigures With a set this size, it’s not surprising that it comes with a whopping 21 minifigures, 19 of which are exclusive to this set. The minifigures include Lloyd, Nya, Detective Zane, Blacksmith Kai, Urban Arin, Urban Sora, Miss Demeanor, Hounddog McBrag, Chamille, Dareth, Cyrus Borg, Racer Seven, Gayle Gossip, Vinny Folson, Sushimi Chef, Baker, Boat Vendor, Street Vendor, Borg Store Employee, Tea Vendor, and Dojo Kid. Lloyd is in his green ninja outfit from the new season. The torso has some metallic gold detailing on both sides with...

The WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979 by Daniel ASC is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,999 piece build features the World Trade Center Twin Towers from 1979 which also has the Vista International Hotel that was still under construction during the time. The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, and LEGO Anatomy as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979 Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The rumors have been confirmed as LEGO has officially announced the LEGO Animal Crossing theme on social media. The theme is based on the highly popular Nintendo game which originally came out in 2001. The sets are slated to be released in 2024 as reported by the set names that were revealed last week but we only had the set numbers for them. In the teaser you can see that the characters will be minifigures which include Rosie, Bunnie, Marshall, Kappa, Fauna, Julian, Isabelle, and Tom Nook. The minifigures do give off FABULAND vibes, don’t they, with their big anthropomorphic heads. The post LEGO Animal Crossing Theme Officially Announced appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today we take to the skies on a journey to one of my favourite themes in the wonderful world of MOCs. It´s time for a technique spotlight on (drumroll please…) LEGO floating islands! I think floating islands are just amazing, so I´m very happy to share with you some very cool examples of them from around the community. Why, you may ask? Well, as with all the technique/theme-spotlights we’ve featured here on BrickNerd, I hope they serve as inspiration so you can build your own. But before you run away and start building, stick around for a little while to make sure you got a good base to stand on. As always, let´s start off with a bang! Here is probably one of the my favorite floating islands ever, and no surprise it’s Cesbrick who’s the creator. And keep in mind he posted this thing in 2015… unreal…Presentation aside (which is...

If you’ve been to past LEGO events and conventions and there are LEGO employees attending, there’s times where they could hand out minifigures representing their business cards. The minifigure would resemble the employee in some ways and would also have their names on it. Since these are fairly rare, and do fetch a premium on the secondary market. Today LEGO has announced that they will be discontinuing this tradition and will only be for the owner family and their Executive Leadership Team. There’s no official reasoning given in the statement but there’s a chance that LEGO could bring it back for other LEGO employees and departments, although there’s no guarantees yet at this point. I was fortunate to get one from a former employee many years ago and I’ll keep it stashed away in my vault. We recognize the culture of trading amongst fans and trading minifigures with employees. We recently...

A new month is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest batch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for October 2023 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...

A Thailand Certified LEGO Store has revealed a couple of upcoming promotions for late October which includes a LEGO Creator Scary Pirate Island (40597) and the LEGO Disney 100 Mini Steamboat Willie (40659). The Pirate Island runs from October 13-22 with a general purchase while the Steamboat Willie runs from October 23-31 with Disney, Star Wars, or Marvel purchases. Of course, the purchase requirements and dates could change for the rest of the world but do expect these two promotions to be coming soon. The post Two LEGO October 2023 Promotions Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran