Spongebob Squarepants – Bikini Bottom by Vaicko is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 1,923 piece build features Spongebob, Squidward, and Patrick’s houses as well as the Patty Wagon and Spongebob’s Bubbles stand. It also proposes minifigures of Spongebob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Gary, DoodleBob, and Squilliam Fancyson. The project joins Dr. Seuss and LEGO, Sweet Honey, The Botanical Garden, The Crown – A Piece of History, Stargate SG1: Embarkation Room, Roscosmos Soyuz MS Spacecraft, Motorized Howl’s Moving Castle, The Stargate, Medieval Seaside Market, Brick Boulevard, Retro Comic Store, Shrek’s Swamp – 20th Anniversary, Baby Green Sea Turtle – Kinetic, Humpback Whale, Shrek’s Swamp, Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct, LED Lamp, Bricks Coffee, Ogel Creek Saw Mill, Hollow Knight: Forgotten Crossroad, LEGO Godzilla, Claus Toys, Twilight: Cullen House, Where’s Wally/Waldo?, V.&T.R.R. #12, Genoa, River Side Lodge, Catan – The Game, Daft Punk – The Robots, Monsters...

In my last review of the LEGO Avatar: The Way of Water sets, we check out Payakan the Tulkun & Crabsuit (75579). The largest set in the wave consists of 761 pieces and retails for $99.99. Minifigures There are three minifigures in the set, the Crabsuit Driver, Lo’ak, and Tsireya. The Crabsuit Driver has a very detailed military torso that could potentially be used as an army builder. The same goes for the legs as well. He has a pretty generic angry face and wears a beanie. Lo’ak has a fairly boring look to him with nothing that really stands out for him. This also goes the same for Tsireya however her torso does show some metallic silver coverings. This is the same minifigure as in the Ilu Discovery (75575). Build Like with all the other LEGO Avatar: The Way of Water sets, there are some small, colorful coral builds that...

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published March 28, 2021. One of the best parts of LEGO is creating new worlds—worlds that often come to life with well-thought backstories. The same goes for paintings, like the work of artist Jakub Różalski who creates alternate universes on canvas. His classic style of paintings often combines a rural landscape with mechs in the background. These mechs often look peaceful but you can feel the silent threat of the machines in the distance. His creative work has been used for the board game Scythe and the recent real-time strategy game Iron Harvest. Recently, members from the Polish LUG Zbudujmy To were inspired by Różalski’s work and decided to use it as the inspiration behind a fantastic online collab. Mihal, one of the builders in the collab takes us through some of the progress. Learning Some History About 1920+ Marco: Thanks for chatting with us today! To...

Wednesday: Welcome to Ophelia Hall by Brickmax. is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,312 piece build features Ophelia Hall from the hit Netflix series, Wednesday. The project joins Dr. Seuss and LEGO, Sweet Honey, The Botanical Garden, The Crown – A Piece of History, Stargate SG1: Embarkation Room, Roscosmos Soyuz MS Spacecraft, Motorized Howl’s Moving Castle, The Stargate, Medieval Seaside Market, Brick Boulevard, Retro Comic Store, Shrek’s Swamp – 20th Anniversary, Baby Green Sea Turtle – Kinetic, Humpback Whale, Shrek’s Swamp, Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct, LED Lamp, Bricks Coffee, Ogel Creek Saw Mill, Hollow Knight: Forgotten Crossroad, LEGO Godzilla, Claus Toys, Twilight: Cullen House, Where’s Wally/Waldo?, V.&T.R.R. #12, Genoa, River Side Lodge, Catan – The Game, Daft Punk – The Robots, Monsters Inc: The Door to Monstropolis, Iljinai Family House, Multi-Tool, Portal 2 Quantum Tunnelling Device. The “Portal Gun”, LEGOLAND Central Station, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,...

Welcome to Narnia – The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe 75th Anniversary Set by Reepicheep90077 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on one of the most iconic scenes from the book and it includes the wardrobe and the White Witch’s sleigh along with other smaller things. It also proposes a slew of minifigures as well. The project joins Dr. Seuss and LEGO, Sweet Honey, The Botanical Garden, The Crown – A Piece of History, Stargate SG1: Embarkation Room, Roscosmos Soyuz MS Spacecraft, Motorized Howl’s Moving Castle, The Stargate, Medieval Seaside Market, Brick Boulevard, Retro Comic Store, Shrek’s Swamp – 20th Anniversary, Baby Green Sea Turtle – Kinetic, Humpback Whale, Shrek’s Swamp, Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct, LED Lamp, Bricks Coffee, Ogel Creek Saw Mill, Hollow Knight: Forgotten Crossroad, LEGO Godzilla, Claus Toys, Twilight: Cullen House, Where’s Wally/Waldo?, V.&T.R.R. #12, Genoa, River Side...

LEGOLAND California has revealed a new addition to MINILAND with our very own LEGO City version of San Diego. Coming in at 1:20 scale, the layout has some of the more well known locations in San Diego such as The Rady Shell, Petco Park, Coronado Bridge, Emerald Plaza, San Diego Convention Center, The San Diego County Fair, and Downtown and Gaslamp Quarter. CARLSBAD, CA (March 23, 2023) – Tour all of San Diego in just minutes! Today, LEGOLAND® California Resort revealed the world’s first LEGO® City version of San Diego. Located only 30 minutes from downtown San Diego in nearby Carlsbad, the new MINILAND San Diego provides locals and out-of-town families the chance to take in the entire city by land and by brick! “San Diego is a beautiful destination filled with stunning architecture, landscapes, and history and there’s nowhere else in the world you can experience America’s Finest City like...

Top of the mornin’ to ya, brick-building aficionados! You don’t have to be Irish to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, so crack a set open (or maybe even a beer) and try your luck building this little guy. Here are instructions to build a LEGO leprechaun complete with a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! We wanted to give you something green and we came up with this green mean money-making machine on your screen. Instructions to Build a Leprechaun The build starts with the stand, which in this case is a pot with no gold. (We'll get there, don't worry, I know you came for the coins.) Right after that, we bring some color to the build with a simple rainbow. Finally, when you have everything built and ready, get around 20 gold studs and just drop them into the pot. See, now you have all the dough...

Deejay Chiama Italia by FACEBRICKUP is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features a radio station room where Deejay Chiama Italia broadcasts his show. The project joins Dr. Seuss and LEGO, Sweet Honey, The Botanical Garden, The Crown – A Piece of History, Stargate SG1: Embarkation Room, Roscosmos Soyuz MS Spacecraft, Motorized Howl’s Moving Castle, The Stargate, Medieval Seaside Market, Brick Boulevard, Retro Comic Store, Shrek’s Swamp – 20th Anniversary, Baby Green Sea Turtle – Kinetic, Humpback Whale, Shrek’s Swamp, Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct, LED Lamp, Bricks Coffee, Ogel Creek Saw Mill, Hollow Knight: Forgotten Crossroad, LEGO Godzilla, Claus Toys, Twilight: Cullen House, Where’s Wally/Waldo?, V.&T.R.R. #12, Genoa, River Side Lodge, Catan – The Game, Daft Punk – The Robots, Monsters Inc: The Door to Monstropolis, Iljinai Family House, Multi-Tool, Portal 2 Quantum Tunnelling Device. The “Portal Gun”, LEGOLAND Central Station, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Amethyst...

LEGO has officially announced the next LEGO Icons set with the Land Rover Classic Defender 90 (10317). Releasing on April 1, the set has 2,336 pieces and will retail for $239.99. LEGO® ICONS 2023 Land Rover Defender 90 – PRESS RELEASE GO ANYWHERE, BUILD AND REBUILD THE NEW LEGO ICONS CLASSIC LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90 16th March, 2023: Ignite the spirit of adventure with the new LEGO® Icons Classic Land Rover Defender 90. Launched as Land Rover celebrates its 75th anniversary, the 2,336 piece set is based on the classic design of the Land Rover Defender from 1983 to 2016 and comes complete with all the accessories needed for an off-road adventure. To celebrate the launch of the set, the LEGO Group placed a bright yellow classic Land Rover Defender in the Scottish Highlands and transformed it into the hardest to reach LEGO Store in the world. In fact, it could...

Today’s guest article comes from Kelly Bartlett who shares how creating multiple drafts of a LEGO MOC can help with problem-solving and the creative process. Recently, I built a LEGO MOC for someone who wanted a 1:1 scale model of a laptop. It seemed like a fairly straightforward commissioned project, but I ended up going through several drafts before I deemed it “complete.” Whether builders design their MOCs digitally or build them with bricks like I do, we inevitably go through various drafts, making changes along the way before arriving at a final product. So let me take you through my process of designing the “BrickBook Pro” and how problem-solving over the course of multiple drafts made the end result a better creation. First Draft: Shape and Color The first draft of any MOC I build is to explore the basic shape and look of the build. It is quick and...