LEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for November 2023
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 about LEGO typography and even explored the hidden math of LEGO circles. In fact, we’ve published so many interesting articles in November that we’ve included an interactive calendar of them at the bottom of this post so you can make sure you didn’t miss a thing.
But there are many more fascinating stories to be told from within the LEGO community, so here are some of the best LEGO articles and videos that caught our contributors’ attention throughout the month of November. We applaud the effort that went into each of these features, so click on the headlines or photos to head to each story or video. They are well worth your time!
Brickset: Interview with Tim Johnson, Author of LEGO Space 1978-1992
If you’re into Classic Space, you likely already got your copy of this highly anticipated compendium of LEGO nostalgia. And if you haven’t ordered it yet, this great interview with the author Tim Johnson (of New Elementary fame) might just convince you to do so!
DuckBricks: Unboxing Secrets with the Creator of LEGO Bionicle, Christian Faber
Chris Lee of DuckBricks meeting Christian Faber was bound to happen, and this video seems to be perfect proof. Watch them unbox Bionicle lore and other secrets in Christian Faber’s studio in Copenhagen. And this is just the first video of many…
Jamie’s LEGO Jams: Making An Air-Powered Wind Instrument Using LEGO Pneumatics
We’re constantly amazed by what ingenious builders can do with LEGO bricks. If you were lacking an instrument to play, Jamie has you covered with a LEGO organ.
LEGO Insiders Community: Making the LEGO House Masterpieces
Stuart Harris, the LEGO House Master Builder, has been at the heart of the LEGO House and its experience design for more than ten years. Hear him talk about how it all came about!
New Elementary: LEGO Part 4042 - Curved Bar with Axle End and 1 x 1 Round Plate
One of the more interesting LEGO elements released this year is a transparent bar with studs on both sides. See Thomas Jenkins explore its geometry, use cases, and interesting techniques.
Rebrickable: Designer Spotlight - Brick Artisan
Brick Artisan is one of the most popular creators on Rebrickable. For only having been around for three years, he’s made quite a name for himself – time for Rebrickable’s Nathan to sit down with him and ask him for some tips and how he’s turned his hobby into a full-time job.
Stuck in Plastic: LEGO Festival of Play – Stockholm, Sweden
If you’ve been lucky enough to meet the Stuck in Plastic crew in person at a fan event, you might have been able to take a photo using their photo studio. They had one at the LEGO Festival of Play in Sweden earlier this month but also set up a gallery of their beautiful artwork. Find all the lovely (minifigure-focused) images linked to in the article – they are well worth it with a cozy cup of cocoa in your hand!
The Rambling Brick: 40601 Majisto’s Magical Workshop - Finessing the Figures
Were you lucky enough to score the wonderful tribute to Majisto’s Magical Workshop? Find out how to upgrade the minifigures with existing pieces to create what might just be the ultimate Majisto and Dragon Knight minifigures currently possible. Richard has you covered!
Tips & Bricks: Technique Analysis - Mini Houses by -Brixe
Marion Weintraut (Brixe) is well-known for her incredible ability to build the most intricate microscale models using unlikely pieces in ingenious ways. Tips & Bricks dissected some of her recent builds in this great technique analysis – we’re sure you will be surprised by what Marion managed to hide in these builds!
Tips & Bricks: Tips - Brief Overview of LEGO Robotics
Wondering how to get into LEGO robotics? Lost in the jungle of options from almost three decades of different systems? Tips & Bricks has you covered and summarizes all the different systems available in this handy overview.
toon boom: Flying Bark Productions on Assembling LEGO Monkie Kid’s Animated Series
Something that rarely gets the spotlight are LEGO’s various TV shows for its different themes. Monkie Kid has had a widely positive reception – but how exactly does something like this come together? toon boom got to speak with Sarah Harper of animation studio Flying Bark about their collaboration with the LEGO Monkie Kid team and the process of working on the show.
If all of those amazing features weren’t enough to satisfy your LEGO community craving, here is an interactive calendar of everything that BrickNerd has published this last month to make sure you didn’t miss a single article.
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