A new month is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest bunch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for February 2024 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 contests, so we really hope you try some of these out. We look forward to seeing what you build!
Rover month is back! Grab your bricks and create small rovers inspired from LEGO Space themes or from any Sci-Fi universe. Just follow your imagination! The only rule: it must be a trippy ground vehicle with wheels or treads (the number is up to you). Any color schemes are allowed. Read about the history of Febrovery here!
Deadline: As long as it’s February, it’s FebRovery!
Prize: No prizes, just awesome rovers!
Where to enter: Flickr
(Credit for the photo to Huw Gwilliam.)
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What makes the LEGO Ideas Polaroid Camera unique is that it doesn’t take photos! But what if it could?
We’re challenging you to create photos not shot on a LEGO Polaroid Camera. We’re looking for brick-built scenes that feature the iconic Polaroid film frame showing off scenes and memories which are very special to you, or creative wonders that are works of art.
Deadline: February 8th (6:00 am EST)
Prize: Grand Prize Winner will receive 21345 Polaroid Camera, 21342 The Insect Collection, 21343 Viking Village, 21338 A-Frame Cabin, 21335 Motorized Lighthouse, A Polaroid Now Generation 2 Camera in Black, and 2x Polaroid Color i-Type film.
Additionally, two runner-ups will receive 21345 Polaroid Camera, 21342 The Insect Collection, and 21340 Tales of the Space Age
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
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Can you imagine how awesome the spacecraft and bases on planets will look like in 100+ years as humans start to explore the cosmos?
Using between 150 and 250 LEGO bricks, we’re looking for our greatest intrepid explorers on LEGO Ideas to build space exploration vehicles and planetary bases! Space scooters, hoverboards and balloons could work to get people where they need to go. But what about when they get there? We’d also love to see crazy futuristic homes for Minifigures to stay in, filled with futuristic tech.
Deadline: February 21st
Prize: Two Grand Prize winners of this contest will get the exclusive opportunity to have your model transformed into a new LEGO Ideas Insiders Reward set and 10 copies of the final set. On top of that, they will also receive 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, 21340 Tales of the Space Age, 42158 NASA Mars Rover Perseverance, 31152 Astronaut, and 42180 Mars Crew Exploration Rover. Four runner-ups will each also win 42180 Mars Crew Exploration Rover and 21340 Tales of the Space Age!
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
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BrickCentral Thieves and Outlaws Challenge
This month is going to all be about rule breaking! Put on your bandit hats and bring out your swag bags as February’s theme is thieves and outlaws! I want to see your Lego imaginations run wild with scenes showing your characters getting up to no good! It could be some western outlaws robbing the local bank, a band of pirates taking some treasure that isn’t theirs or a gang of cheeky monkeys stealing precious bananas from the local fruit seller!
Deadline: February 27th
Prizes: Just the fun of building with LEGO!
Where to enter: BrickCentral Discord
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The Natural History Museum is ready to open and is looking for more things to exhibit! What would that look like if you could build the perfect exhibition to go into The Natural History Museum?
Deadline: March 7th
Prize: If you are the Grand Prize Winner of this challenge, you’ll receive 10326 The Natural History Museum, 10297 Boutique Hotel, 10312 Jazz Club, and 40681 Vintage Hot Dog Truck. Two runner-ups will also receive 10326 The Natural History Museum, 40681 Vintage Hot Dog Truck, and 10329 Tiny Plants.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
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Space pirates is about treasures, avoiding the Imperials and drinking in taverns... but in space! It's a fun theme that brings fun one-eyed-captains, grim soldiers and angry tiki warriors straight through the centuries to live more exciting adventures with robot parrots and laser sabers! And with three unique and exciting categories, there’s room for everyone!
Deadline: March 10th
Prize: Category A: Pirate Crew, First prize: 90€ to spend at the online Lego store - B: Sailing the river of time, First Prize: 140€ to spend at the online Lego store, Second Prize: 100€ to spend at the online Lego store - C: Rum for everybody! First Prize: 140€ to spend at the online Lego store, Second Prize: 100€ to spend at the online Lego store
Where to enter: Eurobricks
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A Storm Brewing BOBS Challenge
Strange events have been taking place in the New Haven sea - ships gone missing, unusual weather patterns, kraaken sightings, and billowing volcanoes - and now it's the bravest of the brave who are venturing out to find out what's up!
Dive into the world of the Brick Seas as we prepare to launch into Era III! As we’re working on all the details for the new Era there will be several fun challenges to keep you busy and excited for what we have coming too!
Deadline: March 31st
Prize: First place winners in both categories will get their choice from four custom Brethren of the Brick Seas faction minifigures commissioned from Rocky Mountain Minifigs. Second place winners in each category will get to choose from the remaining prize figures not selected by the first place winners.
Where to enter: Eurobricks
More DetailsHappy building! See you here next month for our next LEGO community contest list. And if you would like us to add a contest, please email dave@bricknerd.com.
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