LEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for August 2024

Where does time fly? August is nearly over, the first Christmas candy has invaded grocery stores, and once again we got a lot less building done than what we promised ourselves. But today we’re serving you a good excuse and are delighted to present another smorgasbord of insightful articles, interesting features 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 got started with GBC, looked at LEGO radios and LEGO letters and visited visited San Diego Comic Con. We dressed up with Jack Skellington, learned about magical creatures in LEGO Harry Potter and admired life-sized LEGO cars. We looked at life after LEGO Masters and reflected on 20 years in the LEGO community. And we even looked at appreciation tokens and their Gugick origins and published instructions for an upscaled LEGO tree and more! In fact, we’ve published so many interesting articles in August 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 August. 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!

Beyond the Brick: Complete Convention Tour! Brick Rodeo 2024

If like many of us you couldn’t make it out to Brick Rodeo this year, this video is what you’ve been looking for. Covering the convention floor and all the creations, Beyond the Brick give us a complete look at what we missed out on – or provides us with a great reminder what was on display at Brick Rodeo this year!

Brickset: From concept to submission: LEGO Ideas 'Bob Ross: Studio & Paintings'

Every few months a new LEGO Ideas set or two get greenlit after months or even years of the creators working on it, improving it and campaigning for it. Get a glimpse into how an Ideas submission comes together by Dutch AFOL Bricknificent who lays out in detail how he conceived his Bob Ross themed submission, still on its way to 10K.

Business Insider: Why Lego Is So Expensive

Over the years LEGO has gotten the reputation for being an expensive hobby. Some sets cost more than modern mobile phones after all, and once you look at the aftermarket, some vintage sets command eye-watering prices. So how did we get there? Business Insider might just have the answer.

Cheesey Studios: Revisiting Exo-Force: DEVASTATION!

Cheesey Studios and Exo-Force – a gift that keeps on giving… He might be a Minecraft Youtuber but Caleb’s loving tributes to old LEGO themes are a monthly treat. They deserve kicking back with a snack or two to just listen to the man be excited about the toys that made us. And what’s not to like about early-2000s mecha?

Davidz90: I have written a free book about Lego clocks! (via Eurobricks.com)

Some people dedicate their lifes to an idea and become experts in their field – and if we get lucky, they share their knowledge afterwards. After 10+ years of building LEGO clocks, Eurobrick’s Davidz90 has written a book on the subject, complete with renders and illustrations, gear ratios, escapement mechanisms and whatever other scorcery one might want to dabble with when build LEGO clocks. Oh, and there’s even instructions for a small clock!

Iron Builder Podcast: Season 7 Round 1: Gerrit vs Sandro

One of the recent highlights coming out of the MOCing community is the Iron Builder podcast – and this latest one is another treat: Gerrit Gottschalk and Sandro Quattrini join Hejjo/Neon5 and tell us all about the joy and perils of the green Koopa shell. If you were interested in competing in Iron Builder or simply like to learn from some of the best builders out there, this one-hour-long episode is worth listening to!

matyho kostky: Milan Reindl: There are already two of us from the Czech Republic among LEGO designers (translated)

There are few designers as revered in their field as Milan Reindl. The first Czech LEGO Designer and long-time AFOL is a staple of the LEGO Technic community and when he doesn’t create impressive LEGO Technic models for a living, he creates alternate models in his spare time. Find out more about Milan, what makes him tick and some cool stories about LEGO Design in this in-depth interview.

Tips & Bricks: BEGINNER SERIES: Lesson 12 - Landscaping Terrain & Rockwork

LEGO landscaping can be a tough nut to crack: If it’s bad it stands out and if it’s great it really just supports the build that is sitting on it. This post that is part of Tips & Bricks’ beginner series will equip you with a ton of different techniques that will level-up your landscaping techniques!

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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