The Brothers Brick LEGO Builder of the Year 2024 [News]
That weird period between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve is coming to an end. Normally a stretch where time seems to disappear, here at TBB Towers we’ve used the intervening week to whittle down our LEGO Builder of the Year shortlist. Making that list was a heck of a job in and of itself! But while everyone was pitching their nominees, and we had our discussions, there was one name that kept on cropping up. A builder who demonstrated creative flair, made clever use of unusual parts, and did so to an exceptionally high standard. Most impressive of all, it was all done with remarkable consistency – we wrote about their creations a whopping 19 times across the year.
That builder, and The Brothers Brick LEGO Builder of the Year 2024, is Maxx Davidson!
Maxx’s creativity shone through several times throughout the year, particularly with his pun-based builds. And we love a good pun at TBB, especially when there’s a LEGO build associated with it! Stuffed Crust-acean is a pun worthy of recognition on its own merit, let alone with its accompanying #TimeforCrab build. (An honourable mention to his Fish and Ships, too.)
He really got stuck in to some of these monthly building challenges. For FebRovery, we were treated to not one, but two superb food-based builds. But it’s Maxx’s Mechtober entry that really wowed us. Air fresheners, batteries, thread bobbins, padlocks, and more make up this Junk Drawer Mech. One builder’s trash may be another builder’s treasure, but in this case, they’re one and the same!
It’s normally a good thing when a builder creates something unforgettable – but there were a couple of builds that, while we appreciate the artistry, we might rather forget. We weren’t sure whether to love or hate Maxx’s Reverse Mermaid, for instance. And let’s not even talk about that muscular minion.
What that minion did have going for it was some clever parts use, another area where Maxx killed it in 2024. You will have seen several of his builds use a minifigure baseball bat as part of his Iron Builder bout (although some of the Iron Forge creations we saw were just as good). But he kept it up throughout the rest of the year, too – this frog prince and his mushroom stool are great examples of it.
While we may take it seriously, ultimately, we all take part in this hobby because it’s fun. And that’s something that really shows in Maxx’s builds – they always put a smile on our face. So congratulations, Maxx Davidson, on being crowned The Brothers Brick LEGO Builder of the Year 2024! We can’t wait to see what you make in 2025 – but for now at least, you can chill out for a bit!
Take a look through all of Maxx’s featured builds in our archives. And why not see what illustrious company he’s now keeping? These were our builders of the year in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016.
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