Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published December 1, 2022. Sometimes Nerdvember just isn’t long enough for all the incredible deep dives we have planned for you here at BrickNerd, so today and tomorrow we are happy to present a short series on LEGO investing where we will try to quantitatively answer the perennial question, “Is LEGO a better investment than gold?” 1. Introduction Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Art… & LEGO? In December 2021, the Guardian Newspaper in the UK published an article with the headline ‘Investing in LEGO may be ‘more lucrative than gold’. It reported on the work of Victoria Dobrynskaya, an associate professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at HSE. The research concluded that the annual return from investing in LEGO was 11% per year (8% in real terms) based on a sample of 2,322 LEGO sets over the period of 1987 to 2015. Image by 9_fingers_, via...

Last night was the finale of LEGO Masters Season 4 and we now have two new LEGO Masters as well as the set that will be made into an official LEGO set in the future. If you didn’t know, the winners will be flown to Billund to meet with LEGO designers with the winning build be turned into a new set. Before you read on, there are spoilers if you didn’t watch the show. The team of Christopher (DuckBbricks) and Robert are your newest LEGO Masters and their 8ft by 8ft build of the World Wonderliner will be displayed at the flagship LEGO Store in New York. Their build features a plane with three core icons of their most memorable travel experiences which include the Kenyan baobab tree, the Forbidden City, and the Colosseum. The release of the set won’t be out for at least another year or two but expect...

LEGO has officially revealed the new LEGO Ideas Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera (21345) which will be available on January 1. The set has 516 pieces and will retail for $79.99. You can actually pre-order the set starting today on the LEGO Shop. The Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera features a working viewfinder, the iconic Color Spectrum, exposure compensation dial, and a shutter button so you even can load and eject the illustrated photos. Also included is an opening film door to load LEGO Polaroid Photos in. There’s also a buildable Polaroid Time-Zero Land Film pack and three LEGO Polaroid illustrated photos. Lights, Camera… Build! The LEGO Group and Polaroid launch the new LEGO® IDEAS: Polaroid OneStep Camera for photography aficionados and LEGO builders everywhere! The LEGO Group and Polaroid has today unveiled the new LEGO® IDEAS: Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera. Originally conceived by LEGO fan Marc a.k.a. Minibrick Productions (@minibrickYT), bringing Polaroid’s...

LEGO has brought back the the LEGO Houses of the World 4 (40599) on the LEGO Shop as well as starting a new promo for the Winter Fun Add-on Pack (40610). Like before, the Houses of the World will require a $250 purchase while the Add-on Pack will be the same as the previous sets which needs only a $50 purchase. Both promotions looks like the last ones for 2023 as they will be ending on December 24, while supplies last. To get your orders by Christmas with standard shipping, you’ll have to get your orders in by December 19. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Houses of the World 4 (40599) & Winter Fun Add-on Pack (40610) Promotions Live on LEGO Shop appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO Store on JD.com has revealed the upcoming 2024 LEGO Year of the Dragon (40611). Like with previous sets based on the Chinese Zodiac animals, the set represents the Dragon which is for 2024. It’ll most likely be available on the LEGO Shop some time in January as a gift with purchase set. There’s no information yet on the price requirements but it’s usually around the $80-$88 range since the Chinese pronunciation for eight sounds similar to the word fortune. Thanks to Dylan Chow who was able to access JD.com to grab the images. The post LEGO Year of the Dragon (40611) GWP Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran