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 August 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...

We don’t talk about new LEGO sets much at BrickNerd—there are lots of other great sites that do that. However to help us keep the quality up and ads down, we need your help. If you are going to purchase any new LEGO sets and want to help out BrickNerd at the same time, we ask that you use our affiliate link for LEGO.com. It is a great way to support community-focused journalism without costing you more than you already spend on LEGO. You can support BrickNerd at the same time you get your new stegosaurus, Darth Jar Jar, McClaren P1, new botanicals, or even the return of Jedi Bob! Even if you just get a keychain using our link, we appreciate the help. See all the new sets at LEGO using the following links: US | CAN | UK | AU. (For all other countries, you can use the US...

July has come to an end, Summer is halfway over, but fret not, there’s plenty to enjoy! So wherever you are – be it on vacation on a beach or on your couch in the living room – we’ve got a sizzling platter for you, full of interesting articles, deep dives and insightful features from all across the LEGO community! We are lucky to have this many outlets and channels creating incredible content, and these are the best of the month. Here at BrickNerd, we followed the Summer Olympics and Bio-Cup and learned all about GBC mechanisms and about color in fantasy builds. We customized Speed Champions sets, made custom cloth flags, prepped for SHIPtember and abandoned instructions outright. We had Christmas in July, took a LEGO set into the pool and traveled to Scotland and around the world. And we celebrated a community champion, a LEGO train layout, and LEGO Club...

When most LEGO fans build sets, they follow the instructions to a T. But there are a few of us who enjoy making alternative creations from a set, just to see what we can build with the bricks provided. Today, just like before, we are going to do just that. Two BrickNerd contributors were given the opportunity to fiddle around with the newest additions to the LEGO Botanical Collection, 10368 Chrysanthemum and 10369 Plum Blossom. So what can they do with such small sets? It’s time for Will and Josh to start plotting with some plants! Let’s turn it over to them in their words… Crazy Chrysanthemums - Will Hafner A few weeks back, BrickNerd received an offer to monkey around with some new sets provided by LEGO, and I tossed my brick in the ring to be considered to rebuild one of the new Botanical sets. Lo and behold, I...

Today’s guest article comes from Caleb Wagoner, a car and sportscar racing enthusiast and AFOL from Virginia. You can find him online on Instagram. Today we’re going to be taking a look at two LEGO Speed Champion sets, 76935 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and 76934 Ferrari F40 Supercar. While the sets you can buy from the shelf starting August 1st are great, I thought it’d be fun to mod them to make each one a little more special. So drivers, start your engines, and let’s get racing! 76935 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 In the last couple of years, NASCAR has changed their cars to be modern racecars, and this set reflects that. I don’t watch much NASCAR myself, but I do watch a lot of endurance racing. NASCAR fielded a modified Next Gen Camaro in 2023 for the Le Mans 24-hour race, so that seems like a...