Constructive criticism within the LEGO community can be hard to give and take, especially between two people of vastly different skill levels. I’d like to share some thoughts that I used recently when my soon-to-be TFOL and I collaborated on a project for a LUG display. He’s a decent builder for his age but has difficulties with the revision processes. I was not at all sure how it would go—we have similar personalities and interests, which can lead to a good time or a lot of head-butting. “Let’s Play a Game” Display, Featuring CLUE, Warhamer 40K, D&D, Chess, Settlers for catan, jenga, and Mobile Frame Zero. Thanks to Parker G and Chris H for the Mimic and Jenga respectively. Overall, things turned out very well, but unfortunately, I only have pictures of the finished product. My family enjoys playing board games, and I decided to do a board game-themed table at...

Best of BrickNerd — Article originally published January 5, 2023. Celebrating 90 years of play, LEGO brought back one of its most iconic sets much to the delight of LEGO Space fans everywhere—Galaxy Explorer 10497 (a quasi-UCS remake of the original 497 Galaxy Explorer from 1978). This was an amazing love note to both fans who grew up with the original set and all subsequent fans that have fallen in love with the Blue, Bley (Medium Stone Grey) and Trans-Yellow colour scheme that has become known as the so-called Neo-Classic Space (NCS) theme, best represented by superstar builders like Pete Reid:  Neo Classic Space LL 497 by Pete ReId During the anniversary, Castle fans were also appeased by probably one of the coolest sets of 2022 with a (big castle) which also (sorta) released with a fitting Gift With Purchase (GWP) hearkening back to the original Forestmen. Sure the Lion's Knight Castle was about...

In 2024, LEGO City brings back two reoccurring sub-themes; LEGO City Fire and LEGO City Police. Another extensive LEGO City sub-theme this year is LEGO City Space. We talked about the LEGO City Fire and LEGO City Space sets already (see links at the end of this post), and today, we will take a look […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)

Today, the LEGO Group and Asmodee announced their first jointly-crafted board game, Monkey Palace. The game will be officially unveiled to retailers and industry partners at the Nuremberg Toy Fair and will be available for purchase from October 3rd at Spiel Essen, the world’s largest board game convention, and from select leading retailers around the […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)

Can you imagine how awesome the spacecraft and bases on planets will look in 100+ years as humans start to explore the cosmos? Using LEGO bricks, the LEGO Ideas team is looking for the greatest intrepid explorers on LEGO Ideas to build space exploration vehicles and planetary bases! Space scooters, hoverboards, and balloons could work […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)