Medieval Tournament by hello_zol is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,887 piece build features some castle towers along with archery and jousting fields along with a spectator stand. The project joins Spirited Away, Appa the Sky Bison, from Avatar the Last Airbender, Venus Flytrap, Minerals Display, Dreamworks’ Shrek’s Swamp 2, Hello Kitty and Friends – 50 Years, and Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch as the ones to reach the First 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Medieval Tournament Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today is the last day to get your orders in on the LEGO Shop for Double Insider Points on all your orders. This is a good time to get in on it since you can also get the LEGO Year of the Dragon (40611) promotional set with purchases of $85. The gift with purchase set will run until January 31. To celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year, LEGO has released a number of Chinese Traditional Festival sets for 2024. • Red Dragon (31145) – $9.99• Money Tree (40648) – $24.99• Spring Festival Mickey Mouse (40673) – $9.99• Festival Calendar (40678) – $29.94• Auspicious Dragon (80112) – $89.99• Family Reunion Celebration (80113) – $129.99 As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post Last Day for LEGO Double Insider Points on LEGO Shop appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published January 28, 2021. Happy International LEGO Day from BrickNerd! Today we celebrate our love of LEGO bricks from all around the globe—but why today specifically? Looking at history, I believe there are three important events that led to the AFOL community celebrating today’s holiday. These events changed the game in such a remarkable way that we wouldn’t be AFOLs today if they hadn’t happened. The System Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, courtesy of LEGO Let’s start chronologically. In 1954, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, then junior managing director of the company, was traveling to the United Kingdom for a business trip. Along the way, he talked with a manager of a toy department in a Copenhagen store named Troels Petersen. During their conversation, Petersen lamented that there was no “system” in the toy industry. This idea really made an impression on Godtfred who started thinking of solutions. Back...

Best of BrickNerd — Article originally published January 26, 2023. Welcome back beautiful people, it’s time for another LEGO technique spotlight! The last time I did a waterfall technique spotlight I believe I promised you all a look at rockwork. It´s been a bit of a wait (sorry, I blame LEGO Masters…) but the time has finally come. So let´s have a look at some beautiful and creative ways to build… well… rocks. (And cliffs I guess, but that didn´t really have the same punchline-feel to it!) Below I´ve gathered some different types of techniques you can use when building rockwork with LEGO. Because let´s be honest, a lot of things look a lot cooler when they are standing on a big cliff. Slippery Slopes Let´s start off with the basics: slopes. Slopes come in a variety of angles and colours and are the most common way to build rockwork. There...

Welcome back to our tenth LEGO Quick Build! For this one, we are going all-in on superheroes. I like to browse different artworks for inspiration, and I have a few artists to whom I often come back. One of them is Derek Laufman. He has a comic style that I really enjoy and his Chibi characters inspired this build. I built four superheroes in this style, but Batman turned out the cutest with his little gargoyle friend, so I made instructions for it (not unlike this Batman polybag, but cuter!). Of course, you can build any character you like using the same technique (or build a bigger Iron Man with a similar pose). View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Instructions to Build the Gargoyle Let’s start with the gargoyle base. I've used a 4x4 round plate, but you can switch it with a regular 4x4 plate, or even something...