Hey BrickNerd fans! Long time, no see! I emailed Dave the other day to see if he needed an article for the month and if we have posted anything space-related in a while. “Wait, who are you?” he replied. Exactly! If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed a multitude of various sci-fi vehicles rolling through your Instabook, Facegram, TockTick feeds. I figured I’d feature a few for FebRovery here on BrickNerd, based on several criteria that are vaguely floating around in my head, and in no particular order. SpringTime Let’s start things off with Whitetron Color Research, in The Planet Frost series by Frost. It’s been a long winter here in Vermont, and something about this, in spite of it being on an alien world, reminds me of springtime. The rover itself has great wheel-to-chassis proportions, ready to take on the most challenging terrain. Even if it’s just to...

Two weeks ago, the UK’s largest LEGO event and only official AFOL Networking Event landed in Manchester for its eleventh year: Bricktastic 2025! I was all signed up, packed up, and ready to roll to the convention when our beloved cat fell ill, meaning that I stayed behind, leaving my husband to brave the crowds alone. Luckily, many friends were there to greet him—and luckily for BrickNerd readers, they were more than happy to share their experiences from the weekend. There were hundreds of AFOLs to choose from, so let’s hear from a few who had very different experiences at Bricktastic 2025! The First-Timer: Nicole Nicole is one of the most wholesome LEGO content creators you’ll ever come across—and I’m hugely proud of her progress in building both LEGO and confidence. With a bit of gentle encouragement, she started to create her own MOCs and now builds live for her viewers...

Welcome back to “The Conversation Piece,” a BrickNerd series authored by our friends over at the Builder Improvement Initiative (BII), a Discord-based community that helps LEGO builders of all levels get better at their craft through knowledge-sharing and feedback. This will be a place for you to ask all of your trickier questions about creativity and building out of LEGO bricks. Have a question you'd like us to consider for a future article? You can submit it here. Enjoy! Can I Have Too Much LEGO? Anonymous asks: “How does lack of parts impact our building style? What links can be drawn between collection size and the need for original solutions?" The importance of a LEGO collection’s size has always been a point of debate. Some may be quick to quote a familiar green friend from the 80s: “Size matters not!” After all, it is in the mind—not in the expanse of...

Today’s guest article for International Women’s Day comes from Meredith Najewicz, a builder from Atlanta who has built colorful creations from towering New Hashima buildings to epic Elves-inspired landscapes. The Importance of Visibility Every year, especially in these post-COVID and “Adults Welcome” times, the AFOL community seems to keep getting larger and bringing in new fans from all walks of life. Some of the most well-known people in the LEGO social media world are now, in fact, women, such as EllieVToys and Emmasaurus. Progress is always a wonderful thing. However, this International Women’s Day, I asked BrickNerd if I could highlight women in our community who are helping to “make a seat at the AFOL table” for women and others who are new to the community. Now you may be asking “Why is this important?” so I’ll do a quick trip down memory lane to explain. Displaying at my first AFOL/LEGO...

Jan Beyer has handed out his last exclusive minifigure business card as a LEGO employee. In this third and final part of his farewell interview with BrickNerd, we take a look back at how The LEGO Group has changed over the past two decades—and find out what Jan is up to now. (You might want to read the first and second parts before we begin.) Jan Beyer with his minifigure counterpart, the exclusive business card that only very important LEGO employees now get to hand out 21 years. That’s how long Jan Beyer was a LEGO employee. In that time, The LEGO Group went from almost bankrupt to the most valuable toy manufacturer in the world. Some journey! “Yeah, when I started out, there were some really tough years. The company was in the middle of their worst crisis. We got no bonuses and people were fired. We were down to...