Quick Build #17: A Halloween Spider
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Welcome back to BrickNerd Quick Builds! We are kicking off the Halloween season with instructions to build a friendly neighborhood spider.
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New LEGO Sets for October 2025 Include Death Star, Christmas, Game Boy and More
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October has arrived which means that new LEGO sets are now available including the Death Star, Christmas sets, the Game Boy and more! And if you use BrickNerd’s affiliate link, you are helping support community-focused journalism with every purchase.
Read MoreLEGO Community Headlines and Highlights for September 2025
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September brought a mountain of interesting articles and fascinating videos from all across the LEGO community. These are some of the best LEGO features of September!
Read MoreHabitats for CMF Series 27: Constraints That Spark Imagination
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Join us for a build-along as ABrickDreamer crafts habitats for LEGO CMF Series 27, and see how constraints like size, part availability and even time spark creativity.
Read MoreA Study In Perspective: The Light of the North Pole
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Lighting can be tricky when it comes to forced perspective and LEGO. See how Josh Parkinson made the horizon shine in his finished North Pole scene.
Read MoreA Study In Perspective: A Snowy Journey to the North Pole
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How do you create a LEGO MOC with forced perspective? Josh Parkinson shares with us his experiments to build the perfect North Pole scene.
Read MoreIntegrated Habitats: The Art of the Seamless Stack
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From seamless scenes to tall towers, integrated habitat stacks are pushing the boundaries of what a LEGO habitat can be. This deep dive explores how builders are rethinking structure, style, and storytelling by breaking barriers—literally.
Read MoreTransforming a LEGO Set to Minifigure Habitats with a Little Disney Magic
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With the Magic of Disney LEGO set, can it be transformed into minifigure habitats for the new characters included? Get ready for another dive into the magical world of minifigure habitats.
Read MoreNext-Level Habitats: Creative Ways to Break Out of the Corner
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LEGO habitat builds don’t have to be boxy. Join us as we get out of the corner to see all the creative ways the community has broken the mold of the stackable standard.
Read MoreSkillful Habitats: The Five Keys To Building Small
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Want to level up your LEGO minifigure habitats? Today we take a tour of the ins and outs of this popular diorama genre and learn the five keys to having greater impact when building small.
Read MoreOne Color, Thirty-Nine Times: An Interview with Caz Mockett
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Take a deep dive into color with builder Caz Mockett who created these stunning habitats for LEGO monofigures. She talks about how she was inspired, which color was the hardest to collect, and what’s the most expensive element in the entire display.
Read MoreInstructions to Expand Your LEGO Succulents
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The LEGO Succulents set is a beautiful introduction to the Botanical collection, but we think it should be a little bit bigger! Here are instructions for three more plants to add to the collection.
Read MoreThomas the Tank: A Sherman WWII Tank in Primary Colors
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The removal of a single word from a well-known vehicular character’s name creates some interesting LEGO mashup material! Make way for Thomas the Tank!
Read MoreEverything You Want to Know About LEGO Pirates
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Ahoy, me hearties! It be Talk Like A Pirate Day! Are you ready to set sail on an adventure through the history of classic LEGO Pirates? Where did it begin, what was it all about, and where has the theme showed up since? Join us on a treasure hunt through history!
Read MoreLEGO Gundam: A Brick-Built Barbatos
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Japanese giant robots look totally awesome but are notoriously difficult to build out of LEGO because of all of the angles articulation points. We chat with Ransom Fern about how he created his latest Gundam, Barbatos: the Devil of Tekkadan.
Read MoreKöf II MOCs: Little LEGO Locos That Can
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Did you know in 1987 LEGO bought their own small locomotive? It was a Köf II, and today we’re bringing you a bit of history and all the brick-built MOCs of this little LEGO loco that could.
Read MorePure Imagination: Inside the LEGO Chocolate Factory
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Hop on a perfectly normal boat ride as we compare the LEGO Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory set with the films to discover all the sweet scenes the model leaves off the tour…
Read MoreLEGO Photo Tips from a Non-Professional Photographer: Part 2, Camera Phone Edition
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How do you take better photos of your LEGO creations if you only have a cell phone? Here are some tips to make your photos shine on a budget, no professional camera needed.
Read MoreLEGO Photo Tips from a Non-Professional Photographer
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A lot of people ask me how to take good photos of their LEGO MOCs, which I generally respond with, “What good photos!?” I’m not a professional photographer, but here are my tips I’ve learned to get the best photos of your creations.
Read MoreWelcome to the Chibi Gang! An Interview with Justin Chang
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It’s time to check back in with the “chibi gang“ and meet one of its newest members, Justin Chang, who is pushing forward the expressive LEGO character style.
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