• MOC

    A LEGO fan exhibition hall with visitors looking at lighthouse, castle and other fan-built displays.
    Inspiration & Features

    Bolton Brick Show Debuts Today. A New Local LEGO Fan Event in England

    Bolton hosts its first Brick Show today, with Northern Brickworks bringing fan builds, activities, competitions and traders to a new local AFOL event.

    Posted on The Brick Archivist
    A LEGO fan exhibition hall with a detailed brick-built Danish town, lighthouse, harbor and event attendees in the background.
    Inspiration & Features

    Skærbæk Fan Weekend. How a Small Danish Town Became a Global LEGO Fan Gathering

    Skærbæk Fan Weekend grew out of LEGO Fan Weekend but is now an independent fan-run event. Here’s how a small Danish town became a meeting point for more than 1,000 AFOLs.

    Posted on The Brick Archivist
    A design workspace with a laptop showing a digital brick model, process cards for community support, crowdfunding and production, and a finished model on the right.
    Guides

    How the BrickLink Designer Program Works. From Fan Design to Limited-Run Set

    A step-by-step guide to the BrickLink Designer Program, from Studio submissions and community support to crowdfunding, limited production and ordering through LEGO.com.

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    Assorted brick elements on a tabletop, including animal figures, minifigure-style parts and building accessories, with a storage box of bricks in the background.
    Parts & Minifigures

    1,800+ LEGO Pick a Brick Parts Are Retiring: What Builders Should Check First

    More than 1,800 LEGO Pick a Brick elements are set to leave once stock runs out. Here are the part groups builders should check first, from animals and minifigure pieces to Castle, Space and useful MOC elements.

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    LEGO fans gather in a bright community hall around MOC displays, a train layout, parts tables and shared building activities.
    Inspiration & Features

    A Light Saturday Feature: What LEGO Fans Are Doing Around the World Today

    On September 19, LEGO fans around the world are meeting at shows, running trains, displaying MOCs, joining build challenges and simply building together. Here’s a light Saturday snapshot of LEGO as a social hobby.

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    A robot inside a computer screen extends mechanical arms into the real workspace, selects minifigure parts from trays and assembles a finished character on the desk.
    Parts & Minifigures

    LEGO Is Bringing Build-a-Minifigure Online. Create a Minifigure Changes How Custom Characters Work

    LEGO is testing Create a Minifigure, an online character configurator powered by Pick a Brick. Here’s how it differs from in-store BAM and why it could be especially useful for MOC builders and city creators.

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    Eight yellow-and-black brick-built construction machines arranged around a larger combined industrial robot made from similar generic mechanical modules.
    MOCs & Builds

    Eight LEGO Technic Mighty Machines combine into a fan-made Devastator

    Fan builder Grohl has combined all eight LEGO Technic 42233 Mighty Machines into a single Devastator-inspired robot. Here is how the MOC works and why the full mystery-box collection is required.

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