NCLUG returned for their 5th annual Bricksboro at the Greensboro Science Center! We absolutely love our partnership with the GSC and look forward to the first weekend in October every year. This year we had over 50 NCLUG members that gathered for the weekend on October 3rd and 4th. We had some really awesome builds…

On July 18th, NCLUG put on a show in the historic Swanee Theatre in Kannapolis, NC, in a partnership with the Kannapolis Parks and Recreation Department. This was a free show, and the public filled the venue ALL DAY long! It was one in, one out for the majority of the day. The crowd was…

NCLUG was back at BrickUniverse Raleigh this year and better than ever! With over 30 participants, it was our largest turnout yet. We had an awesome weekend interacting with the public and displayers. NCLUG again brought home several awards from the weekend! Congrats to all who had these spectacular builds! With the help from The…

Bricksboro 2025 was held on October 11th and 12th. It was our fourth annual Bricksboro, all made possible by our partnership with the Greensboro Science Center, we appreciate them so much! This was our largest show to date, with almost 50 NCLUG members taking part in the show. Spread out across 70+ tables and over…

Almost 20 members of NCLUG descended upon Chantilly, VA, for BrickFair Virginia 2025 during the first weekend of August. One of the largest LEGO conventions in the U.S., we had a great show and all enjoyed showing off their creations to the public and meeting new people from around the world. Each year, the organizers…

NCLUG was happy to participate in the 11th annual BrickUniverse at the Raleigh Convention Center. We had 24 members participate this year for the most NCLUG has ever had! Over 7,000 patrons came through the event over the weekend. Above are most of the NCLUG displayers, thanks to all that came out! You can see…

For March’s challenge, NCLUG did a build your own Soap Box Derby car! These were modeled after the newer release of soap box derby cars from lego and the only rules were that they had to be built on a chassis from it. We can’t wait to showcase these at shows down the road with…

NCLUG had 8 members display at the Brick Convention in Winston-Salem, on 4/5 and 4/6. We had a wonderful time interacting with the public and spreading the love of LEGO to people of all ages! Bearded Brix debuted his display of the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne for the first time! It was a…

Several members of NCLUG recently attended the Brick Fan Expo’s first show in Charlotte, NC, on March 8th and 9th! It was a wonderful event and had great attendance. NCLUG and the rest of the convention attendees wowed over 4,000 visitors across the weekend with their awesome LEGO creations. Big Thanks to Nick and all…

As we do every February, our MOC challenge for this month was Febrovery – build a rover of any kind, so long as it has wheels or tracks! We had some great submissions for the month, which is your favorite?

For January’s MOC Challenge in NCLUG, we had a 20 brick challenge. Build whatever you want, so long as it is 20 bricks or less! We had some awesome creativity with tons of participation, with 30 builders creating 35 MOCs!! Which is your favorite?

NCLUG had it’s 3rd annual Bricksboro on October 5th and 6th at the Greensboro Science Center. We had a wonderful time and had 36 members who displayed and helped across the weekend, our largest member participation to date. We appreciate our partnership with the Greensboro Science Center, as they supply the meeting space and tables,…

In the lead up to Bricksboro, the MOC Challenge theme for September was a free reign challenge…no theme, no rules, just build something! We had 11 awesome entries for the month from a wide variety of ideas. Which was your favorite??

Hello there! August’s MOC Challenge for NCLUG was to create a minifig habitat. These are uniform in size and can be stacked together and top of each other and we love displaying these at our shows! If you want to build your own, you can find the template here. We had 19 entries last month!!…

On June 29th and 30th, members of NCLUG descended upon the Raleigh Convention Center to take part in the 10th Anniversary of BrickUniverse in Raleigh! It was a wonderful showing, with 14 members displaying their creations, across over 40+ tables, for large crowds across 4 public showing periods during the weekend. With MOCs from traveling…

For June’s theme, it was a free reign – build what you want, no rules! We had some really cool builds across many genres. Which was your favorite? The LUG voted the skyline as it’s fav, well deserved build by Will!

For the month of May, as always in keeping with the season, we have a Star Wars themed MOC Challenge! We had 7 awesome submissions from 6 members. They ranged from a wearable Fleet Trooper helmet to a Scooby Doo Trench Run. Which is your favorite??

For April’s MOC challenge theme, we built a Minifig Habitat with a scene from a movie or tv show. These will be paired with all of our other 40+ minifig habitats that we display at shows. Which was your favorite??

March’s MOC challenge for NCLUG was to create your own Battlepack! We had a great time coming up a group of minifigs and a related side build for them that was under 100 pieces! We had 19 entries this month!! What is your favorite?

Every February, many in the LEGO community come together and make the month Febrovery! With MOC builders pulling together their take on a space rover to go where no minifig has gone before! NCLUG has a recurring MOC challenge during this month to put their best space boot forward! Which is your favorite?

For January’s MOC challenge, the theme was voted to be a monochromatic build, only including one color of brick! We had some really awesome entries! The winner, as votes on by the community, was the above “A Droid’s Day Off,” by Noah. Which is your favorite?

NCLUG had it’s 2nd annual Bricksboro at the Greensboro Science Center on 9.30.23 and 10.1.23. We look forward to this the whole year and appreciate our partnership with the GSC, as we are able to share our love of LEGO with the public and had interactions with over 4,000 visitors this year!! With the crowd…

For August, NCLUG had a MOC challenge theme of minifig habitats! This is an annual challenge, as we continue to build the collection of these to show off at Bricksboro! We had over 20 entries this year and displayed over 40 at Bricksboro! Which is your favorite?

On June 23rd through June 25th, BrickUniverse took over the Raleigh Convention Center for it’s annual LEGO show. NCLUG worked with the show management to be able to group most of our builds together. In the end, we had 9 members from the group display their creations, many of which brought home show awards! Duncan…

June’s MOC Challenge for NCLUG was castle themed, a popular theme with any LEGO fan! We had 9 awesome submissions for this challenge. Which is your favorite?? See more pictures of the submissions below. What will you build with us?

May’s MOC Challenge was fitting for the month, Star Wars! NCLUG put together some great builds for the theme, building a scene from the galaxy far, far away! These and more will be on display at Bricksboro at the Greensboro Science Center on 9.30 and 10.1! Which is your favorite one? Take a look at…

April’s challenge, as voted on by the NCLUG community was Trains! Anything and everything that could be related to trains was fair game. We had some awesome submissions ranging from Darjeeling Limited, to skidding trains to models of real life trains. We had 15 submissions and voting is current under way for the group’s favorite.…

Hello and welcome to our post about the March MOC Challenge for NCLUG. Last month marked the first time we had ever had a microscale build challenge for our My Own Creation monthly event. Microscale LEGO builds are are those that are smaller than minifigure scale. Creators get to use their imaginations in using elements…

This is our first post to start the renovated NCLUG site.