Time’s almost up! Nerdvember 2024 is in full swing, and there’s just one week left to bring your animated Nerdly to life!
This year’s theme? Animation—a celebration of everything animated! From Disney classics to Saturday morning cartoons, Studio Ghibli to Brickfilms, we want to see your most creative takes on our mascot, Nerdly. Whether it’s a static build, a kinetic sculpture, or a custom Brickfilm, all styles of animation are fair game.
Here are some of the entries so far!
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How to Enter
Build your animation-inspired Nerdly masterpiece (here are basic instructions as a PDF download).
Submit your entry via our Google form. You can also share on Flickr or Instagram—tag @bricknerdofficial and use hashtags #Nerdvember2024, #BrickNerd, and #Nerdly.
The deadline is Saturday, November 30th, 2024 at 11:59 pm PST (7:59 am GMT on Dec. 1st for the Europeans).
Nerdvember 2024Prizes
Epic LEGO prizes await the top three winners, including:
1st Place: A $200 LEGO spree or Snow White’s Cottage set!
2nd Place: A $150 LEGO spree or Villain Icons and Palace of Agrabah sets!
3rd Place: A $100 LEGO spree or Magic of Disney set!
And the champion also scores the coveted Golden Nerdly Trophy and BrickNerd swag box.
Building Tips
Building a Nerdly is simple! We’re judging on:
Concept: Does it tell a story and scream animation?
Quality & Presentation: Is it well-built, creative, and presented well?
Nerdiness: Does it still feel like Nerdly with a balance of iconic details like glasses, shape, color and studs?
Don’t miss your chance to shine—entries close at midnight on November 30th! Let’s get animated!
Nerdvember 2024: Animation Edition Official Rules
Entries must be inspired by Nerdly and themed on animation or something related and witty.
The contest will be judged by BrickNerd contributors who will evaluate entries based on concept (is the idea clever and related to animation), quality (is the creation built well and feature any NPU), presentation (is the scene composed and photographed in a way that enhances the creation), and nerdiness (does the creation have a balance of Nerdly features that clearly convey the BrickNerd mascot).
Entries should be submitted via Google form and posted either in the Nerdvember 2024 Flickr group or on Instagram tagging @bricknerdofficial using the hashtags #Nerdvember2024 #BrickNerd and #Nerdly. If you don’t have a Google account or either Flicker or Instagram, please email your submission to dave@bricknerd.com.
The contest ends on Saturday, November 30th, 2024 at 11:59 pm PST (7:59 am GMT on Dec. 1st for the Europeans). Winners will be announced a few weeks later.
Please only submit one file for each entry (extras will be removed). If you upload an Instagram gallery, please make the first image the one you want to be judged.
You may enter as many times as you want with unique creations. A single builder can win multiple prizes.
All entries must be new creations. Entries may be updated as long as the contest is still open.
Digital renders are allowed, though the creation must be structurally sound and all the pieces must be available physically. Custom, modified and unavailable recolored bricks are not allowed this time around.
These rules and the prizes may be modified at any point, and prizes may be substituted for comparable items depending on the winner’s location.
What are you waiting for!? Get your Nerdy on and start building! Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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