The Brickform Blog

Spooky Brick Builds: Haunted Houses, Pumpkins, and Monster Minifigs

October 2, 2025

From haunted houses to brick-built pumpkins, Halloween is the perfect time to get spooky with your bricks. Discover creative builds and custom minifigs that capture the Halloween spirit. Read more...

Slow Builds for Sloth Day: Relaxing Projects You Can Take Your Time On

October 2, 2025

On International Sloth Day, slow down and savor the joy of building. These LEGO-compatible projects are designed to be easy, creative, and calming — perfect for anyone who wants to... Read more...

Mindful Building: How Creative Play with Bricks Supports Mental Wellness

September 30, 2025

Brick by brick, wellness takes shape. Explore how mindful building with LEGO-compatible pieces helps reduce stress, improve focus, and bring calm to your creative routine. Read more...

Building Beyond Earth: LEGO-Compatible Space Creations You Can Make at Home

September 24, 2025

Blast off with Brickform! This guide shows you how to create out-of-this-world LEGO-compatible space builds at home — from rockets and rovers to pixel mosaics of the cosmos. Read more...

Fall Brick Décor - Pumpkins, Leaves & Tiny Lanterns

August 28, 2025

Sweater weather, but make it studded. 🍂 This step-by-step guide shows you how to build pumpkins, leafy garlands, and tiny lanterns with LEGO-compatible bricks—fast, fun, and perfect for autumn décor. Read more...

Retired Set Spotlight: 21322 Barracuda Bay, 7 Details to Love

August 27, 2025

Raise the sails—our retired set deep dive is live. We break down why 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay still rules: the island-to-ship conversion, smart texture work, cozy micro-scenes, and simple... Read more...

Pixel Art 101 (Dot Day Edition)

August 26, 2025

From photo → pixels → bricks. This Dot Day guide shows you how to transform photos into LEGO-compatible pixel art with sizing tips, palettes, and mounting ideas for clean, display-worthy... Read more...

Back to School Brick Desk Buddies: 3 Tiny Builds to Tidy Your Desk

August 25, 2025

New semester, new chaos—fix it the fun way. Build a pen cup, phone stand, and cable clip with LEGO-compatible parts in under 30 minutes. Simple steps, low cost, big upgrade... Read more...

Lego History Part 4: Brick by Brick - Lego's Comeback and Modern Renaissance (2000-Present)

August 24, 2025

After a 2003 loss and a brush with bankruptcy, LEGO sold its parks, simplified its brick ecosystem, and rebuilt around quality and homegrown hits like NINJAGO—before conquering pop culture with... Read more...

Lego History Part 3: Innovation and New Challenges (1980s-1990s)

August 22, 2025

The 1980s–1990s were LEGO’s great expansion: classroom kits, monorails, Technic breakthroughs, and programmable robots. But by 1998, costs and complexity met changing play trends—LEGO posted its first loss, then pivoted... Read more...

Lego History Part 2: The Plastic Revolution & LEGO’s Golden Era (1958–1970s)

August 20, 2025

With the brick perfected, LEGO went all-in on plastics and scaled worldwide. This golden era delivered wheels and trains, North American production through Samsonite, the first LEGOLAND in Billund, DUPLO... Read more...

Lego History Part 1: From Wooden Ducks to Plastic Bricks (1932–1958)

August 18, 2025

Before space sets and minifig smiles, there was a small workshop in Billund. Part 1 traces LEGO’s leap from wooden ducks to plastics—how leg godt became LEGO, why quality became... Read more...