[Contest] LEGO Micro Build Tournament (February 1-April 1, 2025)

[Toys N Bricks]

Toys N Bricks is proud to announce our 2025 LEGO Micro Build Tournament Building Contest. Choose an 18+ branded LEGO set and rebuild it into microscale format (up to a maximum of 300 pieces). Attempt to make your mini model as accurate as possible to the actual real size version (i.e pieces used to imitate the minifigures).

Contest Rules 

• You must be at least 13 years of age or older to enter. (if you are under 13, parents can submit on their child’s behalf but only the parent can use the account)
• You can build your microscale creation with up to a maximum of 300 pieces. The micro creation must be based on an 18+ aged LEGO set (typically, these are LEGO Hard to Find and LEGO Adults Welcome sets)
• Entries must be completely new. (it cannot be from a past contest, event, etc)
• Entries must be built with LEGO pieces. (no LDD, digital entries, custom brands, custom stickers)
• Entries must be completely new. (it cannot be from a past contest, event, etc)
• Entries must be built with physical LEGO pieces. (no LDD, custom brands, custom stickers, other objects used)
• *All Standard Contest Rules followed.
• All questions and comments can be posted in this topic.

Submit your Entry

• Entries can be submitted here
• Provide the name(s) of your model(s)
• Product description of your creation
• You may upload up to a maximum of 5 photos (no collages please)
• The number of piece(s) used 

You may edit your entry as many times as you like until the deadline (April 1, 2025). Please do not submit at the last minute in case there are any problems or errors. Submit a few days in advance! ( :

Evaluation 
Contest evaluation to be determined. 

Deadline: April 1, 2025

Contest runs for 2 months and ends on April 1, 2025 at 0:00 EST (March 31, 2025 at 21:00 PST). 

*All entries that fail to meet the above guidelines by the deadline may be disqualified.

Prizes

There will be two winners for this contest. Prizes (including taxes and shipping costs) are sponsored and paid for by Toys N Bricks. 18+ LEGO Icons 10350 Tudor Corner Modular Building was just released on January 1, 2025 while LEGO Harry Potter 76446 Knight Bus Adventure will be released on March 1, 2025.

1st Place

• Brand-New Copy of 18+ LEGO Icons 10350 Tudor Corner Modular Building (reg.$229.99 USD / $299.99 CAD / £199.99 GBP / $349.99 AUD)

*1st Place Prize package valued at $229.99 USD plus taxes and shipping. 

2nd Place

• Brand-New Copy of LEGO Harry Potter 76446 Knight Bus Adventure (reg.$49.99 USD / $59.99 CAD / £44.99 GBP / $79.99 AUD)

*2nd Place Prize package valued at $49.99 USD plus taxes and shipping. 

Your country must have LEGO Shop at Home Online for us to order your prize. If the set is out of stock / no longer available at LEGO Shop at Home Online, Toys N Bricks will offer back the retail value of the set in the form of a LEGO gift card. 

Alternatively, if you do not like the LEGO toy prizes being offered, we can offer $229.99 USD / $299.99 CAD LEGO Shop at Home gift card for the grand prize winner and $49.99 USD / $59.99 CAD LEGO Shop at Home gift card for the second place winner. 

Gift card can be used at the official LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home. If the physical gift cards are not available, we will order an E-gift card of equivalent value which can be used at LEGO Shop at Home and for phone orders. Your country must have LEGO Shop at Home Gift Cards available in order for us to purchase it. If your country is not the United States or Canada, we will order an equivalent USD gift card value rounded down to the next $5 increment. Currency conversion will be based on XE.com. 

Toys N Bricks reserves the right to modify or change the rules at anytime. By entering the contest, you have read and understood the rules.

[theshopnerd]

The modular building prize is pretty good...

[Bonnie Mohnsen]

Should the re-build look like the original or something else?

[Ice]

7 hours ago, Bonnie Mohnsen said:

Should the re-build look like the original or something else?

Yes, the build should look like the original but in micro mini scale (up to max 300 pieces). Hope this helps and good luck on the competition! 🙂

[Water Snap]

Hi! Two questions:

1. How many entries can you build for this contest?
2. How small does the scale have to be in order to be "microscale"?

Thanks,

Mo

[Ice]

5 hours ago, Water Snap said:

Hi! Two questions:

1. How many entries can you build for this contest?
2. How small does the scale have to be in order to be "microscale"?

Thanks,

Mo

Hi Water Snap, 

1. You can have one entry for this contest. Other creations that you create can be shared in the other section of the forums.

2. Maximum number of pieces is 300. There is really no scale but usually most 18+ sets are pretty big in size. Having to build it all in 300 pieces is already pretty much microscale.

Hope this answer your questions. If you have more questions, feel free to let us know. Good luck on the contest!

[Raguidel]

I have a question : are 16 plus sets allowed ? Those were the adult oriented sets sets before lego officially called them 18 plus 

 

Edited February 14 by Raguidel

[legobrandon]

5 hours ago, Raguidel said:

I have a question : are 16 plus sets allowed ? Those were the adult oriented sets sets before lego officially called them 18 plus 

 

That's a great question. I just realized the modular building I am planning to create in micro-scale is also labeled 16+. But all modulars are 18+ now.

[Ice]

9 hours ago, Raguidel said:

I have a question : are 16 plus sets allowed ? Those were the adult oriented sets sets before lego officially called them 18 plus 

 

 

4 hours ago, legobrandon said:

That's a great question. I just realized the modular building I am planning to create in micro-scale is also labeled 16+. But all modulars are 18+ now.

Hi Raguidel and legobrandon, that's a great question!

To make things not as complicated, the sets should be labelled as 18+. That being said, I understand that some older sets used to be labelled at a younger age range. If you have an older set targeted towards adults but is labelled under aged 18+, you can ask in this forum topic here for approval. Once its been approved, be sure to post in your entry that you got approved from the admin (so other forum members don't get confused).

Generally speaking, I would approve the modular buildings such as LEGO 10182 Cafe Corner (Aged 16+). This set was released back in 2007.

Hope this helps and I wish you both the best in the building contest! 

[legobrandon]

Thanks for the clarification, Ice! I’d like approval to build the Parisian Restaurant for my contest entry. 

[Raguidel]

Thank you for your answer ! I'd like to build a microscale version of " Welcome To Apocalypseburg ". It is a 16+ set. Is that possible ?

[Ice]

23 hours ago, legobrandon said:

Thanks for the clarification, Ice! I’d like approval to build the Parisian Restaurant for my contest entry. 

Yes, that's fine. 16+ LEGO 10243 Parisian Restaurant Modular Building approved. Thanks legobrandon.

[Ice]

14 hours ago, Raguidel said:

Thank you for your answer ! I'd like to build a microscale version of " Welcome To Apocalypseburg ". It is a 16+ set. Is that possible ?

16+ LEGO Movie 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! approved. Thank you Raguidel. 

[legobrandon]

On 2/15/2025 at 10:42 PM, Ice said:

Yes, that's fine. 16+ LEGO 10243 Parisian Restaurant Modular Building approved. Thanks legobrandon.

Thank you! Trying to fit all the details into 300 pieces or less is more challenging than I expected! Looking forward to seeing the other entries.

[Bonnie Mohnsen]

Permission to do 16+ Diner #10260

[Ice]

2 hours ago, Bonnie Mohnsen said:

Permission to do 16+ Diner #10260

Approved. Thanks Bonnie.