A practical calendar of LEGO contests and community challenges running through September and into early October, with deadlines, entry platforms, and prize highlights so you can plan builds and submissions.
BrickLink Designer Program submissions are open Sept 14–28 for a chance to have a build produced as a BrickLink exclusive.
LEGO Ideas has two contests with early-September and mid-October deadlines (Paradisa and Haunted Halloween), each offering multiple themed set prizes.
Community-friendly contests allow custom parts, digital builds, or no-prize entries—choose contests that match your skills and desired rules.
All things LEGO and the LEGO fan community Home Nerdy About The Bricks September is here, and judging by the contest line-up this month it's surely trying its best to have us forget Summer. There is plenty on offer – be it pirates, trains, or space – so get ready to be inspired and have fun building! We've listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time wisely—especially in a month that always seems to fly by.
Time to build some vacation with some creations full of LEGO Paradisa vibes! Five Grand Prize winners will receive 42691 Garden Restaurant, 21358 Minifigure Vending Machine, 11503 Flower Wall, 21359 Italian Riviera, 11505 Woodland Mushrooms, and 21365 Love Birds. Where to enter: LEGO Ideas More Details Bio-Cup 2026 Bio-Cup, the prime LEGO Constraction contest, is back, and this year, the format is changing.
September 10th Prizes: A variety of Constraction sets and parts! Flickr More Details The Imperial Design Bureau Contest Known stormtrooper variants are often specialised, at times redundant but always needlessly specific – time to design your own ones and make those Imperial military ranks more bloated than ever! Submissions are being accepted September 14th to September 28th Prize:
It’s time for another edition of the LEGO Ideas Third 2026 Review Stage update and this past week has given us four more projects to add to the list. I will say that one of the projects I’m really fond of because I grew up with the show and in the 90s and it was pretty underrated. The Polar Express – Olivier312 Baby Si
Can you believe September just flew by and we’re already getting ready for the LEGO October 2026 set releases. It’ll be a fairly big month with LEGO preparing for Christmas and we have Avenger’s Doomsday right around the corner. As far as promotions go, we for sure know of one which is the LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader’s
Just like that we have another LEGO Ideas Third 2026 Review Stage update and we have seven more projects added to the list. This brings us up to 19 that have hit the 10,000 supporter goal just 2 weeks into the new review period. Subaru Impreza WRC & Colin McRae – TOMOELL Plaza Mexicana – Juanpabloques Supernatural – h2
In our last update before the September 7 deadline, there is now a rush of support for projects in the LEGO Ideas Second 2026 Review Stage . We’re now up to 91 projects that have qualified with only a few days left to go. It doesn’t look like we’ll make it to 100 this round unless there’s a big final push but it may be
Enter to win Take a Chance, Sasha Sinclair! To enter the contest, fill out the form here between Tuesday, September 29 and Tuesday, October 20. Entrants are limited to US residents only and must be at least 18 years old.
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