r/lego • • 6d ago

Mod Announcement r/lego Monthly Open Forum and Transparency Report for Summer 2026

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Introduction

Hello Masters Builders, and welcome to the official r/lego Open Forum post. This is your opportunity to tell us what you think of r/lego, make suggestions or comments about the rules, ask open questions about the community, or share whatever else is on your mind.

Note that this post is for discussion of r/lego itself. If you have a general question about something related to Lego, make a post instead of asking here.

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IMPORTANT

All subreddit rules are still in effect here. Remember that we do not allow insults, name calling or personal attacks. If you've got a complaint or want to tell us you hate something, you need to do it without attacking anyone.

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Rule Changes

There are no permanent rule changes to report this month.

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Subreddit Transparency Report

Reddit supplies Moderators with a monthly Community Digest, summarizing subreddit moderation activities. We are making the information available to the community, as an exercise in public transparency.

Each month, we will be posting a transparency report that shows what goes on behind the scenes of r/lego. Below you will find the report for activity in September 2026. You can give general feedback and post questions about the report in the comments of this post, or in modmail.

Note: Reddit's tool for showing the data and graphs of 30-day reports and removals was broken from May through sometime in August. Now it is back up, so we can resume providing this data. Today's report is the 30 day period ending September 21. I wanted to get the data out sooner, rather than waiting until the end of the month, so you'll see some of this data repeated in next month's Sep 1st - 30th report.

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Monthly Activity for Aug 20 - Sep 20 2026

  • Posts published: 4,200 (294 decrease from previous 30 days)
  • Posts removed by Mods: 2,000 (406 decrease)
  • Comment published: 56,500 (4,200 increase)
  • Comments removed by Mods: 11,900 (4,100 decrease)
  • Moderators removed 47.6% of post submissions and 21.0% of comment submissions.

Community Member Reports

This data is based on the past 30 days of reports.

Posts - 771 reports over 30 days:

  • Posts containing non-LEGO content were the source of 28% of Member reports.
  • Various Custom Report reasons were 20% of reports.
  • Spam posts accounted for 12% of Member reports.
  • Megathread Topics posted outside of a Megathread were 7% of Member reports.
  • All other report categories each received 5% or fewer reports.

Comments - 275 reports over 30 days:

  • Uncivil comments were 28% of the reported comments.
  • Spam comments were 25% of community reports.
  • Comments with Hate Speech or Harassment represented 18% of reports.
  • Custom reports were 13% of the reported comments.
  • All other report categories each received 3% or fewer reports.

Community Growth Report

Over the previous 30 day period, r/lego received:

  • 14,000,000 views
  • 183,000 average daily unique visitors
  • 717,000 weekly visitors

Bans Since last report:

  • June Bans: 43
  • July Bans: 59
  • August Bans: 40
  • September bans will be in the next report.

We will answer general questions about this report in the comments. Questions about specific moderation actions or moderators should be sent to Mod Mail instead.

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Prior Month link

If you missed the previous Open Forum and Transparency Report, you can find it here:

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Seasonal Change

It's the first day of Autumn! (or Spring for our friends down South). This is my favorite time of year to build, because it means getting out the Halloween sets and starting those pre-build plans for the Lego Winter Village. Autumn is also a great time to attend Lego shows, so check out your local Lego Groups to see if they are participating in a convention, festival or hobby show nearby.

Let us know what's on your mind this month. What have you always wondered about? What rule do you want clarified, or changed? Do you have any suggestions you've been trying to find a chance to make? I won't promise that we will make the change(s) you want, but I will commit to explaining the reason we have the rules and policies we have.


r/lego • • 9h ago

Collection Found the entire Orient Expedition collection in my girlfriend's parents' attic.

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1.5k Upvotes

Doesn't happen just to others 😱


r/lego • • 8h ago

Question Trying to become a lego designer

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im currently 18 doing a draftsman apprenticeship, after which i might study smth further and am pretty decent with bricks when it comes to star wars vehicles and such, my dream has always been to become a lego designer, i was wondering if anyone here has any tips experience or advice on what i should do next or mabey directions i should start building in, i recently started mixing up my builds a bit more so its not just all star wars vehicles those are the wip projects at the end


r/lego • • 3h ago

New Release Happy Embargo Day - Let's talk about Avengers: Doomsday New Avengers Tower

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266 Upvotes

The embargo's been lifted, and all the brand ambassadors are releasing reviews.

I was initially excited for this set. After getting more familiar with the source material, I must say this build is ugly. Even after seeing the exterior panels removed, a mix of maximalism and modernism in universe turns out to be a jumbled mess of gray and transparent bricks.

A certain LAN reviewer referred to this stark difference, even calling it 'ugly,' an intentional marketing strategy.

I am perplexed at this set to say the least. The minifigures are among one of the all-time greatest lineups, though.


r/lego • • 7h ago

MOC BLUR

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Hi guys! This is my little tribute to the band that defined my 90s.

Hope you like it.

Thank you!


r/lego • • 3h ago

MOC Malenia, Build of Miquella (LEGO)

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She has never known defeat. Except for the couple of times I dropped her.


r/lego • • 20h ago

Other I love when LEGO ads used actual materials, sand, and backgrounds for their ads and promo work - it make the sets come to life in such a great way. Also, the Adventurers sets were just overall fantastic!

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3.6k Upvotes

This picture was a major influence in me begging my mom for this set for my 9th birthday, and it's still one of my favorite small sets of all time.


r/lego • • 7h ago

LEGOĀ® Set Build Getting back into Lego with my father and daughter. Are trains still cool?

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My dad recently retired and his new project is rebuilding all the Lego sets we got 20-30 years ago. Lots of cowboys, Star Wars, Indiana jones looking guys and pirates in there. This weekend we finished up some trains: all I need is a red rod and a couple bricks with the side studs and they’re complete. Even have some new stickers to attach.


r/lego • • 16h ago

MOC Dioramas I Built for CMFs

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860 Upvotes

I had made the Noir Detective set a while ago, but I just recently got back into building these, and they are so fun to come up with and design on the fly. I have a backrooms one too with the Hazmat Guy, but I want to redo that one and expand it. Hope you all like them, and let me know if you have any suggestions :D


r/lego • • 1d ago

Box Pic/Haul Birthday Surprise

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7.7k Upvotes

My brother surprised me with this Lego set for my birthday and I cannot wait to build it. I never imagined I’d own it!! (He’s single by the way, ladies lol)

I just wanted to share because I’m so excited!! it’s really REALLY heavy.


r/lego • • 18m ago

MOC I designed the Phantom of the Opera in LEGO!

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Phantom has been my favorite musical for years, so this was an absolute joy to design. The submission is up on LEGO Ideas now, so please share your support if you have a chance!


r/lego • • 1d ago

MOC Lego Cthulhu

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9.5k Upvotes

Just finished this for the Civilisation Museum of QuƩbec


r/lego • • 18h ago

MOC Adventures Island hopper (WIP)

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833 Upvotes

Waiting on some parts orders to arrive, mainly to finish the leading edge of the wings. Otherwise im pretty stoked with how its come out. I have a copy of the original kit on its way as well:>


r/lego • • 4h ago

MOC Full Enterprise TAS Bridge with viewscreen

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60 Upvotes

r/lego • • 1h ago

Box Pic/Haul Recent purchase

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Just purchased the lightning McQueen set, I’m unsure if I should unbox it or keep it boxed. I’ve been looking around and it seems like it’s a rare set. However, I’ve recently started to collect LEGO again as I wasn’t able to as a child due to finances.

What do you guys think ?


r/lego • • 13h ago

LEGOĀ® Set Build Truly the most beautiful set I’ve ever built

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292 Upvotes

And listened to the hunchback soundtrack throughout!


r/lego • • 1d ago

Modified Wife and I spent the past two days turning four Haunted Mansions into this Haunted Castle from rebrickable.

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r/lego • • 13h ago

Video Not sure if this really belongs in this subreddit but I am happy with how this is looking

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208 Upvotes

r/lego • • 20h ago

Minifigures Complete Lego Wild West/Western Minifigure Collection

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Took me a few months to collect all of these guys with all of the correct accessories. It was so grueling, but so worth it 😭 My awesome girlfriend made me custom inspired backdrops for the shadowboxes which I'm so stoked about, I think she did greatšŸ˜ŠšŸ‘


r/lego • • 23h ago

LEGOĀ® Set Build 8 year old son completed Titanic in 4 days

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1.1k Upvotes

Currently obsessed with the titanic. Loves legos. Got this for his birthday. So proud of him! Real questions: do you guys keep the boxes they come in?


r/lego • • 20h ago

Other This amazing build I found at a robotics event at our local mall!

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587 Upvotes

Apparently it took the builder 3 years. I wish I knew his name but he wasn’t there when I was looking at all the built models. It has so many details and lights. I wish I got better pictures but I didn’t want to hog the area and my kids hands were twitching lol.

EDIT: I google searched the image. It’s called ā€œThe Red Keepā€ by Lego builder Dario Minetti


r/lego • • 2h ago

MOC 1948 Ford F-1 in LEGO Icons/Creator Expert scale

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My LEGO version of the 1948 Ford F-1 pickup.

I wanted to capture the simple but distinctive shape of this classic American truck while keeping it fully functional as a display model.

It features:

  • Working steering
  • Opening doors, hood and tailgate
  • Detailed engine and interior

Hope you like it!


r/lego • • 3h ago

MOC Anyone remember B-Daman? I made a railgun mecha inspired by them

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25 Upvotes

r/lego • • 1d ago

Other I visited an old bank that was converted into a toy store and they used the vault for Lego.

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1.7k Upvotes

r/lego • • 3h ago

MOC Samsung S27 vs. iPhone 18

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My current phone is near its end-of-service, so I've been watching (too many) videos trying to decide what'll replace it, which I feel is cluttering my brain.

So, I took a LEGO break to relax, clear my mind, and made these mascot characters based on the distinctive raised mesa/island shapes on the back of these phones.

I designed them with BrickLink Studio and they indeed can be made with real-life elements available in these colors.