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BEHIND THE SCENES: Trains connect cities. Bricks connect people.

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  Wh at happens when a designer’s childhood dream collides with a team’s obsession for perfection? A story of invisible battles, stubborn corrections, and the quiet joy of getting every tiny detail just right. Chapter 1: A Boy, a Train, and a Promise Kevin Smith never outgrew trains. As a kid, he’d build makeshift locomotives from Lego-compatible bricks, pretending his bedroom floor was the Union Pacific’s endless rails. Decades later, when tasked with recreating the DDA40X Centennial—a diesel titan born for America’s railroad centennial—he found himself asking: Could a model honor history and still spark the playful wonder he felt as a child? “This wasn’t just about accuracy,” Kevin says. “It was about bridging generations. I wanted retirees who rode these trains and teens who love building bricks to find common ground.” Chapter 2: Form Follows Function The colossal silhouette of the DDA40X locomotive demanded precise translation into LEGO's geometric lexicon. Kevin immersed himse...

Blitz Build: Nifeliz G Panzer Tank Assembles!

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  Unleash the German Steel Beast — now reimagined in brick engineering! The Nifeliz G Panzer Tank isn ’ t just a model — it ’ s a mechanical autopsy of Germany ’ s feared war machine. Designed for obsessive detailers and WW2 tacticians, this set replicates the Panzer ’ s sloped armor, interleaved road wheels, and KwK 36 cannon with brick-by-brick authenticity.

NEW RELEASES - What’s New from Nifeliz in May

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We know May ’ s already in full bloom, and so is our creativity. This month, we ’ re bringing you four different kinds of building experiences. We ’ ve tried to push our own limits, and hopefully spark something for you, too. Here's a little preview of what's landing this May.   Nifeliz Display Series--Nifeliz Chinese Garden Building Set (NF10311, 1877 PCS) We didn ’ t want this to be just another model for display. When we began designing it, we kept thinking about how certain spaces can make you feel — quiet, grounded, present.   Inspired by the philosophy behind traditional Chinese gardens, this build isn ’ t just about pavilions and plants. It ’ s about balance. It ’ s about seeing structure and nature not as opposites, but as part of the same rhythm.   The flowing stream, the stone bridge, the asymmetry — they all echo a slower, older pace. We hope this becomes more than a project. We hope it becomes a pause, a little moment of stillness you can hold in your hands. ...