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BEHIND THE SCENES: How the Nifeliz Asil Sports Car Became a 4099-Piece Legend

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Where engineering meets artistry, and every detail stands out of the crowd. The Spark: A Glimpse of Inspiration   It all started when Senior Designer Leon C stumbled upon a striking car image during a casual browse—a low-slung, aggressively styled machine that seemed to defy stillness. Though he never intended to replicate it, that single image ignited a vision: What if this presence could be captured in building blocks?   Leon's goal wasn't to clone a supercar, but to interpret its soul—the sharp lines, the poised stance, the illusion of speed even at rest. The result is the Nifeliz Asil Sports Car (NF10293), a 4099-piece homage to extreme automotive design, built to deliver both visual impact and mechanical engagement. Design Philosophy: More Than Meets the Eye   Leon approaches each model like a detective studying a case. "Some designs impress at first glance," he says, "but the ones that stay with you reveal something deeper the longer you look." ...

BEHIND THE SCENES: The Race Car Too Fast for Your Shelf

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Every brick tells a story of motion, even while standing still. When a Big Player Shrinks the Scale If you've never heard of Leon C before, don't worry—you're not alone. He's been behind quite a few impressive builds, most of them big, sprawling cars full of details. For years, he thrived on large canvases where every curve and mechanism could be expressed with bricks, almost like painting with engineering. This time, though, Leon set himself a different challenge: shrinking down to a 1:12 model, a world far tighter than he was used to. Why? He grinned when asked: "I just wanted to see if I could still capture the soul of a racing beast, even on such a small canvas." It was like asking a symphony conductor to write a minimalist solo—simpler in form, but still moving in spirit. And with that, Leon set off to build his own compact tribute to speed, power, and precision. Carving Character Into Every Inch The real struggle wasn't just making it smaller. It was...

BEHIND THE SCENES: The Lotus that Stands Above the Mud

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From the depths of mud, a lotus lifted its head to the light. That quiet defiance became the soul of this creation. A Summer Morning That Sparked an Idea The story of NIFELIZ LOTUS began on a quiet summer morning. Designer Farrin Lyn , once a landscape architect, was walking by a still pond. The surface was wide and green with lotus leaves, dotted with blossoms in different stages of bloom. A frog leapt into the water, dragonflies skimmed the surface, and a light mist drifted in the air. This scene stayed with her. It was calm, yet alive. Later, she began shaping a model that could bring that same quiet beauty indoors - something that feels like a small pond you can keep right at home. One Flower, Many Stories Designing with a single flower type was far from simple. To avoid monotony, Farrin chose to show the lotus in different stages: Tightly closed buds , full of potential. Fully bloomed flowers , vibrant and open. Fading seed pods , symbols of time passing. Together, these elements ...

BEHIND THE SCENES: One Stem, A Thousand Stories

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THE GLADIOLUS  -  A FLOWER THAT STANDS TALL Sword-shaped leaves. Towering blooms. A name born from the Latin gladius, “sword.” The gladiolus has always been more than decoration - it is a symbol. In ancient Rome, these flowers were offered to warriors as a tribute to courage. In the East, they came to embody quiet strength and noble character. Even today, the gladiolus carries the same message: standing tall, calm and unwavering, needing no explanation. “We considered other flowers - daffodils, lavender, lily of the valley. Each looked nice but lacked presence: too pale, too clustered, too dependent on companions. Gladiolus stood apart. In Eastern culture, it represents strength and noble character; in Western flower language, remembrance and power. A perfect balance of meaning and form.” TO GROW, UPRIGHT The idea began at a morning flower stall. Among crowded buckets of stems, one purple gladiolus rose straight up - unyielding, as if reminding the world that plants, too, can ...

BEHIND THE SCENES: From Broken Prototypes to Living Motion

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“A jet stream, frozen in motion, waiting for your hand.” SOME IDEAS JUST WON'T LET GO. The night Leon finished the L6 engine model , his lamp was still on. The pistons clicked up and down, but his eyes weren't on them anymore. Weeks earlier, he had seen a video of a jet turbofan spinning - layer upon layer of blades rotating at different speeds, sometimes in opposite directions . It wasn't just mechanics; it was rhythm, like a symphony of gears. He couldn't shake the thought: Could we bring that alive in bricks? One morning, he sent us a sketch - half shaft, half dream, and a row of crooked question marks scribbled in the margins. “Might be tricky,” he wrote, “but it'd be fun.” By then, his desk was already buried under piles of gears and axles. Compared to the V8 and L6, this wasn't a next step - it was an equation nobody else dared to solve . And that was exactly why Leon wanted it. THE HARD PART WAS WORTH IT. The first prototype looked promising. But when L...

BEHIND THE SCENES: How a Christmas Train Became a Brick Legend

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"Some trains carry passengers. This one carries memories." TIME RUSTS STEEL, BUT NOT MEMORIES. Designer Jon wasn't specifically looking for a legendary item that day. He stumbled upon the Polar Express while searching for Christmas gifts online, and that's how our Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive came to be.Its curves softened by fading light, the old steam locomotive seemed alive—like it was breathing history itself. Jon asked himself: "What if this train could live on—not in photos, but in bricks?" Back at his desk, he began sketching, not just to capture the train's form, but the feeling it left behind—steadiness, charm, and that nostalgic pull of simpler times. His vision was to create a building brick set that fans could proudly display, gift as a holiday present , and most of all, hold close like a memory you can touch. HELD IN FORM, FELT IN SPIRIT. Recreating the 1225 wasn't about copying details—it was about finding the soul. The trai...

BEHIND THE SCENES:Where Precision Finds Its Pulse

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Not every machine needs power to come alive. Some hum with balance. Some speak in rhythm. And some-like this one-quietly run the way they were always meant to. This is the story behind our inline-six engine. A tribute to motion, to patience, and to the beauty of things working exactly as they should.    Some heartbeats don't need electricity When the V8 project finally wrapped, Leon didn't rest. His desk lamp stayed on, but the motor was off. Instead of admiring the finished piece, he had already started another sketch-six cylinders lined up like piano keys, the last one curving slightly, like a wave about to rise. “Let's try an inline-six,”he messaged one morning, attaching that rough concept. It wasn't impulsive. In Leon's studio, ideas are tested by building, breaking, and rebuilding. He once spent weeks stuck on a piston design that refused to move smoothly-until one night, it did. That perfect rhythm became the soul of the machine. In fan videos that followed, ...

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE BUSKET CAPTURES THE WARMTH OF AUTUMN

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Not all designs begin with grand ideas. Some start quietly—with a memory, a feeling, or even a walk down a leaf-covered path. For designer Farrin Lyn, the Nifeliz Autumn Floral Basket began with a small childhood moment: gathering wildflowers with her grandmother in the soft light of late autumn. There was nothing special about those afternoons—except they stayed. She didn't try to recreate that scene exactly. Instead, she focused on what it felt like: peaceful, warm, and grounded. That's where this 1284-piece building brick set comes from—not just a decorative piece, but a quiet space to revisit the stillness of fall. ARRANGING AUTUMN, BRICK BY BRICK Farrin approached the design the same way someone might arrange real flowers. She first chose the basket shape—simple and rectangular, like something handmade in the countryside. She tested seven different weaving patterns before settling on one that felt just right: structured but not stiff, natural but not messy. That woven t...