Nifeliz Set

  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...

A Designer’s Journey: Where Travel Meets Bricks Joe, has always been a man of two passions: wandering the world and tinkering with tiny treasures. From the jagged peaks of the Rockies to the crystalline caves of Mexico, his travels have fueled a fascination with Earth’s hidden gems. So when the idea of creating a mineral-inspired building brick set arose, it wasn’t just a project—it was destiny. “I wanted to bring the magic of geology to your desk,” Joe says, grinning. “Imagine holding a piece of the planet’s history, but in bricks.” Why Minerals? Blame It on the Flowers (Sort o f) The story begins with a pivot. Initially, the team aimed to create a floral-themed building brick set. But Joe, ever the rebel, had other ideas. “Flowers are lovely, but minerals? They’re like nature’s mood rings—each one tells a wilder story,” he explains. The goal shifted: instead of petals, they’d craft Stibnite’s razor-sharp layers, Pyrite’s glittering cubes, and Amethyst’s mystical glow. “We wanted some...

The Beast of the Battlefield: Why the 2S4 Tyulpan Matters In the shadowed corridors of Cold War history, the 2S4 Tyulpan stands as a paradox—a weapon of brutal efficiency wrapped in the poetic nickname “Tulip.” Designed in the 1970s as a response to NATO’s fortified bunkers, this self-propelled mortar was engineered to obliterate hardened targets with 240mm shells capable of piercing 12 meters of concrete. Unlike its contemporaries, the Tyulpan didn’t just bombard; it excavated. Nicknamed the “Bunker Buster” by Soviet troops, it became the scalpel in the USSR’s arsenal, carving through obstacles that lesser weapons merely scratched. For military enthusiasts, the Tyulpan represents a watershed moment in artillery design. Its hybrid chassis—a marriage of a GMZ mine-laying vehicle and a turret housing the colossal mortar—allowed it to fire, reposition, and vanish before counter-battery radars could lock on. “It wasn’t just a weapon,” says Yestin Fun, NifeliZ’s lead designer. “It was a che...

When a Random Scroll Sparks a Brick Revolution Have you ever been scrolling through the internet, minding your own business, when bam—inspiration hits you like a ton of bricks? That’s exactly what happened to Farrin Lyn, the designer behind NifeliZ’s Perot Museum brick set. "I was just looking at cool buildings online,” Farrin laughs, “and then I saw the Perot Museum. It was like love at first sight. I thought, ‘Why not bring  this stunning piece of architecture into brick set ?’” And just like that, a casual scroll turned into a full-blown project fueled by coffee, sleepless nights, and a whole lot of creativity. Who said inspiration can't come from a quick online binge? The “Impulse” That Sparked the Brick-itecture Let’s be real: we’ve all had impulsive ideas. Most of the time, they fizzle out.   But Farrin? She took her gut feeling, ran with it, and turned it into a LEGO-style model . “I didn’t think about trends or what people wanted,” she admits. “I just saw a cool buildi...

  The NifeliZ LM002 Building Brick Set That Revs Up Nostalgia It was a quiet evening when Leon first stumbled upon the Lamborghini LM002. He wasn’t looking for inspiration—it found him. As he scrolled through images of the iconic off-roader, something clicked. “This isn’t just a car,” he thought. “It’s a time capsule, a symbol of an era that dared to be different.” That moment sparked a journey—a journey to bring the LM002 to life, not as a car, but as a building brick set that could capture its spirit, its grit, and its undeniable ‘80s charm. The Designer Behind the Bricks Leon isn’t your typical designer. Soft-spoken but fiercely passionate, he has a knack for seeing the soul in machines. For him, cars aren’t just about horsepower or design; they’re about stories. And the LM002? Its story is one of audacity, innovation, and a touch of madness. “The LM002 is like the rebel of the automotive world,” Leon says with a smile. “It doesn’t follow the rules. It doesn’t try to fit in. And...

  Growing up in Los Angeles, you get used to seeing things come and go—restaurants, trends, entire neighborhoods getting a facelift. But one thing that has remained a charming constant is Angel's Flight, the city's historic funicular railway. It's a quirky little time capsule, a symbol of both LA's golden past and its ever-evolving spirit. At NifeliZ, we believe that great design is more than just accuracy—it's about capturing the soul of what makes something special. That's exactly what our senior designer, Harold Dylan, set out to do with this model. With decades of experience in engineering-inspired builds, Harold's vision was clear: recreate Angel's Flight not just as a display piece, but as a fully interactive experience that transports you to the heart of Los Angeles. Bringing Motion to a Static Model One of the biggest challenges in this build was engineering the mechanical system. Harold didn't just want a model that looked like Angel's F...