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Guest Appearance on Family Bricks Livestream Ep02

Friday, 31st July 2020 By Caz

Matt hosted another livestream today, on which I was a guest. We had a great chat with fellow AFOLs Si O’Connor,  and a short appearance from Dok Sampson and Solo Brick Builder at the end.

Filed Under: Livestream Tagged With: family bricks, matt elder, si oconnor

Rainbow Cradle Tipper – A New GBC Module

Friday, 31st July 2020 By Caz

This is a new Great Ball Contraption module which I built after seeing the original by Swedish AFOL Staffan Ihl at last year’s Skærbæk Fan Weekend. Fortunately, I didn’t have to backwards engineer anything (I’m not sure I could have!) because plans for this build are available free online at Planet GBC.

Filed Under: Great Ball Contraption Tagged With: Cradle Tipper, gbc, Planet GBC, Staffan Ihl, Stork

Draco House – Micropolis Block #192

Friday, 24th July 2020 By Caz

Draco House is another office for the Downtown area of Micropolis. It has a simple construction with SNOT bricks inside, holding two 4×6 black plates vertically on each side. The corner gaps are filled in with 1×1 round bricks to give the impression of impressive pillars which hold up the roof.

Filed Under: Microscale Tagged With: colourful, DOTS, downtown zone, draco house, office

Masterpiece Gallery Feature in Brick Journal 64 (November 2020) – Sneak Peek

Wednesday, 22nd July 2020 By Caz

Brick Journal 64 (November 2020), which will be available from 23rd September 2020, will contain a full feature about the current display in the LEGO House Masterpiece Gallery, with interviews with each of the AFOLs who have built the models. Here is a sneak peak of my section.

Brick Journal 64 Nov 2020 feature
Brick Journal 64 Nov 2020 feature

On Being Selected for the Masterpiece Gallery:

I’m a member of the London AFOLs RLUG in the UK. In late January Richard, my LUG Ambassador, asked members for links to photos of our work, as the LEGO House was looking for new exhibits. I sent him something and thought no more about it until a couple of months later when he asked me for contact details to pass on. So I knew something was afoot. I assumed it was going to be that they wanted one of my smaller builds to go in an AFOL Showcase, perhaps in the Blue Zone near City Architect, as I’m known for my microscale architectural builds. When the email arrived inviting me to Denmark to install a selection of my Micropolis modules into the Masterpiece Gallery, I could hardly believe it! A mixture of excitement, disbelief and shock is probably the best description. I had to read it several times before it even began to sink in just a little bit. I had visited the LEGO House in late February and seen the then-current exhibits in the Gallery. I thought they were all incredible, but I was particularly captivated with the work of Rocco Buttliere, which I had seen online, but never in person. As a fellow microscale worker, it was a great inspiration to see his amazing buildings. But I never dreamt that I would ever follow in his footsteps, let alone a few months later!

Setting up at the Gallery:

While planning my trip to Denmark, I decided I would drive my models from the UK, rather than enduring the stress of taking them by plane and worrying how many pieces they would end up in! It also meant I could take more models to display at the Skærbæk Fan Weekend after setting up at the House. So that was an adventure in itself. 2.5 days after leaving home, I arrived in Billund. The LEGO House team (Stuart, Mike, Birte & Søren) were lovely and could not have been more accommodating. We were given VIP treatment throughout our amazing day, and it was great to meet the other talented AFOLs from around the world. It was wonderful to see their incredible models in person – many of which I had already admired in photos on social media. It is a huge privilege to see your own work on display at the Home of the Brick, and I’m delighted to have been given this once in a lifetime opportunity to share my MOCs with its visitors.

Filed Under: AFOL Interview Tagged With: brick journal 64, in print, masterpiece gallery

Minifig Themed Habitats #8

Monday, 20th July 2020 By Caz

The Habitats I’m showing you today are from various lines – and one exclusive; they are Series 7’s Bunny Suit Guy, Panda Suit Guy from The LEGO Movie CMFs, Series 18’s Cactus Girl and the Hamleys Royal Guard.

Filed Under: Minifigs, Minifigure Habitat Tagged With: bamboo plantation, bunny suit guy, cactus girl, CMF18, CMF7, desert, Exclusive, Hamley's, Royal Guard, TLM Minifigures

Rainbow Cardan Lift – A New GBC Module

Friday, 17th July 2020 By Caz

I haven’t shown you any of my Great Ball Contraption Modules recently, and this is one which I built back in October last year – my Rainbow Cardan Lift. This was the BrickFair 2019 GBC Workshop module by Lawrie George. Plans for his Compact Cardan Lift are available on the Brickfair.com website.

Filed Under: Great Ball Contraption Tagged With: brickfair, cardan mechanism, compact cardan lift, gbc, lawrie george

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