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London AFOLs Featured LUG in Blocks Magazine 48 (November 2018)

Thursday, 22nd November 2018 By Caz

Frustratingly, I only have half of the article, but here you can see some of my custom BrickHeadz which were included in an article about the London AFOLs, the featured LUG in this month’s Blocks Magazine (issue 48).

Blocks Mag 49 Nov2018
Blocks Mag 49 Nov2018

Filed Under: AFOL Interview, Meetups Tagged With: blocks magazine, in print, london afols

Meetup: Bricks & Beers Newcastle, March 2018

Wednesday, 7th March 2018 By Caz

I was in Newcastle this week and was lucky enough to attend the first Bricks & Beers event held at Arch2 in Ouseburn, hosted by LEGO AFOL The Bricks McGee.

There were AFOLs, beers and plenty of bricks. We had a lot of fun building some local landmarks. Here is a selection of photos from the evening, click the image to see the next:

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It’s a pity that I live 250 miles from Newcastle, or I would be at the meetings every month, for sure. But I do hope to attend a few more over the coming months, if I can.

Filed Under: Meetups Tagged With: AFOLs, bricks and beers, meetup, newcastle, social

Meetup: London AFOLs February 2018

Monday, 12th February 2018 By Caz

What happens when you give a load of London AFOLs 400 Brick Separators (630) to play with?

400 Brick Separators
400 Brick Separators

This was my pretty feeble attempt – a Romulan Death Fish.

Brick Separator - Romulan Stealth Fish (Mine)
Brick Separator – Romulan Death Fish (Mine)

However, there were some amazingly creative builds from other people – here’s a little selection:

Brick Separator - Building In Action
Brick Separator – Building In Action
Brick Separators - Weird Thing!
Brick Separators – Weird Thing!
Brick Separators - Strange Purple Cow (Apparently)
Brick Separators – Strange Purple Cow (Apparently)
Brick Separator - Dragon Fly
Brick Separator – Dragon Fly
Brick Separator - Bunny & Snail
Brick Separator – Bunny & Snail
Brick Separators - Boats & Insects
Brick Separators – Boats & Insects
Brick Separators - More Boats
Brick Separators – More Boats
Brick Separators - Turtle
Brick Separators – Turtle
Brick Separators - Display
Brick Separators – Display
Brick Separator - Bug
Brick Separator – Bug
Brick Separators - Jon's Spinning Destroyer
Brick Separators – Jon’s Spinning Destroyer
Brick Separators - Jon's Cheesy Grin
Brick Separators – Jon’s Cheesy Grin

And here’s the Spinning Death Wheel in action!

All in all it was a pretty fun evening.

Filed Under: Meetups, Video Tagged With: 630, brick separators, jonathan gale, london afols, moc

Meetup: London AFOLs January 2018

Monday, 8th January 2018 By Caz

We had a fun evening at the London AFOLs meetup today, where we did a team build of the awesome Ninjago City (70620). Each table got a selection of parts bags and the relevant instructions to put together their own bit. The folks I was building with got parts of the second floor above the balcony.

London AFOLs Jan18 Ninjago City
London AFOLs Jan18 Ninjago City

I had seen photos of the set before, and thought it would be a great one to own. But having seen it in person now, I really want one. It’s spectacular! My favourite bit (loads to choose from) was the working sushi conveyor on the roof.

London AFOLs Build Ninjago City Sushi
London AFOLs Build Ninjago City Sushi

Each month the club has a swaps box where, if you bring along some bricks you no longer need, you can take out something which takes your fancy. I put in some larger pieces which I wasn’t sure I would need for my own builds, and picked out these bits for my own use:

AFOLs Swaps Box Swag - Jan '18
AFOLs Swaps Box Swag – Jan ’18

Filed Under: Meetups Tagged With: collaborative build, euston, london afols, ninjago city, sushi, swaps box

Meetup: London AFOLs December 2017

Monday, 11th December 2017 By Caz

I’ve only been to one London AFOLs meetup so far, but have been made very welcome indeed and now feel part of the AFOL “family”. Today was their Christmas Party, which I had been looking forward to for ages.

The first excitement was the Secret Santa table – there was a budget limit of £15 and if you brought along a gift you were allowed to choose one to take away.

AFOLs Christmas Secret Santa 2017
AFOLs Christmas Secret Santa 2017

I chose this one with stags on the wrapping paper as my present to take home. You will have to wait until tomorrow to see what I got!

AFOLs Christmas -My Secret Santa 2017
AFOLs Christmas -My Secret Santa 2017

The contents of the raffle table nearly made my eyes pop out of my head. So many great sets up for grabs.

AFOLs Christmas Raffle Goodies 2017
AFOLs Christmas Raffle Goodies 2017

I had my eye on this box – which would have been my favourite choice if it worked that way.

AFOLs Christmas Raffle LEGO House 2017
AFOLs Christmas Raffle LEGO House 2017

The big ted was built by Fairybricks, I believe. And I loved the little NCS spaceship put together by Alec Hole. I bought a fistful of tickets but sadly wasn’t lucky at all! Oh well, maybe next year…

AFOLs Christmas Raffle Spaceship Teddy 2017
AFOLs Christmas Raffle Spaceship Teddy 2017

There was LEGO-themed food to eat too – this Minifig Jelly went down very well…

AFOLs Christmas Minifig Jelly 2017
AFOLs Christmas Minifig Jelly 2017

…and I can recommend these chocolates in the shape of LEGO bricks – delicious!

AFOLs Christmas Chocs 2017
AFOLs Christmas Chocs 2017

Plenty of other party food too, and lots of chat amongst us all. We also played Pass The Parcel with little gifts dropping out of the wrapping paper we tore into when the music stopped. I won a little City Polybag, so at least I wasn’t completely empty-handed.

AFOLs Christmas Food Table 2017
AFOLs Christmas Food Table 2017

The group gathered for a party shot at the end, this one thanks to Jonathan Gale.

AFOLs Christmas Party 2017 (Photo by Jonathan Gale)
AFOLs Christmas Party 2017 (Photo by Jonathan Gale)

All in all it was a splendid do, which I enjoyed very much.

Filed Under: Meetups Tagged With: chocolate, christmas party, euston, jelly, london afols, presents, raffle, secret santa, spacehip

Meetup: London AFOLs November 2017

Monday, 13th November 2017 By Caz

I’ve only just emerged from my Dark Ages, so I was surprised to learn that AFOLs were a thing – Adult Fans of LEGO. Yay! I immediately looked up where my nearest group was – London. OK, bit of a hike each month, but I signed up for their November meetup and today was the day.

I started off with a quick trip to the LEGO store in Westfield at Stratford on the way in, where I picked up a few bits from the Pick-A-Brick wall. There weren’t too many pieces of use for Microscale stuff as it was mainly bigger bricks, but I stuffed a large beaker full for my money. Clearly, I need to work on my technique, though! When I got home I separated it all out and this was my haul – which included two baubles with some gold 2×2 bricks inside. I can see them being used in a fancy MOC at some point:

Pick A Brick Wall Haul
Pick A Brick Wall Haul

Anyway, on to the meetup… which was in the function room of a pub near Euston. Today’s event was a little unusual in that the good folks from the New Elemetary blog had brought along large quantities of some new pieces for us to play with, as well as using the stash of bricks owned by the club. We spent 20 minutes building something with the bits and then moved around to another table (with different elements available) so we got to chat with lots of people while we were building. It was a nice way to get to know a few folks. Here’s what I made during my 4×20-minute builds… I’m quite out of practice with MOCing, and compared to what some people managed, they weren’t very exciting, but I enjoyed it anyway.

MOC Tray Of Cakes
MOC Tray Of Cakes
MOC Pentagonal Thing
MOC Pentagonal Thing
MOC Four Eyes
MOC Four Eyes
MOC Weird Fluorescent Thing
MOC Weird Fluorescent Thing

I’m already looking forward to the December meetup and Christmas Party.

Filed Under: Haul, Meetups, PAB Tagged With: euston, gold bricks, london, london afols, pab, pab cups

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