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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

Masterpiece Gallery Feature In LEGO Life Magazine #3

Thursday, 9th July 2020 By Caz

I was pleased to receive my complimentary copy of LEGO Life Magazine the other day – Issue 3 has a feature on the back pages about some of the models which are on display in the Masterpiece Gallery at LEGO House, including my Micropolis…

In case you can’t read it, my quote says:

Never dismiss a part until you have tried using it for something it wasn’t intended for. Play with them, explore them and see what happens.

You can download the full issue of the magazine from LEGO’s website.

LEGO Life Issue 3 Feature
LEGO Life Issue 3 Feature

Filed Under: AFOL Interview Tagged With: in print, LEGO Life Magazine, masterpiece gallery

House of DOTS Feature In Blocks Magazine 65 (March 2020)

Sunday, 15th March 2020 By Caz

Having participated in the crazy build for LEGO’s House of DOTS collaboration with artist Camille Walala back in January, I was interested to see the huge feature in issue 65 of Blocks Magazine (March 2020) which describes in detail how Camille came up with the concept. There is even a quote from yours truly about what it was like to take part in the build!

It was great to be part of a team building something big for the launch. It deinitely felt
like a collaboration between us and the two Master Builders, Libor and Peter
from the Kladno Model Shop [in the Czech Republic]. There were problems
along the way, but we were all able to contribute ideas and solutions, rather than
just being instructed what to do all the time.

Blocks Mag 65 Mar 2020
Blocks Mag 65 Mar 2020
LEGO buys BrickLink
LEGO buys BrickLink

Also spotted in the same issue was a strange picture of me in the wild – taken during set up day at the LEGO House Masterpiece Gallery – in a small piece about LEGO buying Bricklink! Not sure what I have to do with that, but I feel slightly seen…

Filed Under: AFOL Interview Tagged With: blocks magazine, camille walala, dot your world, DOTS, house of dots, in print

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

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