Brickvention 2011 - LEGO fun in school hols! (Jan 16 2011 @ Melb Town Hall)

dreamliner by Ryan M (from Brickvention 2010)

Brickvention is Australia’s premier LEGO® convention

Brickvention is an Australian based convention for LEGO® fans. It’s a two-day event that brings together LEGO® fans from all over Australia to view original and unusual creations. The next Brickvention will be held over the weekend of 15^th - 16^th January 2011.

Saturday 15^th January 2011 is devoted to Adult Fans of LEGO® and features competitions, games and activities involving LEGO®. Sunday 16^th January is the Public Open Day part of Brickvention where anyone can come along and view the amazing creations made out of LEGO®.

LEGO® fans of all ages are welcome on the Sunday from 10am – 5pm. Entry is $5 for adults, $2.50 for kids, $15 for a family with 2 adults and up to 4 children.

For more info on Brickvention 2011 go to this link: Brickvention 2011 info

blxbrx: LEGO model of the day: from mahjqa (again)

I saw this and I was struck by how LEGO can be useful, not "just a toy". This builder has made a camera dolly, which is a vehicle that carries a camera and often moves the camera around. It can position and move the camera and take pictures in ways no one could do if they were holding the camera.


AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) Peer Kreuger's fascinating Power Functions-enhanced "camera vehicles" are used as mini dollies to record videos of his Lego creations. I have highlighted Peer's work in a previous blog entry (see ) under his nickname of "mahjqa", where he was using his own driving camera dollies to film his other LEGO creations on the move. Go to his Flickr photostream (lots of Power Function vehicles, including ice racers!) by clicking the link here: mahjqa's photostream

LEGO model of the day at blxbrx

Fhloston Paradise - great colour blending and balancing by I Scream Clone
Check out his photostream on Flickr including closeups of this model at the link here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28773832@N08/


Recognised worldwide, see details about the creator of I Scream Clone (Josh Morris from Woollongong) at this link here: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/204411

Sorry - I can not go to Sunday Camberwell Market today (14 Nov 2010)

Hopefully see you next week. Same place, same time (after 8:15am). Email me at blxbrx@gmail.com if there is anything you want me to bring for you. Leg godt (play well)! Peter (the LEGO man).

LEGO Pricewatch - Buy 2 get one free at Myer till 15 Aug

For Myer One members only, from 02-15 Aug, buy 2 toys and get 1 free. The cheapest of the 3 will be free. Includes LEGO.


There was a voucher provided in the booklet that they sent. Some Myers have the sign up but apparently the Chadstone one didn't. Just check with the cashier. You shouldn't need the voucher as you just need to present your Myer One card.

blxbrx LEGO model of the day

The Northland - Grimmhaven by The Brick Time

  

To see more, click on the link here: The Northland - Grimmhaven

How to build a LEGO Ferrari V10 - piston engine from set 8386

Free download original instructions avaialable at peeron.com

This is page 41. Pages 41 to 47 detail the engine build, including crankshaft.

One way to assemble a rack of LEGO cylinder heads and pistons and crankshaft.

Link to instructions here: http://www.peeron.com/scans/8386-1/

NEW! - Free LEGO iPad app - Creationary

How quickly can you guess what’s being built from LEGO bricks?

Creationary is the award-winning build-and-guess LEGO game that challenges the imagination, creativity, building and guessing skills of you, your family and friends with more than 300 bricks and accessories. With LEGO Creationary, you can guess what’s being built on iPad, iPhone & iTouch in this true-to-the-original-board-game app!
Link to free download from macworld.com,


 by clicking this link here: http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=717756

Star Wars LEGO screensavers from lego.com

Free to download, looks good! Link here: http://starwars.lego.com/en-us/downloads/screensavers.aspx

PriceWatch LEGO - Target LEGO 20% off for 2 weeks - Thur 11-24 Nov

20% off LEGO at Target
and .... extra special price of 1/3 off for the LEGO Airport & Plane
(set 3182) at $99, save $46.

• Includes 5 minifigures: passenger, pilot, flight attendant, steward and service man
• Includes airplane, terminal, control tower, baggage cart, crew, passengers
• Open the revolving doors on the terminal!
• Terminal measures over 10" (25cm) long and over 10" (25cm) tall
• Airplane measures over 20" (50cm) long and over 7" (17cm) tall

LEGO PriceWatch - 50% off

At ToysRUs they have: 50% off Lego Toy Story's Construct-A-Buzz (7592) & over 37% off Construct-A-Zurg (7591).  Both $24.99 currently.
LEGO shop on-line (http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=643&d=622) has their normal price at $49.99 for Construct-A-Buzz, so that is 50% off, but 7591 is $39.99 at LEGO on-line.

Also ToysRUs has 50% off 5973 Hyperspeed Pursuit from Space Police. Normally $79.99, now $39.99. Sale prices start 10 Nov - Ends 16 Nov 

New LEGO Wall-E ! Amazing range of motion & expresion.

If you like Wall-E, then you must see the video clip of this at the link below!

8 NXT motors and 3 NXT programmable bricks were crammed in here to get this realistic and surprisingly expressive range of motion. While it doesn't transform, it seems to have every other Wall-E behavior down. Color sensors were even used to allow his eyes to light up in different colors. Don't miss the second link above, which has some photos of the internal mechanisms.
 Source:     http://lmotd.blogspot.com/ (November 4 2010)

Name of Model:     zWall-E4   (NEW Wall-E made for Zwolle!)

Created by:    Marc-Andre Bazergui (bazmarc), blogger for The NXT STEP - LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Blog

Links:      Found at:       http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-wall-e-made-for-zwolle.html       More photos at:     http://picasaweb.google.com/bazmati/ZwallE4uWIP#

Brickvention 2010 - fantastic annual Melbourne LEGO convention & public display

I have written about this earlier but more photos .
Look at these, and see more by going to go to centuri's Flickr photostream Click on this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chansplace/4311314866/in/set-72157623175301185/lightbox/

I will tell you more about Brickvention 2011, coming up in the Melbourne Town Hall in January 2011.

Spring is here! see Protector of the Great Queen.

Great LEGO design fromLino M. Click on this link to see more at Flickr: Lino M photostream

Price Watch LEGO - $50 off 4842!

Yesterday I said Hogwarts Castle is down to $139 at Myer (Nov 4-28), but today I see that

at Kmart, Hogwarts Castle (set 4842) is just $129!
$50 off. (RRP is $179.00) and lots of other LEGO sets are cheaper,
including Hogwarts Express (set 4841) is just $99. (RRP is $119.00).
nb. Only until Wednesday the 10th at Kmart. (but the $139 price is until 28/11 at Myer).

To go to Kmart catalogue page 3 click the link here: Kmart Catalogue (4th-10th Nov)

LEGO PriceWatch: Myer from 4th - 28th Nov

Original page 24 is clearer. Click link here: Myer catalogue page 24

Make your own LEGO Christmas decorations with Powerpig

Do you want to make some LEGO Christmas decorations for your Christmas tree this year?
I have mentioned Powerpig at Gizmodo before. He has some cool designs.

Now he has turned his LEGO design skills to Christmas.

  PDF file with clear instructions showing how to do it can be found here:
 http://web.me.com/chrismcveigh/mintinbox/home/Entries/2010/11/4_Lego_Holiday_Ornament_files/Lego%20Ornament%20Instructions.pdf

LEGO® STAR WARS™: BOMBAD BOUNTY - 5 minutes

Brilliant Lego-based retelling of the original Star Wars films through the eyes of Jar Jar Binks. Click on this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPb2lIap6Es&feature=player_embedded

LEGO PriceWatch: Half price 8036 Separatist Shuttle at TRU

Half price 8036 Separatist Shuttle at $32.49 (was $64.99).
Sales starts today 3/11, ends 16 November. See catalogue page 8 - link here: http://catalogues.toysrus.com.au/portal/dynamiccatalogue?CatalogueID=12877010035856&pageview=two

PriceWatch LEGO - Kmart LEGO up to 33% off

4 Nov - 10 Nov


Sea plane 33% off RRP now $12
Police Truck, 33% off RRP now $47
Fire helicopter, 22% off RRP now $47
Lots more - see page 3 of their catalogue.

Click on link here: http://www.kmart.com.au/Catalogue/Catalogue.aspx?CatalogueID=332