Over the weekend, Robin Sather from Brickville in Vancouver came over to do the Tillicum Lego Mania event, now in it’s third year. Our local Lego club, VicLUG, was there to help Robin wherever needed.

This year we made the Bay Street Armoury, a military compound built in 1915 and still in active use. It’s quite close to downtown Victoria and is a well recognized landmark. Using photo reference and Google satellite/streetmap info, Robin was able to figure out the dimensions of the structure and build it over the course of the weekend. It has about 26,000 pieces and is almost 50/50 Duplo vs Lego.

The club had a display table of mocs and a street scene with a Where’s Waldo fig find. There was a very successful kids contest with a silly amount of wonderful entries and registration for it was filled within 4 days. We had a kid build area that was divided between baby/toddler and older kids as well.

If we talked at this event please followup the conversation by writing the club: lego@viclug.ca

Our next event is coming up soon, the Cherrybomb Toy and Hobby show on April 1st at Pearkes Arena!

http://www.tillicumkids.com/

http://www.brickville.ca

Article on the Times Colonist:

http://www.timescolonist.com/Photos+Lego+Mania+Challenge+Victoria/6285112/story.html

Article on Saanich News:

http://www.saanichnews.com/community/142538065.html

Great article on scrimporsplurge.ca that is very knowledgeable about everyone involved:

http://scrimporsplurge.ca/2011/03/lego-exhibits-in-victoria-and-sidney-unleash-the-imagination-in-adults-and-children-alike/

*edit: Ted noticed that this article is from last year’s Tillicum event, but all the facts hold true except for the dates interestingly enough

John Langrish’s photoset on flickr of the event:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/j1a3l5/sets/72157629573544919/

Photos Joseph took of the event:

View post on imgur.com

The event is going great and the turnout is amazing. I’m making this post because I talked to *so many* people today and hopefully got our contact info to everyone. If you find this post and wondering… ok what now?

Our next event is April 1st at Cherrybomb Toy & Hobby Show at Pearkes, just trip outside the parking lot of Tillicum and there you are.

If you are interested in joining the forums please email me: joseph@viclug.ca and we’ll get things rolling.

Met a lot of great builders today and don’t want lose track of you people! Tomorrow is a big day, really looking forward to it!

Come see a huge collection of LEGO sets and a couple of cases of VicLUG members contributions at the Sidney Museum and enter a building contest! Continue reading “Check out the Sidney Museum” →

It is with deep regret that we must announce that VicLUG wil not participate in the 2011 Victoria Model Railway Show at Cedar Hill Rec Center. Too many members have professional and family commitments that conflict with the show and so we have found it impossible to put together a display this year. Continue reading “No Model Train Show This Year” →