Category: VicLUG

Victoria 8th Ultimate Hobby and Toy Fair

VicLUG will be there!

Victoria 8th Ultimate Hobby and Toy Fair
October 16th 2011
Pearkes Areana, behind Silver City at Tillicum Mall
3100 Tillicum Road
General Admission $3
9am-3pm
8am Early Bird tickets $10 or $5 at Cherrybomb Toys
Kids are Free!
http://www.cherrybombtoys.com/toyshowfall2011.html
cbtoys@telus.net
250-385-8697

Canadian in Next Series of Minifigs

The fifth series of the Collectible Minifig line will contain a specifically “Canadian” character.

Hi-resolution pictures are starting to appear of the next series (see: Brothers Brick) and in addition to the much-anticipated gladiator and British Guardsman figures there will be a Canadian lumberjack. Dressed in a plaid shirt and carrying a new printed fallers axe the clincher in his identity as a hoser is the new trucker hat element but this time printed with what is clearly a beaver.

Already the internet is abuzz with people clamouring for a Mountie figure to create brickfilms of “I’m a lumberjack” by Monty Python.

Minifig Madness

Yes, we cannot resist the lure of the newest Collectible Minifig Series 4. Members have scooped a couple of boxes worth from the Uptown Wal-Mart location. Bring your extras (of any series) to the meeting on Saturday and maybe make some trades.

Contact ted(at)viclug(dot)ca for more info.

Upcoming Meeting

For new and current members alike there will be a club meeting on Saturday April 2nd at Rob’s place.

6:30 – 7:00 – meet & greet
7:00 – 8:00 – club business
8:00 – building, playing, just hangin out until we get kicked out.

Please contact ted@viclug.ca if you need directions or more information.

Tillicum Kids!

Robin Sather from Brickville ( www.brickville.ca ) is back for the second year of Tillicum Kids ( www.tillicumkids.com ) and we’re jazzed to be part of it again. There will be the giant Duplo doubledecker bus that will be built over the course of the weekend and then on display all month, a kids creation contest, a kids build area, and a Where’s Waldo street scene designed by us.

It’s free to come check out and should be a lot of fun!

March 18-20,  2011
Friday 9:30am-9pm
Saturday 11:00am-5pm
Sunday 11:00am-5pm

Post-Gottacon

VicLUG was stoked to be part of Gottacon for the 3rd year, and it was the best one yet! We had a speed build, blind build, and kid build stations, as well as our VicWars game which we refined even further this year. Our kid build was a bit different this year, we encouraged convention attendees to title and label their creations, and we had some amazing additions.

Our VicWars game went great, we played maybe 6 games, and came up with lots of new ideas for next year already.

Here’s some videos of the game in action:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpCq6-LDH0s[/youtube]

 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0-ifJ7ksb0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEe4YvvJZNE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZYrVvvW4x0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2swinsVCjZA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPFTXYn2-o[/youtube]

Gottacon 2011, Saturday game 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blobfarm/sets/72157625909743917/

Gottacon 2011, Saturday game 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blobfarm/sets/72157626036149300/

Gottacon 2011, Sunday Game
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blobfarm/sets/72157625911215155/

Gottacon 2011, miscellaneous
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blobfarm/sets/72157625917823235/

Also, check back on this page: www.viclug.ca/vicwars.html for updates on the game. It’s just a text copy of the rules at the writing of this post, but it’ll be more elaborate, with links to all this media and our revised rules from the past convention.

I’d also like to thank Jon New from www.talismanisland.com for providing prizes at the Talisman game I hosted, it’s much appreciated and please check out his site for amazing Talisman resources and info! You can see more on that game in the miscellaneous photo gallery above.

See you guys all next year!