Archive for May, 2009

I’ve finally started on the new mosaic, the one i’m preparing for BrickCon 2009. I found a picture I quite liked, one that fit the theme of this year’s show (“Imagination in Motion”), and also one that inspired me.…

While looking for a specific set of instructions this weekend, I decided it was time to organize things a little better. With the help of my erstwhile companion, I sorted all of my instructions into piles based on their category (after quickly dismissing the idea of sorting by set number.) I ended up with piles for City (and city type sets), Trains, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Batman, Agents, Castle (and Ninja, etc), Pirate (and Islanders), Indiana Jones (and Orient Expeditions),Space, and Catalogs/Flyers.

Here’s what the floor looked like about 20 minutes in.

(Reprinting an article on this build from 2008)

In 2008, I decided to base a mosaic on a movie poster, something that was interesting and sparked my interest. After a couple of Google image searches, I found a few that…

Welcome to the continuing series “Lego is Freaking Awesome”, where we look at people’s early and continuing experiences with Lego. Today’s guest, San Francisco’s own Paul Killam. Paul is arguably one of the funniest people you will ever meet. He’s also a talented improvisor, a man of endless knowledge, and very tall.

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Brickwares has signed up to attend BrickCon 2009 in Seattle. If you’re in the area from Oct 1-4, drop by and say hi.

Haven’t decided what to exhibit yet, but I have some ideas for a new mosaic or…

I finally found some time to build the Green Grocer set (10185). This was a big set, and took a long time to build. The amount of small pieces and detail was very impressive. This set added a lot of…

I was lucky enough to get two much desired sets for my birthday this year; the Green Grocer (10185) and the Medieval Village (10193). The Grocer was from my lovely wife, and the village from the mighty Finny. At the…

I was at Toys R’ Us this weekend, and picked up an Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase set (7620). My thinking was that it was reduced in price, and that it has an Indiana Jones minifig in it. I’m…

This weekend, I finally got around to building one of my Christmas presents, the Lego Cafe Corner -10182. It’s easily the largest set I’ve ever put together, and took a fair amount of time to build. This set was also…

Today in “Lego is Freaking Awesome”, a good friend of Brickwares: Andrew Phung.