Calgary Lego Contest this weekend

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ll be entering a couple of things in the community LEGO contest in Silver Springs this weekend. It’s open to the public on Saturday Jan 23, from 12 noon until 2pm. My faithful assistant Finny will also be entering a work or two. Come on down and say hi, and check out the contest. I’m a big fan of any get together that helps to promote the Calgary LEGO scene. More info on the contest here Update: The Rudolph Mosaic placed 2nd in its...

The Creative Urge

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. This is always the trickiest part of making a new piece, I find. I’ve started a few works that simply didn’t interest me, and I ended up scrapping them before I’d gotten too far. If the picture isn’t inspiring, it’s not worth doing. This makes it tricky sometimes, especially if you depend on your art for your living. Only...

I Need Some Instruction.

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. Finny...

Brickwares at BrickCon!

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 two to make. Mostly, I’m just interested in seeing what there is to see, checking out some interesting MOCs and meeting some folks whose works I’ve followed online. For more info on brickcon, check out their site. http://www.brickcon.org/

The Batman Scarcity Issue

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 not one to speculate Lego-wise, or buy sets simply to hold and resell, but my recent attempts to find a reasonably priced Batman set has left me stunned. The sets are not in production, not available from Shop at Home, and unless you’re willing to pay insane amounts of money, Bricklink and ebay are not your friends either. The Harley Quinn Hammer Truck set is going for over $100 USD, The Batcave...