UPDATE*********** It’s official on the LEGO web site. Calgary will be the home of the first LEGO store in Canada. The store will be located at Chinook Centre.

Looks like the opening will be early July, around Stampede time. I’m…

A couple of weeks back, I was looking through various blogs and sites about everyone’s favorite building material, and I came across the Lifelites site. I’d seen a number of MOCs with lights, and have even added lights to a recent mosaic. But folks, I did it the hard way. A quick trip to LifeLites would have saved me hours of effort.

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Today in “Lego is Freaking Awesome”, we talk to Josh Bertwistle, an actor/comedian from Calgary, Alberta. I’ve known Josh for a few years now, and he’s one of those people that is infectious with energy. You can’t help but get excited and involved when Josh is nearby.

Once again we delve into the past of people I know in order to rekindle memories of Lego past. Today’s guest is Iain Heath, known to the Lego community as Ochre Jelly. I had the pleasure of meeting Iain at BrickCon 2009 in Seattle last fall. He’s a master of his craft, and a fellow blogger as well. You can find Ochre’s blog, “The Living Brick” at the link below. And I suggest you do, as he some great pics and interesting articles there.

On to the questions!

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My six year old son (aka my faithful assistant) surprised me the other day with a special LEGO lunch.

Found this on flickr, basically allows you to show your flicks pic as big as possible.

Check out the big pics here

Check out these wonderful photos of Star Wars Minifigs on the planet Hoth. These are from Avanut, there’s an article at Unreality.

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 category.

Last week I was lucky enough to be asked to appear on the The Roger Kingkade Podcast. Roger is a radio personality here in Calgary, and an extremely nice guy. We chatted for an hour, about Lego and other things.
Be warned, there is some language and content that isn’t appropriate for the little ones.

You can check out the link here,

or download the podcast through itunes.