Posts Tagged ‘Calgary Lego’

Thanks to the good folks in SALUG, I was fortunate enough to be involved in the Buzz Lightyear build for the opening of Canada’s first LEGO store, at Chinook Centre in Calgary. It was a great time, and I had a blast helping the public build bricks to be added to the statue.

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This past weekend, I (along with the other members of SALUG (Southern Alberta Lego Users Group) volunteered at the LEGO booth for the Chinook Centre Stampede Breakfast. It was a great experience, and a lot of fun. There was a table filled with loose brick, as well as a “build-a-minifig” area, where people donated to the Children’s Hospital, and could build a minifig from a big box of parts.

I’m also signed up to help out with the build for the grand opening, this coming weekend, so if you’re around Chinook Centre in the afternoon or evening, come by and say hi. We’ll be in the Centre Court Area.

Lego Dave!

CBC Calgary was kind enough to cover the visit of Stampede Board President Dr. David Chalack to the Stampede Mosaic I built. It was a real pleasure to meet Dr. Chalack, and to show him the piece. Enjoy.

Pictures of my Stampede Poster Lego Mosaic, currently on display at Chinook Centre. Took a while to get everything set up correctly, but it’s finally up. Will be on display at Chinook Centre for about a month. Measures 7ft by 5ft, and contains 55,296 studs, or about 45,000 bricks.

The new Stampede Mosaic I made was a lot of work, and some of that work was in areas I hadn’t anticipated. There were size issues from the start. First, the mosaic was 4 Xlarge baseplates wide by 6 high. Each of those baseplates is 15×15 inches, for a total of 5 feet by 7 feet. The first problem was getting enough brick on hand to cover that much real estate. I quickly ordered what I thought I needed from bricklink.

I worked with what I had on hand, trying to hit the target date. I called in my friend Josh, who assisted nobly by filling in the solid areas for me while I moved ahead. Once the new brick arrived, I spent some time sorting it, and finished the mosaic in my basement.

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Before I get around to posting pics of the newest mosaic, I realized that I have forgotten to post an article about the LAST one.

For the Odgen-Millican LEGO show in Calgary this spring, I decided to build a mosaic of my younger son Max. I’ve made 2 of Finny in the past, so it seemed only fair…

The mosaic placed 1st in its category, and another smaller work I built placed 3rd.

I didn’t have enough Red on hand when I started, so his jacket quickly become Yellow. There were some struggles with getting this one right, I had to make a number of adjustments in the upper left portion of it, but all in all, it turned out ok…

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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.

Hi everyone, i’m a little late in posting these, but the holidays always seem to run away from me! This year I made a mosaic for the season, based on the Rankin-Bass Rudolph and Hermie. It took a bit of effort to get things the way that I wanted them, but I’m pleased with the outcome. I also added an LED to Rudolph’s nose, though it’s tricky to see with the flash photography. I’ll try to post some video so you can see it a little more clearly.

Happy holidays to you all, especially all my new friends in the AFOL community!

Here is the Interview I shot with CBC Calgary in October 2009. It was a great experience, and I liked that my son and erstwhile assistant got to be a part of it. Next up, Global News wants to do a piece about the mosaics. Should happen in mid Dec.