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LEGO Creator Build an Add-On Contest

by Thita (admin) on October 30, 2018

in Community News

While the LEGO James Bond Contest is still going on (see: LEGO Contest for James Bond Fans!), the LEGO Ideas team launched another exciting contest for teen and adult LEGO fans, this time in collaboration with the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 team. As usual, the contest is fun and interesting, and the prizes are super generous. See details below. 🙂

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – OVERVIEW: Do you ever feel the need to just add something to an existing LEGO set to make it even cooler? Now, the LEGO Ideas team invites you to use your creative skills by building an add-on to the A-model of any 2018 LEGO Creator 3-in-1 product. Your add-on can be small or big, as long as it gives the product the ultimate coolness! Here is the chance to activate your LEGO bin and think outside of the box!

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: 1.) Build an add-on to the A-model of any 2018 LEGO Creator 3-in-1 product. You can see the full list of 2018 products under the prizes section. 2.) You don’t need to have a model from the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 assortment to enter the contest. You are welcome to build an add-on without the model you want to add it to. 3.) Please include a note in your description saying what 2018 LEGO Creator 3-in-1 product you have added your build to, or would like to add it to. 4.) Submissions may be in either physical bricks or by using a digital building tool such as LEGO Digital Designer. However, since LEGO Creator 3-in-1 is all about building and rebuilding, the LEGO Creator team encourages you to build your entry with physical bricks. You’re welcome to use image editing tools, such as Photoshop, to enhance your photos/presentation. 5.) Take up to five photos of your creation and submit them to the contest. Make sure to show off your model from all angles and any particular features or functions of your creation. 6.) Add a title and a short description. 7.) Upload your entry to the contest using the blue Submit Your Entry button on this page.

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – RULES: Your add-on may contain LEGO system elements or LEGO Technic elements (no LEGO DUPLO elements), however the LEGO Creator team encourages you to only use LEGO system elements to match the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 theme. The LEGO elements must be genuine (not cut, glued, drawn on or otherwise modified). Each entry must only include one add-on item, however you may submit multiple entries. Entries may not include licensed or copyrighted elements, stickers/printed elements and minifigures. This means all entries containing elements from third party intellectual properties (IPs), including licensed characters from Marvel and DC Super Heroes, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Ferrari, etc. will not be eligible for the contest. This also includes LEGO IPs such as LEGO Friends, LEGO NEXO Knights, LEGO Elves etc. No custom artwork (stickers/prints). Entries may only contain official LEGO-made stickers or printed elements from non-licensed sets. You must be the original creator of all creative work you submit (the model, images, photographs, description text, etc.) and you must have the exclusive right to submit your model to this LEGO Ideas contest. You may not submit a model made by, or on behalf of, someone else. Entries must be new creations and not previously posted online or submitted to any other contest. You must be at least 13 years old to participate and enter. Please note that there are other rules and restrictions, so make sure you read through the contest page carefully.

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by December 4th, 2018 at 6:00 a.m. EST. You can use an online time-zone converter to make sure you don’t miss the deadline.

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges consisting of members from the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 team will choose a grand prize winner and two runner ups based on: overall coolness and originality – 25%, most inspired details – 25%, relevance to contest theme, 25%, and best use of LEGO elements – 25%. In addition, one bonus prize winner will be randomly selected from a bonus pool of high-quality contest submissions.

➡ LEGO CONTEST – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Potential winners will be contacted via the entrant’s email address after December 11th, 2018. Winners will be announced on LEGO Ideas when all winners have returned the signed Winner’s Certification Documents. A winner who does not return their Winner’s Certification Document within one week (5 days) of receiving it will be disqualified, and a new winner will be selected.

This is one solid contest, with an interesting challenge that requires both creativity and building skills. If you can throw in some LEGO humor it will likely get appreciated as well. I’m really looking forward to see the entries to this contest! If you don’t have, or not familiar with the sets that can be used as starters for this contest, check the LEGO Creator section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like this LEGO Creator building challenge? Are you planning to enter? What are you going to build? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO In Real Life – fun brickfilm series

by Thita (admin) on October 29, 2018

in Featured LEGO Creations

LEGO stop-motion animators BrickBrosProductions have been releasing a series of videos that became very popular titled LEGO In Real Life. In the videos, the brothers replace real world object with LEGO-built versions. While the videos are great entertainment and enjoyable to watch, they are especially interesting for brickfilmers. It’s rare to see LEGO animation where real life object and LEGO objects interact in a back-and-forth fashion. Most animators will choose to either depict everything with LEGO bricks, or use some non-LEGO objects as props and backgrounds for their brickfilms. The constant switching between real world and LEGO objects gives these videos a surreal feel while still remaining fun. 🙂

The first video was produced about a year ago, depicting one of the brothers making breakfast, replacing all the food items with LEGO-built versions. The interaction and smooth switching between LEGO and real world objects is fascinating to watch. Also, notice the subtle but very convincing use of sound effects, produced by the brothers themselves. The second video takes the simple story of making breakfast to the next level, but this time the human player becomes conscious of the switch-up, driving him almost mad. The recently published third video takes the back-and-forth teasing up yet another notch; now real life objects are used (wood, tools, paint, etc.), which turn into LEGO versions of the same objects, to make a LEGO object that is actually made of wood and then comes to life! Confused? Don’t be! Both the idea and the execution are brilliant! In the video-player below, you can watch all three films, as well as a combined version.

For LEGO fans, one of the most interesting parts of brick-films is to see how they were made, and maybe even pick up some tips and tricks along the way. BrickBrosProductions shares two behind-the-scenes videos, where they reveal some of the techniques, tools, equipment, props, and software used for making the videos. They also share that the first video took three days of filming and 1,500 pictures, and the last video took one week of filming and 2,710 pictures (all three videos use 15 frames per second). Animation for the third film took another week with approximately three and a half hours of work per day.

The wooden LEGO duck depicted in the third video is a brick-built version of one of the first toys LEGO released back in 1935. The brick-built version was designed by LEGO fan Jason Allemann. Instructions are available at his website at JKBrickWorks.com. If you are interested in LEGO animation and would like to try it yourself, or if you are already a budding animator but would like to pick up some advanced skills, I highly recommend The LEGO Animation Book by David Pagano and David Picket. You can read my review on this book here, and purchase it on Amazon.

What do you think? How did you like these LEGO stop-motion videos? Did you notice any interesting techniques that you haven’t seen before or you would like to try? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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