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LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Story Book Contest!

Another day, another awesome LEGO Ideas contest! The LEGO Ideas team is on the look out for all the talented storytellers who also know how to create magic with LEGO bricks! Whether you’re into action stories, romance, fairy tales, science fiction, comics or a whole other genre, they challenge you to build a bricktastic story that will make them all fall off our chairs! To give your story the ultimate twist of creativity, they ask you to build it as a pop-up in the style of the recently released #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book. Below are the details of the contest. 🙂

LEGO PO-UP BOOK CONTEST – OVERVIEW: As mentioned above, for this contest, the LEGO Ideas team challenges LEGO fans to build a scene or story in the style of the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book. In the video below, the original creators of the set, Jason Allemann and Grant Davis tell you a bit more about the contest, and also show some of their own examples.

LEGO POP-UP BOOK CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: You can enter this contest by building your bricktastic pop-up story within the dimensions of the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book, so that your build can fold down and pop up. Submissions may be in either physical bricks or by using a digital building tool such as LEGO Digital Designer. You’re welcome to use image editing tools, such as Photoshop, to enhance your photos/presentation. 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. Add a title and a short description. Upload your entry to the contest using the blue Submit Your Entry button on this page.

LEGO POP-UP BOOK CONTEST – RULES: Entries must fit the dimensions of the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book. You don’t have to use the actual LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book in your build, as long as your base and build fit the dimensions of the set (see the reference images below). Entries can only consist of LEGO elements (except for LEGO DUPLO bricks). These LEGO elements must be genuine (not cut, glued, drawn on or otherwise modified). You’re welcome to submit entries containing minifigures as well as licensed properties of your choice as long as they fall within LEGO’s brand values as described further below. No custom artwork (stickers/prints). Entries may only contain official LEGO-made stickers or printed elements. 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 POP-UP BOOK CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by January 3rd, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. EST. You can use an online time-zone converter to make sure you don’t miss the deadline.

LEGO POP-UP BOOK CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges consisting of members of the LEGO Ideas team and the two fan designers of the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book, Grant Davis and Jason Allemann, 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%.

LEGO POP-UP BOOK CONTEST – PRIZES: One grand prize winner will receive the following: a custom special-edition Pop-Up Book trophy created by LEGO designer Wes Talbott and featuring artwork by LEGO graphic designer Crystal Fontan, an 8×16 tile signed by the LEGO Ideas team, the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book, the #21311 LEGO Ideas Voltron, the #21313 LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle, the #21314 LEGO Ideas Tron Legacy, the #21104 LEGO Ideas NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover, the #21301 LEGO Ideas Birds, a LEGO Ideas tote bag, and a LEGO FanTube interview opportunity. Two runner up winners winner will each receive the following: a custom special-edition Pop-Up Book trophy created by LEGO designer Wes Talbott and featuring artwork by LEGO graphic designer Crystal Fontan, the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book, the #21313 LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle, the #21110 LEGO Ideas Research Institute, the #21109 LEGO Ideas Exo Suit, and a LEGO Ideas tote bag.

LEGO CONTEST – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Potential winners will be contacted via the entrant’s email address after January 11th, 2019. 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.

As soon as the LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book was announced, LEGO fans immediately started talking about alternate stories and scenes they would like to create for the book. This contest is a perfect opportunity for LEGO fans to build those alternate models they thought about, and also have a chance to win an assortment of amazing prizes!

What do you think? How do you like this contest? Are you planning to enter? Do you have the LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book already? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book Volume 2

A couple of years ago, LEGO fan Chris McVeigh released a lovely book for the holidays, titled, The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book: 15 Designs to Spread Holiday Cheer. (You can read my review on this book here: The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book Review) Chris is well known for his fun and festive LEGO holiday ornaments (and other small builds), and his website, ChrisMcVeigh.com is a great source for downloadable building instructions. For this holiday season, Chris released a second volume of the book, titled, The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book: 16 Designs to Spread Holiday Cheer! 🙂

As the title suggests, the second volume of The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book includes building instructions for sixteen more clever Christmas ornaments that can be built from standard LEGO parts that fans are likely to have in their collection. These small and uncomplicated ornaments are quick to build and a joy to display. In the introduction of the book, Chris writes, “It gives me great joy to bring you and your family a second collection of LEGO Christmas ornaments. I hope you have a wonderful time building these colorful creations and hanging them on your tree. Don’t hesitate to swap colors, switch parts, and put your own spin on things – mixing it up is all part of the fun!”

While it is easy to download instructions from Chris’s website, there is something special about having these instructions in book form. The book itself is hardcover and full color with 209 pages, published by No Starch Press (publisher of many high-quality LEGO books). The images are big and vibrant, and the instructions are easy to follow. The sixteen classic Christmas ornaments include a gingerbread house, gingerbread man, Santa, reindeer, a snowman, a wreath, a poinsettia, and traditional shapes like baubles and modern geometric swirls. They really are very nice and simple to build.

You can sit down with your children, spouse, friends, parents, or just by yourself, flip through the book to select the ornament(s) you would like to make, and begin building. Each design includes a parts-list, step-by-step building instructions, and a tastefully presented photo of the finished ornament. Also worth noting that each of the ornaments incorporate a LEGO string with end studs for easy hanging (if you don’t have this piece, or you don’t have enough of them, you can just use regular piece of string).

Both volumes of the LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book make excellent holiday presents, and they also provide engaging family activities. I highly recommend them. I also recommend checking Chris’ website, as he adds more ornaments as new LEGO shapes and colors get released. He just recently uploaded a nice collection of potted Christmas trees in different color combinations. Here are the links to the two volumes of the book:

What do you think? Have you been using Chris’ designs to build holiday ornaments? Are you planning to build any this year? Do you think you would get the book either for yourself or as a gift for someone else? Feel free to share in the comment section below! And if you have either or booth of the book already, you are welcome to share your own review! 😉

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