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LEGO Ultimate Trains Contest – great prizes!

by on October 6, 2017
in Community News

Looks like LEGO is determined to continue challenging the LEGO fan community, because they just launched another excellent contest (see about other currently running contests at the end of this post). The most recently announced event is titled the LEGO Ultimate Trains Contest and it offers both a fun challenge and generous prizes. Details are below. 🙂

➡ LEGO ULTIMATE TRAINS CONTEST – OVERVIEW: Calling all train enthusiasts, here’s your opportunity to show off your skills in the LEGO Ultimate Train Contest! What train can you build for the #10259 LEGO Creator Winter Village Station? Build the most awesome of awesome trains for a chance to win the ultimate train prize package. All aboard! (Please note that while the #10259 LEGO Creator Winter Village Station is holiday themed, your train doesn’t have to be. It just needs to physically fit the station and tracks. In other words, your train needs to be six studs wide across and be LEGO minifigure-scale.)

➡ LEGO ULTIMATE TRAINS CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: Build your LEGO train. Take up to five photos of your creation and submit them to the contest. Make sure to show off all angles of your creation. Use the description field to describe your train – then hit “submit”. When you receive a “Success!” pop-up notification after clicking “submit”, your entry has successfully been submitted. The ReBrick moderation team will review it within 1-3 working days to make sure it fits all the contest rules.

➡ LEGO ULTIMATE TRAINS CONTEST – RULES: Your train must be six studs wide across, no larger or smaller, but can have any number of cars, there’s no length requirement. Although the set is a winter/holiday themed train station, your train does not need to be winter or holiday themed. Trains should be minifigure-scale. You do not need to show your train with the station. Entries with military themes will not be eligible for the contest. Entries containing defamatory or degrading elements will not be eligible for the contest. Entries consisting of or containing copies of any existing third party work or creation or infringements of any third party intellectual property right will not be eligible for the contest. Your entry should not contain any third party IPs. This means entries containing licensed characters, minifigure parts or accessories, or printed pieces specific to Marvel and DC super heroes, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter etc. will not be eligible for the contest. Only original characters or LEGO created IPs, such as LEGO Friends, LEGO NEXO Knights, and LEGO Elves, are allowed. Entries can be previously built, but cannot be submitted previously in any contest of any kind competing for a prize. Use of LEGO Digital Designer to create your entry is allowed, along with photo editing software or adding effects to your entry. Entries must not contain LEGO elements which have been modified from their original form, including painted or cut elements. Entrants must be at least 13 years of age at the time of entry. You can read the rest of the entry guidelines and rules here.

➡ LEGO ULTIMATE TRAINS CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by October 30th, 2017 at 10:00 AM EST. If you are not sure what time zone you are in, you can use an online time-zone converter to make sure you don’t miss the deadline.

➡ LEGO ULTIMATE TRAINS CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges from the Online LEGO Shop team will select one grand prize winner and two runner ups. They will judge entries upon: overall coolness and originality – 25%, most inspired detail – 25%, relevance to contest theme – 25%, best use of LEGO elements – 25%.

➡ LEGO ULTIMATE TRAINS CONTEST – PRIZES: There will be one grand prize winner, who will receive: the #10254 LEGO Creator Holiday Train, #10259 LEGO Creator Winter Village Station, LEGO Power Function elements to motorize a train (#88002 LEGO Train Motor, #8884 LEGO IR Receiver, #8879 LEGO Remote Control, #8878 LEGO Rechargeable Battery Box, #45517 LEGO Transformer compatible with the winner’s country’s electric outlets), five sets of #7499 LEGO Flexible & Straight Train Tracks, and three sets of #7895 LEGO Switching Tracks. Two runner up winners will receive: #10259 LEGO Winter Village Station. In addition, one bonus winner chosen at random will receive: #10259 LEGO Winter Village Station.

➡ LEGO TRAINS CONTEST – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after November 3rd, 2017 and announced on ReBrick when the winners 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.

LEGO is running a number of contests right now for teen and adult fans (see links at the end of this post), so you have plenty of challenges to choose from. Or, if you are ambitious, you can even enter all of them! The prizes for all of the contests are amazing, so it’s worth giving it a try!

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO Ultimate Trains contest? Are you planning to enter? Do you have some ideas already? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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Visiting Brick Fest Live for some LEGO fun!

by on October 5, 2017
in Community News

(Written by William)

You may have heard of Brick Fest Live and have wondered what it is all about, or, perhaps you have never heard of it at all. In any case, let me start out by taking a quick moment and explain what Brick Fest Live is (and what it was in the past) before talking about my recent visit to the event. 🙂

Prior to the current version of Brick Fest Live, there was a traveling LEGO experience run by the LEGO Group themselves. When LEGO decided to end the traveling show, the fine people at Brick Fest Live took up the reigns and continued the touring event. That’s essentially the history of the show in a nutshell. Generally, the event is geared towards families and not so much adult LEGO fans. I would say that the closest experience to Brick Fest Live is LEGO Discovery Centers. However, given that Brick Fest Live is a traveling show, you won’t find the elaborate fixtures that are in LEGO Discovery Center locations. With that said, let’s take a look at some of the activities you’ll find at Brick Fest Live, in case you are interested, and it comes to a city near you. (Please note that Brick Fest Live is only in the USA – see their website for locations and dates).

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – LARGE LEGO MOSAICS: When I recently visited the event, there were two areas where visitors of the event could participate in helping to build massive LEGO mosaics. People were instructed in how to build small portions of the mosaic, which are then added to the large frame. Over the course of the entire event you could watch how the image developed.

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – FREE BUILD PLAY AREAS: Two areas were dedicated to freeform building. One of the areas was for younger children, and contained oversized soft play elements. The other area was for older fans who got to play in a blue sandbox. Once someone was done building in the sandbox, they could then display their creations on the tables around the area for other event-goers to see and be inspired by.

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – LEGO SPEEDWAY:  At this area, you could build your own personal racer, then when you are done, you could test your racer’s ability on the track. Multiple races would be held throughout the day during the show.

➡ BRICK BEST LIVE – STRUCTURED LEGO BUILDING: For those needing a bit more guidance or focus, there were three areas for building. The first of these was the Architecture Zone, where you got your hands on all sorts of white elements just like in the #21050 LEGO Architecture Studio set. Once built, you could add your building into the growing display of other structures. Next was the Space Station. This area started with a central station and, as the event went on, fans could add their contributions to the growing station. Finally, there was the Neon City. This area focused on bright neon parts, under a black-light! This gave all the sculptures a surreal look.

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – LEGO DISPLAYS: The event also showcases various LEGO displays from expert builders. One display area was called the Glow Zone, which was a sheltered tent with black-lights. It included glow-in-the-dark LEGO pieces, including the ones from the #10244 LEGO Creator Fairground Mixer and #10247 LEGO Creator Ferris Wheel. Brick Fest Live also invites local LEGO User Groups (LUGs) to show off their creations. Since the event I went to was in Sacramento, California, my group, the Sacramento Brick Builders displayed some cool LEGO builds for the public to enjoy.

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – LEGO DIGITAL MEDIA SPOTS: There were also two places at the event for those who love the digital world of LEGO. At the gaming are people could check out the different LEGO video-games, and at the theatre, event-goers could take a break and watch some of their favorite LEGO animated shows.

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – LEGO MINI GOLF: If you get tired of building, you could stretch your muscles and shoot a round of mini golf. All the holes are built with LEGO obstacles. Perhaps not the most creative activity, but, hey, who doesn’t love mini golf?

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – MAKE YOUR OWN STUFF: For people who wanted to keep the LEGO creations they made, there were a few paid areas where you could do that. At one area you could design your own shirt, while at another place you could build your own minifigure. Still another area was called Meeper Mania, which I believe let you create your own monster. There was even an area for making a soccer bot!

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: To help participants take perfect pictures to remember the event, there were a couple of displays that were perfect to take pictures with. Heck, even I did it! Some of my personal favorites were an oversized Woody from Toy Story, and a large inflatable minifig.

➡ BRICK FEST LIVE – SHOPPING: Brick Fest Live travels with some pretty awesome vendors, selling everything from custom minifigures, custom minifigure accessories, retired LEGO sets, and LEGO-themed clothing. Below is a video-intro to Brick Fest Live, which will show you these areas and events in more detail.

Admission tickets for Brick Fest Live vary based on location. General admission typically ranges between $20 to $30. VIP admission (which includes a sweet swag bag and the ability to come in a whole hour earlier than everyone else) ranges from $40 to $50. You definitely have a full day worth of activities, so I think the price is fair. If you are an adult LEGO fan, I would still say that it is better to go to an adult-oriented LEGO fan convention, but if you have family with small children, Brick Fest Live is a perfect way to have a LEGO-filled day.

What do you think? Have you been to Brick Fest Live before? How did you like it? Or are you planning to go? Feel free to share your thoughts and own review in the comment section below! 😉

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