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LEGO Ninjago story & brickfilming contest

by on January 30, 2018
in Community News

LEGO likes to keep their fans entertained and challenged with new contests every month! You can read about the other currently running contests at the end of this post, and today we will discuss the most recently announced contest at LEGO’s ReBrick website: LEGO Ninjago Continue The Chase. Details of the contest are below. 🙂

At the beginning of the year, LEGO posted a stop-motion video on their YouTube channel, titled, Chasing the Mask of Vengeance (watch below). In the video, the ninja team has to use their ninja racing skills to keep the Sons of Garmadon from getting the Oni Mask of Vengeance. As Kai, Lloyd, Zane, and Samurai X are fighting the badguys over the mask, the video abruptly ends as the chase scene approaches a fork in the road, with the text appearing: CONTINUE THE CHASE. And that’s what this contest is about; LEGO would like to know how you would end the Chasing the Mask of Vengeance video by creating your own brickfilm.

➡ LEGO NINJAGO THE CHASE CONTEST – OVERVIEW: Create your own brickfilm version of the thrilling conclusion of the Chasing the Mask of Vengeance! How would you end the video? What crazy, unexpected turns will you have the story take? What sort of funny thing will happen to the ninja? What kind of stunts will they pull? What sort of fight scene will they have? You decide! Create a brickfilm using Ninjago characters to end the video. If you don’t have the exact characters or pieces, just re-create them the best you can to tell your story, and share your thrilling conclusion in this contest! (Below, I’m including both the Chasing of the Mask of Vengeance brickfilm, as well as a second video with some behind-the-scenes tidbits on how the video was made. It could be very helpful in creating your own stop-motion-video for the contest.)

➡ LEGO NINJAGO THE CHASE CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: Watch the Chasing the Mask of Vengeance video featured above. Create your brickfilm according to the rules posted below. Please note only original audio is allowed. Upload your video to a video hosting site of your choice and copy the URL to your video in the URL field on the entry page on Rebrick. Take up to five screenshots from your video and upload them on the entry page on Rebrick. Use the description field to share how you made your audio, then hit submit. When you receive a “Success!” pop-up notification after clicking “submit” on the entry submission page, 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 NINJAGO THE CHASE CONTEST – RULES: Your brickfilm can be minimum 15 seconds and maximum 30 seconds. Entries can only contain original audio made by the participant – no copyrighted or even free sound audio is allowed under any circumstances. Please make sure your video is in .MOV, .AVI, .MPEG, MP4, or WMV. You are allowed to use support material like clay and rubber bands, as well as special effects and animation. Brickfilms should relate to LEGO Ninjago but otherwise not relate to or include any third party IPs. This means all entries containing third party IPs that do not relate to LEGO Ninjago, including licensed characters from Marvel and DC superheroes, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter etc. will not be eligible for the contest. This also includes LEGO IPs such as LEGO Friends, LEGO Nexo Knights, LEGO Elves etc. Characters and parts from The LEGO Ninjago Movie are allowed in this contest. 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 can be previously created, but cannot be submitted previously in any contest of any kind competing for a prize. Each entry must have been made by the user submitting it, submitting entries you did not make yourself could result in your account being removed and all entries being disqualified. Use of LEGO Digital Designer to create your entry is allowed, along with animation editing 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 NINJAGO THE CHASE CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by March 15th, 2018 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 NINJAGO THE CHASE CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges from the LEGO Ninjago team will select five grand prize winners in five different categories; Best Brickfilm, Funniest Moment, Best Stunt, Best Fight Scene, and Viewer’s Choice. They will judge entries upon: overall coolness and originality – 25%, video quality – 25%, relevance to listed categories – 25%, most inspired details – 25%. It is up to the judges to place an entry in a given category based on their category. The winner for the category Viewer’s Choice will be voted for on LEGO Life. The Ninjago team will pre-select 10-15 entries, which will be uploaded to LEGO Life for the community there to vote for their favorite brickfilm. Please see the prizes section for further details.

➡ LEGO NINJAGO THE CHASE CONTEST – PRIZES: There will be five grand prize winners, who will receive the following prices: #70633 LEGO Ninjago Kai – Spinjitzu Master, #70634 LEGO Ninjago Nya – Spinjitzu Master, #70635 LEGO Ninjago Jay – Spinjitzu Master, #70636 LEGO Ninjago Zane – Spinjitzu Master, #70637 LEGO Ninjago Cole – Spinjitzu Master, #70638 LEGO Ninjago Katana V11, #70639 LEGO Ninjago Street Race of Snake Jaguar, #706340 LEGO Ninjago S.O.G. Headquarters, #70641 LEGO Ninjago Ninja Nightcrawler, #70642 LEGO Ninjago Killow vs. Samurai X, #70643 LEGO Ninjago Temple of Resurrection, a Winner’s Certificate, a customized winner’s trophy from a LEGO Ninjago designer, a LEGO Ninjago swag package, and an upcoming LEGO Ninjago set, to be shipped once it’s available in summer 2018.

➡ LEGO NINJAGO CONTEST – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after March 15th, 2018 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.

This is yet another fun contest to challenge teen and adult LEGO fans! If you like the LEGO Ninjago story, and brickfilming, this is your chance to write, play out, and film a little part of the story. How cool is that? If you are not familiar with the recently released LEGO Ninjago sets, I recommend you check them out. They will give you an idea of the characters, vehicles, and locations of the new season of the story. You can find them under the LEGO Ninjago section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like this LEGO Ninjago brickfilming 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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LEGO Hugman at National Hugging Day

by on January 29, 2018
in Community News

Just about a week ago was the celebration of National Hugging Day. According to Wikipedia, Kevin Zaborney is credited with coming up with the idea of National Hugging Day in 1986. He chose January 21, as it fell between the Christmas and New Year’s Holidays and Valentine’s Day when he found that people are generally in low spirits. The idea of National Hugging Day is to encourage everyone to hug family and friends more often. Zaborney observed that American society is embarrassed to show feelings in public and hoped that a National Hugging Day would change that. The event was first celebrated on January 21, 1986, in Clio, Michigan, and since then has become popular in other places around the US, and many other countries. 🙂

So what does National Hugging Day has to do with LEGO? Well, LEGO fan and artist Nathan Sawaya has been participating in National Hugging Day since 2009, by installing his brick-built figures as a form of street art in large cities like New York, Los Angeles,  London, Paris, and Rome, as well as in Brazil, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, and China. You could see these fun little guys wrapping their arms around table legs, signposts, bicycle racks, trees, and fence posts to celebrate the event.

This year, Nathan teamed up with the Art Revolution Foundation to bring a mass installation to the streets of Los Angeles on National Hugging Day. The designs include not just Nathan’s original Hugman LEGO sculptures, but also variations of the figures in collaboration with other notable artists, influences, and designers, such as Tony Hawk, Justine Ezarik (“iJustine”), Alec Monopoly, Ashley Eckstein, Phil LaMarr, Adam Savage, and many more. Over 100 Hugman sculptures were installed in total!

Those participating in National Hugging Day in Los Angeles this year were able to take part in a fun scavenger hunt by following along on Twitter to help locate the Hugman sculptures and share a photo using the hashtag #HugmanAdventures. The sculptures were placed in public places from Culver City and Downtown Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley.

Nathan’s original Hugman figures stand around 20 inches tall, and come in bright LEGO colors like yellow, red, blue and green. For the Los Angeles project, blank hugging figures were provided to a variety of creative collaborators to personalize. Collaborators painted, drawn on, and customized the figures as part of the National Hugging Day installation.

The Hugman figures not only celebrate National Hugging Day, but stand in support of the Art Revolution Foundation’s mission to strengthen art education in schools and supply students with the tools they need to succeed. Thus, following the one-day art installation, the sculptures are now part of an online art auction at CharityBuzz.com to support the Art Revolution Foundation. “Studies show that including art into the classroom curriculum has monumental benefits for students and school culture,” said Nellie Scott, Director of Development for the Art Revolution Foundation. “Unfortunately, not every student has access to these benefits, so Art Revolution Foundation is working to change that.”

The Art Revolution Foundation auction includes some of the painted, drawn on, glued on, dressed up, and sculpted-over Hugman figures by various collaborators. Some of them are pretty and artistic, some philosophical and thoughtful, and some playful and whimsical. You can check out the current live auctions at the Art Revolution Foundation’s page at CharityBuzz.com.

It is worth noting that Nathan Sawaya’s original Hugman is also featured on LEGO Ideas. I like Nathan’s description of the Hugman project, so I will copy it here: “This is Hugman. Hugman likes to hug. Hugman hugs table legs, signposts, bicycle racks, trees, fence posts and anything it can get its arms around. Hugman began as street art in New York City. Hugman figures would appear in different locations throughout the city. People would spot Hugman and stop to take photos. It was a fun surprise to find brightly colored LEGO sculptures in the most random places. From there, Hugman figures started appearing in cities around the world. Often I would leave a Hugman behind, wrapped around the leg of a park bench or a pole, to put a smile on people’s faces who happen upon this bright pop of color. You can see photos of Hugman around the world here. Soon I was getting requests for Hugman sculptures. People wanted a Hugman in their home, embracing the leg of their desk or lamp. Hugman figures were bringing the happy feelings of a friendly embrace to folks everywhere. So, I was finally convinced to bring Hugman to LEGO Ideas in hopes it would become an official LEGO set. Hugman is a simple design, just like a real hug. With about 400 pieces in total and standing 16 inches tall, all ages can build a Hugman. Made in bright, primary colors and ready to hug.” If you would like Hugman to become an official LEGO set, you can vote here: VOTE FOR LEGO IDEAS HUGMAN PROJECT

I’m a big fan of Nathan Sawaya’s work. His sculptures are inspirational, playful, and often interactive. And I really like Nathan’s writing, which is just as inspirational and playful as his sculptures. I highly recommend his book, The Art of the Brick: A Life in LEGO, which I reviewed a few years ago (see: The Art of the Brick by Nathan Sawaya). You can find the book on Amazon: THE ART OF THE BRICK BY NATHAN SAWAYA

What do you think? Have you ever participated in National Hugging Day, hunted for Hugman in a big city, or participated in any of Nathan Sawaya’s exhibits? Feel free to share your thoughts and own review in the comment section below! 😉

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