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Thanks for coming! Family FUSE Weekend – Saturday LEGO Creations

Posted on June 9, 2013 by chump

For those of you who came out to Family FUSE Weekend on Saturday at the Vancouver Art Gallery we’ve got some of the photos of your creations captured here on our website Unfortunately, I forgot to charge all 3 of … Continue reading →

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June 2013 – LEGO Oakridge Community Showcase – Randall’s Pirate display

Posted on June 5, 2013 by chump

We had a VLC member contest in May to build an incredible display for the LEGO Oakridge Community Showcase.   The winner Randall, literally filled the entire box from edge to edge with his Arrrr-some Pirate display. (the jokes don’t … Continue reading →

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VLC at Family FUSE Weekend – Vancouver Art Gallery – June 8th and 9th, 2013

Posted on June 4, 2013 by chump

A few years back, I signed up for a Vancouver Art Gallery membership based on this FUSE Fridays that they put on throughout the year.  In a nutshell, the Vancouver Art Gallery takes a Friday night invites a lot of … Continue reading →

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Thank you Vancouver Mini-Maker Faire attendees!

Posted on June 4, 2013 by chump

Thank to all who came by our modest little booth which had no banners, nor tablecloth or skirting (we’ll do better next year)  However, I think most people didn’t notice as they laid their eyes on Crawler Town, Fun Haus … Continue reading →

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Wil Wheaton Explains What It Means to be a Nerd

Posted on May 27, 2013 by chump

A couple weeks back I tweeted this but it deserves a full blown post.   Vancouver had it’s FanExpo back in April, but something extraordinarily special happened at the one in Calgary.  Jennifer Black-Moar who just had a brand new baby … Continue reading →

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Crawler Town in the May 26th 2013, Vancouver Province newspaper

Posted on May 26, 2013 by chump

Well, Dave DeGobbi’s Crawler Town is in the news again.  Late last week, the organizers of Vancouver Mini-Maker Faire were impressed and called us up asking for some hi-res images of his creation for the Vancouver Province newspaper to use.  … Continue reading →

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LEGO Oakridge Store 8 foot Yoda build video – NOVUS TV

Posted on May 26, 2013 by chump

Did you miss out on attending the One Year Anniversary of the LEGO Brand Retail Store at the Oakridge Mall and the 8 foot tall LEGO Yoda build?    Well, if you did, no fear,  Novus TV captured a portion of … Continue reading →

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LEGO GAGA, The Built This Way Ball – BrickBaron aka Paul Hetherington

Posted on May 23, 2013 by chump

Vancouver LEGO Club brick artist Paul Hetherington has released his photos of LEGO Lady Gaga castle tour set including a video of it all in action and set to Lady Gaga’s song Just Dance.  Crank up the volume and click … Continue reading →

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If only there were a LEGO Vancouver Canucks…..

Posted on May 23, 2013 by chump

Bob Kronbauer of Vancouver is Awesome tweeted the following a week back regarding James H’s now revisionist history of the Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup 2013 playoff run. Original Tweet found here: Hey @car2govancouver, have you seen the Lego version of … Continue reading →

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VLC at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire – June 1st and 2nd, 2013 10am-6pm

Posted on May 10, 2013 by chump

Are you a DIY kind of person?  Do you like to tinker with stuff?  Are you into neat contraptions and all things steampunk?  If any of this interests you, get yourself down to Vancouver Mini Maker Faire at the PNE … Continue reading →

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