A bit of the story behind the story. I got the press request from Shane about 10 days ago from The Province Newspaper about adult LEGO builders. I called Gord McIntyre back and we chatted, although I didn't really know that he was recording it as part of the article, as I see some direct quotes there.
It was evident that he had been reading through our blog as almost everything he mentioned was directly from there. He knew about our connection with Make a Wish and the Winter Wonderland display which he would have liked to use for photos but that was in the past. I tried to steer him to Britannia Mines as I was hoping to cross-promote but he wasn't interested.
For those of you who don't check out our website or twitter, here is the full Simon Pegg quote:
He had talked about really being impressed with Lee's LotR creation and so I asked if he wanted to be connected with Lee to interview and get photos but he thought it was still rather small. So the only person that I knew that had large scale models intact that would photo and video well was Paul. I also knew that I wanted to help draw attention to his Lady Gaga Castle and so pitched it to him and he was (pardon the pun) Gaga over the idea.
He talked about doing this for a living and I said that we all do this as a hobby and that we all have jobs and careers, but I then added that Robin does do this for a living, which is how he came to interview Robin.
I may have extras of the newspaper as my brother in law is saving any unsold copies tonight (they usually dump them) for anyone who missed it.