Nov 2013 – LEGO Oakridge Community Showcase – Keith R

Boris and Natasha look out, Dudley Do-Right to the rescue! Okay, so I’m not sure of the inspiration for this month’s community showcase at the LEGO Oakridge Centre store done by VLC member Keith R., but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are after the bad guys that are on the loose.

Great use of forced perspective with the mountain in the background.  A simple but effective technique for adding depth to your creations. The different shades of trans blue for the water is also useful to show running vs still water.   As always, to see all the details of Keith’s creation, check it out for yourself at Oakridge Centre on display all this month.

VLC Nov 2013 Community Showcase Keith

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Thanks for attending Trains 2013! – photo gallery

If you’re reading this then chances are you came out to Trains 2013 at the Cameron Rec Centre in Burnaby.  Thank you very much for coming out to see our display.   And a special thanks to our VLC member Andrew R for getting involved on the Trains committee so that it could continue on this year.

Well, if you read my earlier Trains 2013 post, I kind of told a mistruth when I said we wouldn’t be doing Aliens or Superheroes.  We did both.   We hope to see you at Trains 2014!

Just in case you were one of the few who missed seeing our display at Trains 2013, below are photos of our display.

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[MOC] NNoVVember “Friendly” Vic Viper by Tyler Sky

Did you recall I write that Tyler is a prolific and fast builder?  In his forum entry he wrote:

I have always wanted to build a Vic Viper. There is a NNoVVember Vic Viper building challenge here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/921332@N22/discuss/72157637190944603/

Some of these SPACE ships are extremely cool (imho). I’d like to build a second Vic that is not Friends themed. ..Maybe at the end of the month, after I build my Parade Float! ;)

One wonders (okay, maybe it’s just me.) how many Friends sets that Tyler’s bought!

Additional Pics can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tylersky/

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[MOC] Olivia’s Dragon Flyer – Tyler Sky

I don’t know if you noticed in the last MOC (My Own Creation) post by Tyler Sky the word “first”?  Well, of course, he’s made a second entry for the November FriendsBrick Building Challenge.

May I present, Olivia’s Dragon Flyer.  Because of course, this is how they would get around Heartlake City really fast.

As always additional pics can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tylersky/

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[MOC] FriendsBrick November – Mia’s Roadster – Tyler Sky

I just can’t seem to catch a break, Tyler is just so fast and prolific in his MOC building.  I saw this one this morning on our forums and figured I’d post it tonight.  Well,  The Brothers Bricks have already picked it up and blogged about his latest creation.

This is Mia’s Roadster, Tyler’s first entry to the Build a vehicle for Heartlake City on Flickr.   The roadster has some cool stylish lines that any Friends would be happy to take a ride in.  You can find more photos on his Flickr page

Car, boat, helicopter … maybe a jetpack is all you need! Show us how you like to go from Point A to Point B the Friendly way.

 

Build your own Heartlake City vehicle — perhaps a technical marvel that can go from city streets to Clear Spring Mountain terrain, or a stylish automobile to cruise by the Cafe & around the Lake. How it’s powered is up to you: petrol, solar, wind, steam, or maybe human. Let your imagination take you (and possibly passengers) for a ride!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/legofriends/discuss/72157637188023106/

 

 

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Videos from Mini-Maker Faire Vancouver 2013

Whooops… I just dug these videos out from our participation in the 2013 Vancouver Mini-Maker Faire.  I forgot to post them earlier.

In the video below, VLC Member, Keith Reed is being interviewed about the Vancouver LEGO Club by Percy von Lipinski for All Voices.

The following videos are from another maker attendee who was doing some hi-speed video capture.  None of them have sound, as it was just a string of hi-res photos strung together.

Paul Hetherington’s Fun Haus in motion

Fun Haus and Steam Punk Star Wars Cloud City

Our VLC booth display at Mini-Maker Faire Vancouver with no signage and skirting.

Below is an article from the Huffington Post where our club president’s Dave DeGobbi and builder of Crawler Town has his name misspelled.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/billie-kell/vancouver-creatives-play_b_3397879.html

 

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MOC – Unexpected Encounters #1 & #2 – Tyler Sky

Earlier this month, Tyler Sky released photos of a creation called Unexpected Encounters.  Tyler is rapidly becoming a Friends crossover fiend with the Friends universe finding themselves in all sorts of interesting scenarios.

It was quickly pointed out by one of our members that this LEGO Star Wars vignette wasn’t exactly canon, as there were no mushrooms on Hoth.

Unexpected Encounters it turns out was not a solo piece and was soon followed up by Unexpected Encounters #2.  Two chickens walkers cross the street…. sounds like the start of a bad joke…

A little darker that the first.  It was asked whether a black light was involved but it was a strip of coloured LED lighting that gave the trans-yellow pieces an eerie glow.  Can you tell that Tyler is our unofficial club photographer?

For Tyler’s full Flickr gallery head to http://www.flickr.com/photos/tylersky/

 

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MOC: Happy Halloween from Tyler Sky (and the VLC)!

I’m trying to be a little more proactive in our MOC announcements and since this one is timely, I figured I’d better get this one out fast.  Once again Tyler Sky has shown us his love of the Friends figs and how they do Halloween.

For more photos of this MOC head to Tyler Sky’s Flickr gallery.

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October 2013 LEGO Oakridge Community Showcase – Andrew R

Excuse the lateness of this posting, but this month’s LEGO Community Showcase at the Oakridge Centre Mall is courtesy of Andrew R.   Andrew is involved in Trains 2013 at the Cameron Rec Centre by Lougheed Mall coming up November 9th and 10th.

Please mark it down in your calendar and come check out our display that weekend.

IMG_9263And so we remain rather seasonal, Happy Halloween to the minifigs who are out there trick or treating.

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Thanks for attending Mt. Cheam Lion’s Train and Hobby Show 2013

Thank you for attending the Mt. Cheam Lion’s Club Model Train and Hobby Show 2013 in Chilliwack, BC.  This year, we collaborated and handed over the reigns of the show to our fellow LEGO enthusiasts in Abbotsford, AbbyLUG.  We look forward to see their future shows and displays.  If you’re an adult LEGO enthusiast in the Fraser Valley, please do consider joining their LUG (LEGO User Group)

You can also see AbbyLUG’s handiwork on a monthly basis at the Guildford Town Centre LEGO Store Community Showcase.

For more photos of the show display, head over to the AbbyLUG Flickr photo pool.

A special thanks to Andrew R., for taking lead of this display for the Vancouver LEGO Club for so many years.   It’s been a large commitment of time and effort that we greatly appreciate.   You can continue to see his love of LEGO train displays at the upcoming Trains 2013 at the Cameron Rec Centre in Burnaby, on Nov 9th and 10th.

 

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