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Brick Expo 2012 Announced

Brick Expo, Canberra’s annual LEGO® fan exhibition, will be back this year and at a bigger new venue. It’ll be over two days, 14 and 15 July 2012, at the Hellenic Club in Matilda St, Woden. Hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm. All proceeds from the event go towards purchasing much needed medical equipment for Paediatrics [...]

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Big W: LEGO stationery galore!

Big W have lots of LEGO stationery stuff at the moment for back to school purposes. Some of it is really groovy for adult fans as well! Here’s a few photos that a reader sent in:

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First Sydney Brick Show Announced

I’ve just found out that the first ever Sydney Brick Show has been announced. Yes, fellow Sydneysiders, after years of envy of Brickvention and Brick Expo, a proper LEGO® fan convention is finally being launched in our town! The Sydney Brick Show will be held at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo, and will run over [...]

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Exclusive Benefit Brickvention Evening

Next Saturday 21 January is your chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s massive Brickvention exhibit in Melbourne, while supporting kids with autism or Asperger’s. ASD Aid is a foundation for AFOLs who are dedicated to raising awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in the community, and to harnessing the power of LEGO [...]

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A Rough Guide To 2012

The Mr Toys Toyworld website has once again provided some Australian release dates and retail prices for LEGO® sets coming out in the first three quarters of 2012. In the past, these have proven to be a good rough guide to the coming year in LEGO® for Australia. In total, there are 183 sets appearing [...]

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Brickvention: Less Than 2 Weeks To Go!

Brickvention is Australia’s largest LEGO® display and fan convention, where members of the public can view amazing original creations by Australian model builders, and Australian model builders can get together, display their work and indulge in a full weekend of LEGO® hijinks! The Melbourne event has been growing and growing, with 142 participants and over [...]

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One Theme To Rule Them All

Warner Bros and LEGO® announced today that a LEGO Lord of the Rings theme will be launching in 2012! Sets from the movie trilogy will be first to arrive, in June, with sets from the upcoming ‘The Hobbit’ films later in the year (the first Hobbit film is out in December 2012). LEGO have launched [...]

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Build The Change in Melbourne This Weekend

LEGO® Education is holding a big building event in Melbourne this weekend. 1,000 base plates and 500kg of LEGO® bricks are being provided for the public to build a “Green City of the Future”. It’s open to the public this weekend November 19-20 from 10am to 4pm, and it’s free! Then Melbourne schoolchildren will be [...]

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New AFOL Book Looking for AFOLs

There are plans underway for a new book featuring the work of adult fans of LEGO® (AFOLs) from around the world. The coffee table styled book is being published by Talltale Underground Book Co., and they’re currently accepting entries from people who would like their work to be featured. Entries close on January 31 2012, [...]

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LEGO Exhibition at Forest Hill Chase (VIC)

Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre, in Forest Hill, Melbourne, is holding a big LEGO® event from 7-27 November. The centrepiece is an exhibition by Ryan McNaught, aka The Brickman, one of Australia’s most prominent LEGO® artisans. Ryan is a LEGO® Certified Professional and has won Best in Show at Brickvention twice. His giant 250,000 piece [...]

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