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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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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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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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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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First LEGO® League: Australian Style

The robotics contest for 9 to 16 year olds, using LEGO® MINDSTORMS®, will soon begin its 2011 season in Australia.

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Canberra Brick Expo Coming Up

There’s less than a month to go till the second Canberra Brick Expo, which will be held on 6 & 7 August at the Canberra Southern Cross Club in Woden. This year the Canberra Lego User Group has expanded it to two days as it was wildly popular last year. There will also be a [...]

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Perth LEGO® Display This Weekend!

The annual display of the Perth Adult Lego Society is this weekend, June 4-6, at the Model Railway Exhibition, at Claremont Showgrounds. It’s open from 10am to 5pm – full details in this flyer (PDF). PALS has been doing this layout since 2008 and it’s always one of the most popular at the Exhibition. It [...]

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LEGO® Exhibit & Store In Melbourne

Famed New York LEGO® artist Nathan Sawaya’s touring exhibit, The Art Of The Brick, will be showing in Melbourne from 2 June in Federation Square. The exhibition features 25 of Sawaya’s large LEGO® sculptures. There will also be a section titled Iconic Melbourne with Melbourne landmarks recreated by local LEGO® builders, as well as a [...]

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Brisbane: LEGO® Exhibit This Weekend

The Brisbane LEGO® Train Group (BLTG) is exhibiting this weekend (and Monday!) as part of the Brisbane Model Train Show at the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane. The theme of their exhibit is “Viva Brick Vegas” which they describe as follows: Catch the Lego trains as they take you through the glittering city of “Brick Vegas” [...]

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