12/2/19

Building community

This past Saturday we got together with our friends at BrickAwesome in Alliston and spent some time building with Lego.  We met some more kids like us who are Lego fans and enjoy building.



All of us pitched in to find the right pieces to build this roller coaster set!


We helped build a rollercoaster set and made some other creations. E1 made a green video game console with a blue screen.

E1 shows his F-T game console

We had so much fun, can't wait until next time!



For more information on the BrickAwesome lego fan club, visit brickawesome.ca

11/25/19

E2's Dragon and Egg


This is my dragon! My dragon is breathing fire.

This is my dragon and her baby dragon.  Isn't it cute?




The baby dragon is hatching out of its egg.  The baby dragon is a boy.
What should we name him? Please let us know if you have any ideas!





Roar!


What's his name going to be?

Comment to let us know what his name should be!

11/15/19

Our #BuildToGive Lego submissions


We just heard about a very cool thing the Lego company is doing for Christmas; they are inviting everyone to build Christmas decorations, take a photo, then upload it with the hashtag #BuildToGive.  With each submission, they plan to donate a Lego set to a child in need this season.
So, we wanted in on it too... we always love another reason to play with Lego.
What a great cause to build for!

Here's a link to our first Lego approved submission on their page, it's called:
Wyldstyle Gives a Giant Gift


Here are the other entries we sent in just after that: (Click each link to see the pictures!)
And our mom even made one too, it's Christmas Ice Cream Cake with Spoon 

There are also so many other cool fan built creations that have already been made.  To see them all visit: https://ideas.lego.com/activities/334265b2-a554-4eec-9835-ec6ae9329a36#/?query=&sort=newest

#BuildToGive




11/5/19

E1's Roman Temple

For the fun of it, I studied a bit about early Roman history, and thought it was so interesting I created my own Roman Temple.  Some interesting things I learned were:
  • Their empire lasted for over 500 years.
  • They had a very strong army.
  • The Romans were pagans who worshipped many gods in different temples.


Front view


Side view


top view

View of top without its roof. In the Roman Temples, there was usually a statue of whom it was devoted to
See the statue in the centre of the temple.







Temple with the roof removed so you can see architecture better



Roof side view

If you'd like to learn about the ancient Roman civilization, I recommend reading lots of books on Rome and watching documentaries like (dvd) Secrets of Archaeology: Roman Empire and Beyond.

10/28/19

BrickAwesome Lego Fan event part 2

BrickAwesome in Barrie!

In our last post, we showed some pictures of what we were going to display at the event.
Now, here are some pictures of other fan creations at the event:

This 'Queasy Kitty' was made with over 15,000 Lego bricks!


Winter Village had two Lego trains circling the village. 
Falconridge was a big Lego medieval village with lit up areas

The Lego Roller Coaster operated by gravity using well designed twists and drops. 

Lego Marvel 

Transformers

A Classic Lego Space City

A Lego Baseball game

Lego Taj Mahal


And here's how our display looked at the event:

The BrickAwesome Lego fan event was even covered by local CTV news.  Here's a link to a brief clip about the day: 

There was even a news camera from CTV present!

There were so many awesome displays from other builders; it was so neat to meet other Lego enthusiasts.
Lego Star Wars display


We has so much fun; there was a table set up with piles of bricks to build with, including wheels to make racers.  We made several models to race and play with.






Another table had racing lanes set up for mini car drag racing. 



There were five Speed Building challenges, and we took part in all of them.

We're speed building the Jet!


Here is a video of us doing the Sailboat Speed Build.  E1 finished first!




And we won an award at the end for 'Spectacular Build'



Overall, we had tons of fun!