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Philly Brick Fest LEGO Fan Festival Living Social Deal

April 29, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

After the record-breaking success of Philly Brick Fest this past weekend, fans who didn’t get a chance to go will have another opportunity in September. Tickets for the next event are now available on Living Social. Philly Brick Fest will again be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and this deal gets you a single day ticket and BrickWarriors LEGO minifigure accessories. The fan festival will be held on Friday, Sept. 12 through Sunday, Sept. 14. Be sure to get your tickets early because the last promotion was sold out.

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Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards aka Rockys

April 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards Ceremony - The Rocky Awards Ceremony

Day 2 of Philly Brick Fest 2014 came and went and during the day, judges were walking around evaluating a ton of MOCs in various themes which included best Philly MOC, Space, Bionicle, Military/Historical, Most Creative, Train, Steampunk, Building/Structure. Winners of these respective themes will get a custom Rocky trophy designed by Tyler Clites (Legohaulic). There was even a Stanley the Snail Award for best snail MOC.

The first award given out was an honorary award given to Chris Edwards who was the first person to register as an AFOL and the first person to display his MOCs.

Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards Ceremony - Honorary Rocky Award

The second award given out during the night was the Stanley the Snail Award given to the best snail MOC out of the whole convention. The winner of this award was Nicki Toizer.

Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards Ceremony - Best Snail

The second Rocky that was given out was to the best MOC which represented Philly. This award was also given to Nicki Toizer for her Cheesesteak w/ Fries.

Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards Ceremony - Best Philly

The next award was for best Space themed MOC. The winner was Jim Rhoades for Comet Empire.

Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards Ceremony - Best Space

After that, we had the best Bionicle set which went to Joshua Kunicki for his Flagious MOC.

Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards Ceremony - Best Bionicle

Up next was the best Military/Historical MOC and the winner was Todd Michels for his Tank vs Helicopter display.

Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards Ceremony - Best Military/Historical

The next award that was up for grabs was the Most Creative MOC which went to Richard Chow/BrickFormula for his LEGO Sorter. You can check out how it works here.

Philly Brick Fest 2014 The Rocky Awards Ceremony - Most Creative

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Philly Brick Fest 2014 LEGO Event Kit Ben’s Discovery (PBF001) Review

April 24, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Philly Brick Fest 2014 Ben's Discovery (PBF001)

Today was the first day of AFOL & Exhibitor registration for Philly Brick Fest 2014 and inside my goodie bag was an exclusive LEGO event kit for particular registrants, Ben’s Discovery (PBF001). This minifigure is one of Philadelphia’s finest residents and his work in proving that lightning is electricity, Benjamin Franklin.

He is created from Bilbo Baggins’ torso and Shakespeare’s hair piece. There is also his kite and the key that is attached to the string. He is housed in a clear standard baseball card case. Overall, Ben Franklin is a pretty cool and exclusive minifigure to add to my LEGO collection.

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Bricks By The Bay 2014 Convention Announces Brickfilm Festival

April 21, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The team over at Bricks by the Bay have sent out a press release to announce a new addition to the convention, a Brickfilm Festival. LEGO fans are now able to submit their own brickfilms for a chance to win a brick-built trophy and a LEGO set. One of the judges will be none other than award winning brickfilmer and the founder of Paganomation, Dave Pagano. Not only will Dave be a judge, he will also be the keynote speaker as well. Read more about the Brickfilm Festival below:

Bricks by the Bay 2014 Convention Announces Brickfilm Festival

BRICKS BY THE BAY convention August 7-10, 2014

Northern California-April 2014:

This year, Bricks by the Bay is holding its first Bricks by the Bay Brickfilm Festival.

Brickfilmers from around the world are encouraged to submit films with the convention theme of “Fun & Games” as well as their best work of the prior year. Filmmakers need not be convention attendees to enter the festival.

A Brickfilm is a film made using LEGO bricks, usually created with stop-motion animation techniques, although they may also include CGI, traditional animation, or live action elements.

Winners in the following categories will be announced August 9, 2014 during the Bricks by the Bay Convention and will receive a brick-built trophy and a LEGO set:

Best Film
Best Film in the convention theme of “Fun & Games”
Best Story
Best Technical Achievement
Young Filmmaker Award (12 and under)
Special “Sweatbox” award to the best Film by a convention attendee

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LEGO May 2014 Building Events

April 19, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Club has published a couple of new free LEGO building events that will be happening early next month. First up is a “Build your own Star Wars Starfighter” event at all Toys R Us stores on May 3rd from 12-2pm. Kids ages 5 and up will be able to build a LEGO Star Wars Mini TIE Fighter and a Mini X-Wing, similar to the one you would get in an advent calendar.

The other building event is the LEGO Store Monthly Mini Model Build. For May, you can make a cute little dragon that breathes fire. Like with every monthly mini build, the event starts at 5pm but families usually line up for it way earlier than that. Quantities are limited and are available while supplies last.

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Philly Brick Fest Only A Week Away

April 19, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Philly Brick Fest is only a week away and I’m happy to announce that I will be attending the convention and covering the event. This will be my very first LEGO event that I will be attending and I’m very excited that I can be a part of it. The convention will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and opens at 10am until 5pm. If you’re in the area and you’re a LEGO fan, I highly recommend you attend it. Although you can’t buy any more tickets online, they will be available at the door. Hope to see you all there!

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LEGO Pick-A-Brick Wall Changes

April 8, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 14 Comments

If you have been to a LEGO Brand Store recently, you might have seen some new changes to the Pick-A-Brick wall. For people who frequent the wall, you may have noticed that the price per cup has been raised $1.00 from its previous price. The smaller cups are now $8.99 each and the larger ones are $15.99. Another change is that the wall will have certain brick elements that are the same for every Brand Store and will be rotated simutaneously throughout the year. These elements will give kids some inspiration of what they can build and the labels suggest what they could go well with such as LEGO City or Star Wars.

For people who buy in bulk of the elements at the store, the prices for the cases has also gone up from the usual $75 to $100 price tag now. Even with the price increase, the cases are still a pretty good value if you need a lot of a certain element. How do you guys feel about these changes to the PAB Wall? Let us know in the comments below.

Shout out to Genevieve who does a great job in keeping our wall filled with cool and interesting pieces.

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