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Brickworld Chicago 2014 Recap with Beyond the Brick

June 19, 2014 /

Our friends over at Beyond the Brick has released a new video featuring a guided tour of Brickworld Chicago 2014. In the one and half hour video, Joshua Hanlon and Matthew Kay shows off all the MOCs that were in the display hall during the LEGO convention. For those who didn’t have a chance to go this year like me, I appreciate the effort the guys put into the production of the video. For a few of the builds, there will also be in-depth video of the MOC itself as well as interviews with the builders as well. Stay tuned to Beyond the Brick in the new few days as they upload more content from Brickworld Chicago 2014.

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Brickworld Chicago 2014 Ticket Discount

May 29, 2014 /

If you’re planning on attending Brickworld Chicago 2014 next month, there is an offer for $1.50 off a ticket for the public days on June 14 & 15. The event will be held at the Renaissance Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL and there is 66,000 square feet of LEGO creations that you can see and enjoy.

Some of our friends like Mariann from Model Building Secrets and Joshua and Matthew from Beyond the Brick will be attending Brickworld Chicago so if you attend, maybe you’ll run into them on the show floor. I’ve embedded the Facebook offer below. Click “get offer” and the code will be sent to your email where you use it to purchase the ticket online. The offer expires on June 13th.

Post by Brickworld.

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New Guinness World Record for Tallest LEGO Tower Set in Hungary

May 25, 2014 /

Hungary has set a new world record for the tallest LEGO tower in front of Saint Stephen’s Basilica. The constructed tower in Budapest is 34.76 meters high and broke the former record of 34.43 meters high held by the Red Clay Consolidated School District back in August of last year. The last piece of the tower was placed by the city’s 5th district, Mayor Antal Rogan. It took four days for official Danish LEGO builders with the help of school children to construct the tower. It will be deconstructed on Monday, May 26.

**Via NTD.TV**

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FREE Brick-Built LEGO Wheels Book by Ultimate-Design Bricks

May 22, 2014 /

If you ever needed some wheels for your vehicles but the sizes that LEGO provides don’t fit your specifications, you’ll be glad to know that Milan Mali of Ultimate-Design Bricks has provided a FREE Brick-Built LEGO Wheels Book on PDF format. It consists of 52 pages and Milan gives you various techniques of how you can create wheels of different sizes. Also check out his YouTube channel for tutorials of how to build a couple of the wheels. Head over to his site to download your copy of the book.

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Munchkin Bricks Kickstarter by CrazyBricks

May 22, 2014 /

Guy Himber and the team at CrazyBricks, creator of the successful SKULLS! Custom Accessories Kickstarter, has another project for you to support. This time he has taken weapons and items from the The World of Munchkin card game and turned them into accessories for your LEGO minifigures as Munchkin Bricks. Each base set comes with the following items for your minifigures: The Unnatural Axe, The Rat on the Stick, The Triple-Barreled Shotgun, MUNCHKINOMICON!, Chibithulhu, The Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment, The Cute Shoulder Dragon, and The Duck of DOOM! There are also three items that you can unlock if the project hits certain milestones before the project ends. Each set comes in one of the four colors of your choosing: Gun-Metal Grey, Brown, Green or Glow-In-the-Dark. These items will fit with LEGO and other construction minifigures.

As of this writing, there are already 178 backers who have pledged $6,981 of the $15,000 goal with 32 days left of the project. Check out everything CrazyBricks has to offer on the Munchkin Bricks Kickstarter page.

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Beyond the Brick Brickworld Chicago 2014 Kickstarter Project

May 19, 2014 /

Our friends over at Beyond the Brick are going to be attending Brickworld Chicago 2014 in June and they have a Kickstarter project going to help raise funds for them to produce a high quality DVD. The money that is raised will allow the crew to have updated equipment, supplies for the DVD, and the rewards that will be sent out to backers.

  • We’ve also partnered with some luminaries of the LEGO community to offer you a slew of special rewards!
  • Limited edition LEGO Batman comic signed by LEGO comic artist Paul Lee.
  • Two micro castle builds by the talented David Frank and Alice Finch.
  • Have your character rendered in the brick by Iain Heath aka “Ochre Jelly.”

Since they have already reached the base goal of $1,000, there are also stretch goals and rewards such as a Frog Pod by Simon Liu and skulls by Guy Himber of Crazy Bricks.

So what will be included on the DVD?

  • Over 2 hours of high quality edited videos from the Brickworld convention floor
  • One on one interviews with some of the world’s most talented LEGO builders
  • A guided tour of the the whole Brickworld Chicago convention hall
  • Creative LEGO building technique ideas from some of the world’s top builders
  • Video coverage of different convention events like the speed-build and the LEGO grand prix
  • Get an inside peek into how builders prepare and set up for Brickworld Chicago
  • Plus anything and everything else that catches our eye at the convention

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ME Models Railway System Kickstarter Project

May 16, 2014 /

If you’re a fan of LEGO Trains, then ME Models has something that might be of interest to you. They have a Kickstarter project going that is a fully functional model railway system that compliments the current LEGO Trains product line. ME Models is a company that produces custom LEGO building kits and specializes in houses, businesses, and various vehicles.

The project that they propose is a rail system that expands on the LEGO 9-volt system. They have created a fully functional rail system that is available in different lengths and curves that uses both metal and ABS materials.

The Kickstarter project has a $79,000 goal but it currently has 22 hours left with $64,000 already raised as of this writing. For the LEGO Train enthusiast, this is you chance to support something that expands on what LEGO currently has right now. Check out more details of the ME Models Railway System here.

Update: The goal has been reached but there is still 12 hours left so there are further incentives for pledging more:

$85,000 – For those of you who desire narrow gauge rail, we will be manufacturing 2×6 connectors and plates. These connectors and plates will allow you to expand upon the current narrow gauge offering.

$100,000 – If the project reaches the $100,000 level, ME Models will have the ability to produce a 45 degree cross in ABS plastic. A metal version, will soon follow. For those of you pledging $49 or more, you will receive the ABS version, estimated January 20.

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