Date: March 15^th – 17^th, 2013

Place: Tillicum Centre

3170 Tillicum Road, Victoria, B.C., V9A 7C5

Contact: Anna Haney

ahaney@riocan.com

250-381-7123

Description: Come and join us for our 4th annual Tillicum LEGO Mania Challenge March 16^th & 17^th at Tillicum Centre. Over 100 contestants, ages 5 – 14 years will be showcasing their LEGO masterpieces for a chance to Win LEGO prizes. The theme this year is –WATER. Meet Lego Certified Professional, Robin Sather, and watch him build a GIANT LEGO sculpture. Children under 14 years who are not contestants will have a chance to try out our mini build area. The Victoria Lego Users Group (VicLUG) will also be on hand with some of their LEGO creations. Prizes will be awarded for the top three entries for ages 5-8 years and 9-14 years on Sunday, March 17^th at 2:00 pm. More prizes will be given out during our LEGO Trivia on Sunday, March 17th at 2:00 pm. Come join us at the lower level of Tillicum Centre during regular mall hours and see an exciting LEGO exhibit! www.tillicumkids.com

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Gorillas!

Squirrels!

Hero Factory scale parts look neat, here’s 70201 Chi Eris

You can get a zoo of those new crystals in this Chima boardgame:

Have you seen the new Chima tv shows? Here’s one site that has them: http://thebrickblogger.com/2013/01/watch-lego-legends-of-chima-tv-show/

I found it fairly watchable! This whole new venture is looking nicer every day.

This is happening at our local Toys’R'Us on Feb. 23rd, probably something similar happening in your area too.

Chima Speedor Boulder Bowling Tournament

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42008 Service Truck

The Lego Architecture line is coming out with the Leaning Tower of Pisa

I wonder if they will give any kickback to this Cuusoo idea?

http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/2427

I’m curiously not going out of my gourd about Galaxy Squad, I really should be. This set looks good, it has some bizarre looking eggs

70709 Galactic Titan

I am however fascinated with this Lone Ranger set, 79109 Stagecoach Escape. Most of the Lone Ranger sets look wonderful but this one is now in the budget

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79005 Battle at the Black Gate

The eagle’s wings are articulated.

Looks like they are using the same hair/beard piece for Saruman and Gandalf the White, smart recycling there.

Wizard Battle 79005, this looks like an inexpensive and classy little set.

79006 The Council of Elrond, there’s lots to like in this set, primarily the wonderful elf hair pieces!

Here’s a massive piece of set I won’t be picking up: 79008 Pirate Ship Ambush

There’s a whole bunch of nice new Castle sets coming out. Nothing mind blowing but great sets if you are building up a Castle collection. This new dragon is fun, 70403 Dragon Mountain:

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41015 Dolphin Cruiser

Here’s a look at the series 3 polybag pets:

Also found another Friends site that looks pretty good:

http://www.friendsbricks.com/

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10240 Red Five X-Wing Starfighter

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92090133@N04/sets/72157632769532599/

If you are into UCS then this is pretty necessary. If there wasn’t so much else coming down the pipe this would be on my list.

Figures from 6210 Jabba’s Sail Barge look incredible. I already have a Jabba so will probably be bricklinking these guys.

Pretty sure that the Rancor Pit 75005 has been on this blog before, but this is the one StarWars set that I’ll be definitely picking up this year, ideally at some kind of discount somewhere of course.

I don’t follow expanded universe stuff but this looks Darth Maul after he was cut in half with some delicious looking new robo legs. Are they the same as the new General Grievous?

and here’s a pic of the dice, freshly cooked!

We will also have a kid build area, blind build stands, a moc table and we’ve recently come into contact with a crew up island who are developing their own Lego game called Steel Wheels, a racing Lego game, so they will be there for a couple of days and really looking forward to seeing it in action. Our VicWars page listed below is still under construction but will hopefully have all the rule docs up there by tonight.

http://www.gottacon.com

http://www.viclug.ca/vicwars.html

http://brikwars.com/

https://www.facebook.com/SteelWheelsGame?fref=ts

Last week I was a project judge at a regional scrimmage match here in Victoria and saw a half dozen teams. Our role was to give the team extensive feedback so they could prep for the championships. I was able to see 4 of those teams and great to see how/if they followed through on the suggestions. There were 3 trophies for us to award and 2 of those went to teams we saw at the scrimmage. It was such a treat to see all of the kids’ presentations and kind of jealous of the ones I didn’t get to see, I was told that one team presented their project as an opera!

The clip below showcases one of the winning teams, the Hurricanes, and their project. Keep in mind most teams if they made a prototype, it might have been Lego replica or purely for demonstration. When I asked them how they got to their precise price point for their prototype they told me it was because they actually made it, factoring in patents and FDA approval.

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=852272&playlistId=1.1131271&binId=1.821957&playlistPageNum=1

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The FLL trophies The robot competition

http://bcrobotics.wordpress.com/

In January, February and March you can see our work alongside a huge collection of official LEGO sets @ the Sidney Museum. They are also running a contest for LEGO builders (THIS MEANS YOU) on FaceBook.

In the middle of all this is a huge Family Day celebration on the new stat Holiday coming February 11, 2013. Come out with the family to see the Museum exhibit and catch Robin Sather, LEGO Certified Professional, as he constructs a giant LEGO sculpture with YOUR help!

Decorating the tree by James, on Flickr