Tag: Event

Blocks on the Rock 3

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Blocks on the Rock 3 was a big success! Lots of people showed up to see the show, and we are already making plans for #4!

Our Prize winners were:

Door prizes:
Drew O.
Terry-Lynn B.

Guess the Heads:
Krista W, with a guess of 801 – the answer was 803

Scavenger Hunt:
Elijah H.

If you think you are a prize winner, reach out to the Geocenter, they have the full names and the prizes.

Upcoming Meetings

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By popular demand, we are pre-scheduling our monthly meetings through to the end of August – I’ll add them as events on the Facebook Group as well, but the dates and times are below:

Monday May 15, 7pm
Location: Bricks and Minfigures
Agenda: Annual General Meeting/election

Tuesday, June 13, 7pm
Location: MUN Botanical Gardens
Agenda: No Agenda yet

Wed July 19, 7pm
Location: Bricks and Minfigures
Agenda: No Agenda yet

August date/time TBD soon
Location: Geocenter
Agenda: Blocks on the Rock Show discussion

In addition to these meetings, we are hoping to do another Part Draft this summer, and we will have a sort day when our LUGBulk order comes in. Watch this space for updates!

New Challenge Build – Vancouver Island!

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This is a really different one – we are doing a cross-Canada collaboration project, and our LUG was paired with Mid-Island LUG from Vancouver Island. So we want to see some builds based from there!

This one might need some research on your part! They did give us some ideas and starting points though:

  • Vancouver island architecture: The Bastion, The Empress hotel, Coombs (goats!), Chemainus, Ladysmith, Cape Scott lighthouse
  • They are BIG on Outdoor activities biking, skiing, surfing
  • Fishing, Logging are major industries
  • There’s a lot of small islands, so they have a lot of Ferry Boats
  • Wildlife can be things like Orca, Deer, Elk, Cougars
  • Dogwood is provincial flower
  • They also asked us to stay away from Indigenous Peoples iconography – we want to be sure we are respectful of cultural appropriation here.

Due date is August 20, and we are going to actually bring these builds together for a photoshoot if possible (if it’s not possible, we will figure something out then). Submit pictures on your build to newfoundlug@gmail.com.

Happy Building!

Meeting, March 5th and other events!

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We will be having a club meeting on March 5th, 7pm at Bricks and Minifigures.

This is going to be some administration – Agenda:

  • New sets from LEGO for activity support
  • Planning for a part draft for some of these sets (see below)
  • Ideas for a major project for 2020?
  • Timing of next fun events

What is a set draft? It’s a way to bulk up your LEGO brick collection.

Normally, everyone who wants to participate buys the same set, we get together and sort them out into logical groups of parts (for example, a bundle might be 4-5 minifigures, or a bunch of wheels, or all the windows), and draw lots for who gets to pick what lot first.

Well, we have some medium sized sets that we have 13 copies of, so sometime in the next month we are going to do a set draft WITHOUT you needing to buy anything!

We would also like to hear ideas for new fun events. Some things the Executive has planned for March and April are:

  • Set Draft
  • Build night
  • Stud.IO tutorial (if there’s enough interest)

Make your voice heard in the comments, on Facebook or via email (newfoundlug@gmail.com) , or now on Twitter (@newfoundlug)!