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In lugnet.loc.au, Wayne Jackson wrote:
> Can Lego Australia help with an order or do I have to contact the US?
>
> I just got an email saying that my card was declined even though
> according to my records the funds have been successfully obtained.
Unfortunately LEGO Australia cannot help with Shop@Home issues, you will need to
contact the US, but there's a local 1800 number you can call to avoid
international call rates - its on the Shop@Home:
http://shop.lego.com/en-AU/Contact-Us
(Note the hours)
ROSCO
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Can Lego Australia help with an order or do I have to contact the US?
I just got an email saying that my card was declined even though
according to my records the funds have been successfully obtained.
Wayne.
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Brisbanetimes.com.au
Jan. 8, 2011
The older kids on the block
After more than 50 years, LEGO is still building interest, writes Tim Richards.
‘I STARTED with Lego when I was a small child. It lets you be as imaginative as
you want to be. You can change your mind if you’re not happy with it, then be
totally imaginative with it in a different way. For me, it’s the ultimate
creative outlet.”
IT manager Ryan McNaught has a novel way of filling his out-of-office hours: he
builds models out of LEGO, the popular interlocking building bricks patented by
Danish toy company owner Godtfred Christiansen in 1958. They’re not, however,
comparable to the simple misshapen houses you constructed as a kid with whatever
stray blocks were at hand.
McNaught’s creations are sizeable constructions, meticulously planned and
involving hundreds of bricks.
“My Airbus A380(1) model, which I made last year, was 2.2 metres long and 1.8
metres wide,” says McNaught. “The year before I made a three-metre-high Eiffel
Tower that had working lifts going up and down the sides, and up the middle.
Right next to it, for an Australian version of an international attraction, I
made the Big Pineapple.
“I once made a two-metre-long replica of Flinders Street Station, down to the
little hat store at the front, and everybody meeting on the steps. There were
even the coppers turning up to arrest someone who hadn’t bought a ticket.
Everything you expect to see, a busker for example.”
It’s long been known that creative expression is good for you. As VicHealth’s
Building Health Through Arts and New Media action plan for 2010-13 declares:
“Arts participation improves mental health by decreasing stress, anxiety and
depression … and also improves self-esteem.”
However, most people’s creative impulses are satisfied through everyday pastimes
such as painting or knitting rather than constructing huge plastic models. But
McNaught is not alone, being one of a band of aficionados known as AFoLs (Adult
Fans of LEGO).
Sue Ann Barber, a teacher librarian who coordinates Brickvention, the annual
LEGO convention, says LEGO fandom was created almost entirely through the agency
of the Internet - a potent instance of how the web can enable the formation of
creative communities around any interest.
“Before the Internet was really big, I think I met one or two other LEGO fans
just by chance,” she says.
“Sure, I might have met some others along the way, but we wouldn’t have had the
growth in the fandom that we’ve had.”
Though there’s a strong representation of collectors among LEGO fans, there’s
also a significant number of creators.
“It started when Generation X developed a disposable income,” explains Barber.
“They were the generation of kids for whom LEGO was a really big part of their
lives; it was in everyone’s homes. Nostalgia made them start to build again.
They picked up from whatever they were doing as kids, then went beyond that.”
Brickvention 2011 includes a number of competitions for adult attendees. There’s
a timed speed build; Brikwars, a LEGO-based war-game; a coloured tile sorting
test; and a competition in which participants build a LEGO set that’s contained
within a sealed plastic bag.
The My Own Creation series of competitions honours original LEGO structures. The
models can be presented in any size, but it’s the large ones that garner all the
attention.
True to form, McNaught’s project for this year’s Brickvention is a
three-metre-long model of the Love Boat from the 1970s TV series.
“I’ve cut the boat down the middle so you can see the entire insides: the
cabins, the engine room, the restaurants, the casino, the whole lot,” he says.
“And I’m putting elements of sea-based movies like Titanic and The Poseidon
Adventure in it.”
It’s impressive, but does this father of twin sons ever have to deal with
accusations of being childish himself?
“Yeah … People think it’s a toy, but when they see what it’s capable of they
have a different perspective,‘’ he says. ‘‘There is nothing better than when you
build something cool and see the reaction on a child’s face, whatever it is.‘’
Brickvention 2011 runs on January 15-16 at the Melbourne Town Hall. Full
weekend $50; public expo from 10am-5pm, Sunday, $6/$3 (tickets at door). Details
at Brickventures.com.
brisbanetimes.com.au
(1) A380 Airplane LEGO model. Photo taken last year by Ross Crawford at
Brickventures. http://www.flickr.com/photos/roscohead/4301846396/.
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http://www.brickexpo.com.au/
Finally stopped to read the tiny signs on the side of the road. Found more info
by googling it.
http://www.canberraonline.com.au/events/item.php?pid=6611
http://www.ourcanberra.com/CommunityEvents-Canberra.html
8 August 2010
BrickExpo Canberra 2010
10am - 4pm
The Top of the Cross, Canberra Southern Cross Club - Woden, 92-96 Corinna
Street, Phillip
An entertaining and interesting exhibition of rare and unique LEGO® creations by
interstate and local collectors and modellers.
Hundreds of static, moving and robotic models in themes including: Star Wars™,
Trains, Planes, Space Ships, Racing Cars, Monuments and Sculptures.
Entry to Canberra Brick Expo 2010 is just a gold coin donation per head, with
proceeds going to local children's charity, PaTCH (the pediatric wing of the
Canberra Hospital)
For more information or exhibitor applications, please complete the Contact Form
at www.brickexpo.com.au/Contact.html
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Hi All,
This Long Weekend (June 5th, 6th and 7th) the Perth Adult Lego Society is
displaying it's annual train and town layout at the Perth Model Railway Show.
Come along to the Claremont Showgrounds to see lots of scaled-up trains plus the
all new Super-Train, a massive cruise ship, an open air concert, some unique
bridges, an airport, and much, much more!
Check out some work in progress pics here...
http://sites.google.com/site/perthlego/
See you there!
Braith.
PALS
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In lugnet.loc.au, Braith Garden wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Today Tonight recently filmed a story on us and it's airing tonight! The show
> starts at 6:30pm on Channel 7.
>
> We are setting up our annual train/town layout in the next couple of days, so
> there should be more footage of us and our Lego showing up around the place
> soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Braith.
>
> Perth Adult Lego Society.
The Today Tonight story is on YouTube here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irjwFMBkIAQ
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Hi All,
Today Tonight recently filmed a story on us and it's airing tonight! The show
starts at 6:30pm on Channel 7.
We are setting up our annual train/town layout in the next couple of days, so
there should be more footage of us and our Lego showing up around the place
soon.
Cheers,
Braith.
Perth Adult Lego Society.
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Good day fellow Lego fanatics,
The SLTC Woodford display on this weekend has been cancelled. The organisers
cancelled the show due to the poor health of some of the volunteers at the
Woodford National Trust property.
INSTEAD:
One SydLUG member, Robb, is kindly inviting any interested Sydney AFOLs over to
his place this weekend. We'll have some trains set up and still have a great
day!
We will kick off about 10am. His place is about 30 minutes north west of
Parramatta.
Please email me at Sydlug@{spamtag}aussiebrickdesigns.com for more information /
address of Robb's place.
It would be great to meet some new faces.
Cheers,
Tim
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In lugnet.loc.au, Tim Gallagher wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Braith Garden wrote:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Tim Gallagher wrote:
> > > Hi girls and guys,
> > >
> > > Just a quick post for any Sydney members or people in Sydney on 24th April 2010.
> > > There is a show on at the Woodford Academy, Woodford in the Blue Mountains. I
> > > believe the times are about 10am to 4pm. The Sydney Lego Train Club (SLTC) will
> > > be displaying over 10 sq metres of town and trains. Hopefully some Sydney locos
> > > will be running around the layout.
> > >
> > > Hope you can make it.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Tim
> >
> > Sounds great! Lots of pics please!
> >
> > Have you guys got a web page?
> >
> > Braith.
>
> Hi Braith,
>
> A website for SLTC (Sydney Lego Train Club) is in the mix.
> I have a flickr and brickshelf page with some pictures from 2 of our shows last
> year and buildings for this year's show;
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=cossack225
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/44132893@N08/sets/
>
> I also have a blog
> http://www.aussiebrickdesigns.com
>
> There is no doubt plenty of pics will be up soon after the show.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
Hi all,
The Sydney Lug Website has been launched. Please add yourself to the flickr
group if in Sydney. I'll finish setting up the member page and mailing list on
the LUG page in the next couple of weeks.
Link: http://sites.google.com/site/sydlug/
Cheers,
Tim
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Hello to any Sydney area readers,
I have started a group on flickr for Sydney/NSW residents to post images of
MOCs, shows and meetings.
LEGOphiles in Sydney have been meeting in real life regularly since January
2000. Sadly we have had key members move interstate and overseas over the years.
The fragmentation of the AFoL community and the decline in posting in loc.au may
give people the impression not much has been happening.
-pete.w
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In lugnet.loc.au, Braith Garden wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Tim Gallagher wrote:
> > Hi girls and guys,
> >
> > Just a quick post for any Sydney members or people in Sydney on 24th April 2010.
> > There is a show on at the Woodford Academy, Woodford in the Blue Mountains. I
> > believe the times are about 10am to 4pm. The Sydney Lego Train Club (SLTC) will
> > be displaying over 10 sq metres of town and trains. Hopefully some Sydney locos
> > will be running around the layout.
> >
> > Hope you can make it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tim
>
> Sounds great! Lots of pics please!
>
> Have you guys got a web page?
>
> Braith.
Hi Braith,
A website for SLTC (Sydney Lego Train Club) is in the mix.
I have a flickr and brickshelf page with some pictures from 2 of our shows last
year and buildings for this year's show;
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=cossack225
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44132893@N08/sets/
I also have a blog
http://www.aussiebrickdesigns.com
There is no doubt plenty of pics will be up soon after the show.
Cheers,
Tim
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In lugnet.loc.au, Tim Gallagher wrote:
> Hi girls and guys,
>
> Just a quick post for any Sydney members or people in Sydney on 24th April 2010.
> There is a show on at the Woodford Academy, Woodford in the Blue Mountains. I
> believe the times are about 10am to 4pm. The Sydney Lego Train Club (SLTC) will
> be displaying over 10 sq metres of town and trains. Hopefully some Sydney locos
> will be running around the layout.
>
> Hope you can make it.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
Sounds great! Lots of pics please!
Have you guys got a web page?
Braith.
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Hi girls and guys,
Just a quick post for any Sydney members or people in Sydney on 24th April 2010.
There is a show on at the Woodford Academy, Woodford in the Blue Mountains. I
believe the times are about 10am to 4pm. The Sydney Lego Train Club (SLTC) will
be displaying over 10 sq metres of town and trains. Hopefully some Sydney locos
will be running around the layout.
Hope you can make it.
Cheers,
Tim
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Hi All,
PALS' Site has just been updated some new pics of our current works in progress,
as well as some video of last year's layout.
http://sites.google.com/site/perthlego/Home
Enjoy,
Braith.
Perth Adult Lego Society
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In lugnet.loc.au, Timothy Gould wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Tim Gallagher wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am relatively new to lugnet and the AFOL scene in Australia. I have been
> > looking through the Ambassador Program 2009 and the Australian page of Lugnet.
> > The Ambassador page shows three ambassadors in Australia;
> >
> > Sue Ann Barber – MUGs – Australia
> > David Furphy – CALG – Australia
> > Tim Gould – Brothers-Brick.com – Australia
> >
> > I know of Sue and Tim and MUGs and Brothers-brick. Both are great ambassadors in
> > Australia. I have seen the Perth Groups site and familiar with some of the guys
> > in the Sydney Lego Train Club. I haven't been able to find any information on
> > David Furphy or CALG.
> >
> > Why is this club not on the AU local lugnet page and where is this club based?
> > Does it put on any shows?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
>
> This has been discussed elsewhere but to give a hint: I think the surname should
> give it away to an Australian.
>
> Tim
>
> PS. No program is safe from false applicants.
Thanks Tim,
Fully understood.
Cheers,
Tim
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