Great meeting at Bricks and Toys Destination in Katy! We had 21 adult members and 4 kids in attendance.
The meeting was started with a draft of the Lunar set then the group deconstructed and sorted the clubs Cactus and Snowman.
Discussion Items were:
Brick Rodeo 2023 was a massive hit this year! There were over 400 brick creations to view. 3500+ tickets were sold to the event.
The event started on Thursday for Convention Members. Thursday and Friday kicked off the many workshops, games and public and silent auctions that raised $17,000 for Texas Children’s Hospital. Presentations were given by Jorden Paxton from LEGO® AFOL Engagement Team and Stuart Harris, Master Builder at LEGO® House.
Saturday and Sunday were public event days where the general public could come and view the Mocs (My Own Creation) and talk to the builders. Mocs included castles, pop-culture, figures, mosaics, spaceships, city buildings, trains, historical recreations and more. These creations were completely designed and built by the builders from their own imagination.
You can visit brickrodeo.com to find out more about this event and sign-up for the newsletter. You can also follow BrickRodeo on Facebook, Instagram and other social media.
Houston Brick Club members Tim Howell and Tim Hutchings were on the Fox Morning Show talking about Brick Rodeo! Check it out! Click Here
Lonestar Flight Museum – June 17th, 2023
Great turnout and display at the Lonestar Flight Museum. We had 6 members participate. 750 guests were in attendance. The play brick area was a huge hit with the kids. Participating members received a goody bag from the museum including lego inspired brick glasses.
We had 9 members participate in this event. It was a great family event with Art activities, hula hoop performers, Art Cars and of course Mocs from our awesome Houston Brick Club Members! We also provided play brick for attendees to make their own lego creations.
Houston Brick Club had 19 total members participate in this event. It was a great event. We had many people stop by to check out our MOC’s and talk about Lego. We also had a creative crowd participation mosaic build, check out the pictures below! Special thanks to all the members who attended and tediously put the brick and plates together to make this such a successful part of the event!
We had a total of 15 members in attendance. The store owner gave us a nice introduction and was so gracious to host our meeting. Gabriel Cabral and Jason Maggitti led our meeting. Here is the outline of our discussion:
HBC News and Updates – Highlighted Upcoming events and talked about tickets and registering MOCs for the 2023 Brick Rodeo.
Introduction to www.newelementary.com – Gabriel presented a set highlight in a New Elementary article where they talked about new LEGO® pieces available in a new set in May.
LEGO® Disney Feel Guide using article from Jaysbrickblog.com An informative session about using feel guides to find desired figures. Gabriel had a full set of the new Disney CMF’s (Collectible Minifigures) for us to figure out.
Member highlights
A. Jose Ruiz – bricklink store – Kodabricks22
B. Tim Hutchings – focused on his involvement with the LEGO® Live Stream – Youtube: Fazoom “boxy Batman.” Also Highlighted his you tube channel: Tim’s Brick Adventures
Closing
Talked about meeting on June 24th at the LEGO® Store in Willowbrook mall (MEETING CANCELED/POSTPONED until fall AFOL day.)
There was an idea put forth for a club/meeting activity in late July/Early august with a build/instruction meeting talking about build techniques. Jason may present some techniques/tips on using motors.
*anyone else who would like to present/show at this meeting/activity, please let Jason Maggitti know.
This year’s Bookapalooza was a good event. We were right near the entrance to our space which was nice. 7 AFOL’s and 2 TFOL’s participated. Overall it was a good event with a steady stream of people. There were approximately 600 adults, 350 teens and 250 kids at the event. There was lots of opportunity to talk about Brick Rodeo.
8 members participated: We had 9 tables with displays. Public attendance seemed a little lighter than in the past but still good. Approximately 1,300 total people passed by (1,000 adults, 100 teens, 200 kids).
Four members participated.
Event provided (6) tables for us, 6’x30″ with table covers, and several chairs. We had some shade from the trees. Overall it was warm but not unbearable.
Public viewers by my estimate was about 1,000 total (550 adults, 150 kids, 300 teens).
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