Houston Brick Club had a huge display area at this years Brick Fest Live. It was held at the NRG Center in Houston. 20 of our members participated. 17,000 people attended this event (6,800 Kids, 1,700 teens, 8500 adults). We had a massive amount of traffic at our display tables. It was such a great opportunity to talk Lego® with the crowd and answer their questions.
There were also many build opportunities as well as a huge mosaic that was completed by the attendees.
Houston Brick Club got together on January 13th to sort parts for our mosaic collaboration. This amazing display will be hitting the red carpet this year at ComicPalooza May 24th-26th at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. We’d love for you to come out and see the reveal! Here is the ComicPalooza Link for information and ticket purchase. Link
Houston Brick Club held their annual Christmas Party on December 2nd. Club member Jeff Schroeder once again opened his home to all of us. We had approximately 40 people in attendence. We had a delicious meal and dessert. We drafted the Z-Blob Robot set, had a great round of Dirty Brickster, exchanged brick built Lego® ornaments and most importantly we brought sets to donate to Texas Children’s Hospital for the kids who need a little something special for the holidays.
Along with all of our holiday fun we set aside some time and talked about our activities and events that are upcoming for this next year. Make sure you check our Events Calendar to see what we have planned for the year.
We had 9 members display at Texas Children’s Hospital. We displayed on the skybridge, there were approximately 1200 adults, 100 teens, and 200 kids passing. We enjoyed talking with the guests as they passed our builds and as usual, many people (both young and old) were very excited to see our displays.
Houston Brick Club’s display on the skywalk at Texas Children’s Hospital
What an honor it was to partner with the Houston Rockers for an event! We had 9 Club members involved in this event. We used 2 tables for MOCs and 6 tables (with 50 chairs) for kids. We handed out Rocket kits. The kids assembled the rocket kits with guidance from Club members where needed. As each kid finished, they were able to come look at our MOCs. We answered questions, talked about the MOCs, and a few wanted photos with Lego® Masters Season 4 contestants Tim and Tim. We hosted approximately 60-70 kids and families.
We had a great turnout for our October meeting at Bricks and Toys Destination in Katy, Texas. We are forever thankful for their willingness to host us!
Jason Maggitti gave us a thorough overview of all the motors that can be used in our Lego models, the process for adding motion, and recommendations for what motors work in different senarios. He builds kinetic models and gave us a great dimenstration of some of these motors in action.
Two of our very own members will be on LEGO® MASTERS Season 4!!!! Watch with us and help us cheer them on! Starts September 28th, 8:00pm Central time on Fox! Read the Houston Chronicle article here!
Great turnout for our club meeting at the Willowbrook Mall! We had a small build challenge with 2 categories, an 8×8 mosiac or quilt square and small scene build on an 8×8 plate.
Attendance: 8000 + at the gate for the Expo. Estimated 3500 for the Brick Fusion (Kids Zone). Anthony Amoo; on day one from 11:00 – 0300 pm counted approximately 1900 (Adults and kids). There was a steady flow both days.
Jason Maggitti had quite a few chances to show people how he was able to create some of his creations. He them the techniques used to make his MOCs. There were a lot of people that wanted to learn how to make similar things on their own. He has a lot of movement in his builds and was able to share and teach a few families about the Lego motor ecosystem and steer them towards the appropriate Motor systems for their needs. There was lots of excitement from both kids and adults as they looked at our displays. More than once. I heard some of the spectators say that they would try to do similar builds themselves.
This was a good opportunity for the club to interact with the Katy public and to generate excitement over Lego, and the possibility of joining our club as well.
Mark: Brought MOC titled 432 Park Street, a 70” tall skyscraper, which is an homage to a real-life building in Manhattan, 432 Park Avenue. He created a “Can you find…” list to hand out to kids of all ages to get them to find (among other things) squirrels gathering acorns, fish in a koi pond, Superman, and The Flash.
Rosa: Brought mechanical and robotic creations built by her students for visitors to have hands-on experience to generate interest in robotics. She also gave demonstrations to kids who were interested in mini combat robots that were one-pound in weight.
Anthony Amoo: Brought his Wakanda Warrior Mountain display that is based on the Marvel Studios version in Black Panther.
Katherine Amoo: Brought her depiction of Bluey’s House and a couple of small vignettes.
Houston Brick Club members were interviewed about the event by Katy Community and the impact on Katy residents.
Bulk bricks were also provided for attendees to let their imagination run wild, create vehicles and race on the ramp.
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