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.
Here are a few photos from the National Train Show in Grapevine, Texas. To view the entire Flickr photo album click here.
We had a great display event at Dragon’s Lair! We had a huge amount of people, 350 adults and 150 children stopped by to check out the builds and talk about Houston Brick club! The staff was incredibly nice and gracious to invite us to the event and would like us to return next year and give us double the display space! Two of our members filled the table with builds. We had two large castle/medieval builds and 3 maxifigs.
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.
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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
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