GertLUG trip to LEGOLAND Windsor 2022
Annual Pop Badge Hunt...I mean…LEGOLAND Trip This year the GertLUG group of family and friends on the trip to LEGOLAND amassed a huge 45 people! We had decided to change the day to Sunday to make it…
Anfloc City – Medieval / Castle Collaborative Build 2023
While our 2022 Collaborative Build - Pirate Cove is still ongoing, parts of which have been displayed at a few events during the first half of the year, we have already been planning the 2023 GertLUG Collaborative…
Our First Event of 2022 – The Brick Show, Downend, Bristol
There are just 5 days to go until our first event of 2022 with displays of LEGO models built by GertLUG members. As well as our first show of the year, this will be our first time…
Throwback Thursday: Sheffield Brick Fest 2020
While we are waiting for the 2022 events to come along (see the events page for upcoming GertLUG associated shows), we thought we'd have a look back at a few photos from Sheffield Brick Fest in 2020.…
One Week To Brick Express Event 2021
There is now just one week left until our first event of 2021 and our first event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The return of the Brick Express to the Avon Valley Railway once again…
January 2021 Virtual Meet Up
Tuesday the 19th of January saw the first GertLUG meet up of 2021 and with the continuing pandemic situation, was again held virtually using Zoom. Beginning with quick introductions, we discussed which themes would be our favourite…
Sustainable Squad Project on LEGO World Builder
With the LEGO Group's focus on sustainabilty over the last few years, with plans to make all products sustainable by 2030, GertLUG member James Brand and David Warner came up with an idea for a LEGO theme…
Tribute Mecha Model – The KS22 Keisha
Following on from last week's article by YL Tan introducing Mecha, we are now featuring his very own mecha MOC in an appropriate month to do so. December 2020 would mark YL's 15th year as an increasingly-active…
November 2020 Virtual Meet Up
The GertLUG meet up for November had one of the largest attendances since we had to move to virtual online meet ups, seeing as many as 20 members for part of the duration. As with the majority…
An Introduction to Mecha
Mecha. Kids love them, adults love them - and LEGO knows this, having come out with mecha-heavy themes like Exo-Force, Ninjago and Nexo Knights. However, what are mecha? How can someone identify them, did LEGO invent them…