It has now been officially announced that the new LEGO Brand retail store that was due to open in Cabot Circus, Bristol during November, will now be opening on Wednesday the 2nd of December at 10am. Here at GertLUG we’re very excited to finally have our own local LEGO Store to plunder, but unfortunately there are still restrictions in place due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with Bristol being placed into tier 3, the highest…
A big congratulations are in order to GertLUG member Ben Smith who won the ‘classic! ClAsSiC!! CLASSIC!!!’ award at virtual BrickCon 2020 with his Galaxy Explorer MOC. Ben shared a photo of the trophy that had been awarded to him and gave us a few words about his winning model, the LL 928-B Galaxy Explorer. “BrickCon is the biggest LEGO convention in the world and happens every October in Seattle, Washington – until the Coronavirus…
Over the years the LEGO Group have released a large array of different ghosts, ghouls and other spooky themed minifigures. This Halloween, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the different versions of the basic ghost that is typically depicted in cartoons as a white sheet with eyes and a mouth. The first white sheet style of ghost to be released as a LEGO minifigure made it’s initial appearance in 1990…
As restrictions due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to prevent physical meet ups, so too continue our virtual monthly meet ups. While waiting for people to join the meeting, those that were already there had a general chat about any LEGO related topics that came to mind. These included the latest Harry Potter Collectable Minifigures and recently released Diagon Alley set as well as the Super Mario sets. When the meet up officially began, we…
If you listen to the breakfast show on BBC Radio Bristol, you may have heard GertLUG Ambassador, Nick Amos, this morning. While this post is being made a bit late in the evening to be able to catch the interview live, you can still listen to the entire show on the BBC Sounds website until the 17th of October 2020. Topics brought up during the short interview include the production of LEGO bricks using sustainable…
The latest issue of Blocks Magazine (issue 71) available in stores Thursday 3rd September, has started arriving with subscribers today and featured on pages 22 and 23 is an article about GertLUG. Each issue of Blocks Magazine usually highlights a different LUG each month with a two page interview with that LUG’s Ambassador. This month, GertLUG has had the honour of appearing in the pages of this great magazine for LEGO fans. Thanks go to…
As with our previous virtual meet up, we began with a quick introduction game to get to know a bit more about everyone, including our favourite colour LEGO bricks. Once that was done, the first challenge of the evening was a spring build challenge, constructing a tower of 2 x 6 plates in a spiral pattern to create a basic LEGO spring. While people were building their springs, we had a general chat, which resulted…
Great news for the members of GertLUG who live in the area around Bristol! It has been announced today that a new LEGO Brand retail store will be opening in Bristol. Although there was little detail posted on the official LEGO Facebook account (see the screenshot below), more detail has been revealed on various LEGO News websites. This latest LEGO Store is due to open in Cabot Circus, Bristol sometime in November 2020. There’s sure…
With the continued lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the GertLUG monthly meet ups are still being held online using Zoom. While it isn’t quite the same as meeting in person, there has been the added benefit of seeing some of our members who live further afield and don’t usually make it to the Bristol based meet ups. For the May meet up, there was an emphasis on SigFigs, the monthly build challenge and the…
On Saturday and Sunday the 16th and 17th of November 2019, the second Bristol Brick Show took place. For 2019 the Show was bigger and better than the previous year, with more floor space to fill with even more displays. As well as the increased number of Adult Fans of LEGO from across Britain who came to show off their models, money raised from the show was donated to not just one, but two charities!…