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 Build! The Pirate Cove Collaborative Build page of the GertLUG website contains some photos of the display during Bristol Comic Con And Gaming Festival in March and at the Brick Express event held at the Avon Valley Railway…
Our latest GertLUG online meet was full of chat and updates on what everyone is currently building and how people sort their bricks. We had various themes of builds in progress such as Paul’s Pirate Island, Darren and Mark were building dinosaurs and a secret admission to LEGO Ideas and we also got a tour of Tom’s town. When the discussion turned to how people sort their bricks there were a lot of ways that…
Brick Express, Avon Valley Railway – The reflections of a noob The main thing that surprised me about my first ever show as an exhibitor was how nervous I, as a grown up person, could get about it. But still, here I was, at the advanced age of *CENSORED*, in my first ever Brick Express at Avon Valley Railway with the GertLUG posse.When I started putting one brick on another to help with anxiety a couple…
Meet-up at Zion Community Cafe, Bristol Fancy trying something new? Well so did we! This months meet had a new location, we met at Zion in Bedminster Down, Bristol and this time everyone was invited! This meet was an open meet and an opportunity for members of the public to come and see what we do and maybe even join in. We had almost a dozen intrigued members of public that were open to exploring…
On Saturday, 30th April, GertLUG was able to support members Paul Clark and Ian Kimpton putting on the Black Country Brick Show. It was a fantasitc day of LEGO fun with many GertLUG members making the trip up north to join in the fun on the day. They joined many other AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO) from multiple other LUGs to raise money for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity. The buzz in the school halls…
The Brick and Craft Show, Sunday 4th April 2022 Held at Mangotsfield Secondary School in Bristol this local event was all for a good cause and went down very well with the public who were thrilled with the displays GertLUG put on alongside all of the other things to do. So let’s take a look back to early April with a bit more detail from Dawn, one of the organisers: Dawn and Luke, who organised…
Plymouth Brick Festival – The 1st of its kind… For too long Devon & Cornwall had been waiting. For too long had the counties been a barren wasteland for the LEGO enthusiast. But on Saturday 19th March 2022 the wait was over, and GertLUG descended upon The Ocean city of Plymouth to share their love of LEGO and show everyone that everything really is awesome when it comes to the legendary bricks! My story began on Friday………. Because, as luck would have it,…
On the 6th of March this year GertLUG got the opportunity to display at the fantastic Comic Con and Gaming Festival. Held once again at Ashton Gate, the home of Bristol City football club, this was our second year in a row and we went in with high expectations for how the event would go. Last year’s event was held in the middle of the pandemic and as such the 2m rule applied and masks…
Our first GertLUG show this year was organised by member Luke Herridge for his local infant school in Downend. The aim was to raise money for the school, to go towards a new playground, and to raise smiles on the faces of as many people who came along to see the show as possible! Luke succeeded on both fronts and here’s a quick write-up of the show, in his own words: What a fantastic Brick…
Back in September 2021, the LUG took the opportunity to visit LEGOLAND Windsor! As well as a few birthdays to celebrate and pop badges to collect it was a great excuse to see DJ L.L.A.M.A playing a concert in Miniland. Here are some highlights from our day! Miniland: As AFOLs Miniland felt like a holiday! We were able to visit so many incredible places, recreated as perfect miniature brick built versions, from New York to…