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…
The Harley Gallery in Worksop had an amazing Brick by Brick exhibition with pieces of work from 18 international artists and some of our GertLUGgers went to check in out. They have used the lovable LEGO brick as a medium to create stunning, thought provoking and often humorous artwork. Featured artists included David Turner from Northern Ireland who has a created a range of replica firearms out of LEGO in reference to his childhood called ‘The…
Our meet up for April 2020 had a bit of a twist. Due to everyone being locked down, the members all met online for our first official GertLUG online monthly meet up. Despite the change, we had a great evening together. We had a discussion about the new Pirate Ideas set that had just been released; 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay. A few members had already purchased theirs and were looking forward to building it.…
As with many hobbies, there is a large amount of language used within the LEGO community that is made up of acronyms, nicknames and other terms that you may never have heard before. There are already a number of sources online where you can find out what these various terms mean, but if you don’t know where to look, we have started our own glossary of terms (or brick-tionary) to save you having to hunt…
Dear GertLUG members As we have had many new members since our last major meet up at Christmas, I thought I would take the time to introduce myself. I am Paul the Chairperson; most people call me PK though. I have been in post for over a year now and have really enjoyed the opportunity to get to know so many friendly and lovely likeminded AFOL*. I have learnt so much from so many interesting…
Our theme for this meet-up was LEGO Therapy. LEGO Therapy was created by Daniel B. LeGoff. He saw it as a way for children with autism to learn to communicate and interact with the use of something they love – LEGO. The session has 3 parts to it. A builder, a supplier and an engineer. Each person takes a job and during the session you rotate jobs so that by the end everyone has had…
Our first meet up of 2020 was a cracker. We had the usual crowd and a few new members for the first time coming from as far afield as Swindon and Barry! The meeting theme was LEGO Board Games. There was a selection of LEGO Games to choose from and a few members enjoyed a game or two. It was really good fun and enjoyed by all. The build competition of the month was Southwest…
Billund is a town in central Denmark. It’s known as the birthplace of LEGO. It also features LEGOLAND Billund and at this time of the year its most popular destination is the LEGO House. Getting to Billund can be cheaper than you think but you do need to have a bit of stamina and patience. Ryanair has flights from Stanstead direct to Billund and they generally leave around 7am and return at about 10pm (so…
On Saturday 30th November, 30 or so GertLUG members and some of their family got together for our first ever Christmas Party. It was going to be a day to remember! Like all good events it started with a trip to the Cardiff LEGO store. Members travelled from as far away as Stansted, Birmingham and Gloucestershire. We all congregated in the St David’s Centre around 2/3pm to see what goodies were to be had on…
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!…