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The BrickMagic LEGO Festival (May 5-8, 2011 in Raleigh, NC) is proud to announce
the first-ever BrickMagic Challenge! All BrickMagic exhibitors will have their
LEGO creations automatically entered, and the best overall creation will receive
$1000 and a LEGOLand Annual Pass for its builder!
A winner will be chosen from each of the following ten categories, and the
builder will receive a LEGO-related prize, and a one-page feature on their work
in an upcoming issue of BrickJournal:
• Best Train Club layout
• Best Brick of Character (a creation of a famous person, icon, or cartoon or
novelty character)
• Best Space layout (inspired by sci-fi, NASA, or anything
dealing with outer space)
• Best Technic design (any mechanical model that
moves, powered or not)
• Best Mindstorms design
• Best Castle layout
• Best Microscale creation (smaller the minifigure scale)
plus 3 “Judges Choice” awards (each judge will pick their favorite that’s not a
winner in one of the other categories)
Then, one overall “Best of Show” will be chosen from these 10 winners, and will
be featured on the cover of an upcoming issue of BrickJournal. That builder
will also receive:
• A $1000 cash prize
• An Annual Pass to the new LEGOLand Florida theme park (opening October 2011;
the pass is good for unlimited admission through December 2012)
Judging will be conducted by Certified Professional LEGO Builder Sean Kenney,
BrickJournal magazine editor Joe Meno, and a representative of LEGO.
Anyone with an original LEGO MOC (“My Own Creation”) they would like to display
is welcome to become an Exhibitor, and take part in the LEGO fan community.
Exhibitors pay a $50 registration fee, which covers the cost of tables and space
for their creations. All exhibitors also receive:
Access to Exhibitor-only presentations and workshops
Eligibility for door prizes donated by LEGO and other sponsors
A complimentary meal (courtesy of MOE’s Southwest Grill)
At least two limited edition LEGO sets (the BrickMagic Event Kit, and one
provided by BrickMania)
A goodie bag filled with special LEGO-related
surprises
Complimentary tickets to the BrickFlix Film Festival (May 4 at 9pm)
A special discount redeemable during BrickMagic weekend at the Raleigh LEGO
retail store
And more to come!
To register as an Exhibitor, or for more information on BrickMagic 2011, go to
www.brickmagic.org or e-mail exhibit coordinator Joe
Meno at admin@brickjournal.com
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Hi all,
it’s been some time since I posted here about BrickJournal, and for those
wondering, no I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. Far from it. And I’ll
be telling you what’s been going on...
BrickJournal
BrickJournal has grown from an online magazine to print, and while doing so,
has covered events from Brickworld to FIRST LEGO League World Festival. With
this, the magazine’s Flickr archive has gathered over 30,000 photos from Europe
and the United States. In print we have printed 9 issues and have gone from
quarterly to bimonthly publication this year.
BrickJournal.com
BrickJournal’s website has also changed this year, as its webhost was bought
by another service. The new site is cleaner, and while still a little empty, it
will eventually have selected articles from the magazine. Currently, it has
current news, exclusive information and instructions, and the Pic of the Day,
where a photo from the BrickJournal archive is presented.
BrickJournal Video Podcast
There’s also a
video podcast for the magazine - you can find it at iTunes, where there are
some videos with some of the builders spotlighted in the magazine. More will be
coming soon!
BrickJournal Mobile
Speaking of iTunes, BrickJournal now has an
free iPhone app,
and soon will have a Google Android app. If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch,
you can find the app through iTunes. The BrickJournal app has all the feeds
from the website, my blog, and Flickr gallery. It’s a one stop shop to see what
is going on with the magazine!
And one more thing....
BrickMagic
I’m happy to announce that BrickJournal is one of the organizers of
BrickMagic, a LEGO Fan event in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 7, 8, and 9, 2010
- Mother’s Day weekend! Registration is open and can be done at
BrickMagic’s website. There will be things for the
AFOLs and the public, so check out the site for information! I can’t say too
much about what’s being planned yet, but it’s going to be fun!
You can keep up with BrickJournal through:
BrickJournal.com
BrickJournal Journal
Twitter
Facebook page
You can keep up with BrickMagic through:
BrickMagic.org
Twitter
Facebook page
Many thanks for all those who have helped the magazine - BrickJournal is 5
years old in June, and it has grown thanks to AFOLs here and abroad!
Joe Meno
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, David Gregory wrote:
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Does the Brick Journal site cause anyone else’s browser to freeze/crash? I
tried a couple of different browsers with the same result.
David
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No problems here. I tried both FireFox and MSIE with no problems. Could it be
your installation of Flash? I noticed the Hulu players at the bottom of the
page are embedded Flash. You could try install
Flashblock and see if that
helps.
--Mike.
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Does the Brick Journal site cause anyone else's browser to freeze/crash? I
tried a couple of different browsers with the same result.
David
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During one of my my far too frequent visits to my local LEGO shop I had one of
the managers show me an article in the BrickJournal which they were carrying on
their shelves. I got really excited and blabbed on and on about how I knew Joe
etc. The majority of the employees there really didn't understand what they were
carrying or how to market it. I took the opportunity to purchase my copy (sorry
about not pre-ordering) and hopefully show them the value of this beautiful
publication. They definitely looked on it more favorable, and hopefully were
more excited about it.
Congrats Joe and staff, not only for coming this far, and for such an incredible
publication, but for your official recognition by LEGO proper!
Scott
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