LEGO exhibit in Hong Kong

Anyone going to Hong Kong for a holiday?  If you are in Hong Kong from now till 2 May, do pop by Taikoo City Plaza and enjoy the fantastic creations by the talented Hong Kong AFOLs.  I saw a few gorgeous creations on Flickr, such as this wonderfully detailed Grand Palace and found out that it’s part of the 17 famous world landmarks on display in Hong Kong from The Brothers Brick.

I’m also fairly interested to see the megafigs display (yeah, I do want them…ahem) and apparently a display of 2,000 minifigs through the years. 

Unfortunately, I don’t have any trip planned to Hong Kong, but luckily loads of pics are available in Bo Chi Workshop’s Flickr that I can drool over. :)  

Wanna Watch A Hero Factory Cartoon in Cantonese?

I’m getting a weird kick out of watching the Hero Factory cartoon dubbed in Cantonese language.  Thanks to a few formative years spent watch Malaysia’s Jade Solid Gold channel and recent exposure to Hong Kong colleagues, I’m actually able to understand most of the show.  Scroll down to watch them.

It’s from my favourite TRU HK’s Youtube channel as usual.

Ok, not too friendly to my non-Cantonese speaking readers so here’s the Pharaoh’s Quest advert and some car building tips by Lami for young readers (or AFOL’s kids!). :)

If I’m sounding ‘cheerful’… yeah, it’s finally the weekend and I’m so glad to get a break from work.

Hero Factory Webisode in Cantonese

Bricks Adventure 2011

Foto Walker brings us some pics of Bricks Adventure held in Hong Kong from 12 to 21 January 2011.  I picked 4 pics to showcase, and you can see more in Foto Walker’s Blog

Do share links to blogs that have more Brick Adventure photos k? I’m interested to see what other creations were displayed. I really like the buses btw.  Looks really accurate!

Some MOCs I Like

I’m not sure how it happened, but I now have a huge backlog of MOCs to feature (think it’s due to a huge influx of creations from AFOLs on year-end breaks)…  So many that I can even put them into 3 main classifications – contemporary, historic and mecha/war.  There are a few creations that defy classification tho, and so I decided to clear the backlog by featuring these 1st.

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I’ve featured several creations by andybear@hk before, but I think this one tops the others in terms of its massive scale.  Zenko-ji Temple (original is in Nagayo, Japan) is 192×128 studs and will be displayed in Bricks Adventure 2011 (12 to 21 Jan, 2011) in Hong Kong.  You can see more details of Andy’s creation in this EB post.

Btw Bricks Adventure is presented by the War & Adventure Games Society of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and jointly organized by Legend Bricks.  If you are in Hong Kong during this period, why not go and have a look?  For more details, you can visit Bricks Adventure 2011 official website, Flickr Page or Facebook Page.

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Ravel by Nannan Z. is a picture puzzle.  Nannan’s creations tend to have a unique style and this one is really a puzzler (I can’t find a better word, umm, brain not working)… you’ll have to examine the creation in detail if you want to get out of the puzzle.  Clues below the pic.

You are a postman who one day wakes up in a mysterious place. What is going on, is it a dream? You come across a signpost in the road. It reads:

Welcome friend to a place called Ravel,
Should you wish to leave; there’s no need to travel.
Open your mind and believe what you see,
Follow my words carefully and you will be free.

Beware the creature chained to the guillotine,
A close encounter, and death he will bring.
He bears your semblance like a deranged twin,
To get past you must slay him from within.

The weapon you seek is neither sword nor spear,
It is rather small and shaped like a sphere.
But judge not this toxic fruit by its size,
The bones of the Great Beast tell no lies.

Finding the exit is your next task,
There’s no gate or portal, so don’t even ask.
Look to the stars and you will find your way,
They light your path as clear as day.

Point the Northern Star southeast,
To the south you will shine the Star of the Northeast
Point the Eastern Star southwest
And the Southwest Star east. (You’re almost done with your quest!)

The obsidian block marks the compass center,
And where the light beams cross, there you will enter.
Pick up the tools once guarded by the creature,
Now dig dig dig your way to departure!

Lego related photos from HK Ani-Com 2010

Really interesting ‘orient’ themed creations in the flickr set here of the Hong Kong Ani-Com 2010 Lego exhibits and competition by Bo-Chi Workshop (Joey KWOK). Gems include this:

Hong Kong Ani-Com 2010

Before I go on about the HK Ani-Com, I did an update of my earlier posting on Tower Bridge set with the TLG press release, and also shared my strange experience on Brickset.

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Brick And Me share some interesting experiences of the 2010 Ani-Com, including photos of exhibits and Hong Kong Lego competition. (I’d previously shared some photos of the entries here and here)

I like this:

Anyway links below:

Lego art works
Finalists of Lego competition
Gripes on the event management at Lego booth

More finalists of the Hong Kong LEGO Building competition

As an asian AFOL, I like to see asian inspired Lego creations and the Hong Kong LEGO Building competition has a couple of nice ones I’ve been meaning to feature for a while. 

Apart from Apliu Street I blogged a few days earlier, the entries for all 12 finalists  can be viewed in the official competition site and are also compiled here in the HK forum.

Enjoy! :)

 

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