Spider-man Day 2020
August 1st is Spider-man day. Here’s a classic joke.
Here’s the team-up you demanded!
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Brick Fiesta is going virtual.
Brick Fiesta in Sugar Land, Texas is going virtual. The virtual convention will now be July 25 & 26 2020. If you already have tickets to the on location event, your tickets will rollover to 2021 plus you get a ticket to the online event.
Brick Fiesta Virtual Convention July 25 & 26, 2020
Rescheduled Brick Fiesta 10th Anniversary Celebration
July 22 – 25, 2021
Houston Marriott Sugar Land
Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary!
Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back!
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Schleich Toy Photography contest
Toy maker Schleich is holding a Toy Photography contest.Ten finalists will get $100 worth of Schleich products. The grand prize is $500 worth of Schleich products. Don’t want to submit a photo, there is also a sweepstakes where 5 people will win $25 worth of Schleich toys. Contest runs till June 2nd.
How to enter Photo Contest
Take a picture featuring Schleich products and upload it to their contest page.
How to enter Sweepstakes
Visit the contest page a do a few actions in the gleam app. This is just visiting some of Schleich’s social media pages.
You have to be eighteen to enter so kids will have to take a picture and get a guardian to upload it. They encourage this in the rules.
Visit Schleich Imagination-Contest for full contest details.
Schleich hired Toy photographer, Mitchel Wu to make images for the Power of imagination program. He has plenty of tips for how to photograph toys. These apply not only to the contest but to any Toy Photography you want to do.
How to Create Winning Toy Photos
DETERMINATION OF WINNER.
Photo Contest:
Ten (10) Finalists will be chosen by a panel of Schleich judges Each of the Ten (10) Finalists wins a Schleich prize package valued at $100. The Finalist photos are then uploaded to Instagram via @SchleichUSA for one week.
The photo with the most “likes” will be the Grand Prize Winner. Grand Prize Winner receives $500 in Schleich products
Sweepstakes:
Five (5) winners will be chosen at Random to receive $25 in Schleich product.
Visit Schleich Imagination-Contest for full contest details.
Cool Toys
In reading about this contest, I looked through their website. They have some awesome fantasy creatures in their Eldrador line. I’m definitely getting A Kraken and a Lava Scorpion. Schleich has some awesome looking toys I have some of their dragons and my son has some of their animals.
Your Thoughts
Are you going to enter? Does this sound like fun?
Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary!
This weekend is the 40th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back! Boba Fett made his big screen debut in Empire so here are a few pic of the bounty hunter. He was in the animated section of the Star Wars special before Empire but we don’t talk about that.
UPDATE: I removed a picture from this post. It was the promo image of the Hallamark LEGO Boba Fett Ornament. I didn’t take that one and didn’t catch it till afterI made the post.
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Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary!
Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back! Yoda made his debut in The Empire Strikes Back and since he was the focus of this blog in the early days here are some Yoda photos.
LEGO set #7194 Jedi Master Yoda
Concept art Yoda
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Kidrobot at Sonic
Sonic now has Kidrobot toys in their Wacky Packs. The toys are Sonic themed Dunny figures featuring fruits, Sonic red dot, peppermints, Sonic menu items, and a sonic uniform.
No designer toy collection is complete without exclusive Kidrobot SONIC® Edition Dunny toys—only available in the Wacky Pack® Kids Meal. Come to SONIC today to get special SONIC Dunny figures and customizable Dunny clip-ons!
–from Sonic
During May participating Sonic’s are offering wacky Packs for $1.99. Check your local Sonic for details.
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Here are some other Dunny toys.
Crow’s Nest
A LEGO Fabuland crow is peering out of it’s nest. Fabuland was a LEGO Theme that ran from 1979-1989. It was for the age group transitioning from Duplo to LEGO. It featured animal characters instead of traditional mini figures.
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Book Shop
We have opened an online book store. I will share books that I think my followers will like but once you enter the store you can search other books. Any sales from the store will help support us and keep our site running. The site is here on bookshop.
How to draw comics the Marvel Way
Update We have added a list of Children’s book recommend by our son look for the Padawan;s Picks list in our bookshop.
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Green Kids Crafts
Do you want to keep the kids entertained while learning? Green Kids Crafts is a subscription box service that gets kids interested in science. Each month box has 4-8 STEM focused projects,
Take 10% off any subscription with code: HOMESCHOOL
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Stay away!
Unexpected guest are showing up. No GO AWAY. That not following social distancing.
How is safer at home affecting you?
If you are at home, what are doing to pass the time? Are you building with LEGO?
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Where would you stay?
We’re under a safer at home order. I need to make some more art to keep my sanity. Which hermit home location would you like to see here?
LEGO Build Challenge
Me and my son are part of a LEGO group on facebook they are doing a build a day Challenge. Every day they post a new subject and we build a micro build MOC.
Rules
- All pieces 4 studs or smaller
- Can use a plate to stabilize build
- No instructions or kits
- Post before Deadline
Here’s what we did for the Pumpkin Patch challenge.
