Yoda Build Event at Hillsdale Shopping Center

Bill — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:08:37 +0000

LEGO has been doing these “Yoda build events” all around the country as promotions for their retail stores. We finally got a chance to participate in one!

Members of BayLUG spent most of the weekend of July 20 and 21 helping out with this project. A Master Builder from LEGO, Stephen Gerling, was on hand to construct the giant LEGO sculpture of Yoda from Star Wars. It was based on a smaller model built almost entirely out of 2×4 bricks in brown, tan, and sand green colors.

To build the giant sculpture, kids were invited to come and construct giant LEGO bricks. Each brick was 8×16x4, or exactly 4x in each dimension the size of a standard 2×4 brick. Lots of 2×4 and 2×8 bricks in each of the three colors were on hand, and laminated instruction cards were set out for the kids to follow. We ended up with many many bins full of the giant bricks, which were used to construct the Yoda sculpture. In fact we had plenty of bricks left over, so at the end we took the instructions away and just let the kids build whatever they wanted.

The event was a lot of fun. We didn’t get paid, but we got some very special deals on bricks from the store to compensate for our time :-)

Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or view a slideshow of the photos.

January 15, 2002: Playground

Bill — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:35:46 +0000

Another repost from bill.wards.net. This playground was a regular feature in the BayLTC train shows for years.

This playground is complete with all the equipment needed to keep your kids entertained for hours.

Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or you can view a slideshow of the photos.

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Yoda Build Event at Hillsdale Shopping Center

January 15, 2002: Playground