BrickJournal 9 is available
October 17th, 2007 by RoscoHeadIt can be downloaded here. Looks like another great issue, with lots of great articles.
This marks the end of a phase of the magazine, as the last free online issue. Read more here.
Archive for the 'Ambassador' Category
The future of 9v trains
October 3rd, 2007 by RoscoHeadThe LEGO group has finally announced a decision on the future of 9v trains: there isn’t one. They will soon (2009) launch a new system based on the new Power Functions System. Several AFOLs are involved in the design process.
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EWB Turbine Day
August 25th, 2007 by RoscoHeadOn 24th August, Engineers Without Borders held a nationwide awareness/fundraising day for their renewable energy programs. I helped them by designing the tower and blades. They completed the design of the nacelle and hub, complete with motors so it could actually generate power.
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Nationwide LEGO Wind Turbine Competition!
August 10th, 2007 by RoscoHead
Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) is building LEGO wind turbines in capital cities across the nation for Engineering Week!
Event details
The public’s imagination will be captured by participating in the construction of over 3,500 LEGO bricks to form a fully functioning three-metre tall wind turbine!
For a gold coin donation, members of the public will add LEGO bricks to the construction.
The wind turbines will be constructed simultaneously in popular public spaces across the nation on Friday August 24th:
- Brisbane: Queen St Mall
- Canberra: Garema Place, Civic
- Melbourne: Federation Square
- Melbourne: Monash University, Clayton campus
- Adelaide: Rundle Mall
- Perth: QV1 building
- … And a week earlier (August 16-19) in Sydney at Customs House in the city
Live video footage of the progress in each city will be broadcast at each site, setting up an inter-city rivalry to see who can complete their LEGO wind turbine first!
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Addition to Café Corner
May 3rd, 2007 by RoscoHead
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LEGO has announced a new Factory set as an addition to the recent Caf� Corner set. Set 10190 “Market Street” is a modular set of buildings, designed by AFOL and LEGO Ambassador Eric Brok, and is coming soon to the LEGO Factory.
Looks like a pretty cool set, and will fit in well with the Café Corner, I think. Here’s hoping there’s even more sets like these. |