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A new bridge

April 26th, 2010 by RoscoHead

A new bridge

A new bridge

Well OK it’s really an old bridge but I only just got around to taking photos. It’s a cable-stayed bridge loosely based on the Batman Bridge near Launceston Tasmania. Read all the info here.

Detachable Gondola

April 17th, 2010 by RoscoHead


Fast Tube by Casper

Detachable Gondola

This link was posted on Facebook, and I built something similar when I was a kid (though not nearly as sophisticated – or reliable). It’s a gondola drive that… well you’ll see when you view the video. Enjoy!

Burning Up

February 13th, 2010 by RoscoHead

Burning Up

Burning Up

February 7th 2009. After a fairly mild summer Melbourne was in the middle of a heat wave, and that Saturday pushed the mercury past 46C in the city, the hottest day on record. It was of course a day of total fire ban, with strong unpredictable winds, and during the day there were reports of several large bushfires around Melbourne’s outer suburbs. The full toll wasn’t known to most though, until the next day. With fires still burning, people were already counting the cost. The final toll would not be known for many days.
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OK that was insane

January 25th, 2010 by RoscoHead

Insane? Make up your own mind!

Insane? Make up your own mind!

No, not Travis (well OK maybe a little bit…). This weekend saw Brickvention 2010 reach new heights, with registrations up from 41 last year to 69. We even ran out of various items for the registration packs because we didn’t anticipate such a huge jump 🙂

But the big one was public day on Sunday. We should have felt the omen when people started arriving at 10am when our official opening time was 11am. But we figured it’ll only be a few early birds, right???? Five hours and somewhere around 2500 visitors later (we haven’t counted them up yet), we closed the doors and started packing up. Yep, you heard right, 2500. That’s more than 100% increase over last year’s event, and you could tell we didn’t anticipate it – at one stage, the admission line stretched all the way back to Elizabeth Street! But we managed to survive, thanks to the herculean efforts of the organisers, I won’t mention them all here, but Derek deserves special mention for emergency crowd control.

Anyway, suffice to say we have some big decisions to make in the next few weeks regarding next year’s event – while Vic Uni has been a great venue, we have definitely outgrown it, so keep your eyes peeled for announcements about next year’s venue.

And thanks to everyone who contributed, from the smallest MOC to the busiest committee member, we all managed to get it together for another great event, and I for one am looking forward to next year (after a suitable LEGO break of course…). More pics here.

Back again! Again!

January 16th, 2010 by RoscoHead

Well, I’m happy to say that Brickley’s Words is back again. At least all those old links won’t be dead forever. But the instructions page is now permanently offline – hopefully that will keep traffic here to a dull roar, and keep my hosting company happy. Meanwhile, if you’re searching for instructions, please use Brickset, as Huw has now added links to the instructions at LEGO.com.

Oh, and happy new year.


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