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November - December 2016: The Festival of Trees visited the main branch of the Surrey Library, with a new tree design from Robin. Check it out at right.
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October 2016: Halloween again, and time for the Surrey Libraries Literacy Building Challenge at Central City Shopping Centre! Check out the different model that Robin built this time!
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October 2016: Final stop on the LEGO Imagine Nation Tour was Toronto, where some of the ToroLUG crew helped Robin build
a model of Nathan Phillips square and City Hall, both the new AND the old! We even had a miniature verson of the marathon down in front (which was running that day for real!) Click at right for a pic.
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October 2016: Vancouver got a visit from the LEGO Imagine Nation Tour, where Robin and a few VLC helpers built another
version of the 'Digital Orca'. This is getting to be a regular thing! Photo at right.
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September 2016: More 'Bot building at Sevenoaks Shopping Centre, on behalf of Canuck Place Abbotsford. This time - a superhero robot! Photo at right.
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September 2016: Calgary was the next stop on the LEGO Imagine Nation Tour. The SALUG and CLTC crew helped Robin
build a model of the famous Saddledome! A photo at right.
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August 19-21, 2016: Robin was joined by the A.I.M.B.O.T. crew for a very fun event in Medicine Hat, at the
Medicine Hat Mall. It was robot building time, and Robin constructed an cool old-school tin-type, wind-up robot. Photos at right.
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August 12-14, 2016: The LEGO Imagine Nation Tour had its second stop, in Montreal. Robin and the
QueLUG adult LEGO hobbyist club built our version of a section of the famous 'Habitat 67' condo building, which has a very cool LEGO history all its own!
Some photos at right.
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August 5-7, 2016: Robin was at the Chilliwack Fair and celebrated 'Hometown Harvest' by building a LEGO cornucopia bursting with good things. Kids attending the fair built their own versions of fruit and vegetables and their creations were built into the model. It turned out very nicely! Photos at right.
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July 29-31, 2016: Brickville once again provided lots of LEGO fun at the Abbotsford Agrifair! This year saw the
return of the exciting Westcoast Lumberjack Show. Some photos of the giant Husqvarna chainsaw that Robin built at right.
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July 24, 2016: It was Farmers Feast day at Krause Berry Farms once again. Robin took the opportunity to build a LEGO version of the farm's logo!
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July 9-10, 2016: The Abbotsford Berry Beat Festival hit Abby's downtown once again, and LEGO fun was had by all!
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June 4-7, 2016: The PotashCorp Childrens's Festival of Saskatchewan once again hosted Robin and Ley
with the theme of 'Circle Round'. So, they built circles! Photos at right.
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May 10-12, 2016: The LEGO Imagine Nation Tour for 2016 had its first stop in Ottawa. Robin and the local
ParLUGment crew had some fun building a cool version of the Parliament Buildings - Centre block. Photos at right.
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March - May, 2016: The largest LEGO mosaic ever built in Canada was built at the 'Big Build' event at the Disovery Centre in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, to raise funds and celebrate the building and development of their new location! The mosaic took several months for patrons and supporters to build. It measures over 6 metres wide
by 3 metres tall (20' x 10'), and is made up of over 300,000 individual LEGO pieces! More photos at right.
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May 6-7, 2016: It was AMAZEatorium time again in Saint John, New Brunswick!
Robin, along with a few friends, built a permanent mosaic creation, and had lots of LEGO fun. Thanks to the crew at Touchstone Academy for putting
on such a brilliant event. Click at right for some photos.
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March 2016: It was time again for LEGO Mania at
Tillicum Centre in Victoria. Hundreds of kids helped build a giant LEGO mosaic that is now mounted on permanent display in the shopping centre!
The mosaic image was based on a painting by incredible silk artist Daniel Jean-Baptiste. The VicLUG
crew brought their amazing creations to show, and as always, the building challenge featured over 130 kids and their incredible builds.
Visit the TillicumKids.com website for details on the winning entries, and click the image at right for more photos.
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February 2016: Viking Air sponsored the 2016 Family Day LEGO
Festival in Sidney. Lots of great building activities went on, including Robin and the VicLUG guys building a great Twin Otter aircraft model, a mini custom airplane building kit, and the completion
of a new mosaic by kids and families who came out to play. If you missed it, visit the Sidney Museum and Archives before the end of March 2016 to see it all, and get your own mini kit. Click at right for lots of pics.
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February 2016: Willowbrook Shopping Centre hosted the building a 'LEGO Peace Garden' to celebrate
the Family Day holiday. Robin built a large peace sign sculpture, which hundreds of kids then decorated with their own creations. Lots of photos at right
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