From FOTM 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Festival of the Masters in Review
The show was awesome and featured MoCs and kits built by members of the GFLTC and more! The pick a brick was somewhat cooperative too.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
New MoC Announcment
I, on behalf of YLEF, am choosing to do an FEC SD70M-2 in RailAmerica colors, as they are ordering 104-107. CIND 5008 will serve as a role model as I model the SD70M-2 in Dark Blue, White, and Red. WiP pictures should come up this weekend on Brickshelf and Flickr.
gfltc_pcrr08s_2
This is rather funny... Look at the person in the yellow shirt with a watch on his hand... that's me!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
BRICK Creation Challenge Results
I, on behalf of Young LEGO Enthusiasts of Florida, participated at Hollywood, FL's BRICK Creation Challenge at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. since I was selectively placed into the 11-17 category, and I spent most of my contest time in the 1st floor, I can share the standings for the 11-17 and Team Categories.
11-17
Most Colorful: - 6 well done segments built with LEGO each having a brick-built person spelling 'People'
Most Creative: - A tan / red building consisting of many rooms and a great interior.
Most Complex: Mine. "Industrial City: A Community of Efficency" by me, the president of YLEF. - 2.5' x 2.5' of details from a minifig cleaning up a littered 3 track yard or an FEC contract driver to an FEC SD70M-2, a straddle crane, and two warehouses with trailers loading up with cargo.
Team
Most Colorful: - Generally a modified board game replicated to LEGO.
Most Creative: - A cool magician with a rabbit coming off his hat :P
Most Complex: A favorite of mine. A well built, artistic, DNA structure. It JUST LOOKED AWESOME.
However, though one team MoC did not win, I would like to also, to some extent, recognize two kids' job on a castle. The structure had a lot of playability, and used a wide assortment of colors including Sand Green, Dark Orange, Dark Red, Greys, Black, Tan, and even Dark Tan! IMO it should have been given Honorable Mention...
If possible, I would like to know more on the winners. I know one from 6-10, that WTC Structure. Perhaps names of such creation would be welcome. Congrats on the winners, and see you next competition.
11-17
Most Colorful: - 6 well done segments built with LEGO each having a brick-built person spelling 'People'
Most Creative: - A tan / red building consisting of many rooms and a great interior.
Most Complex: Mine. "Industrial City: A Community of Efficency" by me, the president of YLEF. - 2.5' x 2.5' of details from a minifig cleaning up a littered 3 track yard or an FEC contract driver to an FEC SD70M-2, a straddle crane, and two warehouses with trailers loading up with cargo.
Team
Most Colorful: - Generally a modified board game replicated to LEGO.
Most Creative: - A cool magician with a rabbit coming off his hat :P
Most Complex: A favorite of mine. A well built, artistic, DNA structure. It JUST LOOKED AWESOME.
However, though one team MoC did not win, I would like to also, to some extent, recognize two kids' job on a castle. The structure had a lot of playability, and used a wide assortment of colors including Sand Green, Dark Orange, Dark Red, Greys, Black, Tan, and even Dark Tan! IMO it should have been given Honorable Mention...
If possible, I would like to know more on the winners. I know one from 6-10, that WTC Structure. Perhaps names of such creation would be welcome. Congrats on the winners, and see you next competition.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
LEGO Creation Challenge at Nathan Sawaya Exhibit
According to recent commentary and latest news, it has come to my attention that Nathan Sawaya, a popular artist that uses LEGO as his medium, is having his popular exhibit at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. Well, that's good news and I am going to see the exhibit tomorrow!
Furthermore, there is a LEGO Contest for the event. The Young LEGO Enthusiasts of Florida will be participating in the contest as a team group and we will be designing a special model solely using LEGO Bricks, Plates, Slopes, and many more elements like hinges, brackets, etc. All of us (Anthony, David, Julian, and myself) plus a new member (Mitchell) will be building the model.
The contest will be from August 8 to August 10, 2008. So see you at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood!
Furthermore, there is a LEGO Contest for the event. The Young LEGO Enthusiasts of Florida will be participating in the contest as a team group and we will be designing a special model solely using LEGO Bricks, Plates, Slopes, and many more elements like hinges, brackets, etc. All of us (Anthony, David, Julian, and myself) plus a new member (Mitchell) will be building the model.
The contest will be from August 8 to August 10, 2008. So see you at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood!
Monday, May 5, 2008
YLEF Summer Celebration and Member News
The 'YLEF Summer Celebration' is here! Included are as many as 4 trips to Orlando by two members as well as many great events. In fact we plan to add more members too.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
iPick-a-Brick
This is a nifty tool that is accessible on www.brickbuildr.com! Using this you can know what will be in the Pick a Brick Wall. Now only Orlando is shown, but soon the other stores will be added. Thanks Mike! Anyway, this tool is designed for the iPhone.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Announcing... Deluxe Cafe Corner!
Glad to be back! Anyway, I am finally building a new Cafe Corner style building with a starbucks in the first floor. The building will be in a number of colors, have interior details, and be shown on Friday's meeting.
Plant City Layout Report
On March 15th, the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club had a display at the HB Plant Railroad Historical Society Swap Meet and Train Show, and I had a blast! There were 4 loops of running trains and models built and/or supervised by Robin, Aaron, Scott, and KK. Plus, my CSX Manifest was rolling down the track. Thanks for the great day guys!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Updates on Central Florida Brick Day Events and More News
I would like to start off by saying that we are 6 days, 7 hours, and 54 minutes away from the next event on the YLEF Calendar, the HB Plant RR Historical Society Swap meet and Train Show, and I am quite looking forward to it! Here is the roster I plan to bring over to the Train Show:
CSXT 4518
CSXT 4306
54' Covered Hopper
FRKX Aggregates Hopper
LEGO City Boxcar
2x 10170
Flatcar
Flatcar for containers
4512 Boxcar Mod
Flatcar with Staves-Rails
In the meantime we welcomed Julian on Friday's meeting. He likes to MoC Star Wars. So on March 21st we will invite him to that corresponding meeting and see his work!
CSXT 4518
CSXT 4306
54' Covered Hopper
FRKX Aggregates Hopper
LEGO City Boxcar
2x 10170
Flatcar
Flatcar for containers
4512 Boxcar Mod
Flatcar with Staves-Rails
In the meantime we welcomed Julian on Friday's meeting. He likes to MoC Star Wars. So on March 21st we will invite him to that corresponding meeting and see his work!
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Announcing... My Trip to Central Florida!
I am more likely to head up to Central Florida in about a week! I will visit the LEGO Imagination Center, for the first time of 2008. In the meantime, on Saturday, March 15th, I will check out the H.B. Plant Railroad Historical Society Swap Meet and Train Show. Here are the details:
When: Saturday 3/15/08 9a-3p
Where: John Trinkle Center, Hillsborough Community College
1206 Park Road Plant City, FL 33563
What: H.B. Plant Railroad Historical Society Swap Meet and Train Show
Railroad displays including GFLTC Display
When: Saturday 3/15/08 5p-8p
Where: LEGO Imagination Center
1652 E Buena Vista Drive Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
When: Saturday 3/15/08 9a-3p
Where: John Trinkle Center, Hillsborough Community College
1206 Park Road Plant City, FL 33563
What: H.B. Plant Railroad Historical Society Swap Meet and Train Show
Railroad displays including GFLTC Display
When: Saturday 3/15/08 5p-8p
Where: LEGO Imagination Center
1652 E Buena Vista Drive Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
The Young LEGO Enthusiasts of Florida...
...have a one-year anniversary today! :) My LEGO fan club celebrated our anniversary with a meeting last Saturday, and that was a fun celebration. We have had a great year with the improvements of the LEGO Layout. A friend of mine and myself founded the club on March 4 2007. Perhaps a video will go up soon.
Monday, February 25, 2008
I may try a new meeting approach...
For the last 5 months, the Young LEGO Enthusiasts of Florida have met at a nearby Starbucks location commonly on Friday nights. However, only Diego and I have met about, say, 90 % of the time. Thus, I may provide new meetings on various days at different places in order to improve the meeting concept.
1st Anniversary Nearing
That's right folks, the Young LEGO Enthusiasts of Florida club is about to be a year old! Anthony V. and I founded the club on March 4, 2007. I plan a special model and some goodies for the year. However, the club was on its planning stages until its boom on September 21, 2007.
Monday, January 28, 2008
New Member May Join YLEF
The Young LEGO Enthusiasts of Florida may have a new member, by the name of Julian. His favorite part of LEGO is Star Wars!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Well, here's the start of it all...
The entries. The journal of the exploits of the YLEF, or Young LEGO Enthusiasts of Florida. We have a lot of breakthroughs ahead of us, and must log them down. Enjoy the web log. Sit back and relax.
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