Oct 11

NoCo MiniMaker Faire: 2015

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Jim

NoCo Mini-Maker Faire 2015

About 10 builders made the trek up to Loveland for the NoCo Mini Maker Faire over the October 10th and 11th weekend. The display was filled with a large variety of builds. Being a Mini Maker Faire, creativity and making things was full on with the builds not only from CoWLUG but the rest of the event. It was a fun event for the builders as well.

Lester brought some of his finds, a 2001 remote control Bionicle called Manas.

Jeff made his I-Rex from Bionicle parts and did a pretty nice job too.

Lester’s steam punk AT-AT is always a crowd pleaser.

Chris bringing some Star Wars fun to the build with a base of operations.

Bionicles and Bionicles. Each creation have an individual look for their characters.

Eric’s buildings. Each building is getting better and the details are fun to look at while trying to figure out the technique used.

Joe and Doug’s fantasy area. They finish building it as the days go on. Need some lanscaping ideas, look closely.

Donnie has a few things going on. First on the left is an X-Men -vs- Sentinels battle, then a Star Wars Imperial Hanger. Off to the right, the Joker -vs- Batman scene.

Oh look, Jim’s amusement park operated by pushbuttons. The train has camera on it that gives a view of riding the rails around the park.

Ryan has a collected the various colors of LEGO parts used over the years. It’s neat to see them all together in one place.

A cool battle scene, the landscaping and scenery are quite impressive and should be looked at to see what can be done.

Thanks to Doug for organizing the display. Photos courtesy of Eric Neuman and Doug Cloud. Thanks guys.

Oct 08

IFMA Trade Show

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Jim

IFMA World Workplace Confrence and Expo
October 7th and 8th at the Colorado Convention Center

IFMA, International Facility Management Association, www.ifma.org if you want to learn more. Members of CoWLug and DenLUG were invited by Darin, who is a member of the local IFMA organization that put on this event and is a member of DenLUG to display some of our MOCs and creations at this expo. It’s not the usual type of event by any means. No kids and all business professionals. It was also very fun, especially on the last day picking up some of the giveaways by the booths. We also shared the space with Ed McCaffery and Randy Gradishar from the Denver Broncos when they came to sign autographs.

Ian, Abby, Duane, Jeremy, Jim M, Todd E, and Darin put together a small display. It had creations from city buildings including the cash register building, Republic Plaza, a refinery, pushbutton operated amusement park, Technic builds and tops, to a Denver Bronco mosaic that had autographed tiles added, and a tornado. Basically, Facilities for a Facility Management Expo.

IMG_1923a Ed McCaffery #87 and Randy Gradishar #53 signed tiles and Duane’s Denver Bronco Mosaic.

20151008_132700 Jim’s pushbutton operated amusement park. Todd’s tornado and mill operated by pushbuttons as well.

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The overall layout of the display. Ian’s Repbulic Plaza towering over everything, the giant white building. Jeremy’s Technic and tops display is off to the right.

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There’s no stopping the rides, you have to work on them as you can.

Duane’s refinery, train tunnel, with a volcanic Minecraft scene lit up.

Doofenshmirttz Evil Incorporated on the left and the iconic cash register building by Duane.

20151008_132612 Jim’s pushbutton amusement park. I found it interesting how hard it was to get people to “push the buttons”.

It was a fun and different event to participate in. And it proves that LEGO makes everything better, even an expo.

Thanks to Darin for the invite. Pictures provided by Ian and Duane.

Sep 14

First Annual Fort Collins Comic Con!

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Jessica

Awesome overhead shot of the CoWLUG tables by Ryan.

Many CoWLUG members have been part of “the larger Comic Con” in Colorado for several years in a row. Distill all the goodness of that event down into a single day and you have Fort Collins Comic Con. The Aztlan Community Center just north of the main part of town was transformed into a cozy venue which made all the participants and attendees feel like they were hanging out with a huge group of their friends for the day.

Six CoWLUG builders filled their two allotted tables with plenty of LEGO goodness for attendees to enjoy.

The smaller event and minimal table space to keep an eye on made it possible for Imagine to join in the cosplay fun. Here, in his Mandalorian armor, he lines up with other cosplayers before presenting on stage before the judges and audience.

Just like a lot of events held in Fort Collins, the small and friendly atmosphere of Fort Collins Comic Con promises to make the event a favorite for CoWLUG and others for many years to come.

A huge thank you goes out to Ryan for successfully organizing the display for CoWLUG, as well as all the builders (Ryan, Jeff, Cy, Donnie, Eric & Imagine) who volunteered their fantastic creations and time to make the display exciting for all the viewers.

Sep 01

Brick Fest Live! 2015 Denver

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Jessica

Potentially our largest display this year, Brick Fest Live! 2015 was a great success! With about 30 CoWLUG members displaying creations and supplying parts for the displays (including new members, Steven Lopez and Kathy Nicolai), we spread the LEGO love over 1180 square feet….that’s 59 8’x30” tables!!

Up front we had the Modular Town, featuring Buildings from Myself and Jim West, as well as railyards by Ralph and Chris Hembree.

…flanked by a forest fire thanks to Ralph and “Friend’s Town” courtesy of Cynde.

Around the bend, We travel through Jim’s Amusement Park….

…and into Lester’s Steampunk and Old West towns…

On the Other side of the Display, we had Jason’s Airport, Jerry’s train station and mountain…and a super keen arctic scene from Ralph!

Adjacent to the cities, we had MOC’s from Todd and Cynde, Ralph’s Minecraft Display, and some awesome trains from Wil Hata as well as MechTech thanks to Dan Wray.

Our “Middle Table” featured an epic Pirate assault on Reed’s Hope Castle.

Alas, This ended up being the only effective cannon against the castle…

Finally, in our “Third section” we had Jeremy’s Collection of MOC’s, including this one, which was my favorite!

An awesome USS Enterprise from Steven Lopez

and the Infamous GBC (Great Ball Contraption) thanks to Ian, Abby, Jim West, Serena, Todd and numerous others.

Along with the “bumper car arena” from Ralph, Annette and Darin, among others.

Though this Brick Fest Live! Event was mainly an event geared towards the “kids and parents” crowd, we did meet several new potential AFOL members. The event featured 4-hour sessions with numerous interactive mosaic and free building stations and a “build / race your LEGO car” area, featuring some spectacular crashes as well as an array of LEGO video games on Xbox 360s.

As well as a mix of Various LEGO themed vendors….

…a couple of which supplied, Lester, Dan and myself with some awesome new gear and guns!

However, perhaps the biggest news from the event is it’s desire to grow and be a full blown 3-day LEGO AFOL convention, here in Denver….potentially as soon as next year!

Thanks, once again, to all that helped out and displayed…we could not have done any of this without you.

Photographs, story and event organization by Christopher Briggs.

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