BrickCan is finally here after a year long wait and I checked out the public exhibition today which had tons of amazing LEGO builds on display. It was amazing and awe-inspiring to see the creativity and what you can do with a box of LEGO bricks. I'm definitely going to be opening up some more sets to build this weekend! Check out some of cool builds below!
There was a pretty large winter scene that I really liked! There were a lot of people around so I couldn't take a full picture but here are some parts of the build.
The lit up ice rink was very cool!
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic cauldron!
The Burrard St bridge.
I thought this Victoria bus build was very nice and detailed!
Arch of Constantine. I really liked this one.
Some miniature versions of modulars that LEGO has out.
The steam clock in Gastown.
You will be assimilated; resistance is futile.
I really like any LEGO builds with trees so this one was probably my favourite.
For Game of Thrones fans - Pyke Castle! If you look closely, you can spot a banner with the house Greyjoy sigil.
There were some amazing LEGO mosaics as well. They're all made of 1x1 tiles. Amazing!
One of the fan favourites was this house from Up.
Jurassic World.
I really like the use of LEGO croissants in this build!
Batman and Robin to the rescue!
Dragon dance.
The Fallout Shelter was a huge hit last year. Each person gets to build one scene and it gets put together. The lights make this build stand out and it's so interesting to see the creativity behind each scene.
This aquarium scene was very cool.
I only just learned about Fabuland this year so it was nice to see a display using these characters.
There were a lot of different steampunk and mech builds.
A grayscale modular build.
Canada 150 in the flower bed. This is pretty amazing!
There were lots of vendors selling LEGO and LEGO related products, including engraved bricks, jewelry, soap, pillows and art. I didn't end up getting anything today, but I really enjoyed looking at the minifigures for sale.
Classic space.
Star Wars.
At the end of the session, any child with a ticket can get a free bear build. It's very cute!
BrickCan will be at the River Rock Casino for one more day so grab your tickets now! A ticket is valid for a 2 hour time slot to look at all the builds and check out the vendors.
Happy Easter! I picked up the LEGO Easter Egg Hunt seasonal set to build this weekend. It's a cute little scene, though I think I liked last year's Painting Easter Eggs scene better. This one was a little bit too disjointed for my liking.
Here's a look at the front and back of the box. You get two neat little minifigures.
Here's the completed set. My favourite piece has to be the chicken!
And of course, here's a speed build if you want to watch me build it:
There is less than a month until the popular LEGO convention, BrickCan, is back! My friends and I are getting very excited. I have been building a lot of small LEGO sets as we get closer to the date to get hyped up. The next set I opened up is about a month late, but it is the Romantic Valentine Picnic, set #40236. This was an exclusive LEGO Shop seasonal set with a $12.99 CAD price tag. I really love this set because it is so colourful and there are so many food pieces, which come in handy when I take minifigure photos. The best part is the extra pieces that are included are...food pieces! I also like the LEGO built trees.
Here is a look at the front and back of the box. It really catches your eye.
I think this set makes a really great display piece. It's got everything - flowers, food, trees, minifigures!
It's spring break for the kids and LEGO has just released this adorable LEGO minifigure passport/travel accessories kit! It's great for minifigure photography and for people who like taking pictures of minifigures in the real world while on vacation - like me!
This little set was only $5 so I couldn't resist picking one up even though I have many of the accesories already. The box is a printed suitecase and once you open it up, you get a "passport" which contains building instructions as well as some photography ideas. You also get some cards where you can write stuff for your minifigure to say.
Dumping out the 41 pieces, we get a jumble of neat pieces.
All built and ready to relax!
I think I'm definitely going to be having some fun with these!
Here's an unboxing video I shot in case you wanted a more detailed description of everything!
With BrickCan just a little over a month away, I decided to bust out some of my LEGO to build. Brickheadz is a new line that LEGO just released on March 1, 2017 with themes from Marvel Avengers, The LEGO Batman Movie and Disney. If you have a LEGO VIP card, you were able to purchase the Brickheadz on February 15 as an early release - which I did! Beauty and the Beast is one of my favourite classic Disney movies, so I couldn't pass these up. I didn't receive them in the mail until just a couple of weeks ago, and I was really eager to open them up. Check out the pictures below and the live and speed build videos I've uploaded on Youtube.
Tale as old as time.
Belle.
Beast.
New Pirates of the Caribbean BrickHeadz are being released next month to coincide with the newest movie of the franchise.
I think LEGO is capitalizing on the popularity of Funko Pop vinyl figures since they look awfully similar. These are pretty small (smaller than a Funko Pop) and pretty quick and easy to build. Let me know your thoughts on Brickheadz - love them? Hate them? They retail for $12.00 in Canada. There will most likely be sales on the in the future - when there is, should I buy more? Make sure you subscribe to the blog and stay tuned on the Surprise Toybox Youtube channel for more LEGO builds and fun things!
I cancelled my subscription to Smuggler's Bounty but when Funko released a hint about what was in the box, I had to resubscribe! There was a bit of trouble of re-subscribing due to a payment error on their website, but after some back and forth with customer service, I was good to go!
My box arrived quite early this month, with it arrive last week. The theme this month was Cantina and the box came with an adorable picture of Greedo.
Like all Funko subscription boxes, a pin and patch are included. The pin features a cantina band member and the patch has Greedo.
Next there was a Chewbacca Pop Pen. Funko recently started releasing these pens in stores, mostly Marvel characters. I believe they run around $6-8 in stores in Canada.
There were four designs for the t-shirts this month. All of them are "Wanted" shirts. I was hoping for Han Solo, but I got Muftak insead. I was hoping for another Funko Pop shirt but I guess they don't do that every time!
Finally, there were two Funko Pops included this month. The clue that they gave was that both were new molds and one was going to be Ben Kenobi. There is a Obi-Wan Kenobi pop already with his hood up but the Ben has his hood off and is holding a light saber.
The next is a Red Snaggletooth - one of the random aliens found in the Cantina scene. There was also a 1 in 5 chance of receiving the chase Blue Snaggletooth! The Blue Snaggletooth is in reference to the action figure that Kenner made in 1978 - they only had a black and white photo of the character as reference but the alien in the movie wore red and not blue.
I wasn't a huge fan of the items this month but you can't say the value isn't there!
The Smuggler's Bounty box is available in Canada and the US only and
ships out every other month. The
cost of the box is $25 usd + $14 shipping to Canada ($7 shipping in the
US), with a guaranteed value of $50. The May theme is Bounty Hunter.
Check out the Funko Smuggler's Bounty if you want to subscribe to your own box! You have until May 15, 2016 to get your order in for the next one!
Watch the unboxing video for this subscription box:
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