Category Archives: Front Page News

For items that should be seen on the front page of the VLC site.

LEGO Castle Adventure at Science World – starts Feb 16, 2012

A new LEGO exhibit has opened at Science World this weekend and will be running for the next few months.  See below post for more info. Members of the VLC will be taking part in the “After Dark” event this … Continue reading

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Toronto teens send a Lego minifig into space

Two weeks ago, Ho and Muhammad launched a homemade balloon carrying a Lego passenger and four cameras. It fell back down to Earth 97 minutes later with astonishing footage from an estimated 24 kilometres above sea level, three times the … Continue reading

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Lego Minecraft is happening!

I didn’t think I would be posting this so soon, but hey the rendered image that VLC member Michael Thomas made of a Minecraft block that sparked the interest for Lego Minecraft sets has been given the green light.  Way … Continue reading

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Member MOC’s: Michael Thomas’s Settlers of Catan

I intend to highlight some of the VLC member’s MOCs (in no particular order), the first MOC is one that made the Brother’s Brick Top 10 List for 2011, Michael Thomas’s Lego Settler’s of Catan. When one first sees these … Continue reading

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It’s (somewhat) official! It’s Oakridge Mall

A VLC member noticed on the Oakridge mall website this link which seems to indicate it will be in the West Galleria somewhere, but no lease is signed, according to the Vancouver Sun article below.  Spring of 2012 can’t come … Continue reading

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LEGO Brand Retail coming to Vancouver in 2012

Courtesy of Brickset.com: Looks like Canada is about to get its fourth LEGO store, this time in Vancouver, British Columbia. The ‘Jobs at LEGO’ website has just posted a vacancy for the job of ‘Store Manager’ in Vancouver, which is … Continue reading

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Vancouver Lego Club at Trains 2011- Nov 12th to 13th, 2011

The Vancouver Lego Club has been invited once again to participate at Trains 2011.  So that means that we’ll have a whole 9 – eight foot tables setup displaying Lego brick built trains and all the wonderful scenery to go … Continue reading

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LEGO Exhibit at the Port Moody Station Museum

The Port Moody Station Museum is currently hosting a Train and Town LEGO® Display.  See some picture of this event on our photos page or visit the museum before  August 31st to see it in the Brick.

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Babies need building blocks, not TV, research finds

The Vancouver Sun ran a story suggesting that building Blocks play a key role in the mental development of Babies and Children. Many in the LEGO® Community have suspected the same for a long time and are happy to see … Continue reading

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