This September, BayLUG participated in the 20th anniversary of Maker Faire Bay Area. It is now located at Mare Island in Vallejo, and we have been participating since it started in San Mateo.
This year, as usual, we displayed a wide range of MOCs from Town & Train, prior collab displays, GBC, Art, and Post-Apocalyptic. We also debuted a Mars Education activity for the kids that was very popular. This event is always a great time and we look forward to next year.
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I’ve been going to BrickCon for several years and have always enjoyed their commitment to running a virtual version of the convention. This is an affordable way for AFOLs around the world to enjoy the con including games, prizes, hearing the talks, socializing, and a building contest. Even when I go in person, sometimes it’s nice to take a break and watch a talk online.
This year I had a last minute conflict and couldn’t attend in Bellevue. The BrickCon team quickly changed my registration to virtual. I had planned to bring my Rock and Roll Hall of Fame MOC that I built for BayLUG’s Great American Road Trip collaboration. Instead I uploaded photos of it for consideration in the virtual build contest. I entered it in the Scale Model category.
I was watching the award ceremony and was so surprised and excited to see my name come up! Rock and Roll won the Mega Wow award! I’ve been going around my house saying “Wow! Mega wow!” for several days.
Build winners at the in-person BrickCon get brick built trophies. Virtual winners get an engraved 1×8 brick and I’m really happy about it. I can wear it on my badge when I go in person next year – hard to do that with a trophy!
On September 11, 2026, BayLUG joined San Jose’s “Fridays at the Lake – Movie Night” at Lake Cunningham Regional Park, helping kick off an evening centered around The LEGO Batman Movie. BayLUG members were there displaying a variety of small, medium, and large MOC’s (My Own Creations). The club also featured a DUPLO Train activation, where kids of all ages got to play engineer and build their dream train layout.
Throughout the evening, BayLUG members helped visitors interact with the displays, answered questions, and encouraged builders both young and old to explore their creativity. BayLUG’s participation, along with LEGOLAND Discovery Center Model Citizens, complemented the evening’s LEGO theme and provided a welcoming introduction to the local LEGO community.
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This past weekend, a new LEGO fan event was held in Santa Clara named Brick Blast Live. The theme was Out of This World, but we showed a wide variety of creations including road trip, castles, art, GBC, Space, and so much more! In total, 41 BayLUG members participated. There were activities for exhibitors on Friday evening, and then the public was invited to attend on Saturday. And boy did the public attend. Attendance is estimated to be at 4,000, a sold out show! A few members volunteered to help run activities for both exhibitors and the public. Brick Blast Live included many interactive events to inspire the public, including multiple trivia and speed-build games, LEGO and Duplo play areas, a scavenger hunt, a glow-in-the-dark brick zone, a vehicle racing derby, and a playable Space-themed brick-built arcade cabinet. We all had a great time, and look forward to an expanded event next year.
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Earlier this month, BayLUG President Russell Clark got the chance to road trip to New Mexico to display a couple MOCs of real New Mexico buildings at Albuquerque Brick Convention. Part of the adventure was getting the opportunity to get pictures of the two buildings with their real life counterparts. These buildings were part of our 2025 The Great American Road Trip collab display.
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I’ve always loved the design of the USS Enterprise – its iconic saucer and nacelles have secured its spot in pop-culture history. Its seemingly simple geometry translates to challenging connections when building with LEGO – hard enough when building at midi- or larger scale. But I like building small. It’s easy on the wallet and space.
When I started, those distinctive shapes and angles of the Enterprise posed quite the challenge. After what seemed like an endless number of attempts and part combinations, everything came together for a very satisfying 5-piece solution. Then I just needed to tackle the Star Trek delta for the stand. I think Scotty would be proud.
On June 21st, BayLUG members attended another AFOL Party hosted by the Stoneridge Mall LEGO store. Everyone who attended had a great time. This is just one of the perks of being a member.
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Club members Ryan Ogren and Oliver Marar entered their Road to Hana MOC, from our Great American Road Trip collab, in the San Mateo County Fair. They won both the first place and judges choice awards. Ryan also entered his Minecraft MOC and won second place.
The weekend of April 18-19, BayLUG members attended the 2nd Annual Solvang Brick & Builds LEGO fan convention. We took about a quarter of our 2025 collab layout The Great American Road Trip, as well as several other MOCs. In all 22 members attended. For the second year in a row, we were able to bring home some trophies.
Johannes van Galen: LEGO CITY/ TRAIN winner
Audrey & Colby Bruckner: THERE’S NO I IN TEAM (BEST COLLABORATION) winners
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