9 LEGO events/workshops/sessions organized
1,245 attendees
1,006 miles
11 LEGO events/workshops/sessions presented at
201 attendees
11,506 miles
4 LEGO events/workshops/sessions volunteered at
146 miles
7 LEGO events/workshops/sessions attended
3,296 miles
31 LEGO events/workshops/sessions total
1,446 attendees total
15,954 miles total
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Avatar ‘Scorpion’ Battle Helicopter
I bought the Avatar ‘Scorpion’ Battle Helicopter by Barry Bosman through the "Creations for Charity 2011" charity auction. The proceeds from the auction will be used to buy LEGO for Toys for Tots. This year Creations for Charity raised an amazing $5,700.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
You too can be a minifigure!
A ground-breaking interactive window that gives children the opportunity to star in a game as a LEGO® Minifigure will be unveiled at the LEGO Group’s brand retail store at Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, November 15.
Children visiting the store window will be able to watch as they are magically changed into a LEGO Minifigure. The hungry LEGO Dragon Brickley then pops out from the side of the window and encourages the children to feed it with virtual apples lying on the ground.
The interactive shop window uses a motion-sensing camera to ‘see’ the child standing in front of the shop. This information is processed by specially developed software and a powerful Intel® CoreTM i7 processor to convert the child’s motions into a LEGO Minifigure that is then projected on to a thin film screen applied to the back of the window.
The child can then control the Minifigure’s actions by moving arms and legs in a similar way to motion-sensitive controls use in console games.
The window is a further development of the thinking behind the popular augmented reality Digital Box that is in all LEGO brand retail stores. The aim of the interactive window and the Digital Box is to bring the LEGO brand experience to life in a new, exciting and immersive way.
The Digital Box allows customers to see what is in selected LEGO sets using a camera and a screen. When the customer holds a set up to the Digital Box’s camera, a 3D animation of the contents is shown on the screen, superimposed on top of the set.
The installation in the Chicago store is a pilot that will be used to gather information about the interactive window. No decision has been taken about putting the window into other stores.
The window has been developed by LEGO Digital Business in collaboration with Danish production company GreatHouse and with hardware powered by the Intel® Core™ i7 processor.
The address of the LEGO brand store is:
835 N. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor
Water Tower Place
Chicago, IL 60611-2218
Children visiting the store window will be able to watch as they are magically changed into a LEGO Minifigure. The hungry LEGO Dragon Brickley then pops out from the side of the window and encourages the children to feed it with virtual apples lying on the ground.
The interactive shop window uses a motion-sensing camera to ‘see’ the child standing in front of the shop. This information is processed by specially developed software and a powerful Intel® CoreTM i7 processor to convert the child’s motions into a LEGO Minifigure that is then projected on to a thin film screen applied to the back of the window.
The child can then control the Minifigure’s actions by moving arms and legs in a similar way to motion-sensitive controls use in console games.
The window is a further development of the thinking behind the popular augmented reality Digital Box that is in all LEGO brand retail stores. The aim of the interactive window and the Digital Box is to bring the LEGO brand experience to life in a new, exciting and immersive way.
The Digital Box allows customers to see what is in selected LEGO sets using a camera and a screen. When the customer holds a set up to the Digital Box’s camera, a 3D animation of the contents is shown on the screen, superimposed on top of the set.
The installation in the Chicago store is a pilot that will be used to gather information about the interactive window. No decision has been taken about putting the window into other stores.
The window has been developed by LEGO Digital Business in collaboration with Danish production company GreatHouse and with hardware powered by the Intel® Core™ i7 processor.
The address of the LEGO brand store is:
835 N. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor
Water Tower Place
Chicago, IL 60611-2218
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
LEGO Brand Retail “Brick Friday” VIP Preshop event
Good Morning LEGO Fans,
Please allow me to provide a bit of information and clarification on the upcoming LEGO Brand Retail “Brick Friday” VIP Preshop event. As some of you are aware, a handful of fans who are in close proximity to our stores have received invitations to attend an exclusive “invitation-only holiday shopping event.” I have reached out to the Brand Retail team here in Enfield in order to obtain and share the following information to help clarify why some received these invitations and others did not:
Q: How were the VIP members chosen?
A: They were selected on the basis they were in the top 25 VIP
members for their local store based on engagement and purchases
since joining LEGO VIP and part of the top 5% of VIPs globally.
Q: What about VIP members who didn’t get an invite?
A: All LEGO VIPs will be allowed early access through Shop.LEGO.com
on Saturday, November 19th so even if they did not receive a LEGO
Store invite, they will still be able to shop early and receive all of the
Black Friday deals and promotions.
Q: What type of specials are the LBR Stores offering for “Brick Friday?”
A:
• 10% off of all purchases over $149.
• Free Gift with Purchase Holiday Set 2 (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=3300002-1) with purchases over $99‐ Limit one per person.
• Free Holiday Pick-a-Brick Box with purchases over $75.
• Pull Cards (scratch cards) for all guests, increments of 10%, 25% & 50% off entire purchase.
• The Holiday Gift with Purchase Set 1 (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=3300020-1) on sale for $9.99 during the event.
Please allow me to provide a bit of information and clarification on the upcoming LEGO Brand Retail “Brick Friday” VIP Preshop event. As some of you are aware, a handful of fans who are in close proximity to our stores have received invitations to attend an exclusive “invitation-only holiday shopping event.” I have reached out to the Brand Retail team here in Enfield in order to obtain and share the following information to help clarify why some received these invitations and others did not:
Q: How were the VIP members chosen?
A: They were selected on the basis they were in the top 25 VIP
members for their local store based on engagement and purchases
since joining LEGO VIP and part of the top 5% of VIPs globally.
Q: What about VIP members who didn’t get an invite?
A: All LEGO VIPs will be allowed early access through Shop.LEGO.com
on Saturday, November 19th so even if they did not receive a LEGO
Store invite, they will still be able to shop early and receive all of the
Black Friday deals and promotions.
Q: What type of specials are the LBR Stores offering for “Brick Friday?”
A:
• 10% off of all purchases over $149.
• Free Gift with Purchase Holiday Set 2 (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=3300002-1) with purchases over $99‐ Limit one per person.
• Free Holiday Pick-a-Brick Box with purchases over $75.
• Pull Cards (scratch cards) for all guests, increments of 10%, 25% & 50% off entire purchase.
• The Holiday Gift with Purchase Set 1 (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=3300020-1) on sale for $9.99 during the event.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
LEGO sale @ Toys R Us
Toys R Us is offering "Buy 2, get 1 free" on most LEGO sets plus free shipping on orders over $75.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Open spots for one of my LEGO Mindstorms workshops
For the first time we have a few more open spots for one of my popular LEGO Mindstorms workshops.
This particular workshop will take place on September 24th at the Microsoft Store @ South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA.
My 75 minute workshop will be geared towards kids who never used Mindstorms but anybody is welcome to attend.
We currently have a few more openings for the following timeslots:
- 11 AM
- 1 PM
- 3 PM
- 5 PM
If you would like to participate please send an e-mail to msc007@microsoft.com containing the following information:
- name of the kid/attendee
- name of the parent/guardian
- e-mail of the parent/guardian
- phone number of the parent/guardian
- preferred timeslot
See you at the workshop.
This particular workshop will take place on September 24th at the Microsoft Store @ South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA.
My 75 minute workshop will be geared towards kids who never used Mindstorms but anybody is welcome to attend.
We currently have a few more openings for the following timeslots:
- 11 AM
- 1 PM
- 3 PM
- 5 PM
If you would like to participate please send an e-mail to msc007@microsoft.com containing the following information:
- name of the kid/attendee
- name of the parent/guardian
- e-mail of the parent/guardian
- phone number of the parent/guardian
- preferred timeslot
See you at the workshop.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
LEGO Mindstorms workshops on Microsoft website
My upcoming LEGO(R) Mindstorms workshops are now listed on the Microsoft website.
Monday, July 11, 2011
I will be hosting another 4 LEGO(R) Mindstorms workshops
I will be hosting another 4 LEGO(R) Mindstorms workshops on September 24th at The Microsoft Store in Costa Mesa, CA.
Friday, July 8, 2011
I will be hosting 4 more LEGO(R) Mindstorms workshops
I will be hosting 4 more LEGO(R) Mindstorms workshops on August 27th at The Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo, CA.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
LEGO sale @ Toys R Us
Toys R Us is offering "Buy 1, get 1 50% off" on ALL LEGO sets plus free shipping on orders over $100.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
LEGO Mindstorms NXT for $196
Barnes & Noble has the LEGO Mindstorms NXT set for $196 after coupon code "V7T4Y4X".
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Pictures from the “Women in Tech” LEGO Serious Play event at MIX
Here are pictures that were taken by the table leads and participants of the “Women in Tech” LEGO Serious Play event at MIX:
http://yfrog.com/h0uo0hqj
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http://yfrog.com/h2utpzvj
http://twitpic.com/4khwmi
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http://twitpic.com/4ki5qh
http://yfrog.com/hsv0arlj
http://twitpic.com/4ki6ls
http://twitpic.com/4ki7ic
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http://twitpic.com/4ki9if
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http://twitpic.com/4kiib4
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http://twitpic.com/4kwhti
http://twitpic.com/4kwf9x
http://yfrog.com/h0uo0hqj
http://twitpic.com/4kgy9i
http://twitpic.com/4kgynz
http://yfrog.com/h0v6aznj
http://twitpic.com/4kgz43
http://twitpic.com/4kh1u0
http://yfrog.com/h77ghhnj
http://twitpic.com/4kh3li
http://twitpic.com/4kh42s
http://twitpic.com/4kh4np
http://twitpic.com/4kh556
http://twitpic.com/4kh5tp
http://twitpic.com/4kh6jk
http://twitpic.com/4khe8g
http://yfrog.com/hs8maqbrj
http://yfrog.com/h2utpzvj
http://twitpic.com/4khwmi
http://twitpic.com/4ki29g
http://twitpic.com/4ki4lh
http://yfrog.com/h39hjkzj
http://twitpic.com/4ki5qh
http://yfrog.com/hsv0arlj
http://twitpic.com/4ki6ls
http://twitpic.com/4ki7ic
http://yfrog.com/h0udasbaj
http://twitpic.com/4ki9if
http://yfrog.com/gz91xryj
http://twitpic.com/4kiax7
http://twitpic.com/4kidgv
http://twitpic.com/4kif7u
http://twitpic.com/4kiib4
http://twitpic.com/4kvoly
http://twitpic.com/4kvq8i
http://twitpic.com/4kvslz
http://twitpic.com/4kvttf
http://twitpic.com/4kvv7r
http://twitpic.com/4kvwvb
http://twitpic.com/4kvzmd
http://twitpic.com/4kw1n4
http://twitpic.com/4kw5y7
http://twitpic.com/4kw7bw
http://twitpic.com/4kw9m3
http://twitpic.com/4kwhti
http://twitpic.com/4kwf9x
Friday, March 25, 2011
Facilitator for LEGO Serious Play @ MIX in Las Vegas
I will be a facilitator for a LEGO® Serious Play™ session at MIX in Las Vegas. The topic will be “Women in Tech”. On top of being the facilitator I will also supply the needed LEGO bricks for the 120 to 140 attendees. The session will be bigger than any other LEGO event I have done in the past.
Rebirth of the LEGO Technic figure
It would be great if LEGO could bring back the LEGO Technic Figures.
LEGO could sell them the same way they have been selling the standard minifigures. Series 1 to 4 have been very sucessful. I would be happy to pay around $7.99 for a Technic figure.
The Technic minifigures would also go well with the new Technic models.
LEGO could sell them the same way they have been selling the standard minifigures. Series 1 to 4 have been very sucessful. I would be happy to pay around $7.99 for a Technic figure.
The Technic minifigures would also go well with the new Technic models.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
LEGO® Mindstorms event
The LEGO® Mindstorms sessions I will be hosting at the Microsoft Store next Saturday are finally listed on their website.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
LEGO Build for the new LEGO Store @ South Coast Plaza
Earlier today I assembled the following LEGO Technic models for the new LEGO Store at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA:
8069 Backhoe Loader
8068 Rescue Helicopter
8067 Mini Mobile Crane
8066 Off-Roader
8065 Mini Container Truck
8069 Backhoe Loader
8068 Rescue Helicopter
8067 Mini Mobile Crane
8066 Off-Roader
8065 Mini Container Truck
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