Thank you for visiting the BRICKS n FUN website BRICKS n FUN is a LEGO Specialty Store and LEGO Buildroom which is situated in Brisbane’s Bayside suburb of Capalaba. At BRICKS n FUN we try and cater for all your LEGO needs. There is a lot to see and do at BRICKS n FUN, and it's all related to LEGO! Below is a brief outline of what is available. The display at BRICKS n FUN is maintained by a small group of adult LEGO builders. There is a very large and impressive LEGO train layout as well as a large selection of LEGO models. For a small entrance fee you get to see the display and the working LEGO trains including a theme park, fire engines, LEGO cities and LEGO cars. It really is an amazing display to see.There is also a history of LEGO display and a selection of large scale LEGO molds including Technic models as well, one which even solves Rubik's Cubes. There is also a very impressive STAR WARS collection on display. Make sure you check availability ahead as sometimes there are birthday party groups booking the display area, especially on weekends and school holidays.
Ever wanted to build that LEGO kit but couldn’t because you just didn’t have all the right parts? Well now you can! At BRICKS n FUN you get to build from a huge selection of LEGO kits. From the simplest to the rarest and to some of the best kits LEGO has ever made. All kits come complete and with full instructions. You get hours of fun. We only allow 12 kids at a time into the LEGO Buildroom which keeps it nice and friendly and our Master Builders are always available when builders need help. As part of the LEGO Buildroom admission price you also get to see the great LEGO displays. If you book a 2 hour LEGO build session and complete the quiz correctly you go in the draw to win a LEGO Kit as a prize. Come on your own or bring a group of friends and join in the fun. Cost is $8.50 per hour per child or $16.00 for 2 hours. Make sure you book ahead as LEGO Build sessions fill quickly, especially on weekends and school holidays. BRICKS n FUN is an Authorized LEGO Retailer and we have a direct link to LEGO Australia.
The BRICKS n FUN shop has a very extensive and wide selection of LEGO kits, merchandise and other LEGO branded products available for purchase. Stock is continuously being updated. Prices are very competitive and we are able to order in most LEGO kits. We also offer a mail order service and can post to anywhere in Australia and overseas using Australia Post services. We can give a quote on obtaining older and hard to get LEGO kits and we have a lay-by scheme available for all purchases. For returning customers we offer a loyalty card where you can get at least a 10% discount, sometimes more, anytime of the year on purchases. Remember BRICKS n FUN for all your LEGO needs. We have over 40 000 LEGO parts in stock for sale, so you will certainly be able to find most of the LEGO pieces you need at BRICKS n FUN. If we don't have it in stock then we can order it in for you. Come with your own list of needed parts and the friendly staff will find the parts you are after while you look at the displays.
If it's a big list you might need to leave it with us and pick it up later. The staff are more than willing to assist in finding that elusive LEGO part. Note that there is a minimum purchase of $2.50 for part sales. Alternatively you can order parts online at our Bricklink store, just click on the "BUY PARTS HERE" link, and start shopping, it's as easy as that. Queensland LEGO User Group or QLUG is a group of Adult Fans of LEGO, or AFOLS as they like to be called. They meet regularly, once every 2 months, to share their hobby of the LEGO brick with others who are like minded. Their "AFOL" meetings allow LEGO enthusiasts to share their ideas. Check the groups Facebook page to find out more about when the next AFOL meeting is being held or ring BRICKS n FUN to get more details about the group. BRICKS n FUN has a partnership with BRICK EVENTS Pty Ltd, a company that specializes in organizing, conducting and managing exhibitions of LEGO creations made by AFOLs. These "Brick Events" consist of many displays of large models, creations and dioramas that are all completely made of LEGO.
We provide a busy schedule of private, AFOL-only events. Listen to guest speakers including LEGO designers and many more. Unless you live in Billund, there's no way to get closer to to LEGO than at AFOLcon!Show your creations to the world!After the private convention days, we open the doors to the public for a long weekend of LEGO fun! Thousands of visitors attend as part of The LEGO Show to wonder at the adult creations and we also arrange a series of special evening events for AFOLCON attendees only.News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. LEGO has overtaken Barbie as the best-selling toy in the world – helped by big-spending grown-up superfans. Called AFoLs – Adult Fans of Lego – they have been known to shell out up to £10,000 for collector’s pieces such as the original 5,195-piece Millennium Falcon Star Wars set. Last year grown-ups bought sets for themselves worth £135million, five per cent of overall sales of 62billion Lego pieces.
Brick Culture is a British “lifestyle magazine” for AFoLs. , said of AFoLs: “20 years ago, there was a little bit of a stigma around a 30-something playing with Lego, but as internet forums became popular a community started to build.” That community includes David Beckham, who recently said: “The last big thing I made was Tower Bridge, it was amazing. “I think Lego sometimes helps to calm me down.” shares some of the most amazing Lego creations by grown-ups, and meets three proud AFoLs. Palace fit for Wills and Kate — Lego has produced an estimated 560billion bricks since it started in 1932 — There are 102 Lego bricks for every person on the planet — The approximate number of Lego elements sold in 2014 was 62,000,000,000 — There are more than 60 Lego colours — There are currently 3,500 different Lego shapes ‘We’ve built a career’ PROUD Duncan Titmarsh is one of a number of Lego addicts who have turned their love of the toy into a business.
The 45-year-old runs Bright Bricks, building custom-made Lego creations for clients including Stella McCartney. Duncan, of Bordon, Hants, said: “I had Lego as a child like most boys do. “When I got married at 21, I saw a set in Woolies, and my wife encouraged me to get one. So I did, and got hooked all over again.” When he was invited to build a model of a radio studio for a station live on air, paid jobs started flowing in. He said: “It grew from nothing into a business. “I started it in my garden shed, and now we’ve progressed up to 23 staff. It’s the best job in the world.” Warren Elsmore is famous for elaborate creations such as his Westminster Abbey with Royal wedding, which he is paid to make to mark special events. The 38-year-old from Edinburgh said: “It’s become a lot more mainstream in the last few years, “Now Lego releases sets that are definitely not aimed at kids – they’re really complicated and expensive, and aimed at adults.