11th, 12th & 13th August 2017 Brick Expo is an entertaining and interesting exhibition of rare and unique LEGO® creations by interstate and local collectors and modellers. Hundreds of static, moving and robotic models in themes including: Star Wars™, Trains, Planes, Space Ships, Racing Cars, Monuments and Brick Expo 2016 in 3D Matt and his team from PhotoStat3D captured Brick Expo 2016 main exhibition area as a 3D scan. You can view it online here. The 3 day event in 2016 had a possitive affect on the crowds and Brick Expo 2017 will again be a 3 day public event with limited sessions on Friday 11th August. Fri 11th August 2017, 10:00am to 5:00pm Sat 12th August 2017, 9:00am to 6:00pm Sun 13th August 2017, 9:00am to 4:30pm As a not-for-profit event all proceeds will assist our major charity PaTCH to purchase much needed medical equipment for Paediatrics at theCanberra Hospital. We have a number of videos and advertisements on our YouTube channel.
A WORLD record-breaking Lego sculpture of Tower Bridge has been built to mark the launch of a new Land Rover car. The replica landmark was built using 5.8 million bricks — breaking the previous record by nearly half a million — and took five months to complete. Laid out end to end the bricks would stretch from London to Paris, a distance of 200 miles.The new Land Rover Discovery beside the record-breaking four-storey Lego bridgeBear Grylls abseils down from a helicopter to land on Lego Tower Bridge Time-lapse video shows how record-breaking Lego Tower Bridge was built It was revealed at Packington Hall in Warwickshire alongside the new Land Rover Discovery SUV. TV adventurer Bear Grylls and sports legends Sir Ben Ainslie were there to mark the spectacle -- with Grylls abseiling down from a helicopter onto the four-storey Lego landmark. Taking a dip ... Sir Ben Ainslie drove the new Discovery under the replica landmark Out the other end ... Sir Ben and his sailing team drove through the trough of water symbolising the Thames
Meanwhile, sailing star Sir Ben took his America's Cup team for something they're not used to -- a trip UNDER the water in the new seven-seater. He was even towing another Lego creation -- a replica of his racing boat made from 186,500 bricks. He drove the car through a deep trough of water representing the Thames during the big reveal on Wednesday. Bobbing about in the waterZara Phillips jumps over two Discovery carsNew Land Rover beside mega bridge and sporting celebs There was also a chance for expert equestrian Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, to show off as she vaulted over the bonnets of two Discoveries parked nose-to-nose. Emma Owen, LEGO UK and Ireland spokeswoman, said: “We are thrilled that Jaguar Land Rover has used Lego bricks to add some Guinness World Record-breaking creativity to the launch of the latest Discovery." 1. Land Rover Discovery Tower Bridge (2016) – 5.8m bricks 2. Star Wars X-Wing Fighter (2013) – 5.3m bricks
3. Lego house created for James May's BBC programme Toy Stories (2009) – 3.3m bricks 4. Herobot 9000 A mecha robot (2011) – 2.8m bricks 5. Allianz Arena scale replica of the spectacular Munich soccer stadium (2005) - 1.3m bricks Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368Connecting to the iTunes Store.... We are unable to find iTunes on your computer.L.A. NowLiving near freeways makes people sick. L.A. keeps building next to them anyway The Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public Friday and ends Nov. 27. Take a look through our coverage from the four days of press previews and keynotes, known as AutoMobility L.A., to see photos and analysis of the latest high-tech offerings.The disappearing stick shift: Less than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissionsElectric cars are less than 1% of the market. Yet automakers are pushing them big time. What to expect if you go to the L.A. Auto ShowPhotos from the L.A. Auto ShowThe year is 2050: Two-thirds of the world’s population live in cities, and urban sprawl is rampant.
What will our transportation system and cars look like?This question helped form the basis of the Automobility L.A. Design and Developer Challenge, which invited creative and unexpected collaborations to conceptualize autonomous cars of the future.Over the last year, teams including Crayola and Qoros; Fandango and Jaunt VR; and Honda, Lego and Trigger designed concept vehicles to showcase at Wednesday’s event.Some teams, like Kiska and KTM, envisioned a future of deserted cities that were only used for racing vehicles. Another, CH Auto and Creative Mobile, imagined interconnected West Coast cities, forming “Octoangeles.” Their design included three-dimensional travel and seamless interaction between vehicle and human.Honda, Lego and Trigger, the competition winner, used the power of kids’ imagination to develop their concept.The team held a brainstorming session with children from the Girls and Boys Club of East L.A., in which designers worked with the kids to create a pod that people can use to live in, work and travel.