Brick City has arrived at ‘The Base’ in Greenham Common.

The Base is a great new arts and exhibition venue which opened in early 2019 , the centre has several ‘in residence’ artists working from studio spaces on the first floor… but there are is now an influx of new residents on the ground floor - MINIFIGURES !

We were back at the National Museum of Flight for Awesome Bricks, and it was awesome! It is always an incredible experience and it was wonderful to be back for our third year at the museum - making things even bigger and better! There was a wealth of attractions and activities for visitors of all ages!

As part of their one-year anniversary celebrations for the merger of Maersk A/S and Hamburg Süd, Maersk commissioned a 1:200 scale model of one of Hamberg Süd’s CAP SAN fleet to be displayed at their Hamburg offices. This beautifully detailed model is presented in the official company colours in December 2018 and was a great success with the staff.

Well, at least one of the droids! It was Edinburgh Comic Con this past weekend and, as it’s our local con, we thought it was time to do a BIG Build. Actor Jimmy Vee was one of the guest this years, best known for his roles in Harry Potter, Doctor Who and - of course - Star Wars! Jimmy played R2D2 in episodes VII and VIII, so it was great to get his seal of approval on the final model.

The majority of our exhibition stay in a single venue for a few months, then they move on. Sometimes it’s much less - but sometimes it’s more. Especially when a large, busy, London museum needs a crowd pleaser for the summer!

A few weeks ago, we were in Berlin for Fruit Logistica 2019 - more on that soon! Only a couple of weeks later and we are back again!

We had the pleasure of returning to the Orbit this February for another Bricks in the Sky event! Alongside an exhibition of some of our favourite London models from our collections, we also hosted interactive build events.

This weekend we were at the Carnegie Birthplace Museum in Dunfermline for another BIG Build - Dippy the Diplodocus.

To help make their stand out at the enormous Fruit Logistics Trade Show at the Messe Berlin, Chiquita hosted a live build of the star of The LEGO Movie 2, Bananar La Star!

If you live in Edinburgh, you’ll know of the Appleton Tower. As well as being housing some of Edinburgh Universities Students union and being the Edinburgh Fringe Hub - it’s also the home to the School of Infomatics. They’re a world leader in artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine translation, and theoretical computer science……

Usually we’re asked to build a model. It’s not often we have to destroy it as well! In this case, our customer was looking to create some video segments showing the destruction of a number of LEGO models.

Breaking news!

Last night, our office CCTV system (Claus-Catching Trap with Video) picked up an intruder examining the office Christmas tree!

It’s that time of year when the office is full of cards and chocolates… as it’s nearly Christmas! Co-incidentally, we were having a clear out last week and look what we found…

The team from Warren Elsmore have been working closely all year with HES ( Historic Environment Scotland). This week the team completed the Installation of Brick Wonders into the prestigious Stirling Castle.

If you’re been in our studio over the last few months, then you’ll have seen something large, grey and scary coming together. Well, finally we can say what it is and where it’s going. LEGO House, meet a Steampunk Submarine!

A week or so ago we had an enquiry that needed someone to travel to Barcelona for the weekend. As there’s one staff member who speaks reasonable Spanish , Alastair seemed the perfect person! We asked him to let us know how he got on….

Over Summer 2019, we worked with the Forge Mill Needle Museum on a number of a LEGO events. Alongside exhibitions of our Brick Built and Museum collections, we hosted two interactive build events.

A red squirrel in fact! And far more complex than it looks, this big squirrel was built for the Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface (CTSI to you and me!) as part of an exhibition that we put on over the summer.

Wow, June has been a busy month! Not only have the team been BIG Building all over the UK (more on that soon), but we've also been moving our exhibitions around for the summer run. This time of the year is always busy, but I think we've maxed it out for 2018!

Now for one of our biggest BIG Builds. Built over a full 6 days, this got almost all of the team involved. Nottingham Castle (yes, that one with the Sheriff of Nottingham) are closing this summer for a huge 2 year renovation.