Had a great time exhibiting at Brickvention in Melbourne this weekend! I'd just finished installing some LED strip lighting in my Godzilla MOC, I think its a really cool effect 😊

“Some of you might hope there’s candy inside,” I said, shaking the small brown box so it rattled like a pack of M&Ms.

But there wasn’t. Inside, each wedding guest found a tiny pile of LEGO bricks and a small instruction card, unique to them.

70 people. 70 unique builds. All coming together into one shared LEGO experience.

It was something I had designed and prepared over many hours and many months as special memorable moment for our guests.

And here’s the thing: There’s no “Add to Cart” button for something like this.

This i what I did: Step 1: Use ChatGPT to generate an image that kind of looked like our little family. (Details didn’t matter — it would all be pixelated anyway.) Step 2: Recreate the whole thing in Studi.io, brick by brick. Step 3: Design the frame from scratch. Step 4: Color-match the all the bricks with actual bricks from LEGO’s Pick-a-Brick inventory. Step 5: Generate 70 individual instructions, one for each guest.

That’s when I realized: Some people were only building in white because of the low details in the image. Not very exciting.

Back to AI → regenerate many more image with more color (flowers was great for this). New version. New build. New instructions. (Again.)

Then came the order: a total of 3865 bricks, where as 3300 tiny 1x1 bricks came in THE SAME PLASTIC BAG. One giant rainbow soup. Multiple evenings were spent color-sorting, only to discover the AI had generously added dozens of color nuances that were nearly impossible to tell apart once printed.

Some bricks were missing. Some colors didn’t match.

I had to build the entire thing to make sure every brick was there

So my son and I spent evenings matching, assembling, and slowly bringing the image to life (this part was fun though). Just to take it all apart again, as it was time for the final step: Sort the pieces into 70 little boxes. Add names. Match difficulty to each guest based on assumed LEGO skill level. (Yes, I did that.)

And then... it was time. At the wedding, I handed out the boxes. And then the room went quiet. Not for a toast. Not for a speech. But because 70 adults were in full LEGO focus mode. Some helped each other. Some high-fived when they finished.

One by one, they added their piece to the giant frame. And slowly, the full picture appeared.

I’m very happy with how it turned out!

Made this as a joke in my LUG, and it’s been popular on social media and at conventions I display at. Enjoy.

I debuted it this past weekend at Atlanta BrickCon and it won the Master Brick award. There's a round gear on the toast that engages a straight gear on the front carriage as it goes down. It locks in place with clips and turns the light bricks on when it reaches the bottom. When you press the button, it moves the front carriage to the side, disengaging the straight gear. That also bumps the toast, releasing the main carriage, sending it back up without rotating.

Didn’t expect my last post to blow up the way it did! Just wanted to let you all know I got it!! Thank you all so much for the support and kind words <3

I turned a cat into a dog! My largest alt build to date and I really wanted to try this out since the colors of the orange cat set reminded me of that of my friend’s corgi. I don’t do many animal/organic builds so this was a fun challenge even if it looks like an animatronic. Only one copy of the set is needed and no extra parts required. There are instructions on my rebrickable in my profile as always. Build uses 1674 out of 1755 parts but there are mainly large curve and smaller bits left over.

The final build measures around 35cm(14in) long from snout to tail, 16cm(6.5in) wide and, 23cm(9in) tall to the top of the ear. The build process and stability is about the same as the original build. The build is a bit harder since you aren’t making it bag by bag like an actual set.

The head can rotate and the mouth, ears, and tail can move to some degree. There is a hidden panel that stores a piece of poop and a fold out missile turret (I had to do something with the interior). This is probably a one off build since I’ll get back into Star Wars and transformers soon.

Yet another great build by my son, he’s been refining this one all week.

Hi everyone⭐️ I’m excited to showcase all generations of the PlayStation in miniature🎮

Official set 40858 (left) & my custom version (right)

My goal was to use the same printed pieces (torso, mouth, eyelashes) but reduce the height and make the head look more 'square'

I used the Dark Azure BrickHeadz eyes from 40628 Tails BrickHeadz and an old DOTS printed tile for the cheek freckles