Day by day Lego grows in popularity in our house. The boys both received some for Christmas and have spent some happy hours over the holidays building bricks. They each play with the Lego in different ways. The Batsman loves to make models by following the step by step instructions. He is largely exact in his building standards. The Bowler is a little more 'free form' in his designs and loves to create all kinds of weird and wonderful.
However they use it, it's easy to see that they are learning and growing each time they do. When I heard about Brickvention - a big Lego exhibit at Melbourne's Exhibition Building, it seemed like the perfect time to buy tickets and go. The tickets were cheap too....around $12 per adult and $6 for the kids. Bargain priced entertainment is always welcome during school holidays isn't it?
We forgot to take a big camera so here are a few of my phone pics. I thought you might like to see them. The kids really loved seeing the exhibits, particularly those with movement. The Batsman found the crowded room a little overwhelming but there was space for him to take a breather when he needed to including some areas where kids and big kids could sit and do some Lego building.
One thing I noticed was that of all the exhibits, there was only one built from the 'Friends' Lego. All of the other exhibits were built from traditional bricks. The visit was great fun and finished off with gelati was one to remember.
Do your kids do Lego? Love it? Hate it?
I love love love Lego, as do the rest of my family but never quite manage to get to Brickvention. As a surprise, hubby bought tix ages ago, as a surprise for the family. I didn't know about the tix, or that it was on until I saw pics on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI remember the conversation, the weekend of 'Brickvention went something like this...
me: Hey Brickvention is on again, no doubt the tickets are sold out.
him: Oh I bought tickets for us....
(goes off to check email on his laptop as he killed his phone)
him: Crap, they were for yesterday!
Needless to say, we missed it again and there may have also been a few eye-rolls!