Troppo Bricks expo a chance for Darwin's master builders

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Lego fans of all ages have turned out for the first Troppo Bricks expo, with an array of dazzling creations from Darwin's budding master builders on show.

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00:00 It's the sound of young minds at work building weird and wonderful creations with what's

00:06 at hand.

00:07 I made some ocean and it's next to the grass.

00:08 You can drive a motor.

00:09 You can also play with red rings.

00:10 I build robots.

00:11 What other kind of pieces do you need to build a robot do you think?

00:12 Any pieces.

00:13 Any pieces?

00:14 Wow.

00:15 Hundreds of thousands of tiny bricks were brought in for the very first Darwin Lego

00:28 Expo, where the young and young at heart showed off the results of hours spent poring over

00:34 instructions and digging through tubs of pieces.

00:38 Some creations come straight out of the box, while others required only imagination and

00:43 some careful handling.

00:44 Well I had to carry it downstairs to get it to the car and before that I had to move it

00:50 to a different room in the house because my room was getting repainted.

00:54 For long time fans of the iconic coloured bricks, inspiration for a new model or building

00:59 technique can come from anywhere.

01:01 I'm a carpenter.

01:02 I see a, we do a lot of roofs, I see a cool structured roof that makes me want to build

01:08 a cool Japanese temple with a nice roof on it, something like that.

01:12 The event itself a passion project for a dedicated group of adult fans of Lego, or AFOLs for

01:18 those in the know, who want to build upon today's turnout with more events.

01:22 This is our first.

01:25 We plan to do it again in July, August, repeat and gauge which is going to be our main event

01:32 and our pop-up event for the year.

01:34 Even though it says ages 9 and 10 on the box, there are just as many adults excited by today's

01:40 creations as there are kids.

01:42 Lego's become a lot more than just for children, it's for the big kids as well.

01:46 We weren't into Lego until COVID and being in lockdown I was going crazy so I bought

01:56 a few Lego sets.

01:57 Today's event might have some inspired to go home and raid Dad's collection.

02:01 Dad has more Lego than me.

02:03 There's one at home and also it's so much gooder and it can float on real water.

02:11 Proof you're never too young or old.

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