2010

The Drag Racing competition was successful, we had lots of participants.

First and third prices were won by members of the public. The picture on the right shows the third place. As for the slowest racer it was a very tight race between a boat and a truck powered by a micro motor.

Unfortunately we also had some racers who didn't make it to the finish line, but their builders will try to improve the steering for the 2011 Great Western LEGO show.

More pictures will follow here and on Flickr.

This years mosaic is finally done!

It is a large LEGO Harry Potter picture built out of 98,688 LEGO bricks.

It's 1pm and we've just had the 6000th visitor through the door here at GWLS 2010; the lucky family received a LEGO Star Wars set as a surprise gift. The Lacey family (Donna, Joe, Oliver & Harry) were all smiles as they joined the throngs in the STEAM Museum.

This years GWLS is going very well; things have been a little quieter on Sunday morning than they were on Saturday, which was a relief, but apparently there have been problems with the roads around the Museum, but just we've been told they are now clear, so we're expecting another surge in numbers!

We've just launched the official Great Western LEGO Show group on Flickr. You can find it here -

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1541038@N23/

Setup is going well; many exhibitors have been delayed getting here due to the bad weather & various bits of road being closed (a major incident on the M4 motorway near Swindon resulted in the road being closed earlier), but everything is going smoothly now.

For the second year, Mike and Emma (aka Simply Bricks) tell us they are delighted to be supporting The Brickish Association and the Great Western LEGO Show by bringing their store to STEAM; and once again they will be dragging the family in to help.

They are certainly living up to their motto of 'From Bricks to Kits' as we hear they will be bringing a wide variety of products for sale.  Among their stock will be grab bags of LEGO bricks and Technic as well as Primo and Duplo for those budding baby builders! There will also be kits of all shapes and sizes with prices ranging from pocket money to 'Dad, get your cheque book out!'.  Some of the sets available from Simply Bricks are no longer available from high street shops, having been discontinued over time.

We'll be holding a LEGO Drag Racing Competition on Saturday and Sunday.

Everybody is invited to participate. Doing so is very easy, just build a drag racer out of LEGO bricks and bring it to the show.
The racing is on between 10:30 and 15:30 Saturday and Sunday. Full list of rules is available on our drag racing page.

We are looking forward to many exciting racers.