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April 29, 2025

From Public to Private: Celebrating 10 Years of BrickCan

April 29, 2025/ Dave Schefcik
From Public to Private: Celebrating 10 Years of BrickCan

After a decade of public crowds, BrickCan’s 10th event went private. How did the change affect the experience? Two builders reflect on a milestone year of connection, reflection, and community.

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April 29, 2025/ Dave Schefcik/ 2 Comments
Conventions
BrickCan, Canada, B Boys, AFOB, Gorilla
April 10, 2025

Celebrating 25 Years of the VLC: Vancouver’s AFOL Legacy

April 10, 2025/ Dave Schefcik
Celebrating 25 Years of the VLC: Vancouver’s AFOL Legacy

What does it take to keep a LEGO club thriving for 25 years? For the VLC, the answer is creativity, connection, and plenty of trains, towers, and towns. What started as a local meetup has now grown into a cornerstone of Canada’s AFOL community.

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April 10, 2025/ Dave Schefcik/ 4 Comments
Community, Guest Article, History
LUGs, trains, VLC, Canada, Vancouver
May 13, 2024

The B Boys of Canada: Creating Community Through AfobLife

May 13, 2024/ Melissa Rekve
The B Boys of Canada: Creating Community Through AfobLife

Meet the B Boys of Canada who make everyone at BrickCan feel at home. Today we explore how they got started, how they create so much swag, and what it is like to wear a two-person buffalo costume at a LEGO convention.

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May 13, 2024/ Melissa Rekve/ 9 Comments
Community, Conventions
Community, AFOL Community, Friends, Swag, BrickCan, Canada, Bacon, Convention, Party
December 22, 2017

Voyagers

December 22, 2017/ Tommy

What are the odds that we'd get two back to back brilliant kinetic sculptures in one day? In celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary builder JK Brickworks built this amazing mechanical display of two fur traders canoeing in some distant northern waterway. Check out the video to see this in action.

Voyageurs
December 22, 2017/ Tommy/ Comment
MOC Spotlight
Kinetic, sculpture, Fur Trader, Canada, LEGO

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