We headed to the Black Country in England’s West Midlands for a popular LEGO fan event this weekend: Black Country Brick Show 2024. Created by adult LEGO fans Ian and Paul, Black Country Brick Show has grown to be a crowd pleaser attracting LEGO models from across the country. Hosted at Phoenix Collegiate in West Bromwich near Birmingham, the event features models from LEGO fan builders across the country, plus trade stalls and activities for eager hands. Our pick of LEGO models from Black County Brick Show 2024 As usual, we’ve picked a few of the many models on display at this LEGO fan event ..read more

Saturday 17th February 2024 saw a trip north of the border to the town of Hamilton, near Glasgow, for Thin Blue Bricks. Hosted by Tartan LUG in the chambers of the South Lanarkshire Council building, Thin Blue Bricks fundraises for COPS, a charity who support victims of crime. Our pick of LEGO models at Thin Blue Bricks Derek Cockerell ’s Sea of Thieves ships We love a good LEGO pirate ship, and Derek’s LEGO recreations from the popular Sea of Thieves computer game is no exception, and caught the eyes of my eager gamers throughout the day. Monster truck arena by Vicki Harris Making great use ..read more

Bricks McGee are bringing the Big Brick Build to English Heritage’s Kenilworth Castle in the West Midlands this Easter. From Friday 29th March to Sunday 7th April, you can join our master builders onsite and help recreate the Elizabethan Gardens in LEGO bricks! Come and build with thousands of LEGO elements and create a vibrant, colourful Elizabethan gardens at Kenilworth Castle, built for the visit of Queen Elizabeth I. Once you’ve built your garden, hand your section of garden over to our master builder and see if become part of the gardens. A timelapse camera will capture the evolution of K ..read more

We returned to Manchester Central Convention Centre for Bricktastic 2024, two days of LEGO fun in the centre of Manchester. As the largest LEGO fan event in the UK with funds going to the great work that Fairy Bricks do, Bricktastic brought LEGO model builders from around the world together with a range of hands-on activities, and plenty of chances to spend some pocket money! Crazy Brick Golf at Bricktastic 2024 As part of our support for Bricktastic this year, Bricks McGee ran our Crazy Golf Brick sessions, encouraging visitors to build an obstacle for our crazy golf course from LEGO bricks a ..read more

We kicked off 2024 with our first LEGO fan event of the year in West Yorkshire – in the town of Mytholmroyd at Calder Valley Brick Show 2024. The event was in its 5th year (spread over many more thanks to Covid and localised flooding), and held more LEGO model exhibitors than ever before, from LEGO trains to city scenes, Star Wars, Disney, vintage LEGO sets, and even LEGO robotics activities for kids. Organised by Mark and Debbie, the faces behind independent LEGO store The Brick Shack, this one day event proved a big draw for local LEGO fans. Our pick of models at Calder Valley Brick Show 202 ..read more

Bricks McGee are excited to be bringing our Crazy Brick Golf activity to Bricktastic 2024 at Manchester Central on 23rd and 24th February 2024. Bricktastic is the largest LEGO fan event of its kind in the UK, featuring models from builders around the world, as well as plenty of chance to dive in and play with giant LEGO brick play pits, and pick up your own bricks to build with at home. Crazy golf…but with LEGO bricks! We can’t wait to tee off with Crazy Brick Golf at Bricktastic – grab some LEGO bricks and build an obstacle for our crazy golf course, and then play against your friends or fami ..read more

Bricks McGee are looking for a model builder to help us fulfil growing project list for custom models with LEGO bricks and corporate gift sets. Model Builder position – contracted Candidates should have experience in building large LEGO models, and experience with Bricklink Studio software for digital models is highly desirable. Responsibilities include: building models from LEGO bricks from digital models and instructions sorting and inventorying LEGO parts for projects and activities sorting LEGO elements for gift sets and activities freestyle model design and building The role is contract ..read more

We’re back with another round up of a community LEGO event in the UK, this time in County Durham in the North East of England. Held at Locomotion Museum in the town of Shildon, we headed to Shildon Brick Show 2023 for two days of LEGO fun! Shildon Brick Show is organised by Brick Alley LEGO User Group, and has been running since 2016. With other 100 exhibitors, volunteers and traders, the show has grown to be a fan favourite in North East England. Our pick of LEGO models from Shildon Brick Show 2023 As ever it was hard to pick our favourite LEGO models on display – with around 65 exhibitors th ..read more

Bricklincs was back with a two day event for Lincolnshire LEGO fans this this year in the county city of Lincoln. Held at the Christ Church Hospital School on Wragby Road on 9th and 10th September 2023, Brick Lincs raised money for both Fairy Bricks and local charities. The event is the longest running LEGO fan event in Lincolnshire and draws exhibitors from across the country (we hear there’s a lot of home-baked cakes available for the exhibitors!). As ever, we’ve highlighted a selection of our favourite LEGO models from Brick Lincs 2023 below. John Lowsley’s BBC Radio Lincolnshire model Joh ..read more

Bricks McGee offer facilitated team building workshops with LEGO bricks throughout the UK, with hire of LEGO bricks, travel costs and seasoned facilitators to lead your event all included in our costs. Alternatively, you can hire LEGO bricks and run your own corporate team building event using our ideas below! Here are ideas from some of our most popular team building challenges and activities for businesses and organisations of any size. Not sure team building with LEGO bricks is for you? Read why LEGO bricks are great for team building activities here. 1. Classic tower build challenge A cla ..read more