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LEGO Creator Competition

Lego-Creator-Competition

In the latest Lego Magazine I noticed a small, hard-to-see ad for a LEGO Creator Competition which I immediately checked out because there are some great prizes involved. 

It turns out it is an ongoing competition run by LEGO and allows fans (young and old) to design a model on a specific topic, upload it to the LEGO website and then share it with others.

The model is then rated by other fans and the winners each month are judged by professional LEGO designers.

This month’s topic is Houses while last month’s topic was Creatures and then Vehicles before that. The competition goes all year so make sure to check out the entry page each month.

The bad news is that the competition is only open to USA, United Kingdom and Germany – which is rather sad considering the ad was place in a LEGO magazine distributed to Australian and NZ fans!

If you live in Australia or NZ please join me in contacting LEGO about this so we can enter!

  • Freecall (AUSTRALIA): 1800 683 100
  • Freecall (NZ): 0800 534 643

Here are more details about how to enter (for those in eligible countries):

Lego-Creator-Competition-Details

Be a LEGO® Creator Competition
Official Rules and Regulations

Before you can enter the Challenge you need to accept the Rules and Regulations below:

LEGO® BE A LEGO Creator Competition – OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MANY WILL ENTER; FEW WILL WIN A PRIZE.

Overview
The Be a LEGO Creator competition is a building competition where The LEGO Group throughout the year of 2013 will challenge the fans of LEGO Creator building toy sets to a building competition.

Each quarter, you as a LEGO Creator fan can participate in a building competition based on a specific theme.
From January to March you need to build your favorite Vehicle. From April to June you shall build your favorite Animal. From July to September you can build you dream house and from October to December the theme is to build your favorite holiday place.

A competition period begins the first day of the month and ends the last day of the month at midnight (CET – Central European Time)

How to enter
To enter, you have to create the coolest model ever that you build using LEGO bricks from your collection. Then take a picture of it and go online to the competition website: http://creator.lego.com/en-us/Creations/Challenge/default.aspx
Sign in with your LEGO ID – If you don’t have one yet, sign up for free at https://account.lego.com/en-us/SignIn.aspx. Then, upload the picture of your model.
(Acceptable uploads/design formats include:
• Photos/images/Video (jpg, jpeg, png, gif, avi, mov, wmv, mpg, mpeg, lxf)
• Computer generated designs
• Scan/image of designs & illustrations created on paper)

How to win
Each month ONE winner will be chosen:
– One winner will be chosen by a jury of LEGO designers from their favorite model entries of the quarter.

The winning models will be judged by the jury upon:
• Overall coolness
• Inspired design details
• Design that people will purchase
• A great color scheme
• Buildable using existing LEGO System and LEGO Technic elements
• Well thought out functions
• The relationship between your age and your design

We want you to make your design as amazing as possible. However, you need to consider the following when creating your design:
• Designs for military vehicles or vehicles featuring weapons will not be eligible for the competition
• Designs containing defamatory elements or degrading elements will not be eligible for the competition
• Copies of/or design infringements relating to any existing third party property or any other intellectual property right will not be eligible for the competition
• Use of any building toy parts not produced by the LEGO Group will result in your design being disqualified
• Entry photos should show your model design only, and should not show recognizable features of any person or any commercial product
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Remember if you are in Australia and NZ, give LEGO a call so we can enter!

  • Freecall (AUSTRALIA): 1800 683 100
  • Freecall (NZ): 0800 534 643

I’ll let you know if I get an update from LEGO.

Lego Technic Design Competition 2012

Exciting news…In the latest issue of the Lego Club Magazine, there is a one page ad announcing a Lego Technic design competition where the winner will have their original design made into an official Lego set!

I must admit I passed over the page in my first few viewings of the magazine (not being an overly “Technic” family). However once I settled in to read the issue from cover to cover, I realized the significance of this rather unassuming page.

Lego is actually asking you to design a set for them!

Lego 9398

The competition states that Set 9398 The Technic 4X4 Crawler is one of the most detailed and exciting sets the Lego design team worked on this year.
Now Lego wants Technic fans to design their own version of the vehicle.

Lets get to the specifics:

  • Lego Technic fans need to design their own version of the 4X4 Crawler.
  • The top 10 entries will be put online for people to vote
  • The entry with the highest amount of votes will be determined the winner
  • The winner’s creation will be made into a Lego Technic set in 2013!

The page from the Lego Club Magazine prompts interested readers to go to www.Lego.com/Technic to find out more information.

It’s fairly empty when you get there though. As yet, the only reference I could find was this blog post from way back in May of this year.

The post states:

“In the LEGO Technic team we are currently working on an exciting new competition, with a grand price (sic) never seen before in LEGO Technic history! We know you will love this competition and we can also reveal that it includes a completely new gallery for you to upload and share your fantastic creations. 

The competition will launch around October 2012 and we encourage all of your to stay tuned on Technic.lego.com for more information.”

So putting two and two together I am guessing that this competition is the one referenced in the Lego Club Magazine.

If you are interested you could wait until October to start on your design or get a head start now and begin designing your own version of the Technic 4×4 crawler.

Over on the Eurobricks Technic Forum they have started a very informative discussion already so head on over to find out what your peers (and fellow competitors) are saying.

Here is the full page ad/article:

Lego Technic Competition 2012