LEGO enthusiasts build and display creations at annual competition

Chris McGarry Feb 7, 2024 11:30 AM
Kara Thompson works on a LEGO creation at the Stuart MacPherson Public Library. Chris McGarry photo.▲
It wasn’t just kids who had fun building creations out of LEGO or submitting those they had built prior to the competition. Mark Batiuk has a laugh as he stands beside the large figure of Batman he made prior to the competition and had brought into the library to put on display. Chris McGarry photo.▲
The annual Lac La Biche County Libraries LEGO competition took place Saturday at the Stuart MacPherson Public Library. It featured building challenges where participants were required to build a LEGO creation within a set timeframe and with a certain theme. Yehya Al-Bekai was at a table where kids had to make objects that fly, and so, he went to work making an airplane. / Chris McGarry photo▲
Talon Kuryliw looks over the scaled-down workshop belonging to the iconic comic book character Iron Man that he built and submitted to be judged at the annual LEGO Lac La Biche County Libraries LEGO competition, which took place on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Stuart MacPherson Public Library in Lac La Biche. Chris McGarry photo.▲
Oliver Swainson proudly holds the battle robot he had made for the annual LEGO competition. Chris McGarry photo.▲
Maureen Penn and Laney Smith of Lac La Biche County Libraries register participant Kira Sofina, who created a scene from The Little Mermaid for the LEGO competition. Chris McGarry photo. ▲

LAC LA BICHE - On Saturday, while futsal and minor hockey tournaments took place at Lac La Biche's Bold Centre, a group of local LEGO enthusiasts competed in a contest of a different kind - one that involved crafting creations from the popular blocks.

The annual Lac La Biche County LEGO Competition was held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stuart MacPherson Public Library in in Lac La Biche. Creations could either be built onsite or dropped off to be judged later in the afternoon.

Kids-as well as adults-put their artistic abilities to work making a variety of colourful and interesting creations that included representations of popular films and comic books such as the Disney classic ‘The Little Mermaid’, Batman, Star Wars, and Iron Man. While some choose to build at their own pace, others took part in timed competitions where they were allotted only so much time to complete a project. For prizes, winners received LEGO and Duplo sets.

The competition featured four age categories ranging from six to adult, as well as categories for best onsite build and viewer’s choice. In addition to the competition and other activities, there was also a silent auction where people could bid on a LEGO version of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars as well as the Harry Potter Hogwarts castle.

 

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