Trains at the Brickworld Charity Auction

May 22, 2019 Cale Leiphart Leave a comment

Each year at Brickworld in Chicago, attendees gather together to participate in what has become an fun, exciting, and unforgettable events held during the convention. The Esther Walner Memorial Charity Fundraiser. Th auction features unique LEGO® and LEGO Fan Community items donated by individuals, groups and companies to help raise money for charity. Proceeds benefit several deserving charitable organizations, including Creations for Charity, Riley Children’s Hospital, FIRST LEGO League, and the Make a Wish Foundation. 90% of the proceeds raised is donated to these charities. The other 10% Brickworld uses to support other opportunities to help kids in the community. Last year’s auction raised $22,300 with 100% of that money going to charitable organizations.

Trains at the Auction: Stoking Rivalries for a Good Cause

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Events, Models, Products

Brickworld Chicago 2019 Exclusive Premium Instructions Now Available

May 6, 2019 StreamlinedBricks Leave a comment

If you’re a registered attendee of Brickworld Chicago this year, we would like to extend an exclusive opportunity.

Similar to our NMRA 2018 National Train Show exclusive, we are happy to announce that an exclusive Premium Instructions Kit is now available for registered attendees of Brickworld Chicago 2019 to pre-order.

The Model

To celebrate the Sesquicentennial of the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad in the United States, I chose to model a B-50-25 “Challenger” Express Boxcar.

I’ve always had a taste for shorter (in height) boxcars, as well as clean but attractive paint schemes. This car checks all of those boxes. This particular car has been an interest for me since I first saw Nate Brill’s rendition of one a few years ago. It was a striking grey and red scheme with a stylized “The Challenger” to the right of the doors.

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About BMR, Models, Products, Prototypes

General Updates and a Surprise Announcement: A New Locomotive

May 1, 2019 StreamlinedBricks 5 Comments

It’s been a while since we’ve posted any update on our work behind the scenes. Allow us to offer some insight today, as well as a surprise announcement at the end.

Premium Instructions Kits

We’ve been hard at work in getting our next Premium Instruction Kit ready to go. I’ve modeled the International Car Company Extended Vision Caboose in fine detail, and Cale has been working non-stop to bring the book to completion. We would have had this model available by now, but we have drastically expanded our vision and approach to the kit, and thus have taken more time to ensure we are checking all of our boxes. We’ll have more details in the announcement article at the time of release, but I can definitely say that this will be the most comprehensive kit we have ever done. We are now in the process of editing the 164-page book and building test models.