We have lots of different styles of Lego trees in our display. This is one of them that looks great and is fairly durable although it does take a fair number of pieces to make. This tree was created by David Frank (and inspired by Thomas Rafert). The instructions are on flickr at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fraslund/albums/72157633522859866
The Great Train Show (Phx) – Mar 2019
We had a large city/train display at the Great Train Show in Phoenix on March 9-10, 2019. Here are a few pictures of our display.
The Lego Movie 2 Promo Display – Jan 2019
We had a Lego Movie 2 display at Tempe Marketplace to help promote the movie in Jan 2019. Our display was open to the public for 3 weekends from Jan 25th to Feb 10th, 2019. Here are some pictures from that event:
2018 Christmas Display – Desert Ridge Marketplace
We have a large display at Desert Ridge Marketplace. It will be open on weekends from Black Friday to December 16th. We are across from American Eagle Outfitters. We are open on Fridays from 6PM to 9PM, Saturdays from 11AM to 8PM and Sundays from Noon to 6PM. We have special hours on Black Friday from 11AM to 9PM. Admission is free and we have a large Mosaic build as well as a modular castle that people can build. There is a large Winter Village as well as a large City and train display. We’ve added a brand new Under the Sea section as well as a 1920’s city section in honor of a couple new movies.
Tucson Toy Train Show – Nov 2018
We were at the Tucson Toy Train Show on Nov 9th and 10th. Our display was (for us) a mid sized display. It was 15′ x 20′ in size and had 3 different tracks with plenty of spurs for parking tranis. There weren’t very large crowds, but there was a steady stream of people coming by our display. Here are some pictures of our display.
Bricks by the Bay 2018 – Bay Area Lego Convention
Five Cactus Brick club members went to Bricks by the Bay which is a Lego Convention in the Bay Area. We put together a 25′ x 12.5′ city/train layout which included the City, Farm, Bay of Arizona and a Western Town (as well as trains). Here’s a few pictures from it:
Cactus Brick MILS Presentation
Here is a presentation about Cactus Brick’s use of MILS.
Phoenix Comic Fest 2018 – Photos
Here are some more pictures of our display at Phoenix Comic Fest 2018:
Desert Ridge Marketplace Christmas 2017
We have a large display at Desert Ridge Marketplace (Tatum & 101) from Nov 17th, 2017 to Dec 10th, 2017. We are located across from American Eagle Outfitters.
The display includes a large city/train layout (Justice League theme), Winter Village, Pirate scene and a lot of Star Wars models.
We’ll be open on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays.
Open hours are:
Friday: 6PM – 9PM
Saturday: 11AM – 9PM
Sunday: Noon – 6PM
Black Friday: 11AM – 9PM
Christmas 2017 Display
We are starting to setup a large display at Desert Ridge Marketplace. We will have the display open for 4 weekends. Exact times will follow this post. This is one of our largest displays and it’s free.
Here’s a few pictures from last year: