NZ Lockdown #2

August / September 2021

Played via our Facebook page (Trickster Ltd)

21 daily challenges (in Levels 4 and 3)
37 families contributing
129 Lego builds submitted!

L3LC Day 7- Tuesday 7 September

Helicopter

Challenge given by Charlie Hayde

“Thank you so much. Ferg has loved doing this. Here is a video of his helicopter” (Emma Simpson-Boyce)

L3LC Day 6- Monday 6 September

Time Machine

L3LC Day 5- Sunday 5 September

Zoo Animal

Challenge given by Leah Campbell

“Not quite finished but here is Fergus’ zoo” (Emma Simpson-Boyce)

“You will have to get in the queue. It has opened and is busy!” (Emma Simpson-Boyce)

L3LC Day 4- Saturday 4 September

Boats

Challenge given by Fergus Simpson-Boyce

“Charlie’s deep sea fishing boat” (Debbie Hayde)

“Fergus' effort today...the mini police yacht is chasing the baddies” (Rachel Ryan)

“Lego challenge accepted! Boats! Another one of Sonny’s favs! We decided on a container ship, which for course easily features his crane to unload containers!” (Tessa Brianne Blake)

Lego Frankie on boat going to turtle on rock - by Frankie (Danny Still)

L3LC Day 3- Friday 3 September

Ninja Motorbike!

Challenge given by Asher Hill

Asher Hill's original inspiration for the challenge!

Yellow and black all-terrain motorbike from Rachel Ryan!

A wonderful wheeled motorbike from team-Tessa Brianne Blake!

L3LC Day 2- Thursday 2 September

Construction Site

Challenge given by Sonny B

Construction site from Alex and Bec McMaster

L3LC Day 1- Wednesday 1 September

Village

Challenge given by Fergus Ryan

“Molly joined in today as well...fast food outlet, park, food truck and pet shop.” (Rachel Ryan)

“Fergus' village with takeaway cafe, gift shop, arcade and town square.” (Rachel Ryan)

“Our ‘village’ for the Trickster Ltd Level 3 Day One challenge! I might have enjoyed this one too 🙏🏼” (Bec McMaster)

“Fergus' village somewhere near Stewart Island” (Emma Simpson-Boyce)

L4LC Day 14- Tuesday 31 August

Desert Scene

Challenge given by Scarlett Hocking

“A lucky horse (with no name) discovers water in an abandoned old desert town. 🌵 🦴 - Scarlett and Mommy” (Kelly Hocking)

“Fergus' African desert” (Emma Simpson-Boyce)

L4LC Day 13- Monday 30 August

Crazy Cars

“Crazy car by Flynn. This one has watery wings, and aesthetically-pleasing wheels. Not sure you can see him, but Ned Flanders is driving while lying down.” (Nicola Brown)

“From Fergus. The bit at the front of to lift the driver up” (Emma Simpson-Boyce)

“Leah Campbell’s Crazy Car” (Leana Campbell)

“This is my 4 year old's car.. she made a camper with beds apparently..” (Melanie Else)

“And this is my 7 year old car.. unsure what haha” (Melanie Else)

L4LC Day 12- Sunday 29 August

Camping Scene

"This is my 4 year old campsite. She loves it." (Melanie Else)

“Thank you so much for these daily challenges! Each morning Scarlett’s first words are ‘what’s the challenge today??’ Being a weekend, the whole family got involved and it took us three hours to build this campsite. There was 1 shouting match, 2 “bad words” and 1 stopping off to a room and slamming the door but in the end we are proud of our creation and closer as a family. 🤪” - Kelly Hocking

L4LC Day 11 - Saturday 28 August

Atlantis

A stunning underwater Temple! (Rachel Ryan)

Atlantis with ship wreck by Scarlett. (Kelly Hocking)

L4LC Day 10 - Friday 27 August

Your Pet, Your House

“Our house in Mosgiel with one of our pets. I guess the other one is sleeping ” (Kelly Hocking)

“Harry made his pet cats Gizmo and Fran” (Kate Marshall)

“Harry's efforts today inspired by his dog Jet” (Kate Marshall)

Real Jet and real Harry. (Kate Marshall)

Leah Campbell’s house with her pet dolphins, fish, cats, a husky and a hedgehog 😆” (Leanna Campbell)

L4LC Day 9 - Thursday 26 August

Witches and Wizards

“This princess has been captured by the witch and wizard. They are now out looking for more people. Sarai 6 years old 😊” (Jana Robert’s)

Witches and wizards pics from Ruby (Heather Evans)

“Scarlett’s Witch Street." (Kelly Hocking)

“My daughters witch house 😊” (Lissie Taurima)

“When talking about if we knew any witches, Sonny said yes! The witch from Room on the Broom! So here’s our version of her final broom stick with all her animal friends:)” (Tessa Brianne Blake)

L4LC Day 8 - Wednesday 25 August

Circus

“Harry's construction includes a big top, hotdog stand, horse rides and police to make sure nothing gets out of hand!” (Kate Marshall)

“Julien's big top. He's run out of time to finish the rest of the circus but would like to share this.” (Emily Sterk)

L4LC Day 7 - Tuesday 24 August

Space-Islands

“By Scarlett age 6. Some 2 and 4 eyed aliens in space. There are also floating islands in space and Moana's boat can fly. Also feat rocket.” (Kelly Hocking)

Moana wonders How Far She'll Go in SPACE...

“Space island...the grassy island is floating above the moon.” (Rachel Ryan)

“Here’s Zoey’s Space-Tropical Island mash-up!” (Rachelle Williamson)

“Harry's Space-Island lego construction” (Kate Marshall)

“Sonny decided that they were space rovers like the ones in one of his favourite books The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet! 🤪” (Tessa Brianne Blake)

“Julien's space islands from yesterday.” (Emily Sterk)

Space island with 4 legged alien 👽 by Charlie

“Nixi’s space island - even with a little garden so they can grow food in space ❤️” (Collette Robertson)

L4LC Day 6 - Monday 23 August

MASHUP: Canteen + Giant Food!

‘Canteen’ suggestion from Margot and Harriet Moir

Canteen complete with a queue and counter! Made by Fergus.

Cafe and giant pizza adjoining, made by Scarlett.

Rainbow cake with knife for a lunch mashup (Heather Evans)

“We went waaaay rogue on today's Level 4 Lego Challenge! The small decided Jack's beanstalk would have the biggest food... And we put some token bench seating in for the canteen 😉” - by Alex.

“This is Zoey’s (age 7) canteen & giant food. Watch out for that spilt milk!” (Rachelle Williamson)

Burger and fries by Frankie (4) and Danny (44)

“Mashup of canteen and big fruit! (I think!?). This Cafe was built mainly by Sonny! Featuring an outdoor fire and al fresco dining, a loo, and a spot for his fire truck creation to pull up and get a bite! (the crane ended up as a feature as well but I didn’t get a pic! ) 😉” - (Tessa Briane Blake)

Julien's ski cafeteria (outside) - (Emily Sterk)

“Margot says this is a canteen in a work place and she’s very happy that Trickster chose her idea for the theme today. Who doesn’t love a good canteen?” (Harriet Moir)

“This is Sarai's food shop. That is the sign of the shop so people know it sells food.” (Jana Roberts)

“Here is Edie’s canteen. She acknowledges it’s a pricey carrot 🥕” (Charlotte McKay)

L4LC Day 5 - Sunday 22 August

Playground!

Frankie's slide with button-operated dome. Featuring 'Pajama Girl'!

"This is my daughters playground she did all in her own. She's 10 years old. :) Even created a wind turbine to source energy to her playground." (Melanie Else)

Climbing wall, slide, monkey bars and swings, by Charlie.

"Julien's playground with water slide, flying fox, swing, and bouncy thing." (Emily Sterk)

"Dian’s playground fitted with slide, sea-saw, monkey bars, flying fox, rock climbing wall, slide, the brave mountain and a pole to slide down on. All done on his own. Well done!!" (Adri Venter)

Dian's green monkey bars and Brave Mountain at back.

"Cooper and Paige’s playground creation today! They loved this one ❤️" (Lizz Carrington)

"Team effort by Cambria and Braxton. They had fun with this one!" (Emily Perez)

"Reid’s playground; with a bike track, sandpit, swing, seesaw, slide and spinner!!! 😊" (Rochelle Taylor)

"This is Zoey’s (age 7) playground! Slide, swing, seesaw, climbing wall, skateboard park & an ice cream cart!" (Rachelle Williamson)

Playground by By Arley 6, Meila 10 and Lexie 12.

L4LC Day 4 - Saturday 21 August

HAUNTED HOUSE!

“This is Harry's haunted fortress, lots of spiders inside!” (Kate Marshall)

Haunted House (Tessa Briane Blake and kids)

‘Braxton built the haunted house from our booklet. The challenge for him was to do it all by himself, to follow the instructions from the booklet. He then added a ghost, a spider and a tombstone 😄’ (Emily Perez)

"Here’s Reid’s haunted house! He wanted me to mention the blood around the victim outside the house!" (Rochelle Taylor)

"Haunted house styles - dead flowers grave, dead trees, boarded up door..." (Debbie Hayde)

"... zombies inside, covered boxes, haunted mini statue." (Debbie Hayde)

‘Hey Trickster Ltd how did you know I prepared these Lego Haunted Houses earlier!!!? This big one was released last year and I finally succumbed and bought it a few weeks ago’ (Rochelle Crossman).

'This smaller house is an old set and very hard to get now.' (Rochelle Crossman)

L4LC Day 3 - Friday 20 August

A MAZE!

"Cooper's maze from today! Love that trick staircase with the slide that takes you back to the start!" - Liz Carrington

"Charlie's maze. S - start. F - finish. Fences, trees, gates - watch out for lava!" - Debbie Hayde

Te Ariki's maze! "Put together incredibly fast!! Teamwork at its best. Note the Social distancing of those queuing to get into the maze." - Debby Newton

"Margot has smashed out an easy exit maze situation complete with canteen (once again) and a check-in counter." - Harriet Moir

Margot's maze canteen. "I'd like to propose that tomorrow's challenge is straight-out CANTEEN!" - Harriet Moir

"The people have to get to the middle and find the alien and push the top button" - Braxton (age 5)

"They have to find the jewel" - Cambria, (age 8.)

“Our Maze has a pizza trap, a secret fire lair trap, a door to nowhere, and a giant crane that can pick you up and put you at different parts of the maze! Oh and a toilet breaks spot in case you get stuck in the maze and have to go to the loo! Tricky tricky!” (Tessa Briane Blake)

‘In what must surely be a subliminal message re how hard it is for the creator to walk right now, all minifigures have become microfigures - "leg privileges have been removed", says Flynn. And it looks to me like that's Jacinda, having a cup of tea at the entrance door.’ (Nicola Brown)

It's a long story - but basically the Octopus has to climb along connected surfaces to get the Garden Rake. Which it really needs for it's Octopus' Garden... Danny (Trickster)

L4LC Day 2 - Thursday 19 August

The Olympics

Tokyo 2021

The Breese family inspired us with this dramatic coverage from Japan!

Winning athlete by Isaac - who displayed great resilience after his creation was smashed TWICE by his brothers' bouts of boredom wrestling!

'Steeplechase' by Braxton (5). He really enjoyed watching the athletes jump into the water.

Gymnastics with gymnast, coach, judge's table, medal podium and canteen.

Diving with springboard and the scary high one! By Te Ariki.

Gymnastics by Cambria (8 yrs), complete with a rotation of bars, balance beam, vault, floor and trampoline.

Gymnastics by Cambria: Rotation of bars.

Closing Ceremony with Olympic torch by Petra.

L4LC Day 1 - Wednesday 18 August

Your Favourite Book

Minecraft

By brothers Asher and Revan.
Wild Robot

By Charlie.
Wild Robot

By Bonnie (copying her big brother!)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

By Isaac (6 yrs), Sadie (9 yrs) and a bit of help from mum and dad!
My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes

By Jenee and Petra.
There's No Such Thing as a Dragon

By Alex and Scott.
The Snail and the Whale

By Te Ariki and Debby
The 13-Storey Treehouse

by Flynn.
Oh the Places You'll Go - Dr Seuss

Danny Still (Trickster Ltd). This book is always inspiring!
My Brown Bear Barney

By Jenee and Petra.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Stripy tiger by Bonnie.