RVA-LUG News for January 2026

Brian Slevin

7 Jan, 2026

RVA-LUG News for January 2026


RVALUG News for January 2026
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Notes From December
Thank you to all who attended this years holiday party. Our gift exchange was a great success once again.
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RVALUG was approached by Henrico CASA for a small build request related to their annual fundraiser campaign. Each December they give away a life size playhouse the week before Christmas, and we were asked to create a LEGO replica. Thank you to Sean W. for leading this effort! 
Happy New Year!

The Guzman Center is available for our January meeting so we are back to business as usual see you on January 17th for our next meeting.

Reminders:

January Build Challenge:
Make a micro version of a regular set
Or
A micro version of a VA Landmark.

Registered Members – Look for your 2026 LUG leadership ballots on January 10th.

RVA Brick Day – Don’t forgot to fill out our display interest survey for our big event in March! 

Interested in becoming a registered member? Review our LUG By-Laws here to learn how!

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January AT A GLANCE
Here’s what’s happening this month:

Wednesday January 14th 8pm – RVA Brick Day Planning Session

Saturday 01-17 1 to 4 pm: Monthly LUG Meeting at the Guzman Center in Willow Lawn.

Have an item of interest you’d like to see in next months newsletter? Let us know by replying to this email!

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A look ahead:
In February:Join us for first Tuesday dinner on Feb 3rd Los Panchos at 6pm. Join some RVALUG pals at the LEGO store before dinner between 5 and 6pm.

February Meeting Feb 21 1 to 4 pm
Better know a LUG Member!
Erik C.

Favorite theme: 
Everything Space definitely but I have a soft spot for Exo-Force and I’m also a secret fan of Castle as well.

Last set Built: 
“Mateo and Z-Blob the Robot” from DREAMZzz. It was a nifty little mech with good articulation and a really awesome colour scheme. Plus the little monster bed was a nice touch of eldritch horror. I was actually gifted it from the LUG, but I was planning on buying it at some point anyway, in addition to the other DREAMZzz mechs because they have really good parts usage and are pretty unique when compared to some of the other contemporary LEGO mecha sets.

Earliest LEGO Memory? 
My mum buying me one of the Aquanauts sets and me trying to figure out how to make an airplane from it. Okay, fine; my parents getting me Duplo, but that’s not as exciting…

FLICKR: https://www.flickr.com/people/kjodinn/

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