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Awesome! Talk in Code Immortalised as Lego Minifigures!

Ah, let’s talk about Talk in Code one more time this year, because we’re secret Talkers here, and everything has been awesome this year for them, but now they’re being immortalised as Lego minifigures!

Surely, the piece of resistance of local merch, it doesn’t get better than this! Lego minifigures have become something of a collectors item over the years, and the finest local indie popsters have a Lego inspired fan reward scheme they’re calling TICBRIX; genuine awesomeness!

Now open, all you’ve got to do is attend their gigs, which is a pleasure in itself, collect stamps on a loyalty card, and collect the band figures. Pick up the cards at the merch desk at any show, get it stamped, and after every two Talk in Code shows, you can claim your FREE minifigure and badge from the merch desk.

With four members in the band, it’s going to take you eight shows to complete your collection, but that’s not all. At the halfway point, you’ll be eligible for a bespoke, Lego stage set for them to all play on, complete with a bass guitar, extra guitar, drumsticks and even a Snedds’ luxury beard upgrade!

Personally, I feel inclined to hotfoot it up the loft to find my bricks and build a spaceship for them to gig on because they’re out of this world! Spaceship!!!!

Some early 2026 performances from the guys include 17th Jan at The Kings Arms in Amesbury and also at Devizes Winter of Festive Ales at The Corn Exchange on 28th February. On the 28th of March, there’s a Talkers Show by personal invite only at The Hop in Swindon. Join the Talkers WhatsApp group to get in on that and be in the know of other gigs by texting ‘add me’ with your first name to 07725 138077. All welcome unless you’re from the planet Duplo!

Schools Lego Building Challenge From The Great Western Brick Show

Calling all future Lego engineers! Be the Brunel of tomorrow and build a bridge to help achieve net zero…..

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Great Western Brick Show at STEAM at the Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon, the organisers are inviting local schools to take part in their Brick-building challenge to help fight climate change.

The Great Western Brick Show runs Saturday 5th October and Sunday 6th October. You can get a ticket here.

Or, schools or Lego groups can enter this fun competition for a chance to display your team’s model at this year’s show and be in with a chance to win LEGO prizes for your school. What’s awesome about that? I’ll tell you shall I? Everything!!

The challenge is to design and build the railway bridge of tomorrow to help achieve net zero.

In the same way that Brunel approached the challenges he faced with new solutions, which nobody thought possible, they would like to invite pupils to become creative about today’s challenge.

How can we solve one of the biggest challenges the planet is facing right now? Achieve Net Zero, those brickers ask.

They would like pupils to design a sustainable railway bridge of the future using their imagination to design a model that will deal with this issue.

There are no right answers to building the Lego railway bridge of the future, so pupils can solve the challenge in any way they choose. The more creative and imaginative you are, the better!

The build must consist entirely of LEGO Bricks and can include Duplo and Technic.

As the winning entries will be displayed during the Great Western Brick Show on the 5th and 6th of October, the builds must be stable enough to be transported easily and should require minimal setup.

Entries can be made by individual pupils or teams of up to 3 pupils. Other details are down to the imagination of the builder(s), but they should show creative ways of dealing with the challenge set.

For competition details and a full technical brief, see HERE, and get building!!

Devizes Library Hopes To Start Lego Club

Everything is awesome upon hearing that Devizes Library is hoping to start a regular Lego Club, and they are asking folk to donate unwanted Lego to the cause…..

I understand and fully sympathise, it’s a tall order for any Lego fan of any age; parting with Lego is like taking a limb! But I absolutely love this idea and pray it gets off the ground. So, if you’ve got any Lego bricks you can bear to part with, drop them into the main desk at Devizes library on Sheep Street; face it, no matter how the winter nights draw in, you’re never going to build that eighties fire station again. Grit your teeth, and give, even if grudgingly! I’m going to have to seriously think about it….no, not the spaceship, nooooo, Mummmm!

This said, it does seem my Lego licence has expired slightly and I’m now building illegally. You could call the Lego police, but their police station is in bits in a box somewhere…may be I could dig it out!