18/06/2013 - 14:49 Interviews

Brick 66 Semper Judging

We resume the cycle of interviews with LEGO fans grouped within the Brick 66 Semper Jugant association (See their website), anxious above all to share their passion in a good mood and conviviality.
I asked them a few questions, they answered in all honesty and I publish the result to you here without censorship or tongue in cheek. If you still hesitate to get involved in the associative field or to create your own association of LEGO fans, this should make you want to take the plunge ...

Hoth Bricks: Brick 66 Semper Judging, who is it, what is it, what does it mean? Who are these people ?

Brick 66 Semper Judging, it became a bunch of friends around the brick.
It's not just Kyubi66 the 4th best bag feeler in CMF or RODO, there's also Allyn the treasurer of an account that doesn't yet exist, Fujiia the magical hooded ninja, Candia the evil keeper, Pascal the cityguy crazy about modular custom, Laurent the technicboy called the garage sale sniffer, Etienne the baby technicboy, Minisnake the crazy collector, Capt'nSpaulding the retired but we hope to return, Landry the illiterate secretary and The Heir ...
The meaning of Brick 66 Semper Judging is very simple: Brick for the LEGO brick (who would have believed it) 66 for the department (what originality) Semper Judging is Catalan and means "always playing".
So we were looking for a name that would represent what we are: people playing LEGO in our beautiful south.
Brick66 is above all a pretext to get together, share and have a good time around the brick or not, for that matter. Otherwise it is an association where everyone has their place whether you are MOCeur, MODER, collector, fan of CITY, STAR WARS or TECHNIC.
At an exhibition, we like to offer all the facets of LEGO and that way, everyone finds their account.
When we see each other, we discuss the possibilities as an association, its evolution, partnerships, future projects but it is above all a good laugh, always and constantly, because we do not want to take ourselves too seriously. serious.
LEGOs are above all a hobby and must remain so.

GDPR : So me, it's RODO, 39 years old, almost all my teeth and I am the tyrannical president of Brick 66. Already as a kid, I wanted to be Napoleon but as I am neither Corsican, nor small and that it had already been actually, I preferred to do LEGO.

6kyubi6: Me it's kyubi, 33 years old, and yes as my nickname indicates in Japanese, I might have 9 tails, no, it's just an allusion to my favorite manga "Naruto". Active member, I am above all a MOCeur and I started LEGO barely a year and a half ago.

fujia : Laure, alias Fujiia, 31, wife of Kyubi, part-time AFOL and laughing stock of the group (with the Heir too!), Hence the ninja hood to hide me in times of dubious humor ...

Allyn : Allyn, 36 years old woman of RODO and mother of the Heir. The reason for my presence in the association? First of all to support my man and then the LEGO is like the mountain it wins you !!! (Uh, I'm going out) I'm rather a collector but my participation is essentially "useful" during events and shows ... I admit that I like this aspect a lot !!!

Brick 66 Semper Judging

Hoth Bricks: How do you come to create a LEGO fan association or become a member when you're a mature and responsible adult?

GDPR : mature and responsible adult ?? Ah, missed then… Mature surely by the canonical age of my arteries, for the rest, I hope to play LEGO as long as possible.
There is no incompatibility between playing LEGO and being an adult.
For my part, being a member of Brickpirate for some time, I wanted to go a little beyond these "virtual" relationships and wanted to move a little south on our hobby.
I started by testing the waters with restaurants to see if others also wanted to group around the LEGO.
I had looked at what was being done elsewhere but I did not necessarily recognize myself in the existing structures, neither in the spirit, nor in the apparent atmosphere.
And since we are never better served than by ourselves, it was on.

6kyubi6 : Mature maybe, responsible "I don't know!". Nah, but precisely, I think you have to be mature enough (and I'm not talking about age) to create any association whatsoever. I became a member immediately after the creation by RODO, we had discussed it and his approach immediately spoke to me, besides coming from a guy like him I knew that good humor would be omnipresent so I said yes without hesitation.
For me, being mature and responsible is not about going to work, paying the bills, thinking about a retirement that I will never have, giving up all kinds of hobbies because it's too expensive. , for lack of time or because I'm not old enough, basically, not to follow the masses blindly.
For me, it's more about enjoying every moment of life and doing what you want to do as much as possible.

fujia : Very good question. As for creating an association, I think you have to be crazy! To become a member, it may be the same. Personally, I have long resisted the call of brick. Seen from the outside, the AFOL community can be scary: between the jargon, the labels (collector, MOCeur, blogger ...) and the philosophico-existential discussions on the parent company, The LEGO Company, on what the Danish brick represents … But by dint of assembling sets with my companion Kyubi, advising him in his creations, helping him to dismantle both sets and MOCs, and put away the parts, the virus ended up taking hold. As I witnessed live and live the creation of Brick66 Semper Judging, it was an opportunity to accept and affirm that I had become a fan of LEGO.

Brick 66 Semper Judging

Hoth Bricks: Brick 66 is a young structure but clearly already very active. What is your secret to organizing all these events and providing so many activities?

GDPR : We have fun together, we are always laughing even when we are tired of having done 14 hours of LEGO during the day. Seeing the kids at our animations and the parents smiling while watching their offspring having fun, their eyes sparkling in front of the models on display, it's priceless (it has no price, Editor's note).
When you have a little kid, who has come to a trade show, who says to you: "I made 100 km to come and see you because I often look at your site and I wanted to see your LEGOs in real life", that motivates and encourages you to contiue.

6kyubi6 : RODO is absolutely right, the secret is that we get along very, very well.
We are on the same wavelength: “fun above all”; that's what makes us very active. Of course, there are also visitors, children, parents and even grandparents who give us compliments on our stand and there, it is heartwarming to see that our approach to LEGO is appreciated.

fujia : I believe that the association is lucky to have at its head a motivated person, who knows what he wants but who also knows how to listen to others. It is sometimes difficult to keep pace, but it is a pleasure to accompany and support all these ambitions as best we can. Each member has something to give to the association and has its specificities. As long as there is dialogue (and beer), there will be events and entertainment.

Allyn : The recipe from my point of view: A little goodwill, a hint of stubbornness, a pinch of resourcefulness and mix it all up with a LOT of good humor and humor and you get Brick 66. On occasion, it must love Lego: p

To be continued...

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