The Build Night Breakdown: February!

by Matt (Spud) Williams

Welcome back to the Build Night Breakdown! Inside, we’re celebrating PerthLUG’s February Buildapalooza with prize draws, build highlights, and the latest news and events—keeping you plugged into the LEGO scene across Perth.

Firstly, I would like to thank Lukas Mack Immensely for all he has done for the Build Night Breakdown. This is no mean feat interviewing, photographing and writing this for our group and the wider Lego audience.

Now, for those that are new here: what is this Buildapalooza build night thing?

Buildapalooza is PerthLUG’s regular social event, where on the second Monday of every month, we bring along a LEGO set and just build and socialise. We’re a friendly bunch from all walks of life. It’s just $5 for non-members to help keep the lights on. The details of where & when can be found at the bottom of this page.

Let’s dive right into all the fun giveaways with the members’ draw. This month, we had a total of FOUR PRIZES up for grabs. The LEGO vase was a nice addition to the lineup: really quite chic. The vase went very well with Februarys’ theme of Valentines Day. What an amazing selection of Sets that Lego have produced with this very loving Day. But now, to our very lucky winning members. Drum roll please…

Members’ Draw: February

Tulip Bouquet 11501: J. Dempsey

Lovebirds 21365: D. Donnelly

Love Letters 40867: J. Perry

Lego Vase-Pink: A. Ristea

Congratulations members! You may have noticed that a number of our winning members did not get their picture taken. They didn’t dodge the camera this time. No, rather they are simply enjoying the benefits of their membership. If you’re a paid-up member, you can still win a prize, even if you can’t attend the build night. Yet again, memberships paid off big time last Monday night.

We ain’t quite done with prizes yet, though. Hannah Volleman took home the brand new Cherry Blossem Landscape (31218) in our monthly raffle. That looks to be an absolutely exquisite build. Congrats.

Besides the prizes and giveaways, another much-loved tradition at our build nights is the Parts Draft. This month’s sacrificial set was Flowering cactus (11509), generously offered up for the cause. If you’d like to join in with the Parts Draft next month, just follow us on our PerthLUG Facebook page to get the heads-up on which set to bring along.

Let’s jump into the build review!

This is the part where Lukas would shine, walking around and engaging with our fabulous builders and discussing what they brought and build for the night.

As always, there were some amazing sets, both new and vintage on display. There were also some amazing MOCs being worked on as well. Let’s have a sticky beak at some of the brilliant builds from the night.

To get us started, Joanne brought along the charming new Lion Dance (40915) to ring in the Chinese New Year. How cute does this look? Amazing little build.

Now one from the Old Star Wars archives. Doug brought along a blast(er) from the past, Set 7104 Star Wars Desert Skiff, released way back in 2000!!! An amazing set with lots of Dark Grey.

Going even further back in time…..time…time….This Technic (Yes I couldn’t walk past Technic without featuring it) Rally 6-Wheeler moon buggy was released all the way back in 1990!!!!! I don’t think I have this in my collection, something i might have to rectify.

Last, but certainly not least, Mark brought along these 2 Speed Champions (77246,77243) F1 Race Cars and did the unthinkable. Outstanding work.

Before we wrap up this issue, thank you to all those who attended our art exhibition ArtyBricks: Natural Elements over the course of its run. Again, amazing work by Lukas to run this exhibit. Thank you for all of your time and effort to make this a Great Exhibition. Speaking to some of the Artists, they truly appreciate this event.

And that’s us all done and dusted for another month. But because slowing down clearly isn’t our style, the Buildapalooza will be back again next month. Join us at the next one on March 9th, 2026. You’ll find us at our regular meeting spot at the John McGrath Pavilion, just off Hensman Street in South Perth. All are welcome.

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