The Build Night Breakdown: April!

by Matt (Spud) Williams

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

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 THREE PRIZES up for grabs as part of our Monthly Members Prizes. This month was all about some of the cutest DISNEY sets now available. It always amazes me how LEGO designers take an outstanding render and bring it to life. I bet our very lucky winning members will certainly feel like it is the happiest place on Earth while building these.

Drum roll please…

Members’ Draw: April

43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun: Lisa S

43290 Kevin and Dug: Adam G

40861 Sulley, Mike and Boo Figures: Ben C

Congratulations members! You may notice 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.

MONTHLY RAFFLE

We are not quite done with prizes yet, though. Dexter took home the brand new Disney Winnie the Pooh (43300) in our monthly raffle. That looks to be an absolutely sweet (like honey!!) build. Congrats.

Let’s jump into the build review!

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, Lukas M brought along this outstanding set from a theme no longer available, Vidiyo. 43114 Punk Pirate Ship from 2021 certainly does have some eye popping colours.

Lukas also had with him a rare item. Something you don’t often see from the Lego Group. A misprint of an Owl.

It is always great to see new faces come along to our build nights. Raelene brought along the Harry Potter set 76461 Cornish Pixie. A cheeky little build. Raelene also brought along her niece, with her build of the Technic Monster Jam Gravedigger, Fire and Ice. (42219) I love the separate details on each side.

Before we wrap up this issue, a huge thank you to all those who attend our monthly Build Nights. It is so great to see everyone helping out setting up the tables and chairs, and then packing up at the end.

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 May 11th, 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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