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We're now at the finale of our LEGO Masters New Zealand Season 2 reviews this August 4th at 5pm PT/August 5th noon NZT. We will be reviewing the finale with Contestants Oli and Charlie Mollard!

We all picked up this awesome set at various times, and it's still in the box! Come join us as we start building it together to see how the designers put the magic in this set!

We have a chance to catch up with Stefan and Simon about the massive collaboration of New Hashima, a futuristic cyberpunk city, that was displayed at BrickWorld Chicago 2023.

We're down to our last two episodes to finish out Season 2 of LEGO Masters New Zealand! We have special guest, Jake Roos, one of the winners from Season 1 joining us to review Episode 8 with us June 28th at 5pm PT/July 29th noon NZT.

This LEGO Exclusive set is a great deal for $19.99 for 288 pieces. Perfect for Year of the Rabbit, too!

Today, P.T. McEwen and I will be interviewing Carsten Jensen at a special time on Saturday, July 22nd at 10am PT/7pm CET. Carsten will be joining us from Denmark and talking about his LEGO Masters journey!

Today we'll be working on the Bird's Nest which comes in as a LEGO Exclusive for only $12.99.

Going to rework a MILS (Modular Integrated Landscaping System) plate for a new MOC.

P.T. McEwen is traveling this week so we have a special co-host, Kiwi Twitch Streamer, Whippy Whipster!!! We will be reviewing LEGO Masters New Zealand Season 2 Episode 6 and learning more about Whippy's journey as well as Matariki, Happy Maori New Year!

We haven't built a Ninjago set in awhile. And you get two mechs for $18.59 from Target! This set looks like it has some really interesting parts and stickers! Looking forward to seeing what's in the box!

We will be reviewing LEGO Masters New Zealand Season 2 Episode 5 along with Contestants Rachel and Jason de Vries! Please join us and learn more about their journey!

Found this set at the LEGO store and what an amazing colorful set at only $9.99! What a great deal for 206 pieces, too! We'll be trying out a new setup with a side camera. Hopefully, this will work! If you are watching on Rumble, their integration with StreamYard isn't up yet, but hopefully soon. Tune in to YouTube if you want to participate in the chat!

We will be reviewing Season 2 Episode 4 with LEGOMasters Contestant US/NA Season 3, Stephen Joo aka @yoyofirebricks! He will be sharing his reflections about his time on LEGO Masters US/NA Season 3 as well as his recent trip to BrickWorld Chicago and giving us the contestant perspective of this episode review!

Today's stream is dedicated to Kerry Woo who recently passed on June 11th. He was a LEGO Master Contestant in Season 3 US/NA as part of the Grandpappies team. I'm thankful that Remy Baker (@brickliteracy) and I had a chance to chat with him and his positive spirit was always so warm and uplifting. You're going to be sorely missed, Kerry!

Will be chatting with Nick Bright of @brightonbricks about the challenges he hosted for #mindthebrick during the Month of May.

We will be reviewing LEGO Masters New Zealand Season 2 Episode 3 with return reviewer and Kiwi, Alun Chisholm. We'll learn more about Kiwiana and how it is represented in LEGO!

We're celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Jurassic Park with the classic scene from the movie. We're building the Dilophosaurus Ambush Set #76958!

We're starting the LEGO Masters New Zealand Season 2 reviews weekly and this is our second in the series with special guest, contestant Angus Deacon!

Thrifty Thursday is now being streamed on Rumble along with YouTube. Be aware that StreamYard does not have a direct API with Rumble yet (rumor has it that it is coming soon!) If you want to interact live, go to YouTube.com/brickanista to enter the chat, and send a note to Rumble to get the integration up soon! Thanks!

We're starting the LEGO Masters New Zealand Season 2 reviews weekly beginning June 2nd at 5pm PT/June 3rd noon NZT. We will be kicking off the review with BrickMaster and Judge, Robin Sather!

I'm not feeling well today, one of my SigFigs is going to stand in for me today on the main camera. We'll see how this goes!

Today we'll get a chance to get to know Lenee, aka @thebrickbabe ! She's been recently recognized on Tips and Bricks for her work, and she's also been the core of the creation of a new LUG called DREAMLUG. Let's learn more about what she has to say!

Join me and some Women Adult Fans of LEGO (WAFOLs) as we build onstream a #MOCImprov build based on feedback from the chat!