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November Open House is this Saturday, November 14th, 10am – 4pm.  Brickmania Toyworks, on 18th Ave just west of Central Ave in beautiful Nordeast Minneapolis. Plans are to have the three biggest ships in the Brickmania fleet be on display … Continue reading →

Second Saturday is tomorrow, October 10th.  Open House day at Brickmania! We’ll be there 10am – 4pm, weather forecast is looking really good, we’ll have trains running on both of our layouts and our neighbors the TCLTC will have trains … Continue reading →

Due to popular demand, the good people at Brickmania have decided to start having Open Houses again.  Same as before, second Saturday of each month, 10am – 4pm. First one will be August 8th!  The current plan is to have … Continue reading →

First, thanks to all who came out to see us in 2014, at Brickmania, at the Jackson Street Roundhouse, at the Weismann Art Museum, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts – we always enjoy seeing your reactions and talking to … Continue reading →

(I should have posted this three weeks ago!) The train room is open every Saturday in December, 10am – 4pm.  We like to do some extra Open Houses in December, because we know people have families visiting from out of … Continue reading →

Coming up this Saturday, November 22nd – come out and build LEGO mosaics of some Adam Turman prints.  This will be similar to some of the other group mosaic builds, like the ones at World War Brick or the Minneapolis … Continue reading →

“First Thursday” (6th) and “Second Saturday” (8th) are both this week.  Weather forecast is for cool and blustery, but the Brickmania heat will be on so you can take off your coat and hang out with us for a while. … Continue reading →

The GMLTC and our friends of the TCLTC will be at the Weisman Art Museum tonight for an event called “Wanderlust” from 7pm – 10pm: http://www.weisman.umn.edu/event/wanderlust We will be displaying a new small train layout (that’s still a work in … Continue reading →

Matt Brickman (yes, that’s his real name!) from WCCO television stopped by Brickmania Tuesday morning, and did this story on Dan and Brickmania, with some nice shots of the train room as well: Guest Pass: Brickmania Thanks for stopping by, … Continue reading →

Is it really October, already?  Where did the Summer go? “First Thursday” is tomorrow, October 2nd.  Many of the Brickmania folks will be on their way to Virginia for an event there this weekend (along with the Peleliu diorama), but … Continue reading →