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Too geek to function. Interactive Content Manager at UoE. T1D with vision loss 👨‍🦯. Fabuland AFOL - LEGO Ideas 10k club member (Lego Lovelace).

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stubot @stubot.me · Nov 16

#Lego kindly invited me to build a #Fabuland ship for the prestigious #LegoHouse.

Going blind in one eye has been the hardest year and this creative challenge helped me move forward.

Read about the ‘Maid of Fabuland’ paddle steamer and one of the happiest days ever in my blog - stubot.me

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Mocked-up Fabuland packaging for set 2692024 - featuring a brightly coloured paddle steamer on a light green river.

Brightly coloured paddle steamer filled with tens of cute animal figures on a light green river.

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Say hello to Norman the #Gnome! If we get 10K votes of support, #Lego will consider making ‘Gnome Sweet Gnome’ an official product that you can buy in the shops!

➡️ bit.ly/lego-gnome ⬅️

It only takes a few seconds to create a free account and register your support for this idea.

Stewart & Norman 🎣❤️

Gnome Sweet Gnome | LEGO® Ideas

Garden gnomes have been a design classic for over 200 years, first introduced as lawn ornaments during the 19th century. Now these cheeky figurines regularly fe…

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August 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM

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‘Milk & Cookies’ 🥛🍪

Who doesn’t love a midnight snack? I built a new #Fabuland MOC especially for #Edinbrick this weekend, it’s an accompaniment to ‘Cheesy Rider’ from #Bricktastic in February.

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#Lego #レゴ #ファビュランド #Afol #TartanLUG #LegoArt #RLUG #NorthernBrickworks #LegoMoc #Edinburgh

Two mice having a midnight snack – featuring a chocolate milk carton with cute face, two mugs with stripey straws, and two chocolate chip cookies.

May 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM

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‘Butterfingers’ 🍪🍺💦

Made these cute janitor droids for my 2024 TIE hangar, but didn’t quite have room for them.

The seed part for both was the elusive Fabuland paint brush in white. It only came in one set - Gertrude Goat's Painter's Truck (3637) from 1983.

#Lego #Fabuland #StarWars #LegoStarWars

Astromech droid has dropped a mug of water and the janitor droid has arrived with a bucket to clean up.

April 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM

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Updated my phone case, watch screen and DOTS bracelet for visiting #LegoHouse last year.

Can you work out what the #Lego #Braille spells out?

My bracelet has all 14 colours I typically use in my #Fabuland models, it’s a super handy reference palette.

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AppleWatch with cute walrus photo, Dots bracelet and iPhone cover with 8 Braille cells made from Lego spelling ‘Fabuland’.

Braille alphabet card with instructions.

April 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM

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Meet #TheJetsons

Final #NewHashima MOCs are these wee bikers. The Jetson family are a modified version of my OG hoverbike, with added space babies.

The mysterious white rider was designed by Big Brother (BB), he named her Bonnie Darko.

Free instructions on Rebrickable - reb.li/m/206333

Three hover bikes, with three adult riders and two baby passengers flying through the city sky.

April 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM

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Want a hug? 🤗

Can you believe this #FaceHugger used to be a Cute Bunny? (set 31162)

The talented Dicken (IG: dicken_tututu) took this Creator 3-in-1 set and made the stuff of nightmares. Free building instructions on their IG profile.

#Alien #Parasite #レゴ #LegoArt #Lego #Fabuland #ファビュランド

Giant Fabuland lamb being attacked by an Alien face hugger.

March 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM

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Bricktastic 2026 Tickets Now On Sale - BricksFanz

It's only been a few weeks since Bricktastic ended, but the event returns to Manchester next year, and tickets are now on sale

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March 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM

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Make mine a 99! 🍦😋

My third remix for the #NewHashima collaboration at #Bricktastic was a #Fabuland set from 1980.

‘Harry Horse and Clara Cow's Ice Cream Shoppe’ (3665) included the adorable yellow #Tricycle (fabac2).

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7 futuristic customers queuing for ice-lollies from a hover-tricycle on a sunny day.

March 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM

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Bonus ‘Cheesy Rider’ 📸 - Did you spot the #Modulex FAB-AT-AT? There is even the DSS-02 shield generator!

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#Fabuland #Bricktastic #Bricktastic2025 #Lego #レゴ #ファビュランド #Afol #TartanLUG #LegoArt #RLUG #NorthernBrickworks #LegoMoc #LegoBuilds

Brown mouse pushing a cute pram with a wee mouse inside. Loads of tiny orange and yellow Lego bricks in the shape of an AT-AT.

March 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM

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My second remix for the #NewHashima collaboration at #Bricktastic was a beloved #Town set from 1983.

‘Delivery Van’ (6624) only had 41 parts, but (mail) bags of personality!

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#Bricktastic2025 #レゴ #Afol #TartanLUG #LegoArt #NorthernBrickworks #LegoTown #Lego #LegoMOC #MeridianQuay #CyberPunk

March 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM

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I’m happy to share that the #Lego Group have published two personal videos documenting my #SightLoss disability and love for building with #Braille bricks.

youtu.be/oquUs17GIxU

More info on my blog - stubot.me/sharing-my-s...

Check out this LEGO Steamboat at LEGO House!

YouTube video by LEGO

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March 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM

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‘Cheesy Rider’ 🧀🐭🏁

When we all go to bed, these little mice love nothing more than building cars out of cheese and racing them around our kitchen table.

Full MOC breakdown - stubot.me/cheesy-rider/

#Lego #LegoArt #Braille #Fabuland #Bricktastic

Cheesy Rider

Here is my latest Fabuland model which debuted at Bricktastic 2025. Hope you like cheesy puns!

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March 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM

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I'm pleased to say I've been nominated in the "Community Choice" category in the H5P Awards 2025, for the most innovative #H5P project of the year.

Five Years of #SightLoss: A Heartfelt and Interactive Diary - by Stewart Lamb Cromar (The University of Edinburgh)

Vote now: h5p.org/the-second-a...

The Second Annual H5P Awards

H5P Awards 2025

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March 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM

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Build your own microscale #PaddleSteamer, free instructions now on #Rebrickable.

reb.li/m/204180

This 110-part model measures a dinky 4x14 studs (11 cm long) and will cost ~£7 on BrickLink.

My Maid of #Fabuland ship was installed at the #LegoHouse in September 2024.

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#Lego #レゴ #SightLoss

Cute walrus wearing a captain’s hat, sitting on a micro paddle steamer.

Cute microscale paddle steamer, with two funnels and a stern wheel.

All 110 parts required for the models, ordered by colour.

March 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM

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Perhaps my favourite #NewHashima contribution is this #Fabuland food truck. Anyone for pork ramen? 🐷🍜

It uses a sun-damaged caravan from the 1988 set 3680 ‘Caravan and Rowboat’.

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#Bricktastic2025 #レゴ #TartanLUG #LegoArt #NorthernBrickworks #Lego #LegoMOC #MeridianQuay #CyberPunk #ファビュランド

Yellow food truck covered in stickers, with giant pig mascot on the roof. Chef inside holding two ramen bowls.

March 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM

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#BlocksMagazine Issue 125 is an amazing #Fabuland special!

Thank you Blocks editor Graham E Hancock for featuring my ‘Maid of Fabuland’ #PaddleSteamer in this wonderful celebratory publication!

Buy your copy at blocksmag.com (ships worldwide).

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#Lego #レゴ #ファビュランド #Afol #TartanLUG #LegoArt

February 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM

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Remixed a favourite #Paradisa set from 1992 for the #NewHashima collaboration at #Bricktastic.

‘Sunset Stables’ (6405) included an adult horse and jeep, I’ve swapped them out for a pony (30032) and hoverbike to make it even cuter!

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#Bricktastic2025 #レゴ #LegoArt #LegoTown #Lego #LegoMOC

February 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM

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My first entry for the #SoapboxTastic challenge is this dinky #Fabuland fire engine.

My #Soapbox racer and other secret things will be on display at #Bricktastic Manchester (22-23 February), buy your tickets now at bricktastic.org!

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#Bricktastic2025 #Lego #レゴ #ファビュランド #Afol #TartanLUG #LegoArt

Small red fire engine with brown bulldog fire chief.

February 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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For 5 years I have written personal blog posts detailing my traumatic #SightLoss journey.

To help others understand my key vision changes I also created 17 interactive simulations.

I’ve now collated all 10 diary entries into 1 open-licenced educational resource.

stubot.me/five-years-of-sight-loss

Five Years of Sight Loss

Over the last five years I have written personal blog posts detailing my traumatic sight loss journey. To help others better understand the significant changes in my vision I also created a series of ...

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January 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM

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#TeamNeel

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#Lego #レゴ #Fabuland #ファビュランド #Afol #RLUG #LegoArt #StarWars #LegoStarWars #SkeletonCrew

January 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM

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Build your own cute #NewHashima hoverbike, free instructions on Rebrickable: reb.li/m/206333

My #CyberPunk hoverbike and other secret things will be on display at #Bricktastic Manchester (22-23 February), buy your tickets now at bricktastic.org!

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#Bricktastic2025 #Lego #LegoMOC