Bizarre LEGO®, Vol. 1: LEGO® Trivia & Historical Oddities

A project in Bricktown, NJ by Joseph Anthony Meluso
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Bizarre LEGO® is a book chronicling the various lesser-known facts, products and history of the world’s leading play bricks.
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Backers: 68
Average Pledge Per Backer: $57

Funded: $3,884 of $3,000
Dates: Jul 31st -> Aug 31st (32 days)
Project By: Joseph Anthony Meluso
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Latest News

As the campaign closes...

August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, and thank you for being part of this journey with me. This project, as well as all your support over the years and the past month, has given me happiness for my biggest passion in life, the reason I keep creating and thinking forward,... (Read More)

WE DID IT!!!

August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
This happened Friday night and I'm still surprised over two days later. Bizarre LEGO Vol. 1 IS FULLY FUNDED! We've reached our goal! Thank you very much for your time, communication and sharing. So naturally you may ask, what happens now? To start, I... (Read More)

Acknowlegdements

August 25th - via: kickstarter.com
(Also sent via Kickstarter messages and the associated emails) Hello backers! As I make my rounds and update pages of the book with visuals and formatting the text, I wanted to take a moment to update the Acknowledgments page. This will be located... (Read More)

"Appear in book as a Mini Figure!" Update

August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Joey as a minifigure, trying out a LEGO USB Drive! To those who pledged with the add-on "Appear in the book as a Mini Figure!", please check your emails or Messages on Kickstarter for an update to this reward, so that I can gather parts to... (Read More)

"Evolution of LEGO Brick Systems" Poster (draft) Visual!

August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
I've been working on a new visual for the Evolution of LEGO Brick systems poster and 2-page spread for the book. Keep in mind this is not finalized but better demonstrates the concept I am working towards. rough concept Some updates include: -... (Read More)

Photography! Visuals!

August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
To start, congratulations on over 2/3 of the campaign funded now, and nearly 75% now! Thank you very much for sharing the project around and gaining support! For the past couple days, I have been working on photography for the book, first by setting... (Read More)

Bizarre LEGO Q+A, Pt 1/?

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! After a week of campaigning the project, as well as interacting with many LEGO fans about the display at BrickFair VA, I would like to address some details about the book, the project page, and material surrounding the project: 1. I... (Read More)

Bizarre LEGO display at BrickFair VA

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to all who stopped by my display table of Bizarre LEGO at BrickFair VA 2023! I enjoyed talking with people about the project as well as individual items. The more stunned the reaction, the more I knew I had the right stuff here. And for... (Read More)

The full Bizarre LEGO book cover

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! I realized the full cover was difficult to see from the page already, as well as some prints I had available at BrickFair VA did not capture all of its details. The background features a fluttering of pages that describe the kinds of items... (Read More)

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