Event Review: Lego Imagine Nation Tour

Everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a team... Our 3 year old has graduated from playing with Duplo to playing with "big boy's LEGO".  When we found out that LEGO Imagine Nation Tour was coming to Vancouver, we knew that we would have to check it out with him!

The first-ever LEGO Imagine Nation Tour is making 5 stops across Canada, with Vancouver being the second last stop in Canada.  Each stop offers 5 timed sessions, over the weekend.

With different experiences and interests of builders in mind, the venue was divided into 9 different themes (LEGO Duplo, LEGO City, LEGO NINJAGO, LEGO Friends, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Elves, LEGO NEXO, LEGO Minecraft and LEGO Video games), some of which had interactive digital experiences where the kids had the chance to turn their creations to life.  Life-sized LEGO models were found throughout the venue for plenty of photo opportunities, a huge Brick Pit was set up for kids to play in and the Master Builder Lab was the place to go to for tips and tricks with a Master Model Builder.

We picked the first session to attend, on a Friday evening from 4pm to 8pm.  We didn't know what to expect but ended up spending the whole 4 hours there! While there were activities that were definitely designed for the older kids like the video game area or the bridge building challenge, our 3 year old still had a great time and has been talking about the tour since.  He really enjoyed seeing his own creations come to life at the LEGO NINJAGO area and LEGO Friends area.  C has also been really into cars lately so we ended up spending a lot of time in the LEGO City area where kids were encouraged to build their own vehicles and have a friendly race with other builders with their creations.

Strollers were welcome but I was glad I had baby C in the carrier rather than the stroller as there were areas which were rather crowded and would have been a bit hard to have to maneuver the stroller if we had it with us. A small concession stand was available on site and a selection of LEGO products/sets were also available for purchase at the Toys R Us mobile shop.


For more information on future tour dates/locations:
http://legoimaginenationtour.com/