LEGO® Senior Designer Marcos Bessa Coming to Singapore

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 by Brickfinder

The man behind some of our favourite LEGO® sets is going to be setting foot in our tiny island and for the very first time, AFOLs both young and old will have a chance to meet him in person!

For some of us who have been following Marcos Bessa’s work quite closely, there are those who are still unfamiliar with his works so I thought to write a quick post on his background and Brickography.

Marcos Bessa hails from a small town named Vilela in the north of Portugal. He completed college with a Masters degree in Informatics and Computer Engineering before deciding to pursue his dream to work at LEGO which lead him to be one of the youngest LEGO® designers to be hired by the LEGO® Group. 

He started as a junior set designer in 2010 for the Superheroes theme and was quickly promoted to a full fledge set designer in less than a year and finally senior designer in 2013.

One of my favourite LEGO® sets to this date is still the LEGO® Ideas Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (21108) which he helped refine from Brent Waller’s initial design as well as the LEGO® Star Wars Ewok Village which I love for the play features. After researching his Brickography, I’m actually surprised that I have a number of the sets he designed in my *ahem* burgeoning LEGO® collection.

Here is a list of the sets he has designed according to Brickipedia:

• 6858 Catwoman Catcycle City Chase
• 6860 The Batcave
• 6865 Captain America’s Avenging Cycle
• 6869 Quinjet Aerial Battle
• 10236 Ewok Village
• 10245 Santa’s Workshop
• 10937 Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout
• 21108 Ghostbusters
• 30162 Quinjet
• 30260 Lone Ranger’s Pump Car
• 30261 Tonto’s Campfire
• 41590 – 41596 LEGO BrickHeadz
• 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace (Co-designed with Matthew Ashton)
• 70809 Lord Business’ Evil Lair
• 70817 Batman & Super Angry Kitty Attack
• 70818 Double-Decker Couch
• 70819 Bad Cop Car Chase
• 71006 The Simpsons House
• 71016 Kwik-E-Mart
• 71040 The Disney Castle
• 75827 Firehouse Headquarters
• 75828 Ghostbusters Ecto-1 & 2
• 76004 Spider-Man: Spider-Cycle Chase
• 76009 Superman: Black Zero Escape
• 76021 The Milano Spaceship Rescue
• 76022 X-Men vs. The Sentinel
• 76032 The Avengers Quinjet City Chase
• 76042 The SHIELD Helicarrier
• 76054 Batman: Scarecrow Harvest of Fear
• 79111 Constitution Train Chase
• 5004590 Bat-Pod

Aside for his love for the brick, he also has a talent for singing which got him a spot on the TV show, Danmark Har Talent (Denmark’s Got Talent) where he reached the semi-finals which then got him on the Portuguese version of “The Voice”. 

Marcos Bessa will be in Singapore for the launch of the LEGO BrickHeadz line which he was the lead designer for. There is a meet and greet session on the 11th of March but he will only be signing sets that are bought from the LEGO Certified Store on the day itself.

• Date & Time: Sunday, 11th March 1130-1630
• Venue Wisma Atria level 1 atrium
• Qualifying Criteria: Customers who purchase selected LEGO® sets at LEGO® Certified Store (Bricks World) Ngee Ann City on 11th March can get an autograph from LEGO® Senior Designer Marcos Bessa.

Special Note:

• For any purchase of LEGO® BrickHeadz series of 12 characters, Marcos will sign on an exclusive serialized autograph card.
• For any purchase of a set of 4 individual LEGO® BrickHeadz characters from THE LEGO® BATMAN MOVIETM, Marcos will sign on an exclusive serialized autograph card.
• Marcos will not sign on any individual LEGO® BrickHeadz products and/or packaging.
• The selected LEGO® sets Marcos will autograph are: o #71040 The Disney Castle o #75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters o #75828 Ghostbusters Ecto-1 & 2 o #21108 Ghostbusters Ecto-1 o #71006 The SimpsonsTM House o #71016 The Kwik-E-Mart o #76054 BatmanTM: ScarecrowTM Harvest of Fear

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There is also a workshop that will be conducted by Marcos Bessa on March 12th for those who have bought or pre-ordered the full range of LEGO BrickHeadz.

• Date & Time: Sunday, 12th March 1400-1600
• Venue: LEGO Singapore Pte. Ltd., 38, Beach Road, #13-11, South Beach Tower, Singapore 189767
• Qualifying Criteria: Buy LEGO® BrickHeadz series of 12 characters via pre-order or at LEGO®Certified Store (Bricks World) Ngee Ann City on 11th March before 1600H to get a chance to join the LEGO® Designer Workshop hosted by Marco Bessa.
• Number of participants Limited to 30 participants.

Special Note: Lucky winners will be emailed latest by 11th March 1800H.

 

 

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   March 10, 2017 at 11:41 pm

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