Guys, gals, and book nook pals:

I know the event season can get kind of dense this time of year, but everyone is lining up to partner with this community! And Rolife has a doozy! (and it starts TOMORROW)

Since it takes time for shipments to arrive, stacking event enrollment periods allows us to have an uninterrupted flow of events.

Bittersweet announcement with Rolife: They have a new policy that they cannot discount a set that has been out for less than 3 months. So...if you are someone who likes to take advantage of our community and event discounts...you will have to keep the FOMO in slight check.

That said, Lucas and I have planned an event that I think will blow you all away.

Here are the basics

Standard enrollment rules and participation requirements remain. (By tomorrow there will be a link on the sidebar to a document outlining those, but you can check the recent Fifijoy announcement for the gist.

ANYTHING IN ITALICS IS FROM MY ROLIFE CONTACT DIRECT

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CODE "LUCKYBUNNY" (I didnt pick it, I swear) will take 20% off, but where this contest REALLY shines is the prizes and the prize allocation structure:

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First the WIN RATE: up to 100 participants the win rate is FIFTY PERCENT!!!!!!!!!

If we break 100, it goes even higher.

That means if you participate you have AT MINIMUM, a 1 in 2 chance of winning.

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Quoting Rolife:

Let me outline the process to ensure I’ve understood it correctly:

You provide me with the list of winners—for instance, if there are 100 participants, there would be 50 winners.

I will randomly assign products from Prize Pool A to these 50 winners.

From that group of 50, I will randomly select a subset representing 20% of the total—meaning 10 winners—to receive an additional random product from Prize Pool B.

At the same time, if I have 30 or more "benefit" gift packs available, I will also randomly distribute them among these 50 winners.

SO a 50% Chance of Winning at least one prize and a 10% chance of winning 2!!!!

HERE IS A LINK TO THE POSSIBLE PRIZES

Purchasing any of the designated products grants eligibility for the contest.
I’ve also included a ROKR product; its boxy, compact shape makes it perfect for displaying on a bookshelf.

The designated products are as follows:
(To be honest, it was a tough choice, as many people likely already own some of these):

① Sunset Isle TGB18: rolifeonline.com/products/rolife-diy-book-nook-kit-sunset-isle-tgb18

② Emily's Flower Shop DG145: rolifeonline.com/products/rolife-emilys-flower-shop-dg145

③ Wisdom Stationery Shop TGB19: rolifeonline.com/products/rolife-diy-book-nook-kit-wisdom-stationery-shop-tgb19

④ Romantic Venice TGB08: rolifeonline.com/products/rolife-book-nook-shelf-insert-romantic-venice-tgb08

⑤ ROKR Dream Coffee Factory EAB02 - Wooden Music Box Model: rokronline.com/products/rokr-dream-coffee-factory-wooden-music-box-model-eab02

The discount will work on everything else in your cart (as long as you have one of the above items)

With the EXCEPTION of:

Rolife: DH102, DH103, DH201, DG185, TGB23, TGE06, TGE07, TGE05, as well as all Halloween-themed and upcoming Christmas-themed models.
Rokr: LQB02, EAM01, and upcoming Christmas-themed models.

I've been wanting a Japanese alley nook for a while but none of the designs spoke to me until this one. I love how realistic it looks, and there's so much details and texture. 3D props asides, even the printed material have grains and grooves on them. Yes, I'm excited that I can feel the mortar joints on the stones and wood patterns on the doors.

And I'm never going to shut up about the perfect mirror placement that multiplies the bougainvillea why are they so pretty 😭

It's like twice as expensive as my typical nook but I also think everything from the design to the wood plies and props are a step up or two or ten from the ones I previously built. I was pleasantly surprised they even included glue and tweezers lol

10/10 build (except for the ducks... they are weirdly caricature for this nook so I left them out)

Edit addition: Just want to add some thoughts on the build and mention the areas that I struggled with the most in case anyone is interested to know for their build:

1/ The manual is in English yay! So it'll point this out but you still gotta pay attention. Look carefully at the shingle/tile roof to determine bottom side (flatter) vs top side (more grooved) so that you don't glue the wrong side, and the lay direction of the roof tiles (each row counting from the eave should be under the next row up), this is less important because you'll be covering most of the roofs in moss but I'm OCD about this for whatever reasons)

2/ You may want to glue your bougainvillea before sliding the back mirror on. I got a little glue on the mirror so had to pop it out, apply goo gone, wash, wipe, dusted for one tiny dot of glue. Use your tweezers to help keep the moss in front of the mirror when you push it in after. A bit tricky by doable.

3/ Batteries pop in fine. Impossible to pry out with just fingers. I had to use mini pliers to pry them out.

4/ It's my first time working with moss yarns so I'm still getting used to it. Probably my most troubled element, trying to arrange it and getting it to stay where I want.

https://a.co/d/0fVc6pLp

I haven’t taken the blue protective layer off yet and won’t till I place it on the nook, but sometimes you just need more light to travel around an interior. I use to do this with metallic leaf foil but have graduated to using adhesive mirror film. It’s a wonderful way to make something brighter without adding more lights. Of course… for this one I added an additional led light as well that I’ll mount near the peak of the interior.

I’m really happy with how my Endless Manor is coming together. Before the event started I saw a photo of the portrait on the table and knew I would be replacing it with one of my own. I used a photo of my parents getting married (1953.) I haven’t modified anything other than a lot of edge painting. Putting my new markers to good use. Thanks for the recommendations (from the tools list) Pluck!

I wanted to capture the atmosphere of a shady little alley in a pirate town - the kind of place filled with dive bars, suspicious characters and pirates spending their hard-earned coins.

The result is this LEGO book nook, with weathered buildings, colourful awnings, climbing greenery, barrels, a cannon and a mysterious boarded-up archway.
I designed it to fit between books on a shelf, but it can also be displayed open as a standalone scene.

I’ve submitted it to LEGO Ideas and I thought this community might appreciate it, since it combines LEGO building with the book nook concept.

What do you think of the idea?

https://ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/09aeb3d0-4d83-48c7-a046-6826d59bb6b9

Finally finished this one four days after I started it and now I can start on one of my four kits for the event. Very very little customization. She wanted a dog so I got her a little dog that looks similar to the one that she lost earlier this year. Added a dog bowl behind the counter which you can’t see but she’ll know it’s there and also the inside front wall was just cardboard so I printed out a sort of colorful brick wallpaper and put that in. Love how the battery is on this in the back which I realized I didn’t take a picture of it but it’s in its separate little door that swings open and looks a lot better than other battery packs in my opinion. Definitely easy build very colorful. These photos were taken with just the lights on inside.

I'm so excited! I was a bit surprised at how massive it is! I've included a pic of it next to a regular sized booknook for comparison. So if you are in the fence about this one because of the price, know that you are definitely getting your money's worth! Fifijoy did an incredible job of packing it for shipping as well. Unfortunately, despite their best effort, the package was damaged in transit. I'm not worried though because I know if anything is broken, they will send me replacement parts. Stay tuned for WIP posts!

I just finished my first book nook kit, and have seen a few more I want already! Sadly, Cutebee and Fifijoy sites don’t ship to Hawaii.

Any other Hawaii peeps here…. Where do you get kits? Of course the 2 I want aren’t on Amazon!

Slide 1: These are the smallest pieces I’ve ever had to assemble.

Slide 2: …I stand corrected.

Slide 3: Does this look abandoned to you?!

The rest are just progress pics and the final result. This is a great build! I love the eerie flickering effects of the lights.

The only downside is that it really does have the most tiny pieces I’ve ever worked with and that was hard on my wrist tendinitis.