Our Members

Meet Our Board of Directors:

President: Kristie Evans
@EvansFamilyLegoProject

Hometown: Voorhees, New Jersey
My Name on Discord: EvansFamilyLegoProject
My Lego Social Media: www.Instagram.com/EvansFamilyLegoProject
My Lego Website: www.EvansFamilyLegoProject.com
I'm a hard working mom of 2 boys, Deaghlan (1) & Kaedin (12). I'm a retired police officer and now I run the Lego club, teach Lego classes and organize a holiday charity called Project Christmas NJ.

I live with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a condition that causes severe chronic pain & constant joint dislocations as well as Crohn's Disease, and ADHD- Lego is a fantastic distraction and "better than therapy".

A Little Bit About Kristie:

My favorite discontinued Lego theme was Paradisa, the failed early 90's girls Paradise themed sets. I loved the mint green and pink and the tropical themed prints. I wish they would make more parts in those colors!
My favorite Lego element is the 1x1 square tile (in every color). I love making mosaics and wish I owned a million in every color!
My Lego "Holy Grail" is the big red Lego brick that stands about 4' tall in most Lego stores across the US. I want one of those giant display bricks in my home so badly it hurts. I'd spend just about anything to make that dream come true.

If Lego hired me as a consultant, three changes I'd make right away;

I'd take more feedback from the adult Lego community - like including a wider variety of Lego parts available in large quantities through pick a brick, like having a ship-to-store option for full cases of parts. I'd absolutely make being able to buy parts in bulk, (for a discount), encouraging prolific builders to create huge displays by making it easier for builders to get the brick needed for such impressive builds.
I'd immediately start offering collectible items unique to each Lego Store location - like small sets, key chains, t-shirts, custom minifigs, etc. By having designs unique to each Lego store (or at least regional to certain areas) - it would encourage Lego fans to travel to other Lego stores everywhere they go - so they could collect all the incredible and unique offerings only available at specific locations! It would give even MORE incentive to shoppers to visit MORE Lego stores because you never know what stores outside your home area might have on offer!
I'd make sure those items occasionally changed up too - maybe having LUGS hel;p suggest designs. I'd definitely include specialized minifigs that represent each local area, etc. (For example, a Rocky Balboa fig sold in Philly - Broadway stars like Hamilton minifigs that you could only buy in NYC stores!)
I'd focus on getting feedback from builders about what new parts they would like to see designed - maybe even holding a yearly contest to design your own new part! This real-time feedback from the community could help launch new parts or parts in new colors and you could even create a pre-order system, to make sure that enough people actually WANT the new part before it goes into production!

I had to include a photo of my hubby and my two boys because they are my whole world. My husband is the rock that supports me through everything and my boys are my reason for getting up every day and putting one for in front of the other. <3

Treasurer & Technical Director: Justin Evans

Hometown: Gibbsboro, NJ
My Name on Discord: rosinflux

Justin is our "tech guy". He's set the club up with great structures, including TV screens for slideshows at conventions, and ipads for people to sign up for our mailing lists and more info about the club. He's also installed and runs our Lego printer and engraver, and figures out lighting and motors for the club's big projects. Justin's an electrical engineer by trade and is a problem solver by nature.

A Little Bit About Justin:

The most recent sets I've gotten are the Ghost Buster's Ecto 1 and the Back to the Future Deloreon, the collector's edition large scale sets. I love the more complex builds.
My favorite thing to build is figuring out anything with lighting or motors.
My special skill is finding the best deal on Lego parts. I handle all the ordering for both my wife's projects and the LUG because I save us a small fortune!

Meet Our Members:

(Not all of our current members are listed here - if you would like to be added, please contact us at [email protected] to have your name, social media tags and sigfig image added!)

Dimitri Bozakis - Oaklyn, NJ

I didn't have Lego as a kid - my first Lego set was the Jago boat.
If money and space was not limited, the first set I'd get is the Lego Titanic.
My favorite Lego theme are the Modular Buildings.
Dimitri helped design and build a large Lego display that's currently installed at a dentists office for all of his patients to see and enjoy!

Brandon Lupa - Mullica Hill, NJ - @Lfly2491

Brandon started off with a Lego collection inherited from his dad - he's since built his collection into an impressively detailed city!
Brandon has a SERIOUS eye for design- he's GREAT at building in small space, finding JUST the right part to get the pieces to do precisely what he wants.
Brandon is -without a doubt - one of our most dedicated members, and he attends pretty much everything - especially clubhouse cleanup days. He is always willing to put in the work to help our clubhouse keep in tip top shape.
Despite being on the quieter side - if you can get him talking about his designs, you can absolutely see his passion for detailed builds. He's especially talented at building small scale vehicles, his attention to detail is top notch and his builds are REALLY unique and have serious style!

Judy Gale - Waterford Township, NJ

Judy has worked for the Lego store for more than five years as a part-time member of the team at Cherry Hill!
Judy loves Harry Potter, Star Wars, Technic and the Modular and Ideas sets and collects many of them.
Judy has almost a complete collection of the Collectible Series Minifigures, going back all the way to Series 1!

Father Mike Halpin - Lumberton,NJ

Father Mike has been collecting and building for many years. Lego seems to alternate with his other favorite hobbies- including puzzling!
Father Mike's most recent build was the classic roller coaster for our club's Tilewood build.
Father Mike's recently contributed his large collection of Lego parts to the LUG's bulk Library - so now he can build whenever he wants, as big as he wants... and he doesn't have to worry about storing all of the parts he'd bought over the years! (And we're VERY grateful!)

Allyson Bell - Egg Harbor City, NJ
My Name on Discord: Allyson Bell

Allyson is originally from Scotland, but now lives near the Jersey Shore (her accent still comes out strong when she's excited about something!). She works with animals at a grooming/boarding space and she loves dogs and has several of her own. She's an avid builder who's outgrown her space quickly! She's an active member of the LUG since 2021, and she's made several really artistic and unusual creations for shows, such as a four-sided island build and some really cool abstract artwork. Allyson has more ideas than space and is excited to get started this year on several projects she's been wanting to work on, including a holiday winter-village scene and a fairie garden build.

Allyson has built AWARD WINNING mocs including a particularly fun Judge's Choice award at Brickfest 2022 for her inspired design "Lego Sausage in three sizes". It was a WELL DESERVED win.
Allyson works two jobs- (we think it's mostly to support her Lego collecting!)
Allyson has a huge collection of Lego Harry Potter sets and has been a fan of the franchise since she was little.

Mike Gibbs - Oaklyn,NJ

Mike is passionate about designing Lego builds, especially trains, in the Lego digital designer program where he's created real-life versions of all the trains from Thomas the Tank.
Mike's a huge helper at the Lego Clubhouse; he's helped run our First Friday game nights, and he's been a huge part of getting our beautiful clubhouse to the condition it's in now!
Mike has been to more than a half dozen shows with the club, more than almost any of our other members!

Robert Trail - Sicklerville, NJ

Rob built and incredibly impressive modular Lego school building that is a stunning city build.
Rob's a fan of Classic Space lego sets from his childhood and built his custom Lego apartment build based on the Lego Space theme.

Kaedin Evans - Voorhees, NJ

Kaedin was the first Junior member of our club - mainly because his parents run the clubhouse! He's now 15 - and official member all on his own merit!
Kaedin has a world record winning Lego Minecraft build - it's over 260 square feet in size and still very much growing!
Kaedin has been building since he was 3 - he skipped right over Duplo and started building complex Lego sets even when he was very little!
Kaedin once got mad at his mom for adding paint to his sigfig, since at the time, Lego didn't make any blue/teal short hair and his hair has been teal since he was just three years old!
Kaedin has built dozens of tall, lanky and VERY creepy all black figures that seem to haunt the Lego clubhouse and often appear on surfaces all through out the clubhouse. They all look VERY fragile - but they are surprisingly sturdy, well built, and able to stand (and pose in dynamic poses - all on their own!)
My favorite Lego theme is Minecraft! (DUH!) You can see my Minecraft World Record attempt at #EFLPmcw searching on Instagram.
If I could have any one Lego set for free- I'd pick the Titanic, and I'd build a giant Iceburg to display with it.
If I could create my own Lego set - I would create a set that's similar to the Nintendo TV set build, it would be a playable version of FlappyBird!
My favorite Lego Minifigure is Steve. He's the first Minecraft figure that ever walked the face of Minecraft and he's just classic.
#If I could turn any Lego board game or video game into a Lego set, I'd choose Super Mario World.

Lincoln Burrows - Cherry Hill, NJ

Lincoln has been a member for so long - he's one of our LONGEST members!
Lincoln's favorite sets to build and collect are the Speed Champions cars - he owns a hugely impressive quantity of them!
Lincoln has built and rebuilt - repaired and reconstructed both Lego roller coasters so many times as part of our Tilewood Jersey Shore display - he can rebuild both coasters in less than THIRTY MINUTES. Now THAT'S FAST!
Linc's entire bedroom has been taken over by his Lego collection - watch where you step!
Lincoln graduated in 2025 and is now working at his first job as a custodial tech!
The first build I ever made and displayed at a Lego Show was my multicolored Dragon named Jeff that I took to Philly Brickfest 2023.
If I won a Lego shopping spree, but I could only buy ONE theme, I would absolutely buy all the Minecraft Lego sets that exist.
My favorite Lego color is "Bright Light Green" (the color of Minecraft Turtles!)

Greg Kazel - Collegeville, PA - @LegoMiniWheels

I don't like Lego Minifigures! The sets I enjoy collecting and displaying came out before Lego Minifigures were even a thing and I don't prefer to include them in my builds.(Kristie MADE me choose one to represent me here on the website!)
I collected thousands of old, used, worn and discolored white Lego bricks and built them into my Lego Roundhouse Train display, giving the building a really unique look by taking advantage of all the different tones and colors of the old white bricks that had changed colors due to time, sun and abuse!
The build I'm most proud of is the replica of the Roundhouse that my father built in Pennsylvania when I was young. I recently built a Lego version that looks just like the real thing!

Jonathan Hauser - Philadelphia, PA

Jon runs his own small bricklink shop!
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Roman Akhmechet - Princeton, NJ

Roman is an INSANELY talented builder who has had his designs featured and displayed at the Lego House near the Lego headquarters in Denmark!
Roman's probably MOST impressive builds are some of the incredibly complex and detailed figures and animals he makes.
Roman has two young daughters who also have a deep love of Lego that they PROBABLY got from their dad!

Torin Johnson - Philadelphia, PA - @tbirdbricks
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@t-birdbricks5298

My favorite lego theme is Superhero, but I also collect Star Wars and Harry Potter.
My favorite discontinued theme is Adventurers (Johnny Thunder).
My Daily Bugle moc is the build I'm most proud build of. It consists of 15000 pieces and sits at nearly 4 feet tall. That build won best Superhero build at Philly Brickfest 2022.
The first lego set I ever built was an arctic sailing set from 2000.
The lego set that was my most favorite experience was Assembly Square, which was the first ever build my wife and I did together.
Three things I would love to change about lego as a company is 1. More DC sets! (And not just Batman!) 2. Make more sets under $50, to keep lego more accessible to kids. And 3. Bring back old themes with one set every now and then.

Rob Zaccardi - Mt Laurel, NJ

Rob is a wildly talented trumpet player who's often making music multiple nights a week!
Rob has had one of his very own Lego Ideas builds reach 10,000 supporters - a MASSIVE honor! IT's a gorgeous build based on the classic whodunit board game Clue!
Rob built a really awesome bust of the Philly Phanatic - the big green guy who's the mascot for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team - entirely out of Lego (he used SO MANY Lego grass pieces to recreate the "furry" texture of the mascot! SUPER IMPRESSIVE!)
Rob is also a member of Gardenslug, the OTHER LUG in New Jersey! (Their club is mostly up in North Jersey!)

Tim Karwoski - Cherry Hill, NJ

Tim's been dealing with chronic pain for a long time and has had multiple back surgeries - but Lego has helped distract him!
Tim is currently our club's oldest member - and we love him for it!

Tyler Morgan - West Berlin, NJ

Tyler is a big DIY fan and loves making all kids of things.
Tyler's been building with Lego since he was a little kid - and now as an adult he loves watching Lego Masters!

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Ron Smith- Philadelphia, PA

Ron is a big fan of Minifigures -he even loved the Vidiyo figures (even if he might be the only one LOL!)
Ron has built his own projects and has displayed them at multiple large fan conventions across the North East US!
Ron only actually got involved with Lego during the Pandemic - but he's been hooked ever since!

Beckham Sularski - Deptford,NJ

Beckham is a big fan of Harry Potter (but not it's creator - gross!)
Beckham recently rediscovered his love of Lego and is getting back into the hobby now that he's got grown up money!

Luis Fernandez- Morrestown, NJ

Luis has been an awesome helper who jumped right in on his first day at the clubhouse taking the lead on a MAJOR cleanup.
Luis also jumped in with two feet and helped us organize ALL of the thousands of Lego instruction books that we keep on hand at the clubhouse! THANK YOU LUIS!

Rob Brodie - Cherry Hill, NJ

The addition of Rob B to SJLUG means we've got our THIRD ROB!
Rob's favorite Lego series is classic Castle.
Despite being one of our newer members - Rob's already been out to several events including our First Friday game nights!

David Bishop - Neptune, NJ

David's favorite recent build was the UP house from the Pixar movie,
David has been a SUPER invaluable member - helping us inventory thousands of Lego sets for our huge sale last winter!
David is officially the first contributor to our club's newest 2026 group build.

Alyssa Ranfone - Burlington, NJ

Alyssa's recent favorite build have been the Mario Kart sets of Mario and Luigi.

Matthew Palmateer - Haddonfield, NJ

Matthew is one of our newer members- welcome Matt!

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Junior Members

Junior Members Include:
-Those 11- 14 years old who are always accompanied by an active parent or guardian member.

We're very proud of our Junior Members who are an asset to our club and work really hard to be better builders!

Owen - Voorhees, NJ (12)

Owen is a prolific builder. He attends club events with his dad Christian.

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