LEGO pro, Ryan McNaught, is tapping into the force to build a three metre high, 100,000 brick, model of our fav green Jedi master, Yoda, for the LEGO Building Challenge!

That’s not all, YAKS! There will be a stack of LEGO Star Wars swag on display as well as speed building comps for light speed brickheads!

The challenge is only on May 4-5, 10am to 5pm. Melbourne MANIACS can head to Centre Court, Westfield Doncaster, 619 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster to check out all the action and maybe even give Ryan a hand!

Reformed super-villain Gru, his girls and the nutty yellow guys are back for a brand new adventure.

To celebrate we’re giving away 10 family in-season movie passes to see the flick!

To enter, grab MANIA’s June issue (on sale Monday, with Yoda on the cover!) and fill out the form below!

– This comp closes June 2 –

Terms and Conditions:
1. Competition is open to Australian residents only. 2. Starts on May 2, 2013 and ends June 2, 2013 at 5pm. 3. 10 winners will receive a family in-season movie pass to Despicable Me 2. 4. Entries will be judged on June 3, 2013 at nextmedia Level 6, 207 Pacific Highway, St Leonards NSW 2065. 5. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. All email addresses collected in this entry form will be added to the MANIA Magazine newsletter database. You may unsubscribe from this free service at any time. 6. Winners will receive their prize sent in the mail at the postal address provided on the form.

9:05 AM: “I open the shot that I’m working on for the day. I worked on King Candy a lot. He’s the king of Sugar Rush and like the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. He’s very goofy and bubbly. I’ll figure out what he’s thinking and doing in the scene and then get to work.”

11:00 AM: “We have a meeting called the ‘dailies’ every day. This is where the animators show the movie’s director the shots we’re working on. The ‘dailies’ are held in a big room with a huge screen, so we can see the animation in close detail.”

12:00 PM: “Lunchtime is always fun here, especially within our department. We always have a very big table at the cafeteria.”

2:00 PM: “During the afternoon, the animation supervisor and supervising animators have informal meetings with the animators. We look at our animations on a big TV screen and bounce around ideas to see if we can improve them.”

3:30 PM: “The cereal bar is a kitchen area at Disney that’s always open. There are seven or eight different kinds of cereal, as well as oatmeal and hot chocolate. We’re all big fans of the cereal bar here!”

4:00 PM: “If I’m lucky, there might be a voice recording session. I was able to observe Alan Tudyk (who voices King Candy) and John C. Reilly (who voices Ralph) record together, which was great.”

6:00 PM: “We do a lot of research at Disney. For Wreck-It Ralph, we had arcade games available to play. There’s also a video reference room. To research King Candy, I would watch the tea party scene from Alice in Wonderland or check out Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee because they’re great references for a lot of the Sugar Rush characters.”

8:00 PM: “My working day can finish anywhere from 6-8pm, but I do the same thing at the end of every day: I save my work. If I’ve got one tip to working in animation, it’s save and save often!”

Check out Zach’s work in Wreck-It Ralph, out on DVD and Blu-Ray now! Make sure you grab MANIA #150 for more Wreck-It Ralph awesomeness!

Thor: The Dark World is out in cinemas October 31 and this time around Thor’s battling to restore order across the cosmos, but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. It looks like Thor’s biggest mission yet!

Iron Man gets blamed for a deadly attack and goes on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D. Can he dodge Black Widow and Hawkeye and stop cray-cray villain, Ezekiel Stone and his new bio tech weapon, Technovore from wiping out the planet?

To celebrate the release of Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore we’ve got 20 DVDs up for grabs! To enter, grab MANIA’s May issue (#150 with Iron Man on the cover) and fill out the form below!

- This comp closes May 22 -

Terms and Conditions:
1. Competition is open to Australian residents only. 2. Starts on April 22, 2013 and ends May 22, 2013 at 5pm. 3. 20 winners will receive a copy of Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore DVD. 4. Entries will be judged on May 23, 2013 at nextmedia Level 6, 207 Pacific Highway, St Leonards NSW 2065. 5. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. All email addresses collected in this entry form will be added to the MANIA Magazine newsletter database. You may unsubscribe from this free service at any time. 6. Winners will receive their prize sent in the mail at the postal address provided on the form.

We’ve got five slam dunkin’ copies up for grabs!

For your chance to win, just follow these simple steps…

1. Grab MANIA Issue #150 (May 2013) and think up a cool caption for the pic on page 43.

2. Answer our secret question: Tell us what pages our ‘Partaaay Mania!’ appears on.

3. Send your caption and secret question answer to:

MANIA 150
CAPTION COMP
Locked Bag 5555
St Leonards, NSW 1590

– This comp closes May 6 –

We’ve teamed up with WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo to create the ultimate WILD LIFE warrior experience!

To celebrate the launch of the WILD LIFE Sydney Junior Conservation Program, one lucky reader will win a money-can’t-buy experience including:

• The job title of Junior Conservationist for the Tasmanian Devil!
• Official WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo name tag and t-shirt!
• A series of behind-the-scenes days with keepers at WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo including learning to care for Tassie Devils!
• Participation in the ongoing conservation program throughout the year!
• Annual Merlin pass offering unlimited entry for a year to 11 attractions!

– This comp has now closed –

For more info on how you can help save Tassie Devils from the threat of extinction log onto: http://www.wildlifesydney.com.au/conservation/adopt-an-animal/

Terms and Conditions:

1. Competition is open to Australian residents only. 2. Starts on March 28, 2013 and ends April 18, 2013 at 5pm. 3. 1 winners will receive a money-cant-buy experience as listed above. 4. Entries will be judged on April 19, 2013 at nextmedia Level 6, 207 Pacific Highway, St Leonards NSW 2065. 5. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. All email addresses collected in this entry form will be added to the MANIA Magazine newsletter database. You may unsubscribe from this free service at any time. 6. Winners will receive their prize sent in the mail at the postal address provided on the form. 7. Please note, prize does not include travel, accommodation costs, etc.

Simply click the link below to be in the running for a rad prize pack! We’ve got four left to giveaway!

http://www.maniamag.com.au/2013/03/kre-o-micro-changer-madness/

Just click the link below and you could get your mitts on a wikkid prize pack, we’re giving away one every day in March!

http://www.maniamag.com.au/2013/03/kre-o-micro-changer-madness/

Look inside the April issue of MANIA for your chance to win one of these LEGO Galaxy Squad prize packs, MANIACS! Find all the entry deets on pg 50!