Editorial by HispaBrick Magazine®
HispaBrick Magazine started in 2008 as an initiative of a few Spanish AFOLs with the underlying idea of preserving some MOCs and articles published in their community for “posterity”. In addition to the warm welcome among Spanish speaking AFOLs, it soon became apparent that there was a lot of interest from people who did not speak (or read) that language. The second edition of the magazine already contained a number of articles in both Spanish and English, and starting with number 003, HispaBrick Magazine has been published in two editions of identical content, one in Spanish and one in English. As the interest in the magazine has grown, so has the group of people who are directly involved in the project. What started as a small, “local” magazine has been transformed into a project with international projection around which a community has grown. The fact that the project has matured and the evidence that through it we can not only organise our own community, but also provide a medium that is positively valued in the international AFOL community has moved us to reinforce this project in three complementary ways. First of all, we are delighted to present our new web page. We hope that through this new format, in addition to continue informing of news regarding HispaBrick Magazine, we will be able provide a better service to our readers. To this end we have incorporated new elements to the existing links for downloading past issues and we hope to also convert it into a repository of articles and tools for AFOLs in a similar way to the magazine. Secondly, and although our community already existed implicitly, it is our pleasure to officially present ourselves as the HispaBrick Magazine Community. As such we want to continue working on our magazine and expand our participation in the AFOL world, participating in some events. You can read more about the first of these (CIFICOM in Madrid) both on our web page and in this issue of the magazine. Third and finally, we have considered it convenient to give the magazine the corresponding legal backing. This means that HispaBrick Magazine is now a registered trademark. This will insure the stability and legal security of the magazine, although it will have no impact on the format and availability of it. We hope these actions will provide the foundation for the consolidation of a project that has been going on for a number of years now. We are excited about these new developments and we trust you will continue to notice this excitement both in the magazine and in the complementary activities that will become more and more visible. Sincerely, the HispaBrick Magazine community #
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