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LEGO contest winner taps his inner child

Michael Tocidlowski, 22, Patterson, builds a model dirt

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Michael Tocidlowski, 22, Patterson, builds a model dirt bike out of LEGOS at the LEGOLAND Discovery Center Master Model Westchester Builder contest at the Ridge Hill shopping center in Yonkers. Tocidlowski was declared the winner after two days of competitive building, with the prize being a full-time job at LEGOLAND Discovery Center. (Nov. 18, 2012)

Before he won the Brick Factor Master Model Builder Competition on Sunday, Michael Tocidlowski hadn't played with LEGOS for years.

"I pretty much prepped a couple of days ago," said Tocidlowski, a 22-year-old Patterson resident whose prize was a full-time job with benefits at the LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester.

"As a kid, when I was little, we always had LEGOS," he said. "I had...

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