Brickcon: a report
It was a madhouse. But one well worth venturing inside. That being said, I don't think the organizers were expecting that many people and it will be interesting to hear what the official headcount was. We got in line about 10:30 a.m. and the line stretched from the Exhibtion Hall down to nearly the end of the block. When we left, we heard, the line had stretched past the grocery store and was getting wider to boot. Inside, I think the layout could have been designed better for crowd control as there were several bottlenecks, especially around the vendors. But overall, everyone was friendly and patient with those of us who had cameras.And everytime I turned around, I ran into people we knew. And, amazing creations everywhere.
Shawn and I both agreed that this was our favorite: I guestimate that this was about 4' by 5' . It's a mosaic recreation of a classic cover from SF's golden age. Yes, each point of color is a single Lego (about 1/8 of an inch square each) used in the style of George Seurat, the inventor of pointilism. Simply amazing!
I took many photos and here are some of them that turned out really well.
There was a table full of cars (everthing from the Batmobile to Elvis and beyond...) but I have to say this goth girl was my fave. If you look closely, she has translucent red wings.
A scale model of the set of The Colbert Report.
A portrait of Stephen Hawking.
There was an entire section devoted to robotics. [I especially enjoyed seeing the Kid's Club display with working models being demo'd by kid themselves.] But my favorite was this Probability machine; yes, it worked and created bell curves.
This is the larger of the two Tardises that were present.
There were lots of portraits; but Badtz Maru is of course, my favorite. Also spotted were several Pokemon, Doraimon and Hello Kitty.
A recreation of the famous image from George Melies classic film.
Shawn and I both agreed that this was our favorite: I guestimate that this was about 4' by 5' . It's a mosaic recreation of a classic cover from SF's golden age. Yes, each point of color is a single Lego (about 1/8 of an inch square each) used in the style of George Seurat, the inventor of pointilism. Simply amazing!
I took many photos and here are some of them that turned out really well.
There was a table full of cars (everthing from the Batmobile to Elvis and beyond...) but I have to say this goth girl was my fave. If you look closely, she has translucent red wings.
A scale model of the set of The Colbert Report.
A portrait of Stephen Hawking.
There was an entire section devoted to robotics. [I especially enjoyed seeing the Kid's Club display with working models being demo'd by kid themselves.] But my favorite was this Probability machine; yes, it worked and created bell curves.
This is the larger of the two Tardises that were present.
There were lots of portraits; but Badtz Maru is of course, my favorite. Also spotted were several Pokemon, Doraimon and Hello Kitty.
A recreation of the famous image from George Melies classic film.