Arcee's Garage

A topic was created for this event recently, so you should be able to check there to see if other people are going.

 

I've heard good things from people about BrickWorld, although I've never been myself. As far as activities, there are seminars where people talk about building techniques and other AFOL things and games - lots and lots of games. Things like speed builds and combo builds and blind builds. BrickWorld also has a huge charity auction. And of course there's vendors selling all sorts of things.

BrickWorld is supposed to be a really good convention. I've never been, though. Like Brickfair Virginia, it's one of the bigger ones, so the experience should probably be pretty similar. What you do at cons depends on whether you're a public guest or a registered attendee.

Public guest admission is much cheaper. However, it doesn't let you exhibit MOCs or participate in most of the special events. Attending as a public guest basically just means looking at MOCs, buying from vendors, and meeting up with friends from real life or online. There are also some interactive events for public attendees, but they are very limited and mostly geared towards letting parents and kids get off their feet (because ANY event of this scale where you're on your feet all day can tire you out). As an example, Brickfair Virginia has public bingo, but the prizes are extremely small, inexpensive things like keychains, not larger sets like registrants can win from bingo and raffles.

Registering for the event costs a lot more, but allows you to exhibit your own MOCs and participate in a wide range of games, panels/seminars, raffles, auctions, etc. Registered attendees generally get freebies like a commemorative brick. BrickWorld has two levels of registration, with different perks. Also, you get to enjoy the event for longer as a registered attendee. Public attendees can only attend during specific hours on the weekend, but the days leading up to the weekend are only for registered attendees, and there are after-hours events on the public days. Which is nice, because public hours are very hectic due to all the coming and going, so it's a bit harder to relax and enjoy the event during that time.

The BrickWorld website has a lot more information.

Aha whoa thanks, both of you. very helpful stuff

 

@Aanchir - I'll probably get the lower tier registration, not being an MOCist myself, though some of the full registration stuff looks like it might be worth it. I guess it depends on who I'll see there!