I had the joy of being able to attend this years Brickcon, which is apparently always held in Seattle round this year. How I didn't know this is beyond me, but we'll ignore that. I took my camera and filled it up with pictures, which I hear are all the rage these days, and now I'm passing them on to you.

I'll do this walkthrough in mock BZP Set Review style, just because it's funny. And I'm a funny funny man. Right? Yeh?

Entrance

The Entrance is the thing you see first, so it should stick out the most, right?

This years convention was held at the Seattle Center Pavillion in Seattle. I've never actually been there, so this was a new experience for me. The lack of signs to the place at all coupled with the fact that theres a place right next door called "Fishers Pavillion" didn't help. Regardless, I got there. It was fairly simply decorated, with a simple sign of "Brickcon07" hanging over it, but it did the trick. And the hundreds of screaming kids was a bit of a giveaway, but I digress. Entering the building was fairly simple. Pay a nominal fee of 4 dollars (with the nifty coupon my mother randomly acquired) get a stamp on your hand (still on there) and you're in.

The Contents

This is what we came here for; to see the various creations of Lego fans from around the world

Amazing. It's really the only word to describe it. The hundreds, possibly thousands of creations are really quite overwhelming. So I took a deep breath, climbed up off the floor, changed my pants, pulled out my trusty camera and snapped away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apparently this year was pirate themed. Explains the cute little flags along the saftey line that keep the children from breaking things.

Do what you want cuz a pirate is free... you are a pirate...

And of course, nothing would be complete without Bionicle. While not overly a major theme in the Con, it had a fairly large table devoted to it, and seeing as it's just one brand, I think that's pretty decent. Before you guys see what was there, I'd just like to encourage BZP readers to cut off all their hands because nothing they make will ever be as good as what Roa can do, and any attempt is shameful. Just a thought.

Roa riding her Pit Scourge to victory.

A little early for christmas, but it's a nice thought.

Ca'Gerrin's eponymous MoC (cuz he told me to)

 

 

 

 

Entertainment

Sure, there's plenty of MoC's so good they make you want to climb the building they scaled it after and jump off it, but what else does the con have to offer?

Well, once you leave the main room, you enter the buying chamber. Here, they have plenty of sets and collections and keychains, and everything Lego you can imagine for sale, along with "Pick a Brick" bags for $5 each, a sweet sum compared to the store itself. The best news (for Washingtonians at least) is that they said that, once a month, they'll do a super "Pick a Brick" thing like that, all they needed was an email. I also picked up a Jango Fett set for a sweet price, nice deal.

Final Thoughts

Overall presentation, and fun...ness...

I'm seriously glad I went, and I'm even happier that they hold it here every year . I learned a fair bit of information too, and recieved a bunch of souviniers, such as specialized bricks advertising the new Lego MMORPG, Lego Universe. It was an amazing experience, and my only complaint is the lack of advertising for it, but there was a great turnout despite this, and it was overall awesome.

Did I mention how awesome it was? Because it was.

Seattle representin' G