Katy and I went there this weekend. It took place in Seattle, and was SO FRIGGIN AWESOME!! It was at the Seattle Center (same place as the Space Needle and some museums and carnival). So here is the down low for the Brick Con; there were two big rooms, one full of creations by builders, and another full of merchants. The merchants had lots of bulk legos as
well as lego brand sets, some tables for kids to build stuff, and BrickArms, a company that makes their own new pieces, based on a war theme. We of course checked out the bulk section (fill a bag for $5). The display room had SO much cool stuff!!
First was a whole lot of flat legos making pictures such as a star wars poster, a beer advertisement, a poster of the V For Vendetta guy, and much more! (see picture for a Van Gogh - here is a link to the real thing for comparison http://www.latifm.com/artists/image/van-
gogh-vincent-cafe-de-nuit2.jpg)There were huge cities with trains, off shore drilling rigs, street cars, starbucks (of course), a huge train station, sky scrapers, and trailer parks. Actually there was at least one Starbucks in every display - even the Knights Vs Skeletons and Space displays! It was kind of a reoccuring
joke there. We also talked with some guys - one of them made this HUGE castle, complete with rooms inside, a large throne, dragons, and an army. The castle came apart into around 5 pieces so it could be carried around without a forklift. There was also the Titanic, complete with Lego Lionardo DeCaprio and Kate Winslet on the tip; "Im flying". It was about 20 feet long or so - HUGE!!
There was a working clock made out of legos, a 10 foot tall totem pole,
and life size sculptures of Legos. There were towers, mecha-godzillas, Aliens, dozens of pirate ships, legos that used artificial intelligence to draw, move, and organize. There was a skeleton army, a 3 foot Milenum Falcon (from the set I 
think), a tower taller than me, and lots more. There were events such as racing where they roll vehicles of participants down a ramp and see whose car goes the farthest, and whose driver goes the farthest. That was amusing because some vehicles were actually meant more to launch the drivers than actually roll far. There were also speakers from Denmark, and discussions with other builders.
Basically, it was fun, and it got us REALLY wanting to build, but we will have to wait until we
have some time. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this post as much as we enjoyed Seattle. By the way, Seattle Center is AWESOME, especially if you take the monorail down to the mall - all Seattle is open to you!
