Brick Con 2011

On Saturday we took Will and Elijah (aka Hobo) to Brick Con 2011 at the Seattle Center. Will has wanted to go for a while and this year we finally did it…

Here every Lego enthusiast comes to showcase and sell his wares to  other Lego fanatics. There were Lego guns, Lego mini-figs, Lego books, magazines, t-shirts, jewelry, new sets, old sets, discontinued sets, custom sets… Anything that money could buy! Sometimes LOTS of money!!!

the Brick Arms dealer

that’s a lot of mini-figs!

ghillie suits

This impressive WWI German soldier complete with gas mask, weapon with bayonet, canteen, ammo pouch and spade just had to come home with us!

I have to tell you that I have never seen so many little boys concentrated in one building ever in all my life. I would be willing to wager that for every little girl there were about 200 very excited and bright-eyed little boys dreaming of a room full of Legos of every shape and color, mine included!

From the balcony it didn’t seem as crowded as it did while on the floor!

There was so much to see that it made one’s head spin to admire so much talent and creativity all crammed into one room! I could not even begin to calculate the cumulative time it took to design and build all that was there to see. Most builders take a full year or more to complete their displays!

We let Will have the camera, so there aren’t any pics of us or any people at all… unless you are under 2” tall and made of plastic. LOL

Here is just a small sampling of all the incredible things there were to see!

the flooding of Isengard in phenomenal and accurate detail

river boats, calendars, skeletons and sushi

just one of many themed chess sets

mosaic works of art

dragons

bees

alien landscapes

castles with REAL water waterfalls!

dwarf mines

medieval palaces

scary volcanoes with smoke coming from the top

1.21 gigawatts to go Back to the Future

impenetrable fortresses

 

office high rises

a dual screen movie theater that actually played Lego movies on the screens!

a carnival complete with moving rides and midway games

a tranquil little farm

this kids made the most AMAZING firearms completely out of Legos with moving parts! Here he is demonstrating and giving a history lesson on the M1 Garand.

cathedral with stained glass windows

One big bridge!

a slaughter house complete with trailer park next door… ;o)

After we had seen everything we did a bit of sight seeing around the Seattle Center. But not without taking a few Lego pics along the way…

When Will stopped to take this shot in a fountain, a little boy excitedly shouted to his dad, “Look, there’s even Lego guys in the fountain!”

 

Peter Parker also stopped to admire the fountain before going home.

A trip to Seattle hardly seems complete without a stop at Pike’s Place Market…

What a fantastic day!!!

Ooo… I almost forgot! We saw this convoy from Fort Lewis on our way there. Pretty cool!!!