Registration now open for BrickCon 2009: Imagination in Motion! [News]
Registration is now open for BrickCon 2009! BrickCon is a private convention and public exhibition for adult fans of LEGO, and will be held October 1-4, 2009 in Seattle, Washington at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall.
BrickCon is the longest continuously running LEGO fan convention in the US. Last year’s convention drew more than 250 attendees from all over North America and Europe, with a significant contingent from Billund, Denmark.
As in years past, I’ll encourage those of you who haven’t been to a LEGO convention (or BrickCon specifically) to check out our past coverage of Brickcon here on The Brothers Brick and look through the photos in the BrickCon group pool on Flickr.
Highlights of last year’s BrickCon included the ChiefLUG BSG Viper Fly-In, the announcement of 10193 Medieval Market Village, and our very own Zombie Apocafest 2008.
For me, BrickCon is all about the people. Even though we’d been blogging together for nearly a year, I met Josh in person for the first time at BrickCon 2006. Similarly, Nannan and I met for the first time at BrickCon 2008.
LEGO conventions are also a good place to learn that LEGO fans don’t all look like their sig-figs in real life.
With an emphasis on a relaxed fan convention experience, BrickCon is a great way to sit back and get to know all those fellow LEGO fans you’ve only met online — an opportunity to talk about something other than LEGO, in some cases. That’s not to say that the public exhibition isn’t an awe-inspiring spectacle. BrickCon 2008 drew over 7,000 visitors in the 8 hours open to the public on Saturday and Sunday!
This year’s theme is “Imagination in Motion!” and looks to be even bigger and cooler. So, what’re you waiting for? Register today!
April 26th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Woohoo….BrickCon!
April 26th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Woot! I’m almost definitely coming.
April 26th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Never been to the States, never been to a LEGO Con. So I look forward to doing both in October.
April 26th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
…bring Jaffa cakes!
April 27th, 2009 at 1:00 am
*sigh* Too bad I can never make it to these things, not even in my own town. I’ll just remain a Lego loner indefinitely.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:41 am
It looks like great fun, but sadly it is a bit to far for me to travel. I mean, NZ is a fair distance away. :)
I’ll have to settle for looking at the coverage.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:27 am
All hail BrickCon!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Too soon to start plugging the WWII-themed sub-section known as Operation Bricklord?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
^ I hope that doesn’t detract from the other military displays.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Man, it feels like ’08 was yesterday
April 29th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
@Jacob: What other military displays? OK, a little facetious but this is a minifig-scale collaborative build begun as a project on the BrickArms forums. How would it affect any other display, military or otherwise? Feel free to contact me through the OpB site if you have any concerns or questions.