Head on over to LEGO TV and check out some video coverage of NWBC 07 and Brickfest PDX.

Via news from LUGNET.

Based on the three I’ve attended, the last day of LEGO conventions primarly seem to involve three activities:

• Invasions: Space invades castle, castle invades town, I invade myself…
• Group photos: Pictures of fellow builders, secret societies, and mysterious online organizations…
• Teardown: Pack it up and haul it (or ship it) home!

People who’ve uploaded photos since Saturday (includes photos through Sunday):

• Ted Godwin
• Lonnon Foster
• Joe Meno
• Caylin Feiring
• Lino Martins
• Ryan Wood

Invasions

Group Photos

Builders’ Lounge:

Castle:

KeithLUG:

Teardown

Nathan Proudlove ships himself back to Manitoba in his Blacktron II box (I get to keep the SHIP):

This is how The Omicron Weekend got home:

I’ll add more stuff tomorrow (interesting news as well as cool LEGO creations). That’s it for tonight!

First of all, notice that NWBrickCon is now “BrickCon.” Cool.

I actually don’t have a whole lot to report, since the first days at LEGO conventions have become mainly social and acquisitive for me. In other words, I tend to spend most of my time chatting it up with people I haven’t seen in six months, a year, or never (if I only know them from the Web), as well as poring over minifig bins from sellers in the Brick Bazaar. Well, I guess talking with other fans — especially meeting people I’ve gotten to know online — and buying LEGO is pretty much all I end up doing for most of the con, but describing that to all of you out there who can’t be here won’t be especially interesting…

Pictures are a start, though. I’ve just uploaded all of my own photos to Flickr (photoset) and photos from other attendees are starting to show up in the BrickCon group pool.

In terms of LEGO creations I haven’t seen before (at least in person), I’m excited about the Miniland-scale Cafe Corner, a great steampunk section, KeithLUG’s Omicron Weekend, not one but two Mecha-Godzillas, new Moonbase modules, and a fantastic Castle display. I’ll highlight some of the coolest stuff once everything’s been set up and I’ve spent some time taking decent pictures. Of course, you don’t need to wait for my pictures. Check out Lonnon Foster’s photoset or Joe Meno’s setup set for great shots of some really excellent stuff.

Here’s the Miniland Cafe Corner (before complete setup, so still missing the street scene I saw later in the day:

And the afore-mentioned Mecha-Godzilla:

Bruce, yes, I’m excited to report that there’s a great selection of vignettes and microscale this year! Rest assured I’ll photograph both and tag them so you can find them for VignetteBricks and MicroBricks. Looks like you’ve already noticed Shannonia, though. ;-)

I’m off to bed.

• Sigfig: Check!
• Manel: Check!
• Joe Vig: Check!
• Henry’s clone: Check!
• Snacks: Check!
• Princess Box: CHECK!!!

NWBrickCon starts tomorrow! Look for daily updates to The Brothers Brick, and follow along at home with the NWBrickCon group on Flickr.

If you’re still waffling about coming to beautiful Seattle for NWBrickCon next month (October 5-7), you only have 10 more days to pre-register. Advance registration benefits include a lower price ($44 instead of $50 at the door), and an engraved brick badge.

So, what are you waiting for? You can register on NWBrickCon.org.

Early Bird Registration for NWBrickCon 2007 is now open through the event website.

Shirts, Brick Bazaar Spaces, and the 2007 Commemorative Model are also now available for pre-order.

Early Bird Registration offers all the benefits of Advance Registration with the added benefit that registration is only $38, while Advance Registration is $44. (On-site registration is $50.)

Early Bird Registration closes May 22, so act fast! On May 23 we will move to Advance Registration.

NWBrickCon is a convention and exposition for adult fans of LEGO. Starting in 2002, every October has featured a progressively larger convention in the Seattle area. NWBrickCon 2007 will be October 5, 6, and 7 in the Seattle Center Pavillion.