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Brickworkz LEGO mosaics : Blog : BrickFair 2008 BrickFair 2008I loaded "Soul Searching," "Baby Mia," "Wall-E" and the newest LEGO mosaic "The Paxtons" into the car on Friday morning and headed to Tysons Corner, Virginia for BrickFair 2008. The trip was quiet, so I thought I'd go straight to the LEGO store in Tysons and find out what kind of deals they had during the event weekend. Boy, was that a mistake.
The LEGO store was nuts! BrickFair had a special discount on LEGO products, so the crowd in the mall was pretty wild. I got the skinny on the discounts (since I had already missed most of Friday's events) and then went over to the Sheraton to set up my Lego mosaics. After I set all my LEGO art on the table, I went to Woodbridge. The LEGO store there was having a heck of a sale, where some sets were as much as 50% off, and I knew there would be a big line. I got some dinner and stood in line. Good thing too, because when they opened their door at 9pm the line went all the way down the hallway.
I made out with a bunch of white plates, perfect for my LEGO mosaics. I waited an hour in line to pay for it, and then came home. A successful evening! The next day, oh man... the next day... We had about 4,500 people come by on Saturday. I must have spoken to about 2/3rds of them. I gave out 1,000 business cards and everyone took pictures of the mosaics I had on display. (see below) Sunday was much of the same, just showing my mosaics and answering questions. They all seem to be the same questions, but that's okay. I must have spoken to 8,000 people, and I was so glad to see so much creativity in one room. The AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO) who were there brought some amazing creations. We call them MOCs in the LEGO realm, which stands for "My Own Creation" - Anyhow, there was some amazing stuff at Brickfair. The video below is 2.5 hours of people coming by my mosaics. Check out the madness! What a great weekend. The Wall-E mosaic design won "Best Mosaic" trophy. Everyone seemed to like how the yellow transparents were shaded because of the gray LEGO plates underneath. Play well,  Posted by Brian Korte on August 29, 2008 What do you think? Let us know! « Previous: Taking Lego to camp! | Home | Next: BrickShow 2008 » TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: |
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