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Brickvention 2006!
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Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:32:42 GMT
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Micro Melbourne

On the weekend of 10th-11th June, the inaugural public Australia-wide LEGO convention, Brickvention 2006, was held in Melbourne. There were a myriad of activities to keep AFOLs busy - a summary follows.

Contests:

Speed Build

This was a contest to find the fastest person to build the new Batboat set, 7780. The winners were:
  1. Ben W, 9:45
  2. Braith G, 10:01
  3. James H, 10:00, but penalised 10 secs for mistakes made
Polybag Build

Each contestant randomly picked one of the racer sets “8662 Blue Renegade”, “8663 Fat Trax”, “8665 Highway Enforcer”, or “8664 Road Hero”, and the winner was the person to build their set quickest without opening the polybag. Four prizes were awarded because the winner, being an organiser, decided to forfeit their prize. The winners were:
  1. Ross C
  2. Troy W
  3. Teunis D
  4. Matthew W
Mindstorms Sumo Contest

Unfortunately, Steve was the only competitor, so he won by default. His robots were cool though :)

Best at Show

Voted by other registered attendees for the best overall MOC. There were lots of great MOCs to choose from, so it was pretty difficult. A Judges Choice was also awarded for the MOC the judges thought was the best but didn’t win a prize. Winners were:
  1. Aaron A, Micro Melbourne<
  2. Pete W, Tower
  3. Braith G, HZ Holden Ute
  • Paul B, Space Ships Galore (Judges Choice)
Aaron’s diorama
   Pete’s Tower
   Braith’s Ute
   Paul’s Spaceships

Raffle

A raffle was held, with 3 prizes available - participants could place their raffle tickets against whichever prize or combination they wanted. The winners were:
  • Derek M, 7894 Airport
  • Ben W, 7237 Police station
  • Frances S, 7782 Batwing + 4762 Harry Potter Merpeople
All non-winning tickets were then drawn from for a surprise raffle, and the winning ticket was Aaron P, who received a 4884 Wild Hunters set.

Presentations:
  • The LEGO Ambassador Program, by Richie Dulin
  • Beginners LDraw, by Ross Crawford
  • Advanced Rendering Techniques, by Allister McLaren
  • Advanced MLCad tips & Techniques, by Allister McLaren
There were also activities to keep the public amused, including Brikwars demos, a Duplo play area, and a trade area where they could buy almost anything they wanted.

And of course there was a room full of MOCs to enjoy, including:
  • Sue Ann’s Rock Concert
  • Kane’s Street
  • Ben’s Bricktoria Barracks
  • Steve’s Technic, including crane, bridge, and GBC
  • Moonbase with 6 modules
  • Rosco’s cranes
For more picrures, visit:
In the end there were around 35 registered attendees, and 150 guests on public day, so it was pretty successful - who knows, maybe it will even get to be an annual event!

The organisers would like to thank all the sponsors:- LEGO Australia, HiTechnic, Moore Educational, Educational Experience, and Mel’s Yellow Brick Road and Gear. We would also like to say a huge thanks to all the people who turned up, and made it such a successful weekend, especially those who travelled long distances to get here.

ROSCO (for the Brickvention team)





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  Re: Brickvention 2006!
 
In lugnet.events, Ross Crawford wrote: snipped all the incredible looking and sounding event details... NICELY PLAYED all of you, passes the pats on the back all around! Oh yeah,.... So when it the next one guys??? wink wink Janey "Maybe next time, (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
  Re: Brickvention 2006!
 
(...) I would like to thank the Melbournians for putting on a brilliant show and making us feel welcome. I would especially like to thank Sue Ann and Trevor for being unbelievably awesome people, whom I can not think of enough superlative adjectives (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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