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Northwest BrickCon 2006 (NWBrickCon2006 NWBC2006) ended last night.
It was a great event.
I took some photos. Photos are posted to Brickshelf, available after
moderation. Photos are full resolution, but have reduced quality for file size.
Original photos available upon request.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/happyfrosh/nwbrickcon2006
A few hilights:
Bill Volbrecht showed some of his models
including his
garden
gnome, a
penguin,
taz,
Mickey
Mouse, an
Easter
Egg, and his
pelican showing
building details on the reverse side.
The castle display was
huge
and featured an
enormous midevil battle. There was a
castle
style floating island. I was really impressed by this
castle, which had amazing detail
inside,
outside, and
around, including a
shark
attack in the moat. Favorites from previous years were back including the
ogre
attack, a
herd
of sheep and a
castle
themed Starbucks. One fantastic castle tower featured
amazing use of the Harry Potter staircase elements.
The draft set was 4894 Mythical Creatures.
There was a speed build, a master build, and a piece draft using this set. The
master build was a timed creative event where people built a mecha using the
pieces from this set. Some of the creations were
serious, some were
humorous, some were
very polished.
A few people participated in a draft of the 7783 The Batcave: The Penguin and Mr. Freeze’s Invasion. There were
many
many
cool pieces.
Todd’s
skull won the award for best 3D art. A
model
of a Nintendo Wii was very elegant.
There was a
micro
moonbase. Other micro included a
volcano eruption.
Bionicle was represented by two models including a
dinosaur and a
guard.
Dan showed his
working cukoo clock, gravity powered by the weight of pods full of batteries.
Robotics showed a
great
ball contraption.
Train did an amazing display. It featured
farmland, a
container ship in port, Daniel’s
Brokeback Mountain scene, and a great variety of
trains. I was particularly impressed with a battery powered
rail
truck.
Town included a lot of
Jeff’s
buildings (and
Daniel’s copy of Jeff’s building).
Mecha had an impressive
Mecha
Diorama. Lino did an amazing series of
insectlike Mecha, my favorite was the
wasp.
Steampunk had a good showing, including an
enormous motorized craft.
Wayne won best in show with his
totem
pole. Wayne’s
Smith
Tower was featured on the public service announcement on local television.
Moonbase was HUGE. There were many
small
stories
being
told. The solar
collector had no connectors but was perfect in every other way.
Daniel’s There Goes the Neighborhood won 1st pace. The
space
police and prison won 2nd place.
Bram’s
earth memorial won 3rd place.
Classic Space Moonbase was well represented.
David
V. Winkler’s Rhapsody in Blue tower was very tall.
Lino and others brought many
cool
cars, including
Jared’s cool Technic 4wd vehicle with working winch.
Brickville DesignWorks brought an
Egyptian Scene,
fantasticly detailed.
The public hours had
many
visitors.
Then we
cleaned up and went home.
It was an amazing weekend.
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