Brickvention is a Lego convention that has been run in Melbourne for a number of years by volunteers and had also been advertised in the latest Lego Club magazine with the footnote being that the first 50 Lego Club members through the door would receive something special. We've been planning on going for the last couple of years but never made it because of other commitments. We made the effort to get there at 9:30 thinking that would be early enough but didn't make it there early enough to even get in the first two hundred!
By the time we got to the front door (about 45 minutes from Russell street) the line ran right around the city block and started at the front door.
Providing some much needed entertainment in the line and rattling their cups for charity were the guys and girls from the Terror Australis Garrison dressed up as various Jedi, Stormtroopers and assorted Rebel scum.
Anyway we made it in after the boys were very patient to find the Melbourne Town Hall jam packed full of Lego fans big and small. Lots of displays some of a mind boggling size, a few stalls selling various Lego bits which it was really hard to get too in places and some very entertaining setups including Star Wars, Trains, Pirates/ Vikings/ Island. I managed to grab some Lego City Train minifigs, B1 got the Harry Potter Bellatrix Lestrange figure and i finished a series 2 collection for one of the ladies i work with.
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| Some of the Lego 12 volt trains were really rocking along |
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| I'm not sure why B2's finger kept moving towards the Lego. |
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| Lots of details i didn't spot on the day like the crows on the power pole in the bottom right of picture. |
Sorry you didn't make it in time for the special prize though at least you had some entertainment while waiting in line. It's not a part till the Imperial Stormtroopers show up!
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