![]() In fact, there were at least two kids who leaned over the barricades during the public hours, asked to put one minifig on the display and asked for a contributor’s pack. Nevertheless, we’ve all seen the “wil U trad wit me? kthxby” mentality on display in recent months, and I have to admit that the display this year seemed to attract a bit more interest from the 11-14 set than I’d anticipated. Will donated 35 packs of weapons for contributors, including hand-produced cricket bats at our request. We’re big fans of the high-quality custom accessories produced by Will Chapman and his team, and can’t believe how generous they are. Let’s be honest: The kiddies like the BrickArms, and will do just about anything for prototypes. The subversive and ironic aspects of a zombie apocalypse built out of LEGO are likely lost on the 11-14 set. But it’s hard for me to imagine encouraging interest in the hyper-violent world of flesh-eating zombies and brain-smashing survivors. I’m not a parent, and I don’t judge others’ parenting styles (okay, I do, but only a little bit). The world really needs to be a nicer place than the purely ironic perspective some espouse, but really, some measure of self-referential irony would’ve been welcome. I think last year’s display worked so well because that’s precisely what it was.Īs cool as I think this year’s display turned out to be, it was a little spread out, and it was rather heavy on the small vehicles with spikes and ladders. Before BrickCon 2008, a large-scale collaborative display of undead LEGO minifigs overrunning a Cafe Corner city, built by the adults who read The Brothers Brick, seemed like a reasonably subversive idea. This manifests itself in my political vignettes and the occasional snarky comment. Know your audienceĭespite my rather chirpy online persona, I have a subversive streak a mile wide. Similarly, planning for enough space with convention organizers takes time. Soliciting “cornerstone” LEGO creations, recruiting lots of good builders, and working with sponsors and partners is hard work. So, how do these things work? What does it take to pull together a collaborative LEGO layout that covers a couple hundred square feet of display space? What have we learned after running a display at a LEGO convention for two years? Off we go… It’s not as easy as it looks Best Apocafied LEGO Building: Paul Hetherington’s Dark Carousel (hard to believe it’s an undead 10196 Grand Carousel! )Ī huge “Thank you!” to BrickArms for their awesome contributor’s weapons packs, and to Valve for a batch of wicked Left 4 Dead 2 T-shirts!.Best Original Building: Abandoned factory by Justin Pratt.Best Apocafied LEGO Vehicle: Tommy Williamson’s motorized 7636 Combine.Best Original Vehicle: Lino’s Zombie Killin’ Gay Pride Float.Once again, we had the organizational genius of LEGOLAND Master Model Maker Gary McIntire laying out the city, with major contributions from other LEGOLAND staffers, including Ryan Wood ( Port ChiefLUG) and Joel Baker (awesome zombie head).Īs announced before BrickCon, we had four prize categories. The display this year was more than double the size of last year’s, with 17 tables covered in all manner of buildings and vehicles, ranging from little mini-tanks to a fig-scale tanker. Fortunately, that civilization was, by good fortune, built from LEGO, and it can be rebuilt, brick by little plastic brick.Ĭheck out the full gallery of Zombie Apocafest 2009 photos in Thanel’s photostream on Flickr. The humans stand victorious among the ruins of their civilization. The undead have been blown up, shot up, and mulched to oblivion.
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