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Lego wizards strut their stuff at Brickfete 2012
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lego in Canada, which was cause for some extra intricate displays at the annual Canadian fan convention known as Brickfete.
This year's edition took place this past weekend and featured 10,000 square feet of exhibit space, primarily given over to models built from thousands and thousands of little bricks. The festival is completely run by volunteers and while a few vendors were there selling everything from kits to collectibles, the main attraction of the show are the models assembled over weeks, months, and years in basements and rec rooms across the country and brought in to show off and compare with pieces by other fans.
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To the comment above.... Yes, that Fire Station was a model of the real life building in Toronto, I believe the address you mention is correct... and the coolest part of that, was it was actually built by a visiting American builder from New York who joined our display.
Now I am left bitter and bored.
I'd like to go to HALF of the events you guys covered only if I KNEW about them!
instead I'm like, "Yaayy look what i missed" :(
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Only big complaint was that the event was oversold. Or the space was too small for the amount of people that wanted to attend. There was a line going out the hotel when my friend and I left at around 12:30 as the space couldn't accommodate any more people.
BlogTO has covered some terrific events, and I only hear about them days after. I was a Lego freak when I was a kid. Seeing as there's no Legoland here, I would have loved to have seen this. Last weekend was quiet too. :(
JULY 13 & 14, 2013 – 10AM – 3PM
$10 for Adults, $5 for kids
Hilton on Airport Rd. Toronto
14,000 sq ft of LEGO creations built by hobbyists.
What will I see???
Unique and detailed builds including...
LEGO Robots & Mindstorms Creations
City Layouts with powered Trains
Space, Star Wars & Scifi Creations
Art, Architecture & Design
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Historical Buildings and Castles
Pirates, Steampunk and Vikings
Mosaics & Sculptures and so much more...
All made with millions of LEGO bricks
... by hobbyists from across Canada and the USA.