Saturday, October 12, 2024

Brick Fest Live Pasadena - Videos

 

Here are some video fly bys of the display as it was in Pasadena in 2024.  They are also on YouTube.

The one above is the complete fly Around.

This one is just the top.  This was the first showing of the top detail once the plateau was finished.

Finally this is a detailed view of the front only.





Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Loose Ends #5

 

One thing that did not stop in the last few months was acquiring more bricks.  The above was the largest acquisition, but there were a few more along the way.


I found this in a brick pile.  Not sure what it was, but some of the construction techniques are interesting.  


I had never seen these parts before.  Interesting 12 x 12 plates from the early 2000's.

Another update that happened was version 3 of the cliff structure.  The all tan color did not look right.  So I did some layering.  With dark tan and medium nougat slopes, I added the sedimentary type layer.  There will be more blog posts later in the month.






Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Brick Fest Live - Sacramento

 

The final Brick Fest Live for the year for us.  Five shows since July 13 to Sep 13.  I also made some changes and updated sections.  Will now take a break, since the next show is Brick Palooza in Santa Rosa CA on Nov 23, 2024.

Sacramento's finest showed for a look and some very interesting questions.


 Then the big guy showed up.


Along with a friend.





This is the first Brick Fest Live we have attended that had the Duplo Brick Pile.  As you can see in the last two pictures it led to some very long trains be constructed.

For whatever reason, the spontaneous builds were all about who go the highest.





And these guys are always entertaining.





Monday, October 7, 2024

Brick Fest Live - San Diego

Setup at the San Diego convention Center.


 San Diego is different.  The local LUG attends this event, so there are lots of other displays there.  














Here is a scan of the display from right to left.  This is the first show where we had an Easter Egg list for people to find small but detailed items.  Also the crane has been moved for the ore processing facility.  The ore processing facility will be next to the space port.








Here we have two ore carriers leaving the vicinity of where the ore processing will be.  Right now it is all done by hand.



The beginning of a possible conflict.  One of the native inhabitants has climbed on to the space port as is fighting with the Blacktron Empire guards.  The alien was done by my middle grandson.  We will be adding another one soon that looks like it is crawling out of the abyss and on to the space port.

In Nov of 2021 was the very first Brick Fest Live that we attended and it was in San Diego, though that year it was a Del Mar.  Here is the display from back then.  There was no back, only the front.


Finally a videos from the event.

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Brick Fest Live - VLOG

Brick Fest Live San Diego 2024