Bicks by the Bay 2020 Saturday

Here is how I spent the day at Bricks by the Bay 2020. 

LEGO House Presentation

The first presentation was live from LEGO House and a tour of the facility in Denmark.  If you are a  LEGO fan this is an absolute must and is on all our bucket lists.  Some of the MOCs shown are just amazing.  The dinosaur models in both normal Lego and Duplo for the baby dinosaurs.

LEGO Ideas Presentation

A great presentation on LEGO Ideas and how the process works.  This was followed by a wide ranging discussion on everything LEGO.  Sara did a great job fielding difficult questions. 

Henrik, LEGO Designer Presentation

Great discussion on how the Imperial Star Destroyer (#75252) and how it was designed. 

His goal was to be able move it in one piece.  As he explained, the inner structure was the most important and took 6 months just to do this part of it.  He went through several designs before settling on the final design.  The whole model took 14 months to design.  Here is a video on Youtube on this design.

LDraw Presentation

Excellent presentation on MLCad and entering the parts for the digital design.  Covered all the basics of the design entry and a few of the tricks needed.  Moved on to how to build instructions in the new Web Based Web LIC.  Even though Web LIC is still in BETA, it seems to be functional and on some level even better than the old Lego Instruction creator (LIC) stand alone program.  Finally a quick explanation on how to load a MOC into Bricklink and order the MOC and how much it will cost.

Landscaping

Jumped into the end of a landscaping presentation.  Was interesting how they build 32 x 32 plates with Oceans and rivers and can connect them in multiple variations, which allows them to change the larger layout by re-arranging the plates.  Again it was the very end, but thinking how I can do that with expanded planetary station I am working on.

Common Database Interface

This is a project to create a 3D database that all LEGO type software uses.  Then you can export this data to other formats for use in other areas, 3D printing, movies, etc.  Admirable goal and hope they get there.  It will make it much easier to design and print.

Micropolis MOCs

Interesting discussion on this standard.  The addition of the train around the peripheral is a great idea. Also shows that standards have to be detailed if they are going to be useful.

LEGO Masters Discussion

This was many of the contestants from LEGO Masters TV show talking about what happened.  They could not go into all of the details of the show, but the stories they did tell were quite entertaining.

Aliens and Apes

This was a Space MOC presentation.  The first MOC was Alien  vs Predator MOC using brick separators.  The  second was 6 foot+ Saturn V with King Kong attached.  The helix staircase to form the body of the rocket was a great