Nebraska Brick Days

Greetings from Nebraska!

Attended Nebraska Brick Days (#brickdays)  this weekend.  Great to be at a live Brick Convention.  There were several train layouts, LUGs from as far away as St Louis and Northern Illinois.  Great MOCs were on display.  The door prize was the $800 Millennium Falcon. There was a small selection of vendors, not as many as at Bricks by the Bay, but better than I expected.  

Here are some of the MOCs on display.

This is the biggest LEGO creation I have seen in person.  This is a Model of the USS Makin Island, an LHA class ship.  It is not finished yet, the builder is still working on the island structure.  The aircraft were of exquisite detail.  Plus he had a landing craft entering the back.

 

 

 

Impressive Star Destroyer

Several of these audience MOCs that were quite detailed.

One person was working on multiple Star Trek vessels.

Very detailed pirate ships.

Finally Runza, the local Nebraska fast food eatery.

 

Bricks by the Bay Day TWO Concludes

Day TWO is done and it was just as good as Day ONE.  It started off  with a great  presentation about the the use of LEGO (especially robotics) to teach children how to design, build and program LEGO.  This was given by the local librarian and how it had been going on for years.  The always great presentation on brick geometry and how to use SNOT and other building techniques.  The last one was on how to build MECHs.  Excellent presentation on how to build the frame for strength.  Then great ideas on how to cover the frame with armor and other cool gadgets.

Below are just a few of the over 300 MOCs that were submitted, plus best in show.

Bricks by the Bay 2022, Jun 23-26, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara CA.  It will be great to be back live.

 

Best in Show