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tarotgalToday I went to Brickfest (Legos!) like I did last year. My dad wanted to come along, and did. He enjoyed it, but clearly wasn't as thrilled as I was *G* I sooooooooooo want to build something for one of those conferences/festivals. It's on my short "to do before I die" list, actually.
Saw a lot of incredible things and this year the batteries of my camera DIDN'T die on me! So I have pictures! (And, in one case, a video since it was a life-sized, moving battle droid from Star Wars episodes 1 and 2)
They had movies this year. I didn't get to see the FEATURE LENGTH Star Wars movie, but I saw the end of one film. It was a sort of 'It's a Wonderful Life' type of deal where this guy is depressed and I came in when the angel was showing him that he really was a hero. It was a complex, elaborate series of twists and turns which led to his actually saving the world, unknowingly, and it was BECAUSE HE HAD A COLD. Basically, he sneezed on a guy who caught his cold and passed it on to another guy by sneezing on him. Then that person sneezed and passed it on and on and on all the way up to an Asian dictator who sneezed a handful of times just before launching weapons to bring about WWIII and that called it off. But there must have been AT LEAST 20 sneezes in the film. How strange that, of all the things to go in and see, I stumbled upon that very moment in that particular film. Gotta love coincidence/fate. And tons and tons of nummy sneezes *blush*
Cool stuff (in my opinion) included: an homage to the battle of Helms Deep, several elaborate scenes from HP books (including Sirius' death *sob* and Cedric & Harry together in the maze), a ton of Star Wars stuff and some Star Trek ships, several 2-story-tall working cranes, large portraits (one of Yoda), historical/famous buildings (some built to scale) like the Empire State Building and the National Cathedral, a town twice as big as last year's complete with an airport and train station and a McDonalds, a space base twice as big as last year's, a haunted house/castle, some enormous castles in general, and a ton of scenes from movies/books.
EDIT: I uploaded my photos from the event. They're here.
They're HUGE but there are so many details that get lost. So they're only 50% smaller than the originals. Still huge. Sorry about that. Hope they're still enjoyable :-)
Saw a lot of incredible things and this year the batteries of my camera DIDN'T die on me! So I have pictures! (And, in one case, a video since it was a life-sized, moving battle droid from Star Wars episodes 1 and 2)
They had movies this year. I didn't get to see the FEATURE LENGTH Star Wars movie, but I saw the end of one film. It was a sort of 'It's a Wonderful Life' type of deal where this guy is depressed and I came in when the angel was showing him that he really was a hero. It was a complex, elaborate series of twists and turns which led to his actually saving the world, unknowingly, and it was BECAUSE HE HAD A COLD. Basically, he sneezed on a guy who caught his cold and passed it on to another guy by sneezing on him. Then that person sneezed and passed it on and on and on all the way up to an Asian dictator who sneezed a handful of times just before launching weapons to bring about WWIII and that called it off. But there must have been AT LEAST 20 sneezes in the film. How strange that, of all the things to go in and see, I stumbled upon that very moment in that particular film. Gotta love coincidence/fate. And tons and tons of nummy sneezes *blush*
Cool stuff (in my opinion) included: an homage to the battle of Helms Deep, several elaborate scenes from HP books (including Sirius' death *sob* and Cedric & Harry together in the maze), a ton of Star Wars stuff and some Star Trek ships, several 2-story-tall working cranes, large portraits (one of Yoda), historical/famous buildings (some built to scale) like the Empire State Building and the National Cathedral, a town twice as big as last year's complete with an airport and train station and a McDonalds, a space base twice as big as last year's, a haunted house/castle, some enormous castles in general, and a ton of scenes from movies/books.
EDIT: I uploaded my photos from the event. They're here.
They're HUGE but there are so many details that get lost. So they're only 50% smaller than the originals. Still huge. Sorry about that. Hope they're still enjoyable :-)
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Date: 2006-08-28 02:33 am (UTC)The convention looks like a lot of fun, though and I'm glad you had a good time. :-)
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Date: 2006-08-28 12:12 pm (UTC)There was a huge section for movie/tv/book scenes. Everything from Qui-Gon's funeral in episode 1 to Raiders of the Lost Ark. They were all very cute and creative.
The Snakes on a Plane one was a last minute entry, but an amusing one. Glad you got a kick out of it, too :-)
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Date: 2006-08-28 05:30 am (UTC)~A
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Date: 2006-08-28 12:04 pm (UTC)you have one of Sirius's death? I've always had a hard time visualizing it.
Yep, it's on that page. It's the last one in the Harry Potter section, the one with the caption below it that reads "Battle in MoM (book 5) *sobs*". In the middle of that picture you should be able to see Bella striking Sirius with wandlight and him falling backwards into the veil.
Glad you enjoyed the pics :-)
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Date: 2006-08-29 01:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-29 03:18 pm (UTC)In return for the awesome Lego pics, I have some links for you. I have just friended a new LJ with AMAZING amounts of Legolas H/C related fanart (along with a smattering of Will Turner and other Orli characters, and cute baby Legolas comice). This pic here is just a sample of some of the viewing pleasure to be had: http://10th-1216.livejournal.com/40122.html#cutid1 *GUH*
And this one inspired endless amounts of fun thoughts too!
http://10th-1216.livejournal.com/48923.html#cutid1
Enjoy!
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Date: 2006-08-29 03:21 pm (UTC)*G*