Last weekend, the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall hosted BrickCon, one of the nation's largest and longest-running public exhibitions of LEGO art and dioramas. While Ars' staff suffers from varying levels of LEGO-mania, we all thought this convention's 13th annual iteration might be a cool place to see a range of amateur and professional block creations.
This year's show, in particular, caught our eye thanks to a hot tip about a Doom-themed installation, so we rushed in with our camera to snap a few choice hellions, and then we proceeded to catalog much of what we saw at the show. Take a look at our gallery for Technics, trains, war reenactments, pop culture minutiae, castles, space stations, boats, cars, and much more.
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LEGO, meet DOOM.
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We dig the smoke trails.
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Tintin
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Godzilla
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Here a Borg...
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...there a Borg!
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Fire up your lawyers, Mr. Watterson.
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And another Calvin & Hobbes for good lawsuit-bait measure.
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Biggest surprise of BrickCon: Someone made Octodad, the star of the year's weirdest indie game on PS4.
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Tom Servo and Crow from Mystery Science Theater 3000
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This makes us wonder—when is someone going to make a Zelda-styled Pirates of the Caribbean game? We'd play that.
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Stars of the Super Nintendo classic Earthbound
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Everything is awesome!
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From Akira
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All of your favorite Sailor Moon friends in one photo.
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What LEGO-themed convention is complete without blocky Minecraft characters?
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Joust? Sure, why not.
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If you can't tell, that is, indeed, a castle.
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Seattle's Space Needle in LEGO form, just next to the city's famed Smith Tower (also in LEGO form).
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Goonies get together at BrickCon.
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"Heeeeey youuuu guyyyyys!"
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The show's most meta offering: A miniature BrickCon.
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Lots of vendors had bricks and parts for sale, but this was the nicest selection of LEGO people we saw.
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A brief detour into LEGO Technics.
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Yes, those propellers are turning.
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Thunder. Thunder. ThunderLEGOs. Hoooooo!
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"Brickinawa," according to the title tag next to this display.
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Alien vs. Medieval Knight, the less popular crossover property.
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