Brickworld 2010 is over!
| Full Registration: | |
| Adult: | $50 |
| Child: | $50 |
| Public Day Access: | |
| Adults: | $10 |
| Seniors over 65: | $7 |
| Kids under 10: | $7 |
| Kids under 3: | free |
| Public Days are Saturday from 10am - 4pm & Sunday from 10am - 3pm Tickets will be sold at the door only | |
| * The first 750 registrants that are paid in full by May 20, 2010 will receive an engraved name badge and goody bag. | |
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| Start | End | Description |
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| 8:00 am | 11:30 pm | Setup Who: Attendees Only |
| 9:00 am | 10:00 am | Presentation: Pirates of 1989: A revolution in LEGO play theme design Who: Attendees Only Discover how Pirates influenced LEGO set design through the use of new elements, figures, materials, and stories. Presented by Ben Ellermann. |
| 9:00 am | 10:00 am | Presentation: The Online LEGO Community Who: Attendees Only An in-depth look at the LEGO community on-line, tools for keeping up-to-date with the community, and the community's future. Presented by Michael Huffman. |
| 9:00 am | 10:00 am | Presentation: The Adult Fan of LEGO Who: Attendees Only Are you new to LEGO events and the fan community? Come to this presentation and get a quick view of terms, frequently asked questions, and examples of some simple building techniques. Presented by Arthur Gugick. |
| 9:00 am | 2:00 pm | LEGO Minataurous Game - Open Play Who: Attendees Only <p>Come and play LEGO Minataurous with fellow Brickworld attendees. This fun game takes about 30 minutes to play. Use the open play time to tune up for the afternoon tournament if you are lucky enough to be selected to participate.</p> |
| 10:00 am | 11:00 am | FFOL roundtable Who: Attendees Only Each year, more and more females are discovering (or rediscovering) their passion for building with LEGO bricks. Join us for a round table discussion where you can meet other female fans of LEGO who share your passion for ‘the brick’. We will be discussing issues that are important to the FFOL segment of the AFOL community and sharing our ideas and suggestions from the female fan point of view with a representative from The LEGO Group. Led by Stacy Sterling. |
| 10:00 am | 11:00 am | Presentation: FIRST LEGO League Coaching Clinic Who: Attendees Only Whether you are a rookie or an FLL coach with several years of experience you will find some useful information in this seminar. Even if you've only just heard about the First LEGO League we would encourage you to attend and experience the excitement of this great program for kids. We will be covering the basics of successful coaching for the robot game, presentation, and technical/team judging, as well as discussing challenges such as forming teams, funding your season, and managing large teams or multiple teams. There will also be plenty of opportunity for you to share with the group what works and doesn't work for your teams! Led by Eric Arndt. |
| 10:00 am | 11:00 am | Presentation: Building and Transporting Large Scale Layouts Who: Attendees Only How one AFOL's builds large detailed layouts, moves them using custom made boxes and sets them up for display. Question and answer session time permitting. Presented by Brian Darrow. |
| 11:00 am | 12:00 pm | Presentation: Castle Walls and Landscaping Who: Attendees Only Have you ever wanted to make a big Castle wall or fortress enclosure, but you just didn't have the bricks to do it all? In this class David will teach you how to organize wall sections from multiple people to create a complete wall. We'll go over the Classic Castle City standard as well as Tall Walls. You'll also learn how to include streams, ponds and other bodies of water in your countryside landscaping. Come and find out what everyone is talking about when they mention a "river of SNOT"! Presented by David Gregory. |
| 11:00 am | 12:00 pm | Trains Roundtable Who: Attendees Only Come take part in this annual discussion about the current state and future of LEGO trains. We plan to focus the discussion the Power Functions trains that will be released in Fall 2010 along with the Power Functions line in general, but any and all topics involving trains are fair game. We would encourage builders to bring trains to show the group, especially if they incorporate the new Power Functions components. Brickworld traditionally has the largest concentration of LEGO Train Clubs of any event, so this is one of the best opportunities for train topics to be discussed live and in person and we are planning to have a LEGO Representative available during the discussion as well. Led by Dave Sterling. |
| 11:00 am | 12:00 pm | Community Service opportunities within the LEGO community roundtable Who: Attendees Only Join a panel of AFOL's for a presentation and interactive roundtable. Eric Arndt, Chris Eyerly, Beth Weis, Shaun Reeves Gary and Karl Paulsen will bring thier unique perspectives to an open discussion of key issues concerning the use of LEGO as an avenue for community service. You will find that anyone can use LEGO to serve their communities, so prepare to be inspired! |
| 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | Presentation: Intro to Computer Modeling using LDraw Who: Attendees Only LDraw celebrates its 15th year of free-to-use programs in Computer Aided Design. Here is your chance to get started with the tools used by so many great builders. Come learn the basics of creating your own digital model, making life-like renderings, and learn how to make purchasing parts easier. Course presented by Scott Wardlaw, Member LSC |
| 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | Presentation: The Brick School House Who: Attendees Only Disscussion of the challenges and success I experienced while running a LUG within the framework of a larger school. Topics will include: clarifying the purpose of the LUG, funding, managing expectations, and incorporating children of different ages and abilities into shared activities. Presented by Michael Rutherford. |
| 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | Presentation: LEGO A Love Story Who: Attendees Only Author Jonathan Bender shares how his views on the adult fan community changed over the course of researching and writing his book, LEGO: A Love Story. He'll also talk about how adult fans are currently impacting the culture at the LEGO Group. |
| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Boat Race Who: Attendees Only Which boat can be piloted across the pool the fastest? Come see the boat race and find out. Or, make a LEGO boat and participate!! |
| 1:00 pm | 3:00 pm | Kidsworld Who: Attendees Only Must be 8 to 12 years old and accompanied by an adult. Includes a special building instruction presentation by Arthur Gugick and a tour of the display halls led by Joe Meno of BrickJournal. Limit of 30 people. Preregistration required. Kidsworld registration is full. |
| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Presentation: Demonstration of LPub 4, a proud member of the LDraw family of CAD tools Who: Attendees Only Kevin Clague, the author of LPub 4 will demonstrate how to use it for basic and advanced development of LEGO style building instructions. LPub has been used to produce building instructions for the majority of the fan published LEGO related books. Kevin developed LPub out of his own need for tools to create building instructions. He's co-authored in four books that are LEGO related. This is a great chance to ask for new features and report your most annoying LPub bugs! |
| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Presentation: Eurobricks Who: Attendees Only Eurobricks-A brief presentation about the history of Eurobricks and what Eurobricks offers to the community through theme forums, community forums, reviewers academy, events & contests. Followed by a Q & A session with Eurobricks staff. Bring us your questions. We're happy to answer them. Presented by Mark Larson. |
| 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm | Presentation: Topography and Landscaping for LEGO Layouts Who: Attendees Only LEGOLAND model designer Mark Larson discusses how to build topography and landscaping for LEGO train layouts. Includes instruction on bracing and sculpting curves and other organic natural shapes, ie rock formations, water and foliage. Presented by LEGOLand Model Designer Mark Larson. |
| 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm | Presentation: Essential LEGO Tips, Tricks, and Techniques--Moving Beyond the Instructions Who: Attendees Only Everybody loves LEGO sets! They’re fun and easy to build: just follow the instructions! But to be more than just a casual builder, you need to know more than how to follow the directions. You'll be presented with some fundamental building tips, tricks, and techniques that allow successful models to work. Every model follows a set of basic principles that are easy to learn but impossible to do without. Come find out some of the basic skills needed to make building with LEGO more enjoyable! Presented by Olivia Donahue. |
| 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm | Presentation: Bringing Models to Life Who: Attendees Only Take your models and MOCs to another level. Allow your target audience to immerse themselves into your model. Make a hands-off model/display into something people can genuinely interact with. Deal with issues such as playability & robustness and how to avoid the dreaded "rebuild". Use the tools that LEGO already provides; Power Functions, NXT and even plain old bricks. Making a great looking model/MOC is only 50% of the job done! Learn about the simple projects that you can do with basic interactive techniques. Presented by Ryan McNaught, semi-professional builder from Australia |
| 2:00 pm | 5:00 pm | LEGO Minataurous Tournament Who: Attendees Only <p>The LEGO Minataurous tournament will be played by 32 Brickworld attendees with the winner (and maybe even the runner up) receiving prizes from the LEGO Group. All attendees names are part of the drawing to participate. You will be informed at the event if you have been selected.</p> |
| 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm | Robot Basketball Who: Attendees Only Mindstorms competition |
| 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm | Presentation: Commissioned LEGO Builds Who: Attendees Only Pros/cons to taking on LEGO commission builds... and some personal experiences. Presented by Michael Huffman. |
| 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm | Presentation: Building In Lawndale (BILd) Who: Attendees Only LEGO, Education, and Inner City Chicago? Come learn about Building In Lawndale (BILd), an innovative, educational program that uses LEGO elements to teach math and science to 3rd Grade boys in the Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale. Karl Paulsen and Shaun Reeves Gary will present the program and lead a discussion about LEGO as an educational and personal enrichment medium for at-risk children. |
| 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm | Presentation: LEGO Darwin -- A Review of History Who: Attendees Only In 1995 LEGO embarked on a program to create its digital existence, based upon 3D graphics in personal computers, modern information technology and the internet. This presentation describes the SPU-Darwin division, which was chartered with exploring all aspects of the new direction, ranging from pure research and development to product development. Presented by Julian Gomez |
| 4:00 pm | 5:00 pm | TFOL roundtable Who: Attendees Only Only open to registrants who are 13-18 years of age this informal discussion will be hosted by LEGO Ambassador Jenn Wagner and attended by LEGO Community Development Lead Coordinator Steve Witt. Please join us and take this opportunity to network with other teen fans and discuss some concerns unique to your age group. Led by Jenn Wagner. |
| 4:00 pm | 5:00 pm | Presentation: Building Trains with Power Functions Who: Attendees Only It's a brave new world out there. The old 9 Volt system is dead and the new Power Functions system has taken it's place. Come learn some tricks and tips to building trains with Power Functions and learn to love the future of LEGO Trains. Presented by Cale Leiphart. |
| 5:00 pm | 6:30 pm | Combo Build Competition Who: Attendees Only The combo build competition will allow 30 Brickworld attendees to make the coolest thing possible using parts from 3 different LEGO sets. Everyone gets the same pieces and 90 minutes to complete their creation. The participants get to keep their parts. The winner (chosen by judges) will also earn a Brickworld trophy. All Brickworld attendees are included in the drawing. If you are selected to participate you will be informed at the event. |
| 5:00 pm | 6:00 pm | Dirty Buildster Who: Attendees Only |
| 6:30 pm | 7:00 pm | Coordinator & Attendee Group Picture Who: Attendees Only We would like to try and gather EVERYONE for a group photo before opening ceremonies on Friday evening. A Brickworld tradition. |
| 7:00 pm | 8:30 pm | Opening Ceremony Who: Attendees Only Brickworld 2010 opening ceremony, including keynote address by Lisbeth Valther Pallesen, Executive Vice President of LEGO CED. |
| 8:30 pm | 9:00 pm | Gather and ride share to LEGO store Who: Attendees Only |
| 9:30 pm | 11:30 pm | LEGO In-Store Shopping Event Who: Attendees Only The annual mass invasion of the LEGO store...no wait....2 LEGO stores. Yes, 2 LEGO stores this year. When you check in at the event you will draw a pass out of a bag. The pass will determine which store (Northbrook or Woodfield) that you go to for the in-store event. Once you are at the in-store event, you will find more damaged goods at each store than you can imagine. The store is only open for the sale of the damaged sets during the in-store event. Your special attendee discount is good from Thursday through Sunday except during the in-store event. |
| 11:00 pm | 11:30 pm | World of Lights test run Who: Attendees Only Is your creation ready for the World of Lights? Find out by turning it on for the test run on Friday night. The 11 PM starting time is approximate and will depend on readiness of the display room. |
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