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Dale, you are awesome. I will swing by if I can. But we will still have lots going on after the show closes. Plus, we have the new Improv show early that evening. Have a good time all!! Bryan

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I will keep my ears open...There are usually several people that pair up. Having the room puts you a step ahead of most people...they decide to pair up and neither has a room reserved. Thanks for coming such a long way! Bryan

Brickworld Fort Wayne is not the same as Chicago. There is no convention. It is a public expo. Displays are by invite. Not sure who from EB will even be there. Maybe Josh C and Mark L. If you were a convention attendee in Chicago, your Chicago badge will get you into Brickworld Fort Wayne. Feel free to come and hang out. There is no registration. We will be there Thursday through Sunday. Thanks, Bryan PS - really, you don't have to try and contact us 2 or 3 different ways. We see our emails and stuff. You are excited and we are tired after just finishing Chicago. So, responses take a couple days. :-)

Note: There may be bias in my comments as I run Brickworld.... Each event has its own personality. There will always be one event that is more fun for you based on your personal preferences and how you live your life. As was stated above, do your best to try out different conventions. Eventually, you will land on the one that you like the best...and that is all that really matters. It is not a competition for us as event runners to be the right event for everyone. There definitely are differences and similarities between all events. The three listed here (BF VA, BW Ch, and BC) are widely considered the big three. But, other events can be fun too. Personally, I try to get to one or two other cons a year just so I can have fun at an event. So, I find other events fun. Each is fun for its own reasons. The most important thing is to make friends wherever you go. This is such an incredible community to be a part of that I don't know what I would do without it! B

I guess I will be there too. For anyone visiting, if you were registered for BW Chicago this year, your printed badge will get you into BW Fort Wayne too. And you are welcome during non-public hours. Thanks, Bryan

We have confirmed that the pull back dragster challenge will occur. Rules are currently under review. Thanks, Bryan Happy to help Owen....yes, I am doing a lot of things...but, keeping everyone well-informed is one of them :)

Hey Captainowie, Sorry about the confusion on the web site....no excuses...sometimes we just aren't on top of everything. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! We are waiting on final clarification on whether we are having the pull back dragster race and any changes to the rules. Stay tuned for more info on that. The Underby IS happening according to the rules. I will get the web site updated to include it. Thanks, Bryan

Hey Owen, I hope you make it! Typically, people double up (or even triple up with turns on the floor) to save money. We don't officially do anything to help find roomies. But, posting here might find you a roommate too. Of course, you could always kidnap Ryan McNaught and stuff him in your suitcase to get him back to Chicago with us too. I will keep my ears open for others that might be looking for a roommate and point them your direction if I find someone. I look forward to meeting you in person. Warmest, Bryan

It is awesome to have you guys coming to Chicago. It is exciting for me to see the international aspect of the show continue to develop. I will see you in June! Warmest, Bryan

Good morning, We are happy to announce that registration for Brickworld Chicago 2015 will open on January 5th. Learn more about changes here. If you have questions please use the Contact Us form on the Brickworld website. We hope to see you in Chicago! Warmest, Bryan

Thanks for posting pictures!! Actually, we have had a great ball contraption at Indy before. But, this year, we invited Tom A from New Hampshire down to the event. He made the GBC a lot bigger than in previous years :) It is simply mesmerizing!! B

Hey everyone, I am sorry to tell you that this video announcement has a lot of the facts wrong about Brickworld Tampa. Brickworld Tampa is an exhibition only with displays by invitation. It is not a convention like Chicago. It is like our Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Lafayette events (if you have been to any of those). If you want to be invited to display, it would help greatly for me to see your display or for GFLUG or OLUG to endorse you as a displayer for the event. We will be inviting people officially sometime in the July time frame. If you are wondering why we aren't doing a full convention in Tampa, here is the short answer. We do one convention and we do it right. It is in Chicago. :) We hope that you have an opportunity to attend in Chicago if you haven't already as it is a ton of fun. We hope you are all as excited about the show in Tampa as we are and as the Florida LUGs are. Thanks, Bryan

Wow - I never really thought about announcing anything but our Chicago event here. But, hey, I am thrilled about the excitement and now sorry I didn't. This is the 5th year for Brickworld Indy. We have 45,000 square feet of display space at the fairgrounds and the displays are by invitation. So, we are pretty much full of great displays including a huge MTron layout, a big LEGO Movie layout, several great train displays, and much much more. Brickworld Chicago attendees just need to show up with last year's badge for entry. Now - a bachelor party??? okay, I must admit, that kind of scares me I hope you have a great time at the event. Thanks, Bryan

Travel - Opening ceremonies are at 8 PM on the 12th. So, travelling in that day works fine. Leaving is another story. And, the ending of that story depends on your age and how much you like to hang out with people sucking down adult beverages. I would recommend staying Sunday night ;-) Hotel - we are checking on what is going on with the hotel. May not have an answer until Monday. It is possible that one night is sold out for the type of room you selected. We will try to rebalance the remaining room nights if we can. I will try and remember to post here once we get it modified. But, if I don't, go ahead and try to book through the link on the Brickworld web site again on Monday. Castle - We will be posting details of the collaboration "rules" soon along with a contact name. The "rules" are basically the classic castle standard. Later, B

Here is how it works: Public is only allowed in the event hall during the published public hours. If you really want some time to speak to builders, you need to be there when the public is not there. Many of them run and hide during public hours because they don't like crowds. There are two types of registration (Full and All Access). All Access is cheaper. You can see the differences between them at the Brickworld site. Just scroll down for a side by side comparison on the site. Mike - I am very bummed you won't be there. We had a lot of fun last year!! If you have any questions or issues getting your hotel room booked, please send a note via the contact us form on the Brickworld site. Cheers, Bryan

So, I am joining the party a bit late as I have made no forum posts yet this year. I am glad to see excitement around the event this year. If you don't know Brickworld Chicago is moving to a new home this year in Schaumburg, IL. One display room that is 50,000 square feet. It allows us all to really be in one place. It should add a lot to the energy and fun. Sorry to see a few people won't make it this year. But, I give a pass on having a baby ;) (and congrats)....the new addition can be a full registration with his or her own MOCs next year, right? There is a new option for being involved this year in the event. Geek Nation Tours will be organizing a trip to the event if they get enough interest. But, I will let them give you the details in another post. We are already busy planning Chicago. As always, I feel like I am behind schedule :) I am looking forward to seeing most of you at the event. Cheers, Bryan

Well - Brickworld Chicago is in Schaumberg...but if I told most people that, they would ask "where?"....same logic applies to Chantilly I think...A lot of people might know Arlington...but nobody knows Crystal City, Reston, Herndon, etc. Makes me wonder how many people drive past CIA HQ in Langley all the time without realizing it

Hey everyone, I know I haven't posted here this year. But, I have been watching. I focused my efforts on a blog (brickworldbts.blogspot.com) and making more frequent email announcements from the Brickworld web site. I just wanted to post here how excited we are about this year's event. There is a lot of great stuff planned and EB members are turning into a big part of the event. I hope you can all make it to the event either as a registered attendee or as part of the public. We are all looking forward to the event and we hope you are too!!! Warm Regards, Bryan

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Hello everyone. It is that time of year again. We opened Brickworld Chicago registration this morning. Come be a part of this year's event and witness "The End of the World"* in person. We look forward to seeing everyone at the event in June with the craziest EB collaboration yet!! Regards, The Brickworld Team * - this is only an event theme, not a prediction

Hey everyone. The Fort Wayne event was a great success. If you want to get a good look at what was there, check out this video. I am hoping to get this guy to Brickworld Chicago to do a DVD for you to purchase. Enjoy!! B

Officially, the event is dry and alcohol is not allowed in the event area. This will always be the rule because it is the rule of the hotel and pretty much every convention center I have ever been at (unless the alcohol is catered by the event center). It was very heart warming for us to see so many people in the event areas at 2 and 3 AM having fun. People had to be asked to leave all rooms when I tried to close them every night. I don't want to ever discourage the comraderie that was clearly evident amongst the attendees. But, I did receive a couple of complaints from the hotel that our attendees need to handle things more discreetly later in the evening. And that is all I will say on this subject. Thanks, Bryan

We have the pictures posted on the Brickworld site under the 2011 scrapbook...but there is something funny going on there. So, I posted a Flickr set with the award photos: Brickworld Awards Thanks everyone. B

Brickworld Fort Wayne will be held at the Grand Wayne Center in downtown Fort Wayne. Displays are by invitation only at this event as it is not a convention. Like Brickworld Indy, Brickworld Fort Wayne is about the public. Displays are by invitation only because there are shares paid (and hotel rooms are also covered by Brickworld) for being part of this event. Again, it is not a typical convention. We set up displays on Friday and have public in on Saturday & Sunday. If you are interested, please let me know via the contact us form on the Brickworld web site. Just as a side note, we are very excited to be the first AFOL run event to expand to 3 locations. This is only possible because of everyone's support. Thank you!! Bryan