WOO!
With more than 200 LEGO builders from five different states competing for the title of Master Model Builder, it was an intense day of building.
Even though I did not make the cut for the final 10, I managed to get into the semi-finals with the top 40 builders from around the region. With that badge of accomplishment, I feel like I represented well this weekend.
The competition itself was a blast. It reminded me of the old high school debate days. Saturday, like back then, was filled with about an hour of intense competition and then a lot of sitting around waiting for judges and results to be posted.
It was great to have not only family and friends, but also a small contingent of blog fans come out to support me as I competed.
For Round One we were told the theme was Animals. Most every had about 30-45 minutes to think about what they wanted to build.
The only problem with planning ahead was that you did not know what bricks you were going to be dealt. Judges even mentioned that they put relatively basic bricks to see how creative the contestants could be.
For 30 minutes you have to not only build a model that will impress the judges, but you have to also interact with the crowd that is gathering at each table.
With so many red bricks in my first round draw, I thought a ROCK LOBSTER would be fun.
I finished the lobster pretty quickly. So, I started asking the kids watching my table what they think I need to add. Some said I needed sand for him to live in, other said food. The finished product.
Round Two was even more insane as the crowd was bigger and the competition included 39 other incredibly good builders. The theme for this round was to build something we thought represented Kansas City or the Midwest.
I thought I could play off the City of Fountains motif.
Of course, it would not be a KC Fountain without a bum wading around in the pool.
Like I said before, I missed the final cut but was still pleased with how I performed all day. Plus, the final 10 all had some amazingly creative models and it will be interesting to see what they put together in the final round.
I have A TON of photos from the LEGO event on my flickr page.
2 comments:
awesome job man! I am impressed. Sorry to have missed that performance.
We were down there with the grandsons. It was a ball. The waitress at the restaurant where we had lunch told us that Crown Center was busier than at Christmas. Another two employees commented about the behavior of all the kids. It was exemplary. A success for Crown Center and KC all around.
Also attended the FIRST Robotics lego contest at Union Station. Again, just a ball, with lots of elementary school and middle school boys and girls building and programming their lego robots.
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