October 4-7 at BrickCon in Seattle the VLC showed up, make their presence felt, and walked away with all sorts of hardware.
In the games portion of the convention, VLC members won a number of the games played, proving they’re the fastest, most creative, and best while blinded… The winners were
Team Speed Build
John Kwok
John Langrish
Master Build
Finalists:
Keith Reed
David Gagnon
Dave DeGobbi
Champion: Keith Reed
Blind Build:
Heat A Fastest Time – Andrew Delbaere
Heat B Fastest Time – Keith Reed
Heat B Fewest Errors – David Guedes
Unbuild
Keith Reed
On the building side of things, VLC members picked up a whopping 7 trophies for their excellence in MOC creation. The winners spanned a wide range of categories and showed what the VLC has to offer. In no particular order those winners were:
Architecture – Leaves and Grass
Paul Hetherington – Palace in Wonderland
Super Heroes – Infinity Award
Chris Strebly – Teen Titans GO!
Great Ball Contraption – Rookie of the Gear
Dave DeGobbi – Water Wheel
Town/Train – Best Rolling Stock
Will Fong – BCER Interurban 1223
Art/Mosaic/Sculpture – Best in Art
Paul Hetherington – Sunday Afternoon Tea Train to Tetley
Town/Train – Best Scene
David Guedes – Let it Be
Dystopian – They Blew It Up
Allan Corbeil – Red Rocket
The VLC would like to thank the team at BrickCon for another amazing event, and we can’t wait to be back next year.
But before then you’ll find most of us at BrickCan! This year it will be May 4th and 5th at the River Rock Casino in Richmond. Learn more about it here: http://www.brickcan.com/