{"id":21911,"date":"2013-08-09T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T16:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=21911"},"modified":"2013-08-09T12:51:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T16:51:54","slug":"brickfair-recap-lego-fan-festival-at-dulles-expo-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/08\/brickfair-recap-lego-fan-festival-at-dulles-expo-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Brickfair recap: LEGO Fan Festival at Dulles Expo Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/9441423949\/\" title=\"Brickfair logo by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7290\/9441423949_08732d9241.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Brickfair logo\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>CHANTILLY, Va. &mdash; <\/strong>As the parent of a five year old son, LEGO&reg; has become a big part of our lives again, so I was pleased to see another LEGO&reg; event was going on last weekend. As LEGO&reg; events go, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brickfair.com\/\">Brickfair<\/a>, held annually at the Dulles Expo Center may be the biggest and best out there. Dozens of tables featuring different themes such as Castle, Military, Mindworks, Space, City and more. There is also a Stay &#038; Play area and vendors selling old LEGOs probably bought at garage sales and craigslist. Also, lots of Star Wars minifigs at $5 a pop.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the show was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatballcontraption.com\/\">Great Ball Contraption <\/a>, a large Rube Goldberg machine with Ferris wheels, trains, conveyor belts and all sorts of mechanized parts that moved tiny soccer and basketballs around. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/9444205072\/\" title=\"20130804_125339 by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7325\/9444205072_7edc6e4e82.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"20130804_125339\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other highlights include a gigantic LEGO Serenity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/9444199892\/\" title=\"Serenity by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2835\/9444199892_ec6d3c5fd0.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Serenity\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>a superhero scene with the Stay Puft marshmallow man<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/9444184124\/\" title=\"Stay Puft by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5544\/9444184124_691a6e739e.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Stay Puft\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>and of course, a RUSH concert which begs the question, what would a venn diagram of RUSH fans and adult LEGO builders look like?<\/p>\n<p>I have<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157634953923009\/with\/9444205072\/\"> about 70 photos up<\/a> or you could just view the slideshow embedded below.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fwfyurasko%2Fsets%2F72157634953923009%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fwfyurasko%2Fsets%2F72157634953923009%2F&#038;set_id=72157634953923009&#038;jump_to=\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=124984\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHANTILLY, Va. &mdash; As the parent of a five year old son, LEGO&reg; has become a big part of our lives again, so I was pleased to see another LEGO&reg; event was going on last weekend. As LEGO&reg; events go, Brickfair, held annually at the Dulles Expo Center may be the biggest and best out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,23,26,102],"tags":[645,1029,1289,1872],"class_list":["post-21911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beltwayland","category-datelines","category-fairfax-county","category-virginia","tag-fairfax-county","tag-lego","tag-northern-virginia","tag-va"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brickfair recap: LEGO Fan Festival at Dulles Expo Center - William F. 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