So, the idea behind the Master Build at the annual Lego convention (BrickCon) is that each participant (50 total people competed) is given a Lego set to work with (this year it was a medium sized “Space Police” set) and then you are tasked with creating something unique according to a theme that has nothing to do with the set, and you’re time-limited. Everyone sits in a big room together an works for 45min (I think that was how much time we had). This year’s theme was “Building A Community” and my creation you can see in the pictures. I titled it “The New McMansion in the Neighborhood” and it had 8 micro-scale (small) houses with a little arbor entrance at one end, and the giant new neighbor’s house being built at the other end, complete with crane and safety barriers.
It was really fun to participate, and I had no idea I would even be in contention to win, but apparently “it was by quite a significant margin” according to one of the judges who was sitting near us when I was announced as the winner! How cool!!