Brickvention Convention Day FAQ's

Brickvention Convention Day is held on the Friday of Brickvention weekend, before the exhibition opens to the public. It is a special event for the Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) who are responsible for the exhibits that are on display, and for other AFOLs who wish to be part of the fun but have nothing to display.

It is primarily aimed at Adult Fans of LEGO but children are welcome if supervised by a parent or guardian. It’s a fun and informative way to learn more about LEGO and to meet and interact with LEGO Fans from all parts of Australia.

The day consists of guest speakers, competitions, activities, talks and workshops*. In the past, guest speakers have included LEGO designers and representatives, LEGO ambassadors and fan media, LEGO related business representatives and more. 

If you are an exhibitor at Brickvention, convention registration is included and you can access all the fun on the day. If you are not an exhibitor, then you will need to purchase a Convention Day ticket. Convention Day tickets also allow you to return during the Public Expo in case you didn’t get to see it all on Friday.

General Info

Tickets to Convention Day are usually available early spring. Follow the Tickets menu at the top of the page.

Convention Day is recommended for Adult Fans of LEGO, but tickets may be purchased for children who are accompanied by an adult ticket holder.

All Convention Day tickets include:

– Access to Brickvention on the Friday – get first access to see all the amazing Brickvention builds, participate in all main stage activities including LEGO building competitions and guest speaker presentations, get access to optional workshops and talks. See below for a typical Convention Day schedule.

– Access to the Brickvention Public Expo all weekend – return to see anything that you may have missed on Friday

 

In addition, there are two types of tickets that can be purchased:

Standard – Ticket holders receive the exclusive Convention Brick

Platinum – Ticket holders receive a Convention Bag which includes a Convention T-Shirt, Name Brick, exclusive Brickvention Set and more

 

Click here for more information on what is included in the ticket types.

Brickvention has a limited number of convention tickets available and they usually sell out well in advance of the event. To this end, we will not be selling tickets at the door. Convention day tickets may also include personalised merchandise so we recommend purchasing your ticket as soon as possible.

For Brickvention 2025, ticket prices are

Standard – $75

Platinum – $135

See above for what is included in each ticket.

Unfortunately not. Our display space is very limited and is allocated to those who are registered exhibitors.

If you wish to be considered as an exhibitor in the future, please view our Exhibitor FAQs.

Registration opens 8.30am

Convention Day programming starts 9.00am

Main stage presentations and activities run until noon. 

Lunch break until 1pm

Vendors open Noon – 3pm, there are also silent auctions and raffles open at this time.

Optional talks and workshops* run from 1pm – 4pm

Final announcements at Main stage ~ 4.30pm

Convention Day close 5pm

All convention day attendees are emailed the schedule prior to the event.

*Some talks/workshops may incur a fee and have a limited number of seats available

No, there will be no food on sale at Brickvention on Convention Day. There is a 1 hour break in the schedule to allow time to go out for lunch prior to the main afternoon activities. Or, bring your lunch and hit the vendor area instead!

Convention Day Activities

Below are some examples of Convention Day activites. 

Build in the Bag is one of the most popular competitions at the Brickvention convention. It involves trying to be the fastest person to build a LEGO® set inside a sealed bag.

Rules

Each contestant will be provided with a sealed plastic bag containing all the parts required to build a LEGO® set, along with the instructions to build it. Upon commencement, each contestant endeavours to build their model as quickly as possible without opening, tearing, or otherwise damaging the bag containing the parts. The winner(s) is the fastest person to complete their model.

Important information

All sets chosen for this competition will have been tested to ensure construction is possible under these rules.

Sets chosen may not have originally come with all the parts in a single bag. It is quite conceivable that a set may have been selected which contains parts in more than one bag, and which has had all parts required sealed into a new bag.

Where stickers are shown in instructions, these do NOT have to be attached, although it would be interesting to see someone attempt to apply these through the small holes in the bags.

Some previous Build in the Bag sets:

Dirty Brickster is a kind of a white elephant gift exchange game and is somewhat similar to Kris Kringle.

Rules

Each participant brings exactly one wrapped gift. Each gift should be LEGO® or LEGO®-related, cost and be worth $50. Hence, no “junk” (clones, bag of useless parts, worn parts, etc.), no stationery, no clothing or watches or open collectable mini-figs.

When the Dirty Brickster begins, a typical scenario may be:

Participants sit in a circle with the gifts piled in the centre and draw numbers.
In the order of the numbers, each participant chooses a gift by either (1) unwrapping one or (2) by stealing a non-locked gift.
In the event that a participant’s gift is stolen, he has the same choices, except that he may not steal back the gift that was just stolen from him.
Gifts are automatically locked after being stolen for the third time.
After the participant with the last number chooses a gift, all gifts have been unwrapped.
The participant with number one may at that time elect to steal any non-locked gift, beginning a new round of theft. After that, the Dirty Brickster is over.

Etiquette

  • Participants should not shake or unnecessarily handle a wrapped gift until they have chosen to unwrap it.
  • When a participant steals a gift, those assembled generally chant “Dirty Brickster! Dirty Brickster! Dirty Brickster!” to the delight of all.
  • Non-locked gifts should be held on the participant’s lap, in plain view of all.
  • Locked gifts should be kept beneath or behind the participant’s chair (unless you don’t mind it being stolen)

Speed Build is a challenging game where you test your skill as a speed builder of a LEGO® set against other competitors. The set may be known in advance or may be a surprise.

Example of a previous set:

Fastest time: Nine minutes and 45 seconds.

 

What is Timed Sort?

Timed Sort is a great competition to test your ability to quickly sort various colours of 1×1 square plates.

Each incorrectly sorted plate results in a time penalty. The winner is the person who has sorted the plates in the fastest time.