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.