BrickCon 2025 - Full STEAM Ahead - Mini Model

One more item to review from BrickCon 2025. The swag bag included a mini model in the theme of the convention. This one was smaller, but included two minifigures and a goat. It came in a small plastic container which was something I have not seen done before, but I like it. Here’s a picture of the container with the instructions also as a label on the inside and then some of the parts.

The instructions were just one sheet. You needed to figure out all of the individual steps. Not great for a new builder, but not a problem for someone experienced as a builder.

The first part of the build is a lab table with a chemistry experiment and a microscope. The has some drawers built in which is cool. There is a printed sand green tile with the theme logo which is cool to have an exclusive element like this.

Next up are the minifigures. First is the goat which was from #10332-1: Medieval Town Square. Then there’s a male minifigure with a prosthetic leg and a female minifigure with a shot. Apparently she’s going to shoot up the goat? Or maybe the dude? Not sure. Either way, it’s cool to get minifigures in the swag bag.

Here’s the final build to include the convention printed brick. There’s a lot packed into such a small set. Awesome job BrickCon team!

Last up is the BrickCon 2025 printed brick with the Recognized AFOL Networking Event 2025 print on the back. Another brick to add to my brick badge stash.

Hope to see you at BrickCon next year!

Happy building!

BrickCon 2025 - The Professor -Con Model Review

Every year, someone from the BrickCon crew puts a build together tied to the convention theme and it is developed into a model from scratch. This includes sourcing all the pieces, putting all the pieces into bags, getting custom prints done, developing the packaging art and getting it printed, and putting together instructions. At 297 pieces, this is not a small feat for a group of unpaid volunteers.

This year, the set was titled “The Professor” and it shows a brick built figure in a classroom teaching chemistry. There is a table and a board with some atomic elements which happen to spell out BrickCon (very clever). There are some great pieces used and even some movement, but back to the review.

The box this year is modeled in the way boxes were done back in the early days with the yellow color and angled stripe with blue text on the front. The front shows the full model while the back gives some of the set details. My set was #218 as you can see from the side of the box and another side had some notes about the model.

The set contains two parts bags. What were you expecting? Professional packaging? Two plastic zipper bags works for me.

The instructions are small and pretty complicated. To keep them short, a lot of steps are crammed together. As the audience of the set is experienced builders, they expect people to understand builds and to be able to piece it together without obvious piece by piece steps. I’ll admit that I made mistakes along the way. Whoops!

Here is the final build. The dark green wall and sand green tiles are awesome! I like the addition of some of the random printed pieces and the custom prints are incredible. No stickers. Yay! There is a Technic axle to pull out and push in to make the figure spin, but I need to make some adjustments to the set to make that function work better. It shouldn’t be too hard to do. Also, there is a whip piece that is supposed to connect between the beaker and one of the flasks. I couldn’t get the whip piece to stay. I’ll have to mess with it. Other than that, it’s a great build with some great parts. Thanks Jessie R. and the whole BrickCon staff for putting this set together.

Happy building!