Oklahoma Will Have Its First Ever LEGO Convention Next Weekend

Top Quote A LEGO Convention will be held in Oklahoma for the first time ever with the LEGO BrickUniverse Convention comes to the Cox Business Center in downtown Tulsa on September 10 and 11. End Quote
  • Tulsa, OK (1888PressRelease) September 03, 2016 - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Oklahoma is going to have its first ever LEGO convention when the LEGO BrickUniverse Convention arrives to the Cox Business Center in downtown Tulsa next weekend, September 10-11, 2016. The event is building on LEGO's amazing popularity and ingenuity with awesome attractions all centered around everybody's favorite plastic building blocks.

    At past events, the team at BrickUniverse has witnessed thousands of LEGO fans show up to enjoy live LEGO builds, the Building Zone with thousands of LEGO bricks for attendees to build with, and select galleries of amazing and lifesized LEGO models. The organizers has predicted that next week's event will be one of the best that they have ever produced.

    Professional LEGO artist Jonathan Lopes will be coming from San Diego, California to showcase over 30 of his select LEGO displays including an 8-foot high LEGO Model of New York City's Woolworth Building. He will be in attendance all weekend and will be able to talk to attendees on his life as a professional LEGO artist and how they, too, can be LEGO master builders.

    Additionally, Chicago-based LEGO artist Rocco Buttliere will be bringing over 40 massive LEGO models of famous landmarks from around the world. See the largest skyscraper in the world, Burj Khalifa, the full Westminster Palace in London, and more famous landmarks all built from LEGO bricks!

    The Fan Zone at BrickUniverse features fan-built LEGO creations built by some of the world's best LEGO Fan builders, including some locally from Oklahoma. Awesome fan models includes a massive and detailed LEGO Castle built from Lee Gould from Oklahoma and LEGO Spaceship and NASA models built by Lia Chan from Dallas, Texas.

    Other attractions include at the LEGO Convention include:
    LEGO Friends Building Area: tons of LEGO Friends bricks to built with Massive LEGO Models: 27 foot LEGO model of the USS Missouri, 24 foot LEGO diorama of WWII Battle of Peleliu, 6 foot LEGO model of Brandenburg Gate, and more Big Brick Building: younger visitors can explore imagination through building with larger LEGO Duplo bricks.
    LEGO Retail: purchase LEGO merchandise and goodies
    BIONICLE Warrior Building: construct a LEGO BIONICLE Warrior
    And more!

    Tickets are available for either Saturday, September 10 or Sunday, September 11. Tickets are selling out, so early booking is advised at www.brickuniverse.org/tulsa

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