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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Star Wars Lego characters are displayed for sale in one of the vendor tables during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Claire Fennessy, 5, of Foster City, is mesmerized by a display of LEGO chess during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Kids and adults look at the Lego robotics display during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Samuele Arcidiacono, a software engineer from Hayward, shows off his Lago replica of Hayward’s Nation's Giant Hamburgers and Tommy’s Donuts during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: A detail shot of the Roman Colosseum, on display in the castle, fantasy and historical section, during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: A Lego Notre Dame Cathedral is on display in the castle, fantasy and historical section during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Lawrie George, of Brooklyn, NY, works on his mini golf Lego display during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. BBTB is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: A child reacts to a LEGO castle display during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Samuele Arcidiacono, a software engineer from Hayward, sports a lego hat during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. For the event, Arcidiacono made his own Lago replicas of Hayward’s Nation's Giant Hamburgers and Tommy’s Donuts. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Travis Betz, 4, of Redwood City, takes photos of Lego Bionicle figures as his father Joe Betz looks on during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Kids and adults pick through Lego bricks sold by the pound during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Lego Beatles album covers on displayed during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: A Lego train travels along its rails while on display during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: A detail photo of a Lego bridge structure on display during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Lego Bionicle figures on...]()
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Lego Bionicle figures on display during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Some of the Lego trophies made by volunteers that will be presented to Lego contest winners during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Kids and adults pick...]()
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 13: Kids and adults pick through Lego bricks sold by the pound during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Bricks By The Bay is a Lego festival, where Lego builders, vendors and fanatics show off their impressive creations and compete in different categories. The Western convention is one of the largest in the nation. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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Lego builders, vendors and fanatics showed off their impressive creations Saturday during the Bricks By The Bay X Convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Samuele Arcidiacono, of Hayward, a full-time software engineer and Lego hobbyist on the weekends, displayed his own creations — Lego replicas of a Giant Burgers stand and Tommy’s Doughnuts. “It took me over a year to build one of these,” Arcidiacono said.
Lawrie George, of Brooklyn, New York, said he designed a 19-hole minigolf display and built it with more than 8,000 Lego bricks in four months.
While it takes some longer to build their creations, festival visitors had a chance to create their own Lego bionicles in minutes — right on the spot — from Lego bulks for $5 each. Also, some took home loose Lego bricks for $8 to $10 dollars a pound sold by different vendors.
Winners in different festival categories are awarded Lego trophies made by volunteers, said convention President Eric Wilson. He built a trophy based on the Iron Throne from the “Game of Thrones” series. The winner of the Best in Castle, Fantasy and Historical category, will take that one home.
The West Coast convention is one of the largest in the nation and runs through Sunday from 10 to 4 p.m.
