The first day of AFOLCON

Dear all,

Today I got the spare laptop working, which means I won't be using Kitty's Mcbook (: anymore. Not that there was anything wrong with the machine, it's just that me and digital aples aren't the best combination.
The spare laptop, which I am using right now was however a rather old one, so 3 attempts and one reboot later I had finally reached google.com.

This morning the first AFOLCON sessions started, the form is simple: about 100 grownups, 1 speaker (Lego designer, Lego official). Especially the keynote session by Matt Nipper a senior Lego official, was extremely interesting, motivating, authentic and inspirational. During this session I discovered that, behind the scenes Lego is experimenting with bioplastics from wood and lactic acid, which I find extremely exciting! When I asked when we may expect the first bioplastic-bricks to appear, he explained that the long term durability of the materials still needed investigation and that further development would thus take quite some time, but he reassured me by saying "As soon as we are sure, we will put it on the market".

The session by Mark Stafford (AN ACTUAL LEGO DESIGENER!) about the design process for the second year of the Ninjago series was also very interesting. He told us at the end of the session that he thought Ninjago was extremely cool, but that the new theme he was working on for next year was absolutely mind-blowing.  Ofcourse he wasn't allowed to tell us anything and as if to rub in that fact he was wearing a shirt on which a huge question-mark and "2013" were printed  In between the sessions the setting-up for the Lego show continued, however today almost all the exhibitors(most of the AFOLCON attendees) were setting-up as well. I spent most of my time trying to assemble huge frames and putting huge Lego banners on them, together with Kevin one of the volunteers.
Furthermore the (NOT the olympic) stadium was assembled, on which Dirk and I earlier did some urgently needed repair work. Below I have posted a picture of me and Mark Stafford Together and a picture of the stadium.

Tomorrow there will be a half a page advertisment in The Sun, furthermore the Lego show will  be a topic on Key103 radio for the full story see:http://www.key103.co.uk/charity/Legoshow/ . Furthermore the AFOLCON sessions will continue and last but absolutely not least the preview sets (incl. Lord of the Rings) will be revealed.....