10 amazing creations you’ll see at this weekend’s Lego convention in Columbia

View a replica of USC’s Williams-Brice Stadium and Founders Park as well as other creations this weekend at the BrickUniverse Lego Fan Convention at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The Saturday and Sunday convention will be held in Columbia for the second consecutive year.

Lego artists from around the world and South Carolina plan to show off these and other creations at the BrickUniverse Lego Fan Convention.

10. The Woolworth Building

Builder: Jonathan Lopes

Lego brick count: 120,000

Note: Built in sections for transportation; took 150-160 hours to build.

9. Chicago

Builder: Rocco Buttliere

Lego brick count: 65,200

Note: Built in exact 1/650 scale. The layout is built in sections; each skyscraper is its own LEGO creation.

8. Atlantis

Builder: Paul Hetherington

Lego brick count: 7,500

Note: The LEGO mermaids in this creation actually move from side to side.

7. London

Builder: Rocco Buttliere

Lego brick count: 50,000

Note: This scene is built to exact 1/650 scale.

6. Lady Gaga Concert

Builder: Paul Hetherington

Lego brick count: 20,000

Note: Based on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball concert

5. Batman Gotham Theater

Builder: Paul Hetherington

Lego brick count: 40,000

Note: Won “Lego Creation of the Year 2016”

4. Mardi Gras

3. Eiffel Tower

2. USC’s Founder’s Park

1. Williams-Brice Stadium

This story was originally published August 10, 2018 at 2:12 PM.