3 things you should know about the first Lego Convention
The first Lego Convention was held last Saturday. Three things stood out during the two-hour live stream.
Announced as an «absolute first» in the company’s history, the first official Lego Convention was expected to be jam-packed with exciting highlights. Accordingly, the bar was high. Unfortunately, my expectations weren’t met. Not even close. On the contrary. Three things stood out during this so-called convention, which was actually one long infomercial:
1. Annoying presenters
Saturday, 6 p.m. The first 20 minutes of the live stream are a kind of pre-show featuring Lego fans and a different presenter than in the main part. Adam Ward is totally hyper and seems to have overdone it with the «sweets» before the show.
Things get really bad in the main part of the convention. It’s the part where a presenter takes over, whose name escapes me – but voice doesn’t. Wow, it’s annoying. I’m this close to watching the live stream on mute. She’s so over the top in every way. No matter how tiny the Lego brick she’s presented with, her reaction is always: «Oh, I love that, it’s amazing!».
Amazing.
And that’s pretty much the spectrum of her vocabulary. Almost. Unfortunately. The other gems are: «incredible», «my favourite thing», «that is so much fun» and «so excited for this». What’s up with that? Do they take me for a fool? Or just a bit slow? I could puke Lego bricks.
2. Crashed live broadcast
After just under an hour, a technical issue gives me a much-needed breather. Yep, live streams certainly come with their fair share of potential problems and don’t always do what you want them to. However, YouTube and Twitch have greatly simplified livestreaming. Having said that, Lego preferred to forgo them both and do their own thing by running the stream on their website. Why they would do this remains a mystery.
The live stream wasn’t running smoothly from the get-go. Sound interruptions à gogo. The image displayed on my screen is often a fragmented mess. Yuck. After about seven minutes, the technicians regain control of the stream. The slip-up is followed by a one-minute promotional video about the Lego House in Billund. Totally worth the wait. Not. Great, the presenter with the glass-shattering voice is back! And there’s no end in sight. Isn’t it time for the Italy/Austria football game? Oh, that’s not until 9 p.m.
3. Lego foosball table
After the two negative points, here’s a positive one: the foosball table. The set was created by 16-year-old fan Donat Fehervari for a Lego Ideas contest. It’s announced at the Lego Convention that Lego is producing this set.
How many parts the foosball table will be made up of remains to be seen. Donat’s design will also be slightly modified. We can expect to find out what the final set will look like in 2022, when it hits stores. What I know already: I want one. Five of them.
At 20:04, the live stream, and with it the first official Lego Convention, come to an end after over after two hours. Next year’s edition has already been announced. However, if Lego want me to endure this gruelling spectacle again, they’ll have to change a few things. First and foremost, by hiring presenters with less annoying voices that tone down the fakery and unnecessary superlatives. And give me more foosball tables and the like.
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