A LEGO Brickumentary Page #5

My album went gold in a week,

and I wanted a way to celebrate.

The first thing that I bought

was the Death Star.

The main thing that it does is it,

it brings out a bit of your childhood.

Which is important

not to forget as well.

You know, it's good not

to take life too seriously.

Growing up, LEGOs

was more like this to me.

It was more, you know, the bin of chaos.

I was like, "Oh, no, who would...

Why would you get LEGOs

to be told how to put them together?"

Like, I always thought

it was a very creative thing.

And then I, I think I rediscovered LEGOs

right around the second

or third season of South Park.

People would walk in while

chaos was going on,

and I'd just be putting

together these things.

And I think that having that

instruction book that said,

this one on top of that one.

And this one on that one.

It was just so therapeutic for me

because the rest of my life was,

think of something, think of something.

You know, be creative,

be creative, be creative.

And I found it so insanely therapeutic.

...goes to the basket!

I've actually been on the road

to a lot of different games.

And the fans are like,

"Man, I love LEGOs just like you, man."

I have at least 30 boxes

that are waiting at home

for me to start working on.

The biggest piece that I have

is actually the piece

that was given to me by Ellen DeGeneres.

We told our friends at LEGOs

that you love LEGOs.

- Mm-hmm.

- So we got you something.

Wait a second.

Did any of those guys

look like kids to you?

It seems like LEGO fans

come in many forms.

Let's go meet some of these, um,

well, I'm not sure what you call them.

Let's go find out.

Hey! Can somebody just

throw my hair back up here?

Here at BrickCon in Seattle,

you can see part

of the huge community

that's building with LEGO bricks.

BrickCon is one of North America's

top LEGO conventions,

along with Chicago's BrickWorld

and Virginia's BrickFair.

And there are similar fan events

throughout Europe, Asia,

and around the globe.

Spending a little time

at one of these conventions

gives you an idea of the vastness

of the LEGO universe.

There are those that use LEGO,

and there is an adult fan community.

We all refer to ourselves

as AFOLs, absolutely.

An Adult Fan Of LEGO.

Which is basically,

the reason we're all here.

To me, being one

is just enjoying everything

about what LEGO's about.

You know the Comic Book Guy

from The Simpsons?

That's I think what people

think an AFOL is.

Just a big guy living

in his parents' basement.

Just kinda tapping

at the computer all day long.

Well, if that's not an AFOL, what is?

Blue collar, white collar.

Programmers, construction guys.

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