Downtown Solvang was filled with excitement Saturday as 10 professional Lego builders worked to construct the best model during the city's inaugural building competition.
Onlookers swarmed competitor project tents to witness local history in the making. Each builder was tasked with fabricating a creative version of one of Solvang's five Danish bakeries with colorful plastic bricks.
On Sunday afternoon, the completed projects were judged and the top three builders — Chris Wight, Bill Vollbrecht and Tiffeny Thompson — were awarded cash prizes.
Photos: Inaugural Lego brick-building competition in Downtown Solvang
LEGOs wait for placement on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
A pastry chef with whisk and mixing bowls were part of Bill Vollbrecht’s work during Solvang’s inaugural Lego-building competition in April, when he won second place.
First-place winner Chris Wight, of Los Angeles, works on his Lego Viking ship on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
LEGO steam rises from a mug of hot cocoa, made by Amy Levier, of Los Angeles, on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Mariann Asanuma holds Lego pastries in a bakery display case that was part of her entry in Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition. Asanuma is the world’s first female freelance Lego artist and former master model designer at Legoland California.
Lego pastries take shape in a bakery display case in Mariann Asanuma’s entry on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
A bucket of Solvang cookies made of Legos takes shape in Mariann Asanuma’s entry on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Zack Macasaet, a professional block-builder featured on Season 2 of the FOX competition series "Lego Masters,” talks to spectators as he builds a windmill on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Gwyneth Kozbial talks to spectators as she builds a windmill on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Tiffeny Thompson, of Bakersfield, crafts a bakery on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Millie Fiery, 8, of Buellton, left, watches Tiffeny Thompson, of Bakersfield, craft a bakery on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition. Thompson won third place at the event.
Gwyneth Kozbial works on her entry Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Mark Brower, of Los Angeles, shows off his "Simpsons"-themed wedding cake on during Solvang’s inaugural Lego-building competition in April.
Mark Brower’s Simpson’s-themed wedding cake was completed early on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Richie Levier, of Los Angeles, jokingly flips a Lego aebleskiver in a real pan for spectators during Solvang’s inaugural Lego-building competition in April.
A pastry chef looks out a window from Bill Villbrecht’s entry on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
A pastry chef with whisk and mixing bowls are part of Bill Vollbrecht’s work during Solvang’s inaugural Lego-building competition in April.
Life-sized LEGO Danish pastries are part of Bill Villbrecht’s entry, shown Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Boxes of blocks surround Zack Macasaet, a professional block-builder featured on Season 2 of the FOX competition series "Lego Masters,” on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Zack Macasaet’s windmill takes shape on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
A angel works the pastry counter in a bakery in Johnathon Turney’s entry titled “Heaven,” on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Johnathon Turney, of Hesperia, talks to spectators as he works on his entry titled “Heaven,” on Saturday during Solvang’s inaugural Lego Building Competition.
Ten professional LEGO builders will take to their blocks Saturday for Solvang's inaugural LEGO Building Competition where each will tasked with constructing a creative take on one of Solvang's five "storybook" Danish bakeries — using nothing but colorful plastic bricks.