You Go, We Go, LEGO

Turns out that "blockhead" isn't always an insult, at least for members of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area LEGO Train Club. Their display at the World's Greatest Hobby Show had visitors gasping with delight and eagerly pointing out hidden details, some staggeringly minute. A skeleton sits abandoned on a hill; Jar Jar Binks of "Star Wars" notoriety is just another bus passenger. Spider-Man scales the side of a building. A brave soul is perched at the top of a waterfall, poised to go over in a barrel.

Harry Potter, R2D2 and Dracula hang here, too, tucked away among H2 SUVs, the old woman's shoe house, a Wild West town and a comfy little village with 17 homes.

The human touches mingle with a computer-generated track design. LEGO Train Club member Bob Hayes freely tells admirers the software is free on the Internet. This morning's four-hour set-up, of course, doesn't include the three months of construction on a majestic 1930s-style train station.

LEGOs aren't cheap, but Hayes says they've been building their collection for years. He gave away his childhood LEGOs at age 13, but started collecting them again when he became a dad. This display contains about $10,000 worth of equipment, easily out of the range of the average 13-year-old. "That's kind of why we're an adult club," said Hayes.A kid's hobby on an adult's budget? Priceless.