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Hi all, it's with a great deal of pride that I announce the first issue of (URL) BrickJournal is a quarterly publication that will focus on the AFOL community with articles about: • People - the personalities of the community • Building - the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX) !!
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"Joe Meno" <jmenomeno@aol.com> wrote in message news:IIHyI3.1qpI@lugnet.com... (...) Myself and the rest of the LEGOFan staff have been working closely with Joe to help get the BrickJournal pages set up, so we have known about this project for a (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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(...) Shazam! Congrats on a job well done. I found the HoB write up a particularly well written article ;) Felix (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Awesome! Stupendous! Bravo! Really nice job. I've downloaded the first issue and gotten 20 pages into it, and it's hard to put it down (though I really do need to be working at the moment!). My only regret is that it's just a PDF -- I can't (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) This is my question too - altho slightly different. When will subscriptions be available? How much will they be? How can I sign up? Awesome stuff Joe and team - Bravo! This is something the community could really use and I'm impressed that you (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Agreed! I want something to carry around and read whenever. Excellent work, team! What I imagined when a little birdie told me it was in the works and much more. Yippie hurray! You should work on the picture quality, though. You need to get (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Missing some key pictures though... :-) (1) I knew this was coming too, and it was hard to keep quiet because it was pretty darn exciting. Now that it's out I can say "wow" and "job well done" and "can't hardly wait for Issue 2"...(2) Joe's (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Throw in another me too on publishing it in hard copy. I like how it is not just USA centered either. Great job!!! Jude (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) I suspect during PDF export they were crunched to save file space. For those of us hosting mirrors this is a good thing! :) I'm sure the print version is much clearer. Calum (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Calum is indeed correct. We built the magazine using professional printing software (Adobe InDesign) at a full 300dpi for 8.5 x 11. Needless to say, that download is over 100 Mb. As for all the other comments here, thank you so much. We are (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Absolutely excellent! Even though I should have been working, I just downloaded and read the entire issue, and loved it. A definite "must read". Great work, and very professional presentation. Kudos to you and the rest of your team. I know how (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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Very cool! Presentation is first rate, awesome job guys! !!! :D -Stefan- (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) I agree with the several people who have expressed an interest for a printed copy of Brick Journal. I'm more than willing to pay for a subscription that would come in the mail. Oh yeah, thanks for including my picture in the first issue. (I'm (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Awesome stuff! One suggestion, coming from someone who works in a copy center. I think this would be better if it were formatted for 8-1/2x11 paper instead of 11x17 paper. This would make printing out a copy a lot easier. Russell BayLUG/BayLTC (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) I'm a me-too-er on the issue of print as well. I have a slow connection, plus don't always check more than my email when online. (It's a fluke I saw this thread.) If it came mailed in print form, I'd be less likely to miss it. But I'm posting (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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Robin, Thanks for the vote of confidence, we greatly appreciate any and all feedback!!!! In regards to your question about upcoming feedback, yes we are looking for content. We are currently in the works of figuring out how to accept and process (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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John, In regards to your question about the previous ideas of doing a Lego magazine..Yes, this is not a new idea. It has been discussed before in various ways, but sadly until now none have come to fruition. It should be noted for the record that (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Hendo, that was the infamous "Bricks Magazine" or something like that. That was sometime around Dec 2002-Feb 2003, organized by someone who has completely dropped off Lugnet. Rumors abound, and likewise, nobody got their money back. The goal (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Richard Morton wrote: (snip) (...) Richard, thanks for the kind words and support! The gang at LEGO Fan has been very supportive of me and BrickJournal, and I thank all of you! Joe Meno Editor, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
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(...) Hey Joe, Great job! Very well done and professional. You must have put a lot of time into it and it shows! Can't wait to see the next issue! You did a great job of covering so many different aspects of such a diverse group as exsists here in (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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Very nice! It's obvious y'all put a lot of time, thought, work, effort, blood, sweat, tears, etc. into this. Just one question - what's the easiest way to turn this download into an actual, printed booklet? Do places like Kinko's offer 2-sided (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) The final copy looks great Joe (et al). I know that you and a few other key players have spent endless hours pulling together such a wonderful creation. Your hard work has really paid off, imo. I would like to add that it was a pleasure being (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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Hey Joe, Congratulations on the finished product. It looks awesome! As with others, it was really tough to keep quiet on this. :) Looking forward to future issues and, hopefully, printed versions. Bruce (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Congratulations Joe & the Brick Journal staff! I am also hoping for a hard copy. Especially if the highly-anticipated Felix centerfold is included as promised. Dimming the lights... -nk (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! It was a lot of fun working on this, and I am resting a little before I start on the second issue...and what IS your next article :-)? Joe Ed/Pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Hi David, You're welcome :-) One of the things that's in the masthead is community..and that picture showed the community! As for printed copies, patience, young Skywalker....the staff is looking at options and will be making some plans and (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Lenny, The staff of BrickJournal is reviewing options for printing and subscriptions. Right now, we are in the researching stage (to be honest, I wasn't expecting to address this so soon), so I can't give you a good answer. Once we determine (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Jude Beaudin wrote: (snip) (...) Thanks - I've made comments about publishing on other posts, so I'll just go straight to the next comment :-) One of the goals that I want to meet with BrickJournal is to make everyone (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! This was a labor of love for the entire staff, so your compliments are appreciated! Joe ed./pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Bill, Thanks! I want BrickJournal to appeal to as many people as possible, so I tried to get a spectrum of articles in, and I hope to have a diversity of articles in future issues. And I can't wait to see next issue either :-)! And for the (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) James, I wouldn't encourage you to get it printed at Kinko's..it's not cheap. We're working on the printing options, so once we figure out a plan, we'll announce it here and on LEGOFan! Thanks for the kind words! Joe ed./pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! I'm happy that you were able to be a part of the first isssue too. Your article was among the first that I got that was a sign that something special was happening...I found myself wrapped up in it and also found that I couldn't find (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Bruce! For the kind words and the minifig article you wrote! I had a time keeping things quiet too, especially when I got close to finished..BrickJournal took on a life of it's own! Future issues? You bet! Printed issues? We're working (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Nick, Thanks for the compliments! I'll ask Felix about his centerfold:-)...he's been waffling about it. And printing is being looked into. More when we figure out a plan. Thanks again, Joe ed./pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Everything has been said already. Congratulations to all of you who have been involved in this huge project. To deliver over 60 pages of high quality articles is very impressive! Well done and I'm looking forward to the next issue(s)... And (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Nate! It was a LOT of fun working with you onine with the Alternate MOC article..so let's do another one :-)! And next issue might, just might be bigger! Later, Joe ed./pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Wow, this is great, I just printed it out for some enjoyable reading tonight. Congrats to everyone, and enjoy the slashdotting. George (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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Brace yourselves: You've been (URL)! Pros: excellent exposure to potentially interested readers Cons: sudden huge demand for the pdf's will overload your server for a couple of days -Brendan (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Well, whoever the retard was who posted that link should be shot. I'm personally going to go and hunt him down. That and the dumbkoff who karma whored direct links in a followup comment. I'm going to hunt that person down too and shoot him (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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nice article calum. i just read it now. and the rest of the mag is...... "interesting." any reason why so MANY contributors are Canadian?? Chris (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The first thing I thought when I saw this article on Slashdot is were is the torrent. I mean isn't this the situation the Bittorrent is designed to solve? Derek (19 years ago, 25-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yup. I'm not sure how well it'll work for a file this small, but it is exactly what it was designed for. (19 years ago, 25-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It kinda worked out that way. I was wanting international articles too. Joe Meno ed./pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 27-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) admit it joe, (smile) (for ROSS) other than myself most canadian are cool. (wink) (again for ross) Chris (19 years ago, 27-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Nice one, but geez, yet another interview with Brendan Powell Smith ;) Just wondering though; is it intended to be a magazine for AFOLs or about AFOLs? If it's the former, there's not a lot in there that we don't know already, and if it's the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) okay, I admit it... Most Canadians are cool. Except for you :-) Joe ed/pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OK, we have a DEAL. :) Chris (19 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Just as another data point, I don't agree -- I read it cover-to-cover and while I did know some of the content already, much of it was new, and it was all enjoyable reading. Best, Joe (19 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, George! Tell me what you think of the articles! Joe ed./pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Allister, My quick answer is: Yes! Actually, BrickJournal is meant to be both a magazine for reference for AFOLs and a magazine for the general public to see and possibly join the community. It could be said that the mag is slightly (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Joe! One of the challenges BrickJournal faces is trying to stay timely, given that I am making this quarterly. Because of the lengthy period between issues and the nature of the typical AFOL (wanting to find out things that are (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) You do have the advantage of an inside line to the company though. Those are the bits I found most interesting. Stuff on the development of themes and models would be fascinating. (...) That would be super. The stuff on actual building was (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Ya. It was just a gentle ribbing, don't take me too seriously. I love the Rev's work. He is probably the current record holder for the Most Interviewed AFOL though. You should get him to actually write an article - that'd be worth reading. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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I am in need of a large quantity of studless parts and gears and am kicking myself for not buying the Mars Rover kits when they were on sale at WalMart this Christmas for 25 bucks. Long story short, did anyone stock up on them and save them for a (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Bad form, I know, but in the flurry of postings about Chris's new ride, this might have got lost. Or maybe everyone was at Janey's enjoying the SmallTown, Ontario homecoming. Or maybe everyone is busy building for Brickfest, which is what I'm trying (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Unfortunately I don't have any copies extra. Calum (19 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) > (...) Arrrgh. I feel like such a dope for passing that one up. Ralph (19 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's funny that you mention that, because there will be some upcoming articles from LEGO staffers... (...) There will be some more instructions this issue..and some more Bricks for Thought! (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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