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Re: Blockheads: Regular People, Amazing Creations
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Date: 
Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:34:39 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Todd Lehman writes:

So I'm writing a book -- a coffee-table-style photo book with large, rich,
colorful photographs and text both biographical and narrative.  The gist of
the book is "adult LEGO enthusiasts and the amazing things they do and build
with LEGO," but it also covers offline social aspects such as events, clubs,
and gaming.  Titles under consideration include:

  Blockheads:  Regular People, Amazing Creations
<snip>

Of the suggested titles so far, I like this one best.

This sounds like a very ambitious project, and if you do plan on travelling
all over the world for it, I must say I will be very impressed if such a
book really could be on the store shelves as early as 2004.

I also wonder what the market really would be.  I would suspect that FOL's
or families of FOL's would be the only consumers who would actually do more
than give it a flip-through in the store.  If the goal is to sell it, there
is a good chance it will sell most to people already in the community.  Of
course, I could be totally wrong here.  I dunno.

Nonetheless, you can add my name to those who support the idea.  I think it
would be great to have a nice coffee table book with images of models that
are familiar and the builders who are not.  Feel free wander my way with
questions if you want to include notes about the Starship RPG, Valyance, or
the general building habits of Western Mass collectors.  :)

Cheers,
-Hendo
http://www.valyance.com/starship/



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  Blockheads: Regular People, Amazing Creations
 
I'm constantly amazed by all the great things people build with LEGO. Our eclectic hobby is a rich and expressive nexus of art, science, and humanity. I've often wished there were a simple way to share this amazement with people outside the hobby. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish.photography) !! 

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