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Re: Brickfair is official....
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lugnet.events
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Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:38:09 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Todd Webb wrote:
I’m sorry. Brickfair sounded like a cool event to attend right up until this
point.
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The possibility of a Spring or Fall event was suggested to me. But my only
experience with Lego festivals is in the summer. And since I’m risking
approximately $105,000 and months of hard work to make the event happen, I
wanted to minimize the variables as much as possible.
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And this makes me want to attend the event, why? Telling possible attendees how
much you are personally risking on an event is pointless, not to mention
off-putting...
I’ve assisted with Brickworld ‘07, Brickfest ‘06 & Brickfest ‘04; donating time,
money & LEGO. I’ve got roped into doing things, because no one else would step
up to help out. And in the process, I haven’t asked for anything in return.
When Joe started planning Brickfest ‘06, my biggest suggestion to him was to
show appreciation to all his volunteers; not that I wanted anything for myself,
but the success of an event really depended on the volunteers. Joe confided
with me (and a few others) how much he put on the line with BF’06; and given
Brickfest’s reputation around DC, it was a pretty ‘safe bet’ that when the bills
came due, he’d have no problems paying them off. But the way he did it, never
caused any resentment.
When you start talking about how much you personally risk for an event, all you
are doing is creating resentment.
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Because I have been to both BrickFest ‘06 and Brickworld ‘07 I have a fair
sense of what I can reasonably expect in terms of attendance numbers. Now
that BrickFair and Brickworld will co-exist for the first time, that is a
new minor variable, but not nearly the risk of testing a whole new season.
And I think many folks (myself included) will fly/drive to attend both
BrickFair and Brickworld. Perhaps, as you said, a small number will choose
one or the other.
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Or neither. Not everyone has the money for three events in three consecutive
months... Brickworld in Chicago in June, ILTCO/NTS in Anaheim in July, and
BrickFair in DC in August.
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I believe the South needs a large-scale Lego festival. How about it Texas?
Perhaps they would like to take the Spring :)
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And a few of us in Florida have consider throwing a smaller scale event, called
SpringBrick. An event not based on the Brickfest/Brickworld type of LEGO event.
By nature of spring break, you don’t want to be hauling around a bunch of
models; so the event would be more of a show up & let’s build something type of
event.
--Mike.
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) Offending you or anyone else certainly wasn't my intent. Someone questioned the logic of the scheduling, and I answered them, perhaps a bit too honestly. That tends to be my M.O. I'm sorry you so put off by my comment. Todd (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | Re: Brickfair is official....
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| (...) Offending you or anyone else certainly wasn't my intent. Someone questioned the logic of the BrickFair scheduling, and I answered them, perhaps a bit too honestly. That tends to be my M.O. I'm sorry you were so put off by my comment. Todd (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| (...) I disagree, as Todd seems to have been 'put on the carpet' for the telling of his expenses, the fact that he had such a great feeling for the event that he was willing to put up this or any amount to see it happen is commendable. I really (...) (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| (...) I'm sorry if anyone is put off by the timing of the event. Ultimately, when it comes to timing, you cannot possibly please everyone. The possibility of a Spring or Fall event was suggested to me. But my only experience with Lego festivals is (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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