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Greetings! Wow, what a great event! A big thanks again to Matt and everyone
else who helped organize this event. Your hard work helped make Brickswest
fun and exciting for everyone. I'm already looking forward to next year!
--Dan Jassim
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In lugnet.events.brickswest, Daniel Jassim writes:
> Greetings! Wow, what a great event! A big thanks again to Matt and everyone
> else who helped organize this event. Your hard work helped make Brickswest
> fun and exciting for everyone. I'm already looking forward to next year!
>
> --Dan Jassim
Agreed. It was great to put faces to names and meet the west coasters.
Eric, Dave, and Bryce put on a great Mecha display, and your ships were
really quite amazing in person. The train layout was great, too. Extra
special props to Wayne Palmer, Derek Schin, Scott Lyttle, and all the other
guys who helped me with setup, tear down, and moving of the USA Mosaic.
Wayne, your frame was fabulous!
Brickswest was such a groovy time that it might've finally pushed my wife
from non-Lego significant other to Lego significant other! Unfortunately, I
think she'll be a train-head, but what's this old spacer going to do, ban
her from the Lego room? Hardly, I might be able to squeeze more out for the
Lego budget :)
I hope to see many of you again at Brickfest, or next year at Brickswest 2004.
Adrian
p.s. nothing highlights the difference between San Diego and Cleveland
moreso than coming home to 10 inches of snow in the driveway :)
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Hey, how'd the Drake Equation work out?
You know, the value X, where:
Prizes won by Adrian
---------------------- = X
Total prizes to be won
? ;) Can't wait to see photos! (Actually
I don't even know if you were able to take
any cartage at all, having flown as you did.)
I'd check out the photos appearing on Brick-
shelf, except that my bandwidth for graphics
is terrible here in l'Afrique du Sud.
Hopefully the official rundown will be up
soon--the pictures of the Mecha Room that
I *have* seen were absolutely jaw-dropping.
Great job by Matt and Co., and hopefully one
of these years I'll actually make a Brickswest
too!
best
LFB
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In lugnet.events.brickswest, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Hey, how'd the Drake Equation work out?
>
> You know, the value X, where:
>
> Prizes won by Adrian
> ---------------------- = X
> Total prizes to be won
Well, since Brickswest is run a little differently (every MOC on display
isn't judged for a contest) I actually didn't have any creations involved in
any prize-awarding situations, so the X would be zero! I decided to give
other people a chance :)
> ? ;) Can't wait to see photos! (Actually
> I don't even know if you were able to take
> any cartage at all, having flown as you did.)
> I'd check out the photos appearing on Brick-
> shelf, except that my bandwidth for graphics
> is terrible here in l'Afrique du Sud.
I brought stuff, but most of it, aside from the Mosaic, was seen at
Brickfest last year.
>
> Hopefully the official rundown will be up
> soon--the pictures of the Mecha Room that
> I *have* seen were absolutely jaw-dropping.
> Great job by Matt and Co., and hopefully one
> of these years I'll actually make a Brickswest
> too!
The Mecha display truly was amazing. Pictures won't do Bryce's... thing any
justice. The number of weird bionicle pieces in odd places was fascinating
and breathtaking. Best overheard quote of the event? Recalled by either
Dave or Bryce, I forget which:
A woman was walking her kid's past Bryce's... thing, but told her kids
"Don't look at it, it's Satanic!"
My pics (what few of them I actually took) should be up tonight. I'll scan
in the salient images that my wife took with her regular camera once the
film's developed.
Adrian
(who's already started to think about and gather pieces for the continuation
of "Best Large Space MOC" at Brickfest)
--
http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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Daniel Jassim wrote:
>
> Greetings! Wow, what a great event! A big thanks again to Matt and everyone
> else who helped organize this event. Your hard work helped make Brickswest
> fun and exciting for everyone. I'm already looking forward to next year!
I agree.
Some highlights for me:
- selling parts to Legoland (I had some car wash brushes that they
needed for repairing the Mardi Gras parade).
- introducing the Pirate Game to three new players
- buying and selling
- trading with the K-8
- Leaving Legoland at about 4:30 Monday for a 6:30 flight, and sweating
bullets in the I-5 traffic, followed by a quick re-arrangement of
baggage at the curb to get 4 peoples luggage down to 3 carry ons and 6
checked bags so Steve Barile could dash back to drop off the rental car.
Frank
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