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    Brad Justus at Legoworld 2002 —Jonathan Wilson
   Anyone got information on what was said? (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Brad Justus at Legoworld 2002 —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
   (...) Hi Jonathan, he was there for 2 days and he gave us (members of de Bouwsteen and attending guests ca. 90 minutes for questions and answers. So you can imagine he mentiond just EVERYTHING in that time. But if you ask, if he gave any special (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Brad Justus at Legoworld 2002 —James Trobaugh
   (...) But wasn't the Legoworld event open to the public? So it wasn't just AFOLs attending, it was anyone in the area. While at Brickfest it's registered people only with no public sessions. (of course I could be mistaken about Legoworld being a (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Brad Justus at Legoworld 2002 —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
   (...) Hi James, of course it was open to the public, but some/most (?) days were sold out long before, so most people must have had bought tickets long before. That is no registration of course, but still... And you are right: it was public, yet not (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Brad Justus at Legoworld 2002 —James Trobaugh
      Ben, I'm sure the "kid" factor was part of the large number of visitors, and the fact that Legoworld is marketed to the general public. I think Brickfest is more of an event for AFOLs, and like you mentioned ealier, AFOLs that read LUGNET. I think (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Brad Justus at Legoworld 2002 —Frank Filz
   (...) Some factors I can see: - Legoworld is an "expo" type event compared to BrickFest being a "gathering of fans" event. - Public advertising obviously increases numbers - Europe probably has a much higher density of AFOLs (even if the US might (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Brad Justus at Legoworld 2002 —Frank Buiting
   (...) It is indeed an "expo" event, though about 40% of it is dedicated to the AFOL community. The "Bouwsteen" had a (very) large area which was dedicated to adults showing their MOCs and have fans talk to eachother. Also, like Ben said: in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 

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