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Ben himself, after a LONG day of serious train-business :-)
http://www.vanree.net/~kmeijaard/fotoalbum/legoworld_2002/tn/image32.jpg.html
See you soon, Ben!
Klaas
Reinhard \"Ben\" Beneke wrote:
> Dear Lego Enthusiasts!
>
> Today the biggest (and greatest!) Lego Fest ever will find its end. I myself
> had the chance to attend Legoword 2002 in Zwolle/Netherlands for 3 of the 5
> days. So here comes my brief report about it:
>
> "LEGOWORLD 2002 HAS BEEN TRUELY PHANTASTIC"
>
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> Ok, I think I will give a midsized review too:
> After getting out of bed in the middle of the night I was driving the 390 km
> westwards to the Ijsselhallen in Zwolle. I had packed my car the evening
> before and placed it in a guarded garage that night.....
>
> When I arrived at 7:45 in the morning it took only a few minutes till members
> of the local Lego club 'de Bouwsteen' let me in. BTW, that is the biggest
> Lego-Fan Club wordwide with over 500 members - and I can assure you, I only
> met very kind persons and had a very warm welcome. THANKS to all from 'de
> Bouwsteen' and especially to its president Paul Wolters!
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/002positive_mood.jpg
>
> Since the public gets into the Ijsselhalls at 10:00 I had to bring all my
> stuff into the hall till 9:00 when the doors got locked up, which is not so
> easy if you permanently meet lots of nice folks.
> The time till 10:00 was devoted to put the Lego into the infield of the train
> layout. Erwin van Grinsvin as the responsible person for that area had left me
> a quite big area free, which I then occupated. I started with the track
> layout, arranged my buildings along that and had a running train on it when
> the public came in. Then it took 2 more hours to arrange baseplates with
> minifigs, trees, cars and the other small details.
>
> Then I had to check out the rest of the legoworld and found out about:
>
> - roundabout 10.000 visitors per day (most days sold out)
>
> - hundreds of fans from nearly all European countries and even Tim from the
> US.
>
> - a huge train layout with lots of very nice detailed houses for e.g. made by
> Eric Brok and lots of others.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/009overview.jpg
>
> - the pirate world of KLaas: all sets of Lego arranged in a mocced and
> beautiful detailed table layout
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/50_pirate_world.jpg
>
> - an extra table layout of 6 ITLUG members: that has been the probably most
> beautiful arranged piece of Lego in Zwolle. So it was no wonder a big crowd
> was always trying to get nearer to the fence along that. A mindstorms control
> of the trains added extra attention.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/48_itlug_station.jpg
>
> - a teaching area for CAD and developped building techniques
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/81_snot_school.jpg
>
> - tables full with big sized trucks and cranes
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/33man.jpg
>
> - tables full with mindstorms and technic creations
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/26_technik.jpg
>
> - moc space buildings
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/27_space-nuts.jpg
>
> - single XXL sized buildings, partly with nice surroundings
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/30_haus.jpg
>
> - a huge 10 meters bridge with a camera-car running over it and driving in
> spirals down to ground floor 2 meters below (radio transmission of the signal
> onto a TV screen) phaszinated lots of people.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/22_10meter_bruecke.j
> pg
>
> - the neighbour halls were occupied with a national TV show sending live from
> the Legoworld
>
> - another was full with Lego displays and the kids playing area (tables with
> tons of nicest parts)
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/006_building.jpg
>
> - last hall was attractive because of bulk sale of special elements like
> corner roof pieces etc. Additionally there were the big Lego truck show and a
> action based area where the kids could drive the new RC cars (really fast
> those cars - lots of fun to drive them!)
>
> - even the military supported the event with action camp: cids were allowed to
> get up a ladder of steel cable. When reaching to the roof they could slide
> down to the ground via another steal cable that lead down in a ca. 30° angle.
> (Of course the were all time secured by a slim cord, but it looked really
> dangerous and offered for sure a big thrill when they came down with a
> unbelievable speed).
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/Shows/Legoworld2002/005_armee_fun.jpg
>
> -LC sent lots of employes as well and for e.g. Brad Justus gave us a nearly 90
> minutes chance for question and answers. Thanks for the always very open
> minded communication with us.
>
> ********************
>
> So to come to an end:
>
> I am convinced Legoworld was a full success for all sides: 'de Bouwsteen' and
> its members, the guests who were 'working' on the show, the TV, The Lego
> Company and all kids with parents and AFOLs that came along.
>
> I will give anything to join next year again! Thanks again at all the people
> that have made it so great days to me! I talked till my throat hurted and I
> was pleased with the accommodation in bungalows and the food and drink support
> and I needed lots of coffee with no minute too much spending on sleep....
>
> Leg Godt!
>
> Ben
> (www.FGLTC.org)
>
> full picture gallery:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27260
> de bouwsteen in the www:
> http://www.debouwsteen.com
>
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In lugnet.general, Klaas H. Meijaard writes:
> Ben himself, after a LONG day of serious train-business :-)
http://www.vanree.net/~kmeijaard/fotoalbum/legoworld_2002/image32.jpg
Thanks Klaas,
for posting your pictures. But are you sure, that this picture is taken at the
end of the day? I would guess it has been taken in the early morning of Sunday
before the public came in (which means I had the longest sleep of the weekend
and looked still very fresh - 4 hours till a snoring Italian guy made me leave
my bed that morning ;-)) .
On day one I had my my BR50 engine on the turntable, because I was in fear it
might had a none sufficiant operational reliability. But in fact it has been
the turntable that caused trouble after some times of spinning around, so I
have to redo it partly once again. :-(
In the morning of Sunday I put the BR50 engine on track, because someone would
like to see it run. I feared it would not make a single round (had some
trouble in a test run at home).
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=262909
To my surprise it started to run and then it did round after round till the
end of the day. Same at day two: the engine ran without any break (except for
a short time while Tim took pictures of it) and had not one time a derailment.
Hope to see you in Muelheim in April 2003 - take care!
Ben
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Reinhard \"Ben\" Beneke wrote:
> for posting your pictures. But are you sure, that this picture is taken at the
> end of the day? I would guess it has been taken in the early morning of Sunday
> before the public came in (which means I had the longest sleep of the weekend
> and looked still very fresh - 4 hours till a snoring Italian guy made me leave
> my bed that morning ;-)) .
Hope you got your shot of that Italian :D
My pictures can be found at
http://www.vanree.net/~javanree/fotoalbum/lego/legoworld_2002/ , sorted
by day.
> Hope to see you in Muelheim in April 2003 - take care!
I'll be there!
--
Jan-Albert "Anvil" van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/~javanree/
VanReeDotNet IT Solutions | http://www.vanree.net
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> > "LEGOWORLD 2002 HAS BEEN TRUELY PHANTASTIC"
Thanks for your enthusiasm, it was great and you had also your contribute to
this succes.
But I will correct some.
The president of the club is not Paul Wolters but Paul Koelewijn.
Paul Wolters was responsible for the relation (and daily at LEGOworld) with
LEGO and the IJsselhallen and for the voluntiers.
The credits is also going to the Projectgroup LEGOworld 2002 with:
Secretaryship: Sybrand Bonsma
Relations and voluntiers: Paul Wolters
Steendam (houses): Eric Brok
Trains: Erwin van Grinsvin
Ldraw: Jaco van der Molen
Sponsering: Mark van der Horst
Lodging and History: Hans Beuze
Mindstorms: Martijn Boogaarts
Security: Peter van Es
And, ofcouse all our members which contribute these days, our forgeign guest
(group Ferrari, Tim Courtney, Daniel Crichton, Ben Beneke, Ludo Soete,
Vincent Meeuws, Craig Stevens without theme ... No LEGOWORLD! And if I am
forget one, him/her too.
Paul Koelewijn, president of the De Bouwsteen.
paullego@wanadoo.nl
http://www.debouwsteen.com
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In lugnet.general, Paul Koelewijn writes:
> > > "LEGOWORLD 2002 HAS BEEN TRUELY PHANTASTIC"
> The president of the club is not Paul Wolters but Paul Koelewijn.
Oops... Sorry for causing this mess. Too many new names + too many faces to
get to know all of them in these few days.
Thanks for completing the list of involved people.
Kind Regards,
Ben
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