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Jake,
When doing public events be prepard to answer these three questions over and
over and over......
1. Yes lego does make trains.
2. No they are not glued together.
3. I have no idea how many pieces are in the display.
Paul Thomas
SPLTC
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In lugnet.lego, Paul Thomas wrote:
>
> Jake,
>
> When doing public events be prepard to answer these three questions over and
> over and over......
>
>
> 1. Yes lego does make trains.
>
> 2. No they are not glued together.
>
> 3. I have no idea how many pieces are in the display.
Agreed on that one! We get those questions too. I find it's easier to make up
a very rough guess on 3.
Calum
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> > 3. I have no idea how many pieces are in the display.
>
> Agreed on that one! We get those questions too. I find it's easier to make up
> a very rough guess on 3.
I agree with Calum - besides, estimating the pieces is a good way to drive home
what sort of achievement such a layout is. I also find it is a good way to talk
about the designing elements of building with lego (ie "That spaceship containes
a few larger, structural pieces, and lots of smaller, detail oriented pieces"
etc etc) - and while I have limited experience (three displays + speaking with
coworkers/family) - emphasizing the design elements of LEGO help transform it in
their mind from "Toy" to "Artform", and thus legitimizes it.
Of course, this is more difficult to do for someone who makes Space Communists
spaceships and medieval villages than for people who do robots, sculptures etc.
-Lenny
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In lugnet.lego, Paul Thomas wrote:
> When doing public events be prepard to answer these three questions over and
> over and over......
>
> 1. Yes lego does make trains.
>
> 2. No they are not glued together.
>
> 3. I have no idea how many pieces are in the display.
You missed one important one that always gets me:
4. I didn't keep track of how many hours I spent building it.
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Bill Ward wrote in message ...
> You missed one important one that always gets me:
>
> 4. I didn't keep track of how many hours I spent building it.
The question we get is "how long did it take to build it?", the answer being
something like, "it took 12 people 2 months of spare time". Answering
"hours" is like answering "how many bricks"... impossible :-)
Kevin
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In lugnet.lego, William R. Ward wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Paul Thomas wrote:
> > When doing public events be prepard to answer these three questions over and
> > over and over......
> >
> > 1. Yes lego does make trains.
> >
> > 2. No they are not glued together.
> >
> > 3. I have no idea how many pieces are in the display.
>
> You missed one important one that always gets me:
>
> 4. I didn't keep track of how many hours I spent building it.
The correct answer to (4) is (with an absolutely deadpan expression) "about 15
minutes".. no matter what it is they're asking about! :-)
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In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
[snip]
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> The correct answer to (4) is (with an absolutely deadpan expression) "about 15
> minutes".. no matter what it is they're asking about! :-)
Ha! I do this with the kids whenever we go anywhere in the car.
Kids:"How much longer until we're there?"
Me: "Five, six minutes, tops."
Hour after hour...
-Evil Wayne
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Paul Thomas wrote:
> When doing public events be prepard to answer these three questions over and
> over and over......
> 1. Yes lego does make trains.
> 2. No they are not glued together.
> 3. I have no idea how many pieces are in the display.
And:
4. No, we didn't get the bricks from Lego for free.
Yours, Christian Treczoks
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