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The Gothic Haunted House
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Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:21:08 GMT
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Reprinted from REC.TOYS.LEGO:
Matthew Verdier wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I don't know about all of you, but my favorite time of the year is • Halloween
> and my favorite pastime is building with my Lego collection. This • year,
> Erik Wilson's Ancient Design Contest sparked an idea and soon Felix • Greco,
> Anne Sullivan and I had begun planning a Halloween Lego Design Contest • to
> bring together these two great childhood memories. Now our planning • and
> preparation is complete and the Halloween Lego Design Contest site is
> finished and ready start receiving Lego enthusiasts who are interested • in
> participating in the contest or just want to watch the activity. If • you
> fall into either of those categories please go to :
> http://www.GeoCities.com/~hldc/
>
> The basic set up of the contest is simple. Between now and October 15 • you
> build a model that falls into a Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror • category.
> Then you take pictures, post them on your own web site and send email • to the
> judge of the particular category the model belongs to. Felix, Anne • and I
> will act as judges for these categories respectively and announce • winners on
> Halloween 1999. Everyone who enters will get a special graphic to • place on
> their website, and the winners of the categories and sub-categories • will
> receive special winner graphics to place on their website as well. In
> addition, the winners will receive more tangible prizes to further • celebrate
> their achievement. The physical prizes are special small gifts • provided by
> the judges and will remain secret until the conclusion of the contest.
>
> That pretty much sums it up. The full contest rules are on the • contest site
> and there is some further content to help get you in the contest • mood.
> Please stop by and take a peek.
>
> --
> Matthew Verdier
>
> "You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword • at
> you"
> Dennis, 700 AD
>
> http://www.GeoCities.com/~mjvlego/
>
> http://www.GeoCities.com/~hldc/
Matthew - count me in!!!
I love towers .... and as everyone knows a haunted house must have a
tower, not
to mention a widow's walk. Now whether to build a house such as (from
American
TV shows) the "Addams Family", the "Munsters", or perhaps something near
the
ocean such as the cottage from "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", or a gothic
terror
such as Collinwood Mansion from "Dark Shadows". Maybe it will be
something a
little more European - such as a haunted castle .... or a house, such
as a
foreboding American Victorian mansion, or maybe a gloomy English Tudor
manor
house.
Right now, my favorite house is the "Dark Shadows" Collinwood,
ficticiously
located along the rocky, wave battered Atlantic shore of fog shrouded
Collinsport, Maine .... with a forest of pinnacled chimneys looming
above the
silhouette of the east and west wings of the massive Gothic mansion
situated on
a forest covered hill overlooking the ocean.....
Oops, I'm giving away too much already.... stay tuned.
Gary Istok
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