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Re: Displays at Fests
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lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.vignette
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Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:00:04 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Ted Godwin wrote:
   Do other fests make different arrangements to display these smaller MOCs? What could we use to make such displays?

This is a great question. I think a retail display case or a museum case would probably work best. It is an expensive solution for a LUG, but perhaps the venue has some available, or you can pick one up at a store that is going out of business.

You could also make a plexiglass barrier to allow viewers to get closer to the MOCs, and build it so that it could be used for displays other than vignettes. Another alternative may be to use a small plexigass aquarium. I guess it all depends on how many vigs will be displayed, and plans for future events.

“Big Daddy” Nelson



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  Re: Displays at Fests
 
(...) Another idea might be to change the way the MOC is being presented. The biggest risk at shows I've been to is kids not understanding the toy/can-touch and display/cannot-touch difference. Stanchions and plexiglass both limit how close kids can (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)

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  Displays at Fests
 
While at BrickFestPDX 2007 last weekend it occurred to me that there was a problem with displaying microscale MOCs and vignettes. The public were being kept behind stanchions at arms-length from the tables on which the MOCs were displayed. I moved (...) (18 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.vignette)

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