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(...) LeVeque was build by John Bucy. In his brickshelf folder there are some pics of the construction phase. It is even more impressive when you see it live. I'm sure John will post his pics soon. Funny thing was that in Cleveland there is a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events)
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Sheree, The Fabuland display was the work of one gentleman. As I had a laptop and a printer on site, he asked me to make him a sign for it. The sign read "Entire Tow For Sale" and had his phone number. Unfortunately, neither Mark's pictures nor my (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fabuland)
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(...) The was a TV story Sunday night on one of our local stations, WTVD (ABC) about Brickfest, mentioning the attendee count and footage. My parents asked me if I was there this past weekend:) Joe Meno (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Exactly - from what it seems there has been a great deal of working out done already in secret.. and us here are scratching our head trying to figure out what is going on with BW, let alone this new con that looks like already has all of the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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Thanks to everyone who came out to the "What is the LEGO Community?" roundtable at BrickFest on Sunday! We had a great discussion that exceeded my expectations. I set out to provide a forum for you to talk with each other face-to-face about what the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Local radio WMMQ 94.9 had a blurb on the morning show this weekend on it. Makin' fun of us. :P -Rick "Will Middelaer" <betamale@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HJGEzn.p6w@lugnet.com... (...) morning, but (...) Lego, (...) model (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Cool, who did the LeVeque Tower? That thing's huge! (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events)
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(...) The giant evil cat was stalking Chris Giddens after we left the Deli. Fortunately, we were able to distract it by combining all our pocket lint into a large ball. -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks (URL) "Adopt a fleebnork. They're (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fabuland, FTX)
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Ladies and Gents If you are planning on coming to NWBrickCon please let us know what you are bringing and what you want to do. We're planning space for classes, an animation festival, gaming, and of course, MOC display. So please, if you think you (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's a valid point, to a certain extent. Not all participants will have that sort of experience (I remember about two months ago people were asking where they could find places for public display), and outside of events like BF, there aren't (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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You have to love flaming chainsaws... especially unauthorized juggling there of. You just have to. (...) event, nice job. -Keith (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Thanks! We sure will refer them, but if they live anywhere in the direction of Central Ohio, we'll snatch them first!!! I (and other COLTC members COLTC) noticed that there were quite a few female AFOLs' in Cleveland (or did we ignore the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events)
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On 00.38 8/12/2003 +0000, Mark wrote (...) This year at BrickFest we had open admission on Sunday. Even without advertising, we had spectacular turn out (still no numbers yet). I think the public influx provided energy to what traditionally has been (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I'm glad you brought this up. If we want cons to live we need the public. Let that sink in for a sec. For as diverse a group as we have here in the NW, it cannot support a regional convention by its fans alone. Won't happen. People balk at the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) The public attendance factor is an interesting one. To me, it matters not much. Why? Well, I get to do public shows all the time. I did like one thing about this years public time at BrickFest, the public time included the brick bazaar, and (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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A very reliable source mentioned in an email that there was a "huge Fabuland Display at Brickfest this year. Wahoo!!! This sent me on a search at Brickshelf to see if anyone had taken some pictures of it. Thank you, Mark Sandlin for these pictures! (...) (23 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fabuland)
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(...) Speaking as someone who lives in the Snow Belt, I'd be much happier heading off to a place where I could wear shorts in February. It may not be bad, but it's not like getting a nice dose of Summer in the middle of the Winteriest month of all. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Awesome job, I wish I'd been there! Say, if you get any further contact from the closet Cleveland AFOL's in the future, please forward them to me, I'd love to get a larger group of fans here in the Cleveland area to bolster BLOC's roster, and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Sure. Actually, this points out a common feature of roving conventions. There are usually bids to host, and a committee and/or process to select bids (WorldCon bids are voted on by the attendees). This process that allows evaluation of bids (...) (23 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Isn't the Olympics really a roving convention of sorts? Mark (23 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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