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(...) I'm not that big a fan of head to head competition. I think that every person who brings a MOC is a winner, as are those who don't. One thing to note is that Steve Hassenplug, that genious robotics/techic guy (who is also great to be around in (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: The Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest
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(...) Well, Steve may have more infomation coming, but for now... It Went Terrific!! We had more than 40 modules built by 30+ builders in a rectangular layout serviced by two trains running in one loop with (at one point) eight loading & unloading (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | My BrickFest Thanks
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General Impressions - What a blast! Man, fans of the brick RULE!!! So glad to see so many of you again, meet some new faces, touch base with "old faces" and get to know many of you better. Although BrickFest is wonderful, it is nice to return home, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | BrickFest coverage in Seattle and Dallas
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A story about BrickFest made it to the second page of the Seattle Times featuring a picture of the Taj Mahal (8/16/05). Also, a brief story ran on the news in Dallas according to my family, there. Ashley Glennon (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: The Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest
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(...) well???? tick tick tick what happened? can i see the GBC in "da books yet" how did it go? Chris (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | my first BF - I had a blast
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Thanks to all who made me feel so welcome at my first BF. I especially want to thank Kevin Clague, who calming presence kept me from going ballistic when I learned we couldn't disassemble the instruction books for the timed 8421 crane build. But we (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Brickfest 2005
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I don't know where to begin.....But here it goes. Coming to this years event I was really afraid people would be hesitant to vote for the same person two years in a row for best in show. I told myself if I placed I'd be happy. Needless to say at (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events)
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| | BrickFest2005 - Photos From Thursday Night Set-up
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Hey All, Well, I finally joined the Digital Media Age (DMA?) this year when my wife and I purchased a digital camera. Well I brought it to BrickFest2005, along with Marvin. Marvin and I went to 'snapping' pictures of just about everything and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | BrickFest 2005 Castle Room wrapup
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Well I don't know about you guys, but I'm still floating on a cloud somewhere up there... The people, the MOCs, the building inspiration that comes from an event like this has to be experienced to be appreciated. My head is exloding with building (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Brickfest makes local news in Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta and TAMPA too!!
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(...) Two of my coworkers said it was on WTVT 13 (FOX) here in Tampa and one guy thinks he was watching FOX News Channel on Direct TV and saw it too. Robin Werner GFLUG (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2005 Keynotes
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SNIP Thanks, Larry, for the play-by-play. as a hunt-and-peck typer, my fingers would melt trying to keep up like that (then i couldn't play Lego :( ). Jeff (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events)
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| | Brickfest hits Montana!
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Just to let you all know, While my wife says she saw nothing of Brickfest on any Lancaster PA news or papers (which btw is only 2 hr away from BF) my parents in Montana let me know that Brickfest made the Sunday paper there. They promise to send me (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest makes local news in Minneapolis Minnesota , Chicago, ATLANTA, too!!
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(...) Apparently, it made Atlanta as well. I got a call from a friend who saw it on the Atlanta Fox Affiliate this morning. I also found this link via yahoo search today: (Virgina Beach station) (URL) Lyttle (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest makes local news in Minneapolis Minnesota , CHICAGO too!!
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(...) it made fox chicago's news at noon as well! i'll try to tape it toninght if they play it again. it would be a cool addition to the dvd. ondrew (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Recipe for Shots Janey had us drinking at Brickfest
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(...) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. and it's perfect timing too. my bro's birthday is tommarow. ondrew (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Recipe for Shots Janey had us drinking at Brickfest
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(...) IANAL, but I believe mixing Crown Royal with Pucker qualifies as a hate crime. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Recipe for Shots Janey had us drinking at Brickfest
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Can I have your attention please... To continue with my theme of posting about Brickfest related alcohol at Rocklands, here is the recipe for the shots Janey had us drinking: Janey Shots 2 parts cranberry juice 2 parts Apple Pucker 1 part Crown (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: What a fest!!!!
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Kevin L. Clague wrote: snip (...) There is one person I forgot to mention. There was a very bright young man, who out of the blue, was there and helping demonstrate models. Extremely polite, great with the models and the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Brickfest makes local news in Minneapolis Minnesota
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I'm told by friends in Minnesota that Brickfest made the local news way out in Minnesota last night! To my knowledge, this is a first! Kevin (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: BrickFest Photo Gallery Online
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(...) I would like to invite any attendees who would like to share their photos of this event to email them to webmaster@brickfest.com, and I'll put them online with photo credits. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get the module customized enough to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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