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| Is "House of Bricks" a trademark or owned by some other entity? Why not just use that name and make it independent? OT: This overall discussion tree has been broken, so I've spotlighted (URL) Steve's first post> to help make sure other people follow (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) Good one! But actually, that's a good point; instead of riffing on BrickFest (BrickWorld) or LEGOWorld (BrickWorld), it could've riffed on NWBrickCon (MWBrickCon), which in my mind is the premier regional event in the US. (...) Well, I have to (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| (...) John & the whole community, We want to apologize on behalf of ourselves and the Brickworld Team. If anything we have done to create a great public event in Chicago has offended you, we are truly and sincerely sorry. Our goals were to give the (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| (...) Which is a shame, because 2BeCon was really a lot of fun (especially the year before, when it didn't implode). And I don't think we'll have a corset-fitter at BrickWorld (mores the pity), or the pirates :-). But yes, on a more serious note, (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| (...) Agreed. Some might find it important to note that Brickworld essentiall grew out of discussions at last year's Chicago House of Bricks. Last year's HoB was a great success, but the sci-fi convention it was attached to was--to put it mildly, (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| (...) It would have been silly to choose NWBrickCon. That name's already been used. :) Seriously... I'm not sure exactly where the name came from, but it's just a name. I'd have to think it's because there may be a "World of Bricks". Steve (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| In lugnet.events.brickfest, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snippages> (...) One confusing aspect might be the event's name. Why "BrickWorld"? Why not something more regional, like the organizers of NWBrickCon chose? Not only doesn't it sound like it wants (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| (...) Nor, I suspect, as competition. Judging from how difficult it is to coordinate things like Thanksgiving dinner or a simple family reunion, I can only imagine the difficulty pulling together a big event, like the two Brickfests I attended in (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| (...) ditto, best wishes for brickfest pdx! Wish I could be there. Cheers- Cyndi (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| (...) Kelly, I think the confusion is from the fact that the BrickFest event in Portland has always been "BrickFest PDX", while the event in DC has just been "BrickFest". For a couple years, there have been two events carrying the BrickFest name. (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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