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| Ahhhhhh, but on the other hand, there are only two seasons in Chicago: 1. Winter 2. Construction So I wouldn't count on there not being problems with the weather. ;) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld)
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| Ahhhhhh, but on the other hand, there are only two seasons in Chicago: 1. Winter 2. Construction So I wouldn't count on there not being problems with the weather. ;) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| John, I have to respectfully disagree with you on one point... holding the Brickworld fest in winter. I live in Michigan, which like all the midwest states can have a great "El Nino" winter like this one, where it has rarely snowed or even gone (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| John - We appreciate you sharing your sentiments and input. We look forward to seeing you in June!! Best Regards, Bryan and Adam (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) I don't accept your apologize, Bryan, because I believe that you have nothing for which you should be apologizing. And I just want to be clear: it wasn't my intention to express "negativity" at all. My only desire is help make BW a more (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for the history, Jon! I got the chicagohouseofbricks domain handed to me when I coordinated Hob 2006, but to be honest, I'm leaving it alone. Concerning the Chicago thing, it ultimately fell through. No worries. Looking forward to (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) John - thanks for more of the background on HoB...I hadn't even heard officially that 2BeCon had completely crashed...that's a shame... As to your offer of a corset...I would love to have a corset there as long as SeerSee (sp?) is wearing it (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| House of Bricks History 101. As one of those who was intimately involved in both the naming of House of Bricks and the dissolution of MSFFA Illinois (the parent organization for the first HoB/2BeContinued), the name House of Bricks was created by (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld)
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| (...) Well you do know, David that I could engrave name over multiple spanned bricks so size of letters could be more in keeping with size of badge. lol Tommy Armstrong (URL) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| In lugnet.events.brickworld, David Gregory wrote: -Snip- (...) (URL) You have got to make another type of name badge again! That was so awesome! :) (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) Registration for BrickWorld is actually $60. (<https://registrati...us/?m=info BrickWorld registration info>) A small difference, I know. I agree with what you've said and have thought the same thing about other AFOL events that I've been to (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) Aaron, You took your sentence quote from our post out of context. There was more to the sentence. And, while it may not have been clear to you, giving the children of Chicago a great show to watch was only 1/2 the goal. The other half was to (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) Sigh...I don't know what is that makes you continually speak out of ignorance. It's no secret though, where your thinly veiled bias lies. Your stance is already public record. Nice venues and cost money. New events don't have the luxury of (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) And that's my problem with this event.... and with the direction many of the AFOL events have been leaning. Don't get me wrong, I love kids, and want them to know how cool LEGO is. I worked for LEGOLAND so I could show them. But I don't pay (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) We didn't like the name for our event and it is owned by another entity. Bryan & Adam (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) It's a trademark that was owned by ToBeContinued. And the organization is now officially defunct, but ownership is somewhere not easily found since the entire organization disappeared. House of Bricks also was a more appropriate name when it (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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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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