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In lugnet.loc.au, Melody Brown wrote:
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RE: An Australian Brickfest type event for the year 2005.
Hi all, To help things move along, I thought it might be a good idea and some
fun for all interested, to answer the below... (copy and paste the following
questions)
Where are you from?
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Well, one day, my Dad loved my Mum very much...
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What is your occupation and who do you work for?
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50% Management 30% Legal 30% Accounting.
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What should Australia’s first larger private/public event/show/convention/fest
etc be called? (Please, only three choices).
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Brickfest (Oz/Downunder)
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Where should the event be held?
• Melbourne
• Sydney
• Adelaide
• Perth
• Brisbane
• Other?
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Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne (though not necessarily in that order)
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When should it take place?
• During School Holidays?
• After School Holidays?
• June long weekend?
• Early 2005?
• Late 2005?
• 2006?
• Other
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2006 is too far away to plan for. June long weekend is traditional and is
outside peak holiday season.
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How many days should the event take place over? Answering that, how many days
would you attend the event?
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1 and two half days of formal activities, plus two half days of set up and knock
down (or thereabouts).
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Should there be an entry fee/ticket and how much should the fee/ticket cost?
How much would you be willing to pay?
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You often get what you pay for (though there are plenty of exceptions). I
wouldn’t be averse to paying $100ish for something good.
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How many people do you think would attend such an event?
• Less than 30
• 30
• 50 or more
• 100
• Hundreds
• Other
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30ish. maybe a few more.
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Would you prefer it if the LEGO group/company were involved or would you
prefer for them not to be?
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Without Lego support, alot of things would be harder.
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Would you like to help organise it? If so how would you like to participate?
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I’d help. But not anything involving handling cash (or equivalent). And nothing
involving crowd control.
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Would you want it to attract others from other nations?
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I don’t think it should be geared to ‘attract’ internationals, but if they’re
attracted, then fine.
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How could/would the event be better than what other events around the world
have to offer?
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A sense of humour - we could have jokes which involve more than saying “.SPACE”
loudly.
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Who would you like to attend?
• AFOLs only
• Public
• Both
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Given the right venue, AFOLs (and accompanied KFOLs) only for most of the
time. A half or full day public expo thing would be good (but would require an
appropriate venue). By accompanied, I pretty much mean attached by a leash to
the accompanier. (Insert ‘guilt’ emoticon here).
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What would you like to see at the event?
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MOCs (especially big MOCs) , including a big train layout, possibly a modular
moonbase and/or castle. Brikwars & Pirate Game. Brick bazaar.
Technics/mindstorms stuff (cranes! robots!).
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How should it be organised?
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By a properly constituted entity, with competent officers with adequate funding
and appropriate insurance. (And doing that will probably be the hardest part of
the organisation.)
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What sort of Audience should the event attract?
• AFOLs only
• School Children and Children
• Everyone
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See above.
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If the event turned out to be a success, would you attend another?
If yes, when?
• The year after
• Two years time
• Never
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Yes.
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If you would attend the next one should it be held in the same place again or
another destination in another state?
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No opinion.
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Would you donate any of your ‘unwanted’ LEGO to the East Timor Children? (If
there were a deposit box at the event etc).
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No.
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Do you think it would be a cool idea if LEGO organised a RLD (Red Letter Day -
refer to UK posts) type event, for those who were interested?
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No idea.
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Do you think it would be cool if LEGO gave us a chance (if ever possible) to
buy bulk bricks from the event?
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Yes, definitely cool. At the right price, I’d even buy some (or lots).
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Would you like to buy stuff not normally available to us at the event?
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If it was at the right price.
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Would you like to see a ‘World Record’ type activity held at the event?
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Yes, but not to the exclusion of most participants.
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Would you like to see a Commemorative Brick, especially made for us, at the
event? (Like the Promotional Duplo bricks).
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Yes. The brickfest type name tag bricks would do me.
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What do you think would be the overall ideal event to be held for Australia’s
first large event like this? (besides whatever LEGO already do and the
National meets).
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I think bringing whatever Lego already does and a National meet together would
be good. Bricksmeet 03 made it to within a couple of hundred metres of a big
build...
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What was the last event/show/convention/fest etc did you last attend that
meant the most to you? What was the highlight of it?
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Spending time on nothing but lego (and the odd megablok)
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Anything I have missed that you would like to add?
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Don’t underestimate the time, money and risk involved.
Don’t overestimate how much help you will get.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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