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(...) Actually, I don't think he ever said Chicago was centrally located. He just suggested a gathering there would be more centrally located than a gathering on the east coast, or the west coast. It appears there are about 10 or 12 LEGO clubs (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events)
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(...) I'd like to respectfully disagree with your labeling of Chicago as 'centrally located.' This event is 18 hours away from me here in Houston. Brickfest in Arlington VA is 26 hours away from me. I drove that, didn't like it. Well, ok, so we did (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) NLSO, huh? Well, I guess that rules out (URL) this> for an anniversary gift;-) JOHN (Happy Anniversary:-) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) I too have a NLSO but I've gone to the past two Brickfests in DC, taking the boys (early teens) along both times. Last summer I also brought my dad, a NLfather. He went along to see some museums and such and help driving from Nashville. He was (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events)
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(...) You guessed it. Anniversary #1 is next week (and I don't have a gift yet!!!). Bruce (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) You've got to be a newlywed or close to it ;) My wife is a NLSO and she has no problem with me leaving for a few days!(1) Felix (1) I love my wife (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) It's been a combination of location and a NLSO. Now that I live in DC, hopefully I will be able to get to the next BF, if only for the public exposition. In the past when I was not near a fest, it's kind of hard to say "Well, honey, I love you (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Why haven't you attended a fest? Seriously. Is it time? Location? Money? While more events doesn't help with the money, (except for cutting down travel-expenses), it can help with the correct time, or better location. As you said, these may (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events)
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I actually have not yet been to a fest, so perhaps my input means less here, but I'm all for having multiple fests each year. To me it comes down to a simple question - do we have the same group of people, now diluted over multiple fests (and (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) The proliferation of fests is very similar to the proliferation of web homes. Once there was none and that was bad. Then there was lugnet, and that was good. But lugnet doesn't fit everyone's tastes and needs the same way. So perhaps the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Hey, I spot my 4 favorite Germans! :-) Schleim on, Deutschers! JOHN (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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In lugnet.events, Eric Sophie wrote: -snip- (...) Useful Link: (URL) Can you buy a $12,000 pass and get an itinerary from Expedia? Grand Tour Lego Pass 5000 (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.events)
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(...) As one of the "fest proliferators" I would like to add my 2 cents... We decided to create Brickworld because there was no centrally located large AFOL event and we believe that there are many midwest, mountain and west coast AFOLs that would (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Thats great and the regional/national events help to create more niche fests or specialty displays and expos. BTW, what is the master listing of world wide AFOL and LEGO events? How many are there? Where are they all and when do they generally (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Hey, what about those of us who don't live in a corner of the country, like along the northern edge instead? :) There are some fests popping up that are more regional in nature. For example, the event I produce, Brick Bash, is held here in Ann (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.events)
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I always thought a good idea or rule of thumb would be to have one per season, so that would be 4 per year. One for each corner of the continental USA, if we are talking Fests for the Americas. However, with the space the PDX folks have, I can see (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.events)
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Hi all, Day 2 of Bricking Bavaria went smoothly, with public showing and attendees showing off their MOCs: (URL) a MINDSTORMS room where guests could 'gamble' with one armed bandits that gave 'tokens' for candy... (URL) a mech bay by Marco (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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Once upon a time, there were no fests, And that was bad. Then there was The One Fest. And that was good. Then there were more. And some were good, and some not so good. And now there are many. And some are great. And some are brand new and have (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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Hi all, Through some luck (and some cheap airfare) I decided to go to an overseas convention this year - Bricking Bavaria, to be exact. The display begins today, and there was setup all last night (and I mean ALL last night). The group of attendees (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX) !!
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Our LUG, LEAHI, put on a (URL) small display> at the 2006 Hawaii FLL Tournament this past weekend (Dec. 2, 2006) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Campus Center. We had a lot of fun, and impressed a lot of children and adults with our various (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.hi, FTX)
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