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Re: Brick Bash 2007 a Great Success!
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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:36:23 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Duane Collicott wrote:
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Brick Bash 2007 a Great Success!
Brick Bash is a public LEGO building exhibition and educational event held
every March in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (but keep an eye out for possible
future geographic expansion). The purpose of Brick Bash is to present a FREE
educational event for the public, give AFOLs a place to show off their slick
stuff to the public, and to raise awareness of Bricks for Brains, a
non-profit organization that presents educational, hands-on LEGO building
exhibits.
Here are some highlights of the event:
- For the second year in a row we increased our attendance by 50%, with 1000 visitors, which means we have out-grown yet another venue.
- We introduced two local builders to the world of displaying their MOCs.
- We provided free robotics lessons to dozens of kids.
- We had a community-built Moonbase colony, where familes from around the area tried their hand at Moonbase modules, and brought them to the event to add to the AFOL’s modules.
- Large tables of loose LEGO, Bionicle and Duplo were extremely popular.
- Press coverage before and after the event (finally).
- Sponsors who made it possible to have the event and to keep it free for both the public and exhibitors.
I would like to express a big “Thank you!” to the AFOLs who exhibited this
year. In the absense of their unselfish expense of time and money to come
here, this event would be pointless! So, in no particular order (that is, I
resisted the urge to list Buckeye fans last):
- George Albercook of Rocks and Robots (who was also one of our sponsors)
- Troy Cefaratti
- Ken Cefaratti
- Chris Daniel
- Steve & Matt Hassenplug
- “Purple” Dave Laswell
- David Lorch
- Eli Neiburger
- Chris Leach
- Bryan Bonahoom
- Benjamin and William Collicott (my personal favorites)
Please forgive me (and notify me!) if I left somebody off the list, and I’ll
rectify it.
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While I know little about this event, I applaud Bricks for Brains for their
official non-profit status and making this a free event to the public. As the
number of brick themed events grows, I’m inclined to consider very carefuly
which events I choose to support, either as a sponsor, builder or volunteer.
And one of the criteria that keeps coming back to me is what is the goal of the
event - to make money or to build the hobby.
My initial thought is lend more support to those that place more emphasis on
building the hobby. Certainly, organizers can’t ignore financial
considerations. Towards that end, I think it would be reasonable to ask the
public to pay a small fee. Likewise, I think people that volunteer or otherwise
bring their MOCs to display, should have their expenses, at least partially
offset.
Look forward to seeing pictures from the event. And next year, when you go
looking for sponsors, send me an email.
Ben Fleskes
Big Ben Bricks LLC
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