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Re: Brickfair is official....
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lugnet.events
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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:54:26 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Ted Godwin wrote:
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Look, not a big deal but there is a difference between a summer fest and a
second fest in the fall. BrickWorld took over the summer spot left vacant by
BrickFest. BrickFair could have chosen a winter date or a spring date (as no
BrickFest has been announced for spring ‘08). They didn’t, that’s
unfortunate, but in the end the number of AFOL’s it will affect could
probably be counted on one hand. Just might have been nice to leave more
options open, that’s all.
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I’m sorry if anyone is put off by the timing of the event. Ultimately, when it
comes to timing, you cannot possibly please everyone.
The possibility of a Spring or Fall event was suggested to me. But my only
experience with Lego festivals is in the summer. And since I’m risking
approximately $105,000 and months of hard work to make the event happen, I
wanted to minimize the variables as much as possible.
Because I have been to both BrickFest ‘06 and Brickworld ‘07 I have a fair sense
of what I can reasonably expect in terms of attendance numbers. Now that
BrickFair and Brickworld will co-exist for the first time, that is a new minor
variable, but not nearly the risk of testing a whole new season. And I think
many folks (myself included) will fly/drive to attend both BrickFair and
Brickworld. Perhaps, as you said, a small number will choose one or the other.
Given that I was focused on the Summer, and the Sheraton Hotel was our most
realistic venue, they had only 1 weekend available next year (next Summer). I
took it.
I believe the South needs a large-scale Lego festival. How about it Texas?
Perhaps they would like to take the Spring :)
Again, I’m sorry if the timing is bad for you. I personally don’t see the issue
when comparing festivals on two opposite sides of the country. I didn’t even
consider that. Chicago was a consideration. But not NWBCon.
Todd, www.BrickFair.com
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| (...) Todd, I think the choice of dates is about as good as it could be. For me, summer is best (as I recall, fall starts sometime after labor day). The thought of driving 600 miles with my MOCs in Feb/Mar is not pleasant. I suspect the 10 hour trip (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| (...) No need to apologize. As I said it will not be that many people affected and really, how many Brick events can we all go to every year? :) Of course I would like to go to this one because I actually lived about ten minutes away from Tysons (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| (...) Several members of TexLUG have talked about it and even made some preliminary inquiries, but there are several factors moving against us. There are several cities in Texas (and central southern US) that would be excellent for hosting an event, (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| In lugnet.events, Todd Webb wrote: I'm sorry. Brickfair sounded like a cool event to attend right up until this point. (...) And this makes me want to attend the event, why? Telling possible attendees how much you are personally risking on an event (...) (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| In lugnet.events, Todd Webb wrote: --snip-- (...) --snip-- (...) WOW! Todd, that's a lot more risk than Joe signed on for, I believe, last year with the same hotel. Have they increased their stake as well or are they simply passing the risk on to (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfair is official....
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| (...) Look, not a big deal but there is a difference between a summer fest and a second fest in the fall. BrickWorld took over the summer spot left vacant by BrickFest. BrickFair could have chosen a winter date or a spring date (as no BrickFest has (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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