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Re: Report from Lego World Show / Legoshow 2003
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Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:25:55 GMT
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Forgot to mention:
They were adverticing for Clickits, I got some samples. I am not that
impressed. I got 5, gave the one away which I opened to see what it is.
I have the ticket, leaflet and bravelet (replacement for ticket); if anyone
interested they can have it. Contact me by mail then.
BR
S
Sonnich Jensen <sonnich@hot.ee> wrote in message
news:HKs97n.1q9p@lugnet.com...
> Hi all!
>
> I was in Finland 2 weeks ago to visit the Legoshow Helsinki.
> The pictures are here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=55868
>
> I went there Saturday morning to see the show at 16 o'clock. They let • people
> in in groups for three hours at a time. I decided to go that late as I • could
> not make it till 10 o'clock, and 13 o'clock is the most popular.
> It was not that easy to find the show, as all information was in Finnish
> only. It tooks some time and wild guesses to find it underground.
> Finland has two languages, Finnish and Swedish, and I am disappointed that
> TLC only adverticed in Finnish, leaving a group of the population out. • Some
> signs in Swedish would have helped me a lot, there should also have been
> some in English I think.
> After living in Finland, I know this problem, this is one reason why I • left
> again (I was living there once).
>
> The show is mostly for children; it is mostly play and building areas, • table
> sports games and other simpler attractions. There were a general building
> area and a building area for racer cars and tracks for testing cars.
> There were also eight showcases with different models, a number of
> sculptures, and four showcases with Harry Potter, Star Wars and Jack • Stone.
> A detail I really liked about the models where the mice everywhere in all
> kind of situations - here are my favourites:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=508544
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=508566
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> There were also some showcases with the best models/MOCs created there; • and
> a number other models/MOCs created by children attending the show. As I • got
> it the pic one model for each week as a winner. There seemed to be • different
> classes of ages (again - in Finnish only!)
>
> I took 93 pictures in total, and used 81 of them (2 are not from the • show).
> I know some are missing, at least the man in the circus box, but sorry -
> there is no picture of him. The picture for the test track for racers does
> not show much, so I left that out too.
>
> I talked to a girl working there; TLC had been there the same day (missed
> them...); she told that is was the first time they were doing such a • thing,
> but the answer for doing it next year - why not? It was a success.
> She could not tell where, but a guess would be Finland once again, or
> Stockholm. We will see whether the show will go on next year and where.
> She also told, that other people had mentioned the Swedish thing.
>
> There were selling Lego too, at 20% off (last weeks, they had to sell it
> all), I got the last five #4731's and a T-shirt (9,60 EUR). I am sure that
> this the
> last weekend there must have been a huge sale there!
> I was looking for a #4484 too, that had the other small Star Wars sets
> there, but not the #4484. Some other people looking for the same set found
> _one_!
>
> Leg godt
> Sonnich
>
>
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>
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