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(...) It may be more accurate to post who didn't win... many many people got at least a choice from the leftovers at the end. (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Brickfest 2002: LEGO Direct Q&A by Phillip Thorne
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This synopsis has been posted on BimP (URL) then click events, then in the event reviews section select the third item. Much more coherent than my as it happened transcription. However the author must have been working from independent notes without (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Hello Shiri, It's not hideous, it's ... fascinating. It's life, but not as we know it! It's something that my separated from the left half, right half liniar non-lateral thinking male brain never would have dreamed of to come up with. In other (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Rule Number 1: NEVER lock Shiri Dori and Judy Miller together in a room of K8. Rule Number 2: Ignore Rule Number 1. I LOVE Monkeypede, puns and all. SHIRI DORI ROCKS!!!! JUDY MILLER, LOOK OUT!!!! YOU GOT COMPETITION NOW!!!!! Mike Harrod (If my head (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Monkeypede - with brown left minifig arms
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Hey all! My first complete creation in over a year consists of 30 pieces, but it is probably my most creative creation ever. This, fellas, is the height of my skill so far. ;-) The Monkeypede. A hideous yet cute creature. This is a centipede, whose (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.events.brickfest) !
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Does anyone have a complete list of Brickfest winners? I keep seeing mentions of the various winners here on LUGNET but haven't seen an complete list. Is there one? jt (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | $Here’s the Deal$
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-On Variants: (...) ‘VARIANTS’ -Are- going to happen… ¯¯¯...¯¯¯ Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, :::But Someday::: And thus, I feel adamantly inclined to persuade TLG, and Lego Direct, to consider my supplication to have set # 375/6075 become (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2003) !
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I'd like to thank Frank and everyone else who made this game happen. I got suckered because I thought I was going to see some animation stuff, but due to the room change, I wandered into the begining stages of the game. After a few minutes of (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Introducing the Moonbase Project
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I was going to wait for Chris Giddens to get home from vacation but I just finished this page on his site (and I'm impatient) so I thought I'd unveil it: (URL) thanks to anyone who has ever offered support in establishing a group building standard. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.lugco, lugnet.space) !!
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| | My Pictures From Brickfest
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I've collected my Brickfest pics that focus on the Technic, Model Team, and Mindstorms themes. They are presented along with quick descriptions, and they are all thumbnails linked to larger images. (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: It was great meeting people at BrickFest!
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(...) Hehe... "young and restless"? Trust me, I was not tireless... three hours a night that whole week (Monday before Brickfest through Monday after) caught up with me on the road trip to Tim's house. Even now I'm still exhausted. That bubbly (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2002 Animation Festival and Animation Competition Awards
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Here's a link to a list of entries in both competitions: (URL) you see a link that's missing, incorrect or know of a better link please pass them to me at my email address or update everyone here. I will make changes to the web page as needed. Todd (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) ...Maybe have it follow a random course each turn until a pirate got within a fixed "sight range" at which point it would always move to follow the closest pirate (so you could lure it closer to someone else and make it follow them >-) ...I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) That is how we've used Imperial ships in the past, they would come out when rampant acts of piracy were starting to occur. (...) An interesting idea, though generally the capture of a merchant ship is plenty of incentive. Often though the crew (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'm really good with names and faces but not so good with enumerating lists. Ya I also just realized I forgot Ondrew Hartigan and Eric Wackerfuss from the Chicago area. It was great meeting everyone. (...) Ahh to be young and tireless. :) (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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(...) Frank, While I was not able to participate at the fest I have an idea or two: - Maybe an Imperial Ship would act as a police type presence. Entering at a random or GM determined point. Sort of on patrol and seeking to eliminate any ship it (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) ...How could you forget Shiri! Her bubbly enthusiasm almost made up for the rest of us being exhausted off our feet by Sunday :-) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com jains.has.it <-- Jain's Guide www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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(...) d'Oh! And of course Shiri Dori, who traveled a great distance to get to BrickFest! --Todd (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: well wishes /coverage/ Thank you!
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(...) This is a GREAT idea. It works better for creations that don't move around but even they could benefit. Just have each room get a unique letter prefix and have the room coordinator start handing out numbers as models appear. (or have a big box (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: well wishes /coverage/ Thank you!
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(...) [snip] Kudos to all participating, presenting, planning and covering BrickFest(tm) 2002. I am still enjoying the reports and photos appearing about this marvelous event. Larry your transcript of the LD session was superb. I, like most others, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Wow...(a late thank you)
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is about the best way that I can describe Brickfest. Thanks to the organizers for setting up and managing Brickfest. I had a wonderful time taking a look at all the MOCs and talking to all the fellow attendees I met. In fact, it was the atmosphere (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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It was a special moment to actually have someone come up to me and say how much of a pleasure it was to finally meet ME. Over the course of the entire weekend I did that to quite a few of my idols, but Todd, you were the one who made ME feel (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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(...) Yes, thanks to the Animation folks for not needing their room. I think we also gained one or two players who got suckered into the game instead of playing with animation stuff... But you were a help on Friday. You came up with a couple (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Definitely would have helped. Over the next months, I plan on organizing all my minifigs, so I may make up bags of pirate crews which would speed up that part. More islands certainly would have helped. (...) I've never quite figured out the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'm sorry to have rebuffed you. I have been trying to figure out just how to use non-pirates in the game. There needs to be some additional background work done. I am also afraid that such additional background detail may be an additional load (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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Grr... I'll probably respond to all the comments tonight. I have one post on it's way, but something in our firewall at work is making it take a minute or two to open an NNTP connection, and I hate editing messages in the web poster (no spell check (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Bill Changing Machine
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(...) I think seeing machines at LUG events would be awesome! no reason it can't be done, other than being careful to avoid "confusion" of TLC involvement. I'd recommend slapping a big LUG sticker on the side of the machine and NOT putting a LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.party)
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| | Re: The Pirate Game at BrickFest 2002
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Thanks for the fast writeup, Frank! And thanks again for running such a great game. I think having a few people around who could handle the "normal" activities of movement and combat meant that when one of us was near contentious happenings, we (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) really....that was interesting. I asked Frank when he was taking a bit of time for you guys to plot your moves.... I should have used the key words .... "went bad" I guess.... ;) Ben (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I agree, but I think that this is in spite of some things that you may feel it is because of. (...) Very important! It would be even better if we could coordinate the game ahead of time, and get more participation in island provision and (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | BrickFest 2002 Animation Festival and Animation Competition Awards
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I returned home late last night from BrickFest 2002 exhausted. It was a good exhaustion though, the kind that you get after a really rewarding experience. A big part of that rewarding experience was being able to show all of the talent and effort of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) That would be putting it mildly! (...) I was unaware that you asked to use imperials. I played imperials last year (who promptly "went bad")... (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pics: Two Cranes
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GzqGCF.EsI@lugnet.com... (...) non (...) Indeed so, the crane moves surprisingly quickly and smoothly given its mass and size. Interesting counterweights too! Jennifer (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: My scattered thank-you's
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(...) (URL) think it ended up in 251 (across from one of the train rooms?) The game started off in the Mindstorms room, IIRC and was moved Saturday morning. It was a small room and there were only a dozen or so misc MOCs. -Rob. (Saw ya taking (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Bill Changing Machine
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Kevin Salm writes: SNIP (...) Been there, done that (at least at the set level, more analogous with a soda machine). From Larry's trip archive: (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.party)
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(...) <beaucoup de snippage...> :) It looked like Larry didn't have a lot of luck this year... ;) The game looked very fun from what I saw of it. I was tempted to join but was "rebuffed" when I was told that I couldn't use Imperials or use (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Pictures are up
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(...) I'm 15, and from the Tampa Bay area. It's entirely possible. (...) so that the bottom wing can hinge up THROUGH the body, folding completely up into. Then the side wings fold down as well, and gear deploys, so that the fighter can land in a (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Bill Changing Machine
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(...) Knowing that Lego in bulk 25 cent vending machines has been a long-time dream of Suz's, I was also sad when her supplies were exhausted. I was very happy to be able to refill the machine with what minifigs and elements I had available so more (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.party, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | The Pirate Game at BrickFest 2002
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Well, I didn't take many pictures, and I don't think we had a web cam in the room, so I won't be able to do a turn by turn re-cap of the game, so I'll just free associate about the game... First off, as has been mentioned before, this was absolutely (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) That looks like the TJ I saw getting my big box off the luggage carousel... And the crane base looks like the one I helped re-assemble while waiting for Lindsay to emerge from the I-95 traffic mire... So I would say you score two for two there (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: It was great meeting people at BrickFest!
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And it was great meeting you Todd. I didn't really keep track of who all I met, and made re-acquaintance with. Frank (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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(...) It would have been quite a trick to meet JT, he was a last minute no show... I believe he and his wife have been trying to adopt for some time and just got the green light, and when they say you go, you go... (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: It was great meeting people at BrickFest!
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(...) But we did meet! But only briefly- it was Sunday afternoon in the Technic/Mindstorms room ;-) I know, there were so many people to see at the fest. It was great. I'm sure I missed a lot people too that I'd liked to have met. Hey, there's (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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(...) Just wanted to mention that i greatly appreciate your transcribing the remarks, as some other have mentioned. It kept people like me who had no means of getting to the brickfest in the loop. I really just needed to comment on the whole lego (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pics: Two Cranes
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(...) Ah-Ha! My crane has been spotted. Yes, that's me and my beast. I'll try and get up a few pics of it tomorrow. I'll let ya know. I had a good time letting people "drive" it (like Larry, as he said). It was good fun. I had an even better time (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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(...) It was Brad. All otherwise unattributed comments (1) were his. However Jeff is right, the rest of the room shouted it out at pretty much the same time. It was pretty funny. 1 - if it just said "A:" rather than say "Jake:" before the remark... (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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(...) People do talk faster than I can type. (1) But in some cases I got what was said word for word. This is one of those cases (2). You could sort of tell that Brad was semi expecting the question and had a snap answer ready to go. (the "maybe" in (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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(...) I don't know who asked the question, but LD din't need to answer, the entire audience did it for them. Jeff (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) You're right, thats probably what was meant, and i had forgotten about the sopwith camel. Although one thing i would like to know, that was missing from transcript, was exactly who said the comment? Was it actually someone from LD? (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) It's him and it's his crane. That thing is pretty amazing. It uses some non LEGO(r) (notably the remote control and a few other bits) but not much. I got to drive it! Way cool. (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) No, Lego doesn't do *modern* military. You won't be seeing tanks and F-16s until they are totally obsolete, like the Sopwith Camel is, if even then. Jeff (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Yeah, I always take that with a grain of salt too. I figure what they really mean is, "LEGO doesn't do military themes that your son [or daughter] could actually go die in." --Todd (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: My scattered thank-you's
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(...) Aw darn, I missed this one -- didn't even see it. What room was it in? Who built it? I heard it was _quite amazing_. --Todd (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I'm also wondering who did this (URL) is that you there TJ? More important, is that your crane? ROSCO (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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<snip> (...) <snip> Lego doesnt do military. Really. So a set like 6762 Fort Legoredo, 6271 Imperial Flagship, or 6280 Aramada Flagship are not military based sets? While Lego may insist these are based in other themes like pirates or western, all (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | It was great meeting people at BrickFest!
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To all the new faces I met this weekend at BrickFest -- John Barnes, Lindsay Braun, Doug Carlson, Ken & Troy Cefaratti, Tom Cook, Adrian Drake, Frank Filz, Thomas Foote, Roy Gal, Chris Giddens, Felix Greco, Constantine Hannaher, Bob Hayes, Rob (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people) !
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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(...) Ok guys, take this to another group -- like .off-topic.debate or something. This part of the thread isn't about BrickFest anymore... --Todd (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) No, you began with a statement that I think was intended to imply quite specifically that I am a whining child. It was also in direct reply to my own post. As it turns out, I don't take offense because I don't even know you nor do I care what (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.admin.general)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:Gzq9tA.E90@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) things we (...) those (...) the (...) they (...) of (...) I think it was in Larry's transcription of the Q&A/Brad's talk that there was mention of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Brad Justus referred to the book, _The Tipping Point_. What if LD's point of view is that the AFOL market is not ready... yet? It was connected to Time's article, and some other book I haven't read. -Erik (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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It was a rhetorical question. Present audience excepted, but if the shoe fits, wear it. I'm sorry I got into this. The thing that gets me angry is whingers who reason like "it's so easy, X must be stupid for not doing it." (example: molding parts.) (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Brickfest Pics: Two Cranes
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Hey everyone - I didn't take many pictures at Brickfest this weekend, cause I was too busy checking out all the awesome MOCs and chatting with friends old and new. One thing I did take pictures of was Jennifer Clark's amazing Demag crane, with my (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) I think TLC does care *somewhat* about our market segment. After all, they did send 7 people for two days. (...) My sense is that most brand-loyal LEGO fans are willing and able to evangelize LEGO whether we get anything in return or not. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Bill Changing Machine
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(...) Oh -- my -- sad! So I totally missed out on seeing the first run of capsules. Did anyone get pictures? In any case, yeah, thank you Kevin! --Todd (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.party)
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| | Re: Animation at BrickFest (and Beyond...)
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Great post, Greg. And thanks for all the links! Very informative! Now on to my thoughts... At the first Brickfest, I thought the animation was the best part of the whole thing. Sure, I loved the other stuff, but I was excited by Thomas Foote's (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) No, actually I got most of the trees I wanted -- I could go for more though... ...and the people that write to me privately could go for more too. I get this funny idea that my views are very popular with a silent majority from the private (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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This all comes down to "Wah, I can't have what I want". I wonder, who are the adults and who are the children here? In the light of "promises" from LD that didn't come to pass after several years (massive bulk program), and evidence that LD is not (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest 2K+2
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Has anyone posted the results of this judging on the web? I would like to see a list of winners from the 'fest since I wasn't able to be there in person. jt (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Richard Marchetti writes: <snip!> "There's no pleasing some people." ;) Jeff (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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Larry: Nothing personal, but this is the usual TLC/LD apologist stuff, so I will just ignore it generally. 1) Profiteering -- I don't care if they offer it as the official reason for some actions -- it's logically specious. Profiteering is an issue (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Thanks For A Wonderful Event!
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I'd like to express my appreciation of WAMALUG all those involved with organizing and sponsoring Brickfest 2002. You made it a wonderful event, and have given me some great memories. Special thanks goes to: * HiTechnic (John Barnes and Stephen (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | LUGNET at BF
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Todd and I met with TLC while at BrickFest 2002. I'll post some of our news from that soon. I just got home. very late last night. -Suz Suzanne Rich LUGNET Admin (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Bill Changing Machine
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(...) Actually, those pictures were taken a few hours after my capsules ran out. Kevin Salm was good enough to refill the machine with his own elements (giving them away), so that others could enjoy the LEGO-vending experience.. Thank-you, Kevin!! (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.party)
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(...) ...Of course, as soon as I hit send, I realized I hadn't finished the list: - Best accent : Jennifer (who also gets best hopping across the atlantic for a weekend award) - Best way to introduce themselves to the Fest Fans : rtlToronto's Video (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) ...Tom set out to do this himself and I think it was a big addition to the train folk and the fest in general. Larry always talks about things being prototypical, and here was a way to get some semi-impartial judges to look at things and find (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) ...The other events would be like the elimination rounds for the finals :-) ...Actually, it wasn't too hard identifying the entries that clearly belonged in a "master" category. There were only a few entries that I would hate to decide which (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) ...I really like this idea. Its a good way to save us from being overwhelmed by the likes of Adrian and Lindsay and the Hoth battle scene guys while still being able to recognize the incredible work they do. ...Remind me of this in 8 months (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Just a quick note: my wife -- who isn't into LEGO that much and who was more than patient with me this past weekend -- enjoyed her time at Brickfest! Thank you all for making her first BrickFest so enjoyable; she enjoyed it so much that she wants to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) I will throw a "Me too" here. I really enjoyed meeting everyone and getting to see all the Moc up close. The ideas and designs that were shared were truly inspiring. The walled town was an excellent idea and the execution of it went off (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Maggie, Here are some close-up pictures... (URL) gallery might not be visible by the time you read this. If not, wait a few hours and try again...) --Todd (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.party)
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(...) There are Coca-Cola sets? How come I never heard about this! (...) I wish I could have been a fly on that wall! Did you hit on any issues we didn't cover at BricksWest? I'd love to hear more about how those discussions went, either in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi All, I also wanted to take a moment and join the shorus of people posting their reactions and thoughts on BF2K+2. I went down to Virginia fully expecting to have a wonderful time, and I was not in the least disappointed. From start to finish, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I noticed some minifigs in little plastic containers (those roundish ones with the caps that little toys come in in those candy/trinket machines at the entrance to every supermarket in the U.S.) in some pics taken by Jon Palmer of his (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Suzanne D. Rich writes: [snip] (...) [snip] (...) From Stephen F. Roberts' "scattered thank-you's" post, this much is revealed. "Best use of a candy machine : Suz's candy machine full of minifigs" Suz, it sounds (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) He does have a bit of a point. The directions to the venue are hidden under Hotel Directions. There is no explicit link on the home page to a location map. -Rob. (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I guess that makes sense. Maybe I should be thinking well at least I got one pack. Then again TLC(not just LD here) is in the buisness of making plastic parts as Hop-Frog points out. If there is demand for a product and profit to be made it is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) just... well I already said that. :-) Kind of makes me wonder what you will do the next time you build something Space. :-O -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) HUH??? You say you are kidding and I hope so. Right on the front page of www.brickfest.com it clearly states the information you were looking for: WELCOME to the official web site for BrickFest! July 19-21, 2002 - Arlington, Virginia Seems (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) His question was no more inane than your comments, and perhaps a bit less, since it's illuminative of some doubletalk on your part. (...) I disagree strenuously that it was mismanagement. If they had done that, some small number of people (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I believe those would be the custom weapons that were recently available at (URL) Armoury, on the right-hand side) although the link appears to have been disconnected, the direct link (URL) works. (...) (URL) capital letters in address for (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Which may be precisely the reason they chose not to say so. They knew the item was in demand. They knew they could only make a limited number. They wanted as many people to get in on it as possible. So, they didn't mention the limited number, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | My Thoughts on BrickFest 2002
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Well, now that I'm feeling a little more rested (after spending a day at work struggling to stay awake), I thought I'd share my thoughts: - I really appreciated the airport pickup. Everything went smoothly (including watching TJ Avery hauling my big (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I have enough space to have posted one of my photos of the cruiser (named Takao, not "giant damn ship" as some have speculated ;) ) at: (URL) I also have a photo of its "current state," meaning, the only way it will fit on the two 30x60 tables (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Photos of Lindsay Braun's giant cruiser at BrickFest
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Here are some pictures I took of Lindsay Frederick Braun's amazing giant Japanese war cruiser on display at BrickFest: (URL) full collection of Lindsay photos was 120MB at full size, so I batch- resized them resized down to 800x600 resolution for (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Photos of Shaun Sullivan's creations at BrickFest
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Here are some pictures I took of Shaun Sullivan's creations on display at BrickFest: (URL) The full collection of Shaun photos was 85MB at full size, so I batch- resized them resized down to 800x600 resolution for web viewing. Let me know if you (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.military)
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Ouch....mass carnage on the ol' Alphabet! Those little ray guns in your haul....MegaBloks? Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) You could also throw in other competitions like the International System Creativity Contest over at 1000Steine.de or the Classic Space/Blacktron/Iceplanet contests here. There was a big Star Wars contest a while back. Lots of smaller contests (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I actually rather like Scott's idea. The problem with implementation, of course, is that the "master class" wouldn't be especially large now given that this was only our second year with a major, formal slate of awards--and if you give people (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I have to agree big time here. I only ever got one pack. I was planing on ordering at least a dozen more IF TLC ever decides to offer the only bulk pack I NEED. (everything else is just nice to have) Since I was about 8 years old the bigest (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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<snip> ok, Adrian, for you, no sweatshirt...and I only asked ya once...cause I didn't want to push the issue.. (...) <snip> Would that be the "Lindsay Frederick Braun Huge-A** Ship" Award or the "Jeez (...) I don't think that people are too irked, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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