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Larry- Good list! We've been busy for a week+ getting ready and the lower level of the house has LEGO everywhere (we tore down our 12 week show at the start of the month) and not much room to work/build/pack. Here's a few more things: Extra parts to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) The MAX ticket machines take plastic and bills and give change. You can buy multiple tickets at a discount, or various passes. Frank (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: The excitement is building for BrickFest PDX 2004
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(...) Whoo-hoo!!! PDX, here we come! Thanks for the good list, Lar. I might add a few other key items: Name Badge Bricks For those of us who didn't buy the full option for the engraved name badges, don't forget your engraved 1x8s from previous (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Well, only 2 days to go now, the fest starts Friday! It is way too late to try to cajole you into coming if you decided not to, so I won't. But we'll miss you if you can't be there this time... To everyone who's coming: The Pieniazek household is a (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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| | Gauging interest in BrikWars at PDX BrickFest
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I'm signed up to host/manage the BrikWars gaming sessions at BrickFest PDX on Friday and Saturday evening (7pm-10pm both nights). I'd like to gauge interest in the sessions to determine if one, both, or even no nights will have various levels of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | SciBrick at BrickFest PDX...
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Hi all, SciBrick will be at Brickfest PDX 2004 in a big way! Two members of the club are Theme Coordinators (Mark Neumann/Mecha and Joe Meno/Space) and there will be several other SciBrick members in attendance: Tim Courtney Adrian Drake Lenny (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi All, See comments in line (thanks Larry for bring this to my attention) 1. Will there be one or more K8s to grovel through? There is supposed to be an event kit coming which normally includes ~1/2 K8 of brick. If it shows up in time it will be (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Don't forget the Dirty Brickster at BrickFest PDX !
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As you pack for BrickFest PDX don't forget to throw in a wrapped Lego item valued around $10 if you plan to participate in the Dirty Brickster! Just like those holiday get togethers, at your turn you can select an unopened gift from the pile or (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) LEGO is not supplying one to the fest as far as I know, and I believe PNLTC has not yet made the decision on whether to make theirs available on loan. (...) It's not clear that there will be trading opportunities. I would not count on it (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Just a heads-up, my printing needs have been filled. Many thanks to all of you who offered to help. I really appreciate it. -Tim (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Second BrickFest 2004
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(...) Great, thanks for letting me know, I will be alert. Best Regards Gustav (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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On 13:34 06/02/2004, Gustav wrote (...) Well, it will definitely be in Washington, since that's where the organizers are :-) It likely will be in mid August since the timing works best for the rooms and most of the rest of the planning. Look for (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) information regarding Brickfest August 2004 corresponds to the 2003 agenda, therefore I am not sure if it will be in august ? in washington ? could you please give me the dates in order to make the trip arrangements. Thanks a lot for. Best (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Go to the brickfest website. It will tell you everything you need to know... (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Second BrickFest 2004
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Hi Every One Unfortunately (for me), I will not be on Portland next week. But I would like to be in the second 2004 BrickFest, anyone knows when will it take place and where? Best Regards Gustav Santiago-Chile (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hello all, Some members of the VLC finally received their new DCC equipment and want to put on a DCC layout down at Brickfest PDX. I've emailed the trains event coordinator from the PDX website a couple of days ago but have, as of yet, received no (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Getting Started With LEGO Trains - it's almost here!
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(...) Congratulations, Jake! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy! To everyone considering buying this book - I had the opportunity to review it during production. I highly recommend it for both new and experienced train enthusiasts, and I (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Getting Started With LEGO Trains - it's almost here!
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After many months of hard work and waiting, my new book "Getting Started With LEGO Trains" is almost here! As we speak, the bulk of the books are on a ship on its way to San Francisco, and should arrive any time. I'll follow-up with a final release (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce) !!
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(...) Good tips. If someone who is attending the conference would like to organize this, including bringing or obtaining all the necessary equipment, please contact me offline. The arrangments we have made, in view of our budget, are for a wired (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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FUT: lugnet.events.brickfest "Christian Treczoks" <ct@braehler.com> wrote in message news:HsI25q.2zC@lugnet.com... (...) I'd be happy with streaming video online somewhere - it doesn't need to be live - and we don't need a streaming video server to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) And also due to the fact that we don't have wired, high speed, network access. Streaming video or audio tends to be quite bandwidth intensive, as I understand it. ++Lar (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Not sure I qualify for "hard working" (possibly hardLY working), but as of right now, we don't have plans to stream a webcast from the live events. This is due mainly to limited equipment and the fact that we don't have some of the expertise (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | USA Mosaic Map at BrickFest PDX 2004
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USA Mosaic Map at BrickFest PDX 2004 The USA Mosaic Map is a large-scale mosaic of the United States of America constructed with LEGO Bricks by Adrian Drake of (URL) BrickFrenzy.com>. The Mosaic has been at many adult fans of LEGO events in the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) OK, here's your first question, this will give you 10 days (just ten days to (URL) Brickfest!!>) to come up with the answers: The color change: Why? Who got canned for making such a stupid decision? When will it be corrected? I guess that's (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Like the return of gray, maybe? Sorry to bring it up again. Couldn't hurt to rub it in unless really everybody at LEGO HQ in Billund turns green every time the issue comes up. When I hear those "community developement"-stuff now, I can't help (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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-snip- (...) -snip- Lar, I'm glad to hear that you have included Classic-Castle in on this. I've posted this over there in our forums: (URL) And hopefully some of our members will take you up on this. ;o) -Lenny (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure a webcast is in the cards. I don't think we have the bandwidth for one. However I am going to try mightily to capture the talk in real time as I usually do, and further, I am going to try to have chat sessions open to get incoming (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) *having fingers crossed Larry Pieniazek will use his fast typing skills once more* (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I'm not sure if the BrickFest organizers have that in place. I'll defer this question to that group of hard working people. (...) Absolutely! I can't wait! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Hi, Jake, How about a webcast for those who can't come? We european AFOLs would like to see, too, where the community is heading. Yours, Christian PS: Will you attend 1000Steine-Land in Berlin (Germany), too? (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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I can't believe we are already a month into 2004. In fact, I’m not entirely sure where 2003 went! Certainly lots of changes in 2003, and change can often lead to uncertainty. I've sensed from the private inquiries I've gotten that there is a bit of (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Transport to Moonbase PDX now available via New Seattle
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(...) We have our first arrival- the good Professor has been spotted in New Seattle! He hasn't yet hooked up with the sigfig participation facilitator, AndroDan, but he's there. Rumor has it there are a few more on the way... (URL) Whateverly, (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC Cards
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I need to recant something and apologise for any confusion (...) They are printable HTML pages, not PDFs (...) and this is not correct, you cannot save them, you need to print them then and there, Saving them is not practical as they save as HTML (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Just After I wrote the last message, I realized , that the MOC cards also reserve display space. So I have taken the time to make them on the computer. But havn't Printed them out. I will just, log on to the Brickfest site at my Brother inlaws (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) You might want to do a trial pack now, so you KNOW what you're bringing, as your theme(s) coordinator(s) really need to know what you're bringing if at all possible, so as to ensure they've organized the needed space. We're 10 or so days away (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I plan on bring several MOC trains,some are still been built. But not sure , which MOC's until I start packing. Can I make the Display signs there ? Do I have to have signs for my models ? (even though I hope too). Even if I have to draw them (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Timed ISD Team Build at BrickFest PDX 2004
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(...) Well folks there are still some openings for the ISD timed build! So if you want a chance at the set, be sure to sign up for the team. The team members get to vote and decide how to dive that baby up... Oh and it’s in the old gray! :) To sign (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Transport to Moonbase PDX now available via New Seattle
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(...) Indeed, it IS too quiet. It's awfully quiet in .space overall. Just a very faint clicking sound as .spacers prepare for the trip to PDX. I shudder to think what 3vil is up to now, especially since the 3vil Skull Module appeared to be finished (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Build on Badge at BrickFest PDX 2004
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(...) Here's a shot of mine from '02: (URL) You are correct, Larry. The black 1x8 came as a blank, and I later had it engraved at my expense. See y'all at PDX!!! -TJ (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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