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(...) Yea, I got to dig those out sometime. Frank (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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<snipped> (...) this (...) I would be willing to bet not a single one. The ones that will lose their jobs are the line workers. The first to go when a company runs into a financial downturn. (...) research (...) mistake (...) Could not agree with (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Well, at least we'll all have a chance to get at those 10,000 bags. One question I've been wondering of and no mention was made of it(?) was what will happen to 9V track? Will they also be of the "when they are gone they are gone"? Adr. (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Had I beed at BF PDX, I would have wanted to ask the following questions: 1. How many staffers lost or will will lose their jobs as a result of this color chage fiasco?? I know if I were KKK, I would discharge the entire marketing team, the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Ack! Did not expect this... Previous unveilings at similar conventions: Santa Fe Super Chief MOC Santa Fe Cars Wright Bros. Plane Train Engine Shed Designer Sets Space Shuttle Discovery Lunar Lander Cloud City etc. etc. Brickfest PDX: a couple (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) That is a let-down. It might mean less incentive to go to the Brick Convention, especially for those who are sitting on the fence on whether to go or not (if they haven't been to one already). However, (having been to two Brickfests already), (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) One thing to add to this, Jake passed around a couple of the new Harry Potter minifigs. This was the extent of the "new set revealing" that was done. I suspect we will not see as much of the new set revealing. In one way it's a bummer to not (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Frank, what happened to the pics from this year's (Brickfest 2003) Pirate Game? Are they going to be posted somewhere? Just wondering. Thanks, Ben (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I expect we will see more pictures today and tomorrow. Most of the locals were pretty tied up with fest activities, and most of the others are travelling today. There may have been issues with the wireless feeds, preventing people who might (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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We had a great pirate game this past weekend. I will be posting more later, including the winners. What I would like to do in the meantime though is to collect pictures. As might be understandable, I didn't have a chance to take a single picture (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello! (...) Huh? Never heard about this before. (...) That I am aware of :) Though the 1000steine-Land in Berlin has not been the first event. But that's a different story. (...) In my case it's a relationship over 25 years, if I count Duplo in ;) (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) (all snipped) Thanks for your efforts, Larry! Always extremely kind of you to spend time bringing this to everyone unfortunate enough not to be able to attend. --Dave (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) [...a lot of positive things...] • We lost some of the primary building colours. (...) A "leap off the cliff", in some regards. (...) Regardless of how honest your answer (and the whole affair) was, it was communicated in a way that left way (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Grr. I lost the rest of the questions that I was going to post and we are out of time.... this was a pretty short question time. (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Here are the first few questions Colors: A: Jake is answering the color qiuestion: We had to (see text) but we did not communicate right. They are NOT coming back. but... we are going to try to produce some old colors in bulk... 10000 bags of each (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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This is the text of Jake's speech. It is not verbatim, it is his speaker notes (shared with me per preagreement) but he didn't say this word for word. However it's what he said, in essence: - start - What an amazing event! Once again, you’ve pulled (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
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Results and so forth will be available, I fed them to chatters but didn't capture them this way... Jake is now speaking prior to taking Q... (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi. It will be a while. but Q&A is coming. I am in chat in CC and BL and on AIM as well Watch this thread. (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) 5:15 PM today, Sunday 15 Feb, after Jake's prepared remarks, which I will post here as soon as he finishes speaking, here in events.brickfest (Pacific time) Room name on AIM and BL will be BrickFestPDX2004, Please join either there or on (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Yes it is, I posted details in a previous thread of HOW to participate (Classic-Castle, BrickLink, AIM, Y!) and the details of WHEN are on the PDX website under events... I'd dig them up but I have a session to help run in 1 min... (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hello BrickFest PDX 2004 participants, Early February Larry Pieniazek proposed to have a possible chat during the Q&A session at BrickFest PDX. His posting: (URL) anyone know if this is going on? If yes, at what time should we report in? With (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Great list Larry. I only wish I could be there but I am at a particularly busy time of the year. I do want to wish all a good time and that I will miss meeting up with all the great people I met at Brickfest DC Aug 2003 and would have liked to (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I was wondering the same thing... -Suz (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi! Does anybody know why there are no pics or comments about BrickfestPDX 2004 ? Regards Ronald (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Just one picture for now- more to come. Here are four of the figs arriving in the Matriarch on Friday, being greeting (and shot) by the .space paparazzi: (URL) From left to right: Professor Whateverly (Ley Ward), "Ice Man" Bunn (Patrick Bunn), Rick (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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(...) Stephen - I'm game for both nights. I've plade BW once before. I'm open to the scenario! Looking forward to it! -mark (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) OK, we're at Frank's house and discovered two answering machine messages from Ross. He's OK... He missed his connecting flight. Ross, if you happen to find this message from an Internet terminal at the airport, call 617-953-5206. --Todd (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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Anyone heard from Ross Crawford? He was supposed to get in at ~11:40am this morning. Frank waited for an hour but didn't see him; assumed he took of on the MAX en route to OCC, but we're here now at the OCC and no Ross. 617-953-5206 if any info. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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Hi, Stephen. Unfortunately I won't be able to make the commitmentment to playing Brikwars at PDX -- my girlfriend and I have made other Portland plans for the evenings in question. But I am quite curious to see the scenario/battlefield you've come (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi Everyone, I'm posting here because I wasn't sure if I should email Matt Chiles or the Brickfest organizers or...? Anyway, I just wanted to say that I would love to hear Matt's Classic Space Retrospective, but it's at 2pm on Friday. I (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Hello. Here is a teaser photo of one of the headlight brick mosaics I'll be bringing up to Portland for BrickFest. I also find it makes a pleasing deskptop wallpaper, if you're so inclined. (URL) See you at PDX, -Brendan Powell Smith (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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Any other Celtic/folk music players coming? I am hoping to fit my fiddle in the van, so maybe we can get some tunes going :-) I'll be there with the VLC contingent Friday lunchtime-ish, staying at the Red Lion. Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Cool. Thanks for the pics. See you guys soon!!! -TJ (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) In related news... Do you trust Borgmage? (URL) BorgMage and his Transmogra-Cloneporter>> If so, then experimental transport is available now- but only if you act fast! Contact <mailto:lego@NOSPAM.hafhead.com Tony Hafner> (don't forget to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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We've got a few of the visiting SigFigs here ready to journey down to BrickFest PDX- click the image to see their arrival. (2 URLs) Welcome to New Seattle!>> (URL) Welcome, indeed!> (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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Hi all, we (Ben, Axel, Rene and HoMa from Germany) arrived yesterday safely in Portland. No more LEGO bargains to find, we got them all :-) We tell you, the Convention Centre is huuuge, unbelievable. We will help to set up tomorrow starting a 1.00 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) A few hundred of your little friends will help brighten rainy Portland a lot but, if I could only pick one or the other, I'd rather have the real you at PDX instead!. But that said, not everyone can go to every fest (I've been hitting a lot (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Oh! If only I had time... "The Top Ten Things LarryP Forgot to Bring to BF:" ...muahahaha. Being serious now.. Lar, that's such an exciting post! Even *I* feel like I've got to start packing. I'm all a-tingle! But alas, not going. :- DC is the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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