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Uhm... What did I do over the weekend that would explain why Daniel is lookin' at me funny? And why Capt. Fazoom is pointing a Frap cannon in in my back? (URL) It musta been one helluva PARTY! -Captain John “aka Mark Mueller” Founder and Chairman of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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I didn't want to pollute my above post with this unpleasantness, so I'm separating it here. I closed the above post with quotes from Jake's notes that were particularly disheartening to me. The icing on the cake, however, was "I’m working with the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) snipped I really hate to say this, but rather than feeling inspired about the great future to come, Jake's speech has instead left me completely disheartened. The bottom line is this: TLG has betrayed my trust. And unfortunately, the only way (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Any company that disregards %5 of its customers is bound to lose money - for excample the Lego Company;) If I told my boss "ups I made one of our wells blow up, but it was only %5 of our revenues" I would be fired so fast I would not know what (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) OMG I can't believe they actually did that! And no pieces were damaged? Quite funny to watch though - as long as it's not my ISD... -Bryan (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Actually the Coca-Cola formula has changed many times over the years (for example they switched from sugar to corn syrup when sugar prices went up) and only the New Coke was advertised. (...) Just like Coke does not advertise its minor changes (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego)
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(...) The velvet rope needs to be pushed back. I saw a few people get "wet" from the "splash." :) John (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) some funny sequences! Thanks for sharing. --Bram (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space)
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(...) I'm #2, "El Capitano Wood" of PCS. --Ryan W. (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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Sorry, let me try that again. :) (URL) ISD Drop> (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
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(...) rating each one? Or is that your sneaky way of getting people to rate em all? --Bram (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space)
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This isn't an official pic... Joe took all the good ones. I just wanted to supply an ID picture with the names of all the characters and the people to whom they belong: (URL) If you can fill in some of the blanks, mail me (Lego (AT) hafhead (DOT) (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for posting pictures for those who could not attend. I have to say that the racer track integrates quite nicely with the moonbase. -Mike Petrucelli (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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And here we go. Video only, no audio capabilities on my little digital camera. <members.cox.net/mee...dcrash.avi ISD Drop> --Ryan W. (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) I have to agree with you Jojo. Gray is the one color I will never have enough of. Now it is impossible to ever purchase anything but the neon pink tinted gray. I am very concerned that when the Bionicle fad dies (as all fads do) the LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I had dinner with Jake Sunday night, he said there is a new set that he *really* wanted to premier at Brickfest PDX, but it didn't work out. He gave zero indications as to what type or what theme set it was, but he says it is really a great (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) (URL) (That's Mrs. GA.) -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(URL) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space)
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i had a really great time at Brickfest PDX. i saw some very impressive mocs, but i got to say that the crane table was the best. those space and train guys don't know what they are missing. i have placed my pics here: (URL) i really have not had (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Hier, Hier! I was also extremely gratified to meet those guys-- they are truly the heart and soul of German AFOLdom. Thanks guys for coming! And also to the Aussies Ross and Teunis, and Simon from the UK, and Pierre and all of the Canucks-- (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Do you need an auctioneer? I'm there for you man! Also I would like to ask a favor of attendees... post those pics! In particular if you have any pics taken during the ISD build, especially ones that have Nik in them (or any other pics with (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) My fourth and I have to agree. I'm wicked glad that Holger, Rene, Axel, and Ben could make it too. Meeting and hanging out with them was awesome. I'm very seriously thinking about going to 1000steine-Land in July. (...) s/none/nun/ (...) Dude (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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"Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote in message news:Ht7EJ5.s62@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) or (...) involved (...) change (...) like. (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Did TLC make a big splash about the color change at the Toy Fair this (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego)
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At BF PDX 2004, as wwe all know, there was the timed build to get the Imperial Star Destroyer built faster than the previous time (1:13: The Team: Holger Mathes Christopher Schermann Bob Kojima Thomas Garrison Nik Pieniazek Ben Schwartz Scott Lyttle (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars) !
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(...) lol. (assuming not already mentioned) even the official 'light pink' color got a bright-n-clean update, back in the days of Paridisa sets. (I for one was disapointed because the older pink had a nice warm creamy color to it.) -Suz (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Suz - Really wish you were there. The fest was an absolute blast. All of the sessions I went to turned out really well, the vibe throughout the conference as a whole was so positive and friendly, the venue top-notch, the coolest organizers, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Awesome!! These are the kind of pictures I LOVE to see. :-) The car journey, meeting people up close, adults being silly (and drinking strange beverages), families and kids crowed around the models, the best dang moonbase gallery I've ever (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(URL) sort of had an idea we might get coverage) Great article, it hits the fun aspect of it very very well... (although a video of the ISD impact/explosion might have been nifty) I have much else to say about BrickFest PDX... I'm home and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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My fifth Fest was a blast. Great to see old friends and meet new people. Thanks to everynone for a great weekend in Portland. I took mostly Moonbase and people related pics. Check them out: (URL) There was a ton of other amazing stuff that I did not (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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(...) I can see how the new colours may be more appealing, but I don't buy that as a valid excuse and I am sick of reading it here. As if this would ever happen: Mom: "Hey son, do you like this new LEGO Star Wars set?" Son: "No, the tone of the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) This isn't necessarily true, but it's got some good parallels. Popular wisdom holds that Coca-Cola pretended to change their formula to be more "Pepsi-like," then staged giant well-publicized "protests" against themselves. They got a couple (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego)
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(...) My thinking on this was even broader than just AFOL's. I was thinking of the lack of marketing to the masses. When laundry detergent or toothpaste or automobiles or shampoo or razors or pizza are changed, the marketing departments and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) For all who might hear: In a recent talk with a very nice (and honest) person at Customs Service, this person told me that the major reason for this color change was to match Mega (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Now THAT would be a pleasant surprise. I've brought up such an idea briefly before, but like you said, it won't be very likely. Even if they had a minimum order amount, that wouldn't be too much of a problem when groups can combine their (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) what EuroBricks is about: (URL) it as a kind of knowledge center platform where newer LUG's can profit and share the experience from the longer established LUG's, for instance in the field of participating with events. It's an initiative by (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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It would be more accurately stated: Nobody goes home happy! How could anyone possibly go home happy when the answer is TOUGH, maybe we will offer some limited availability elements but after that too bad we could are less. It is wholly and (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I completely agree. I don't think anyone at LEGO will lose their job for this. I also don't think "that Lego was trying to sneak the color change in the back door". This statement implies that they actually thought the color change was (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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You are absolutely right Bryan. Look at what happened to the 4400 tubs that came on S@H for a VERY short time. A few BrickLink sellers were able to order tons and many that would have liked a few missed out. Availability of classic grey and/or brown (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Even if they made 10k bags of various parts, I can still see a small number of people buying up HUGE quantities of the bags. So we are still left wanting more of the original colours. Either way, the problem will be un-resolved. *sigh* -Bryan (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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I wouldn't hold my breath for this to actually happen. This sounds like something to make us AFOL think they care about our concerns, but it will never materialize. I seem to remember something a while back about Lego having too many SKU's already. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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