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(...) Sign me up as well. Randall Lee Crabtree www.hardlug.org (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, David Laswell wrote: <snip> (...) someonesetusupthelego.com? whatyousay.com? -Orion (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Crab? I thought it might be an airplane. (...) The grey box in the main cover panel? (...) *snigger* If I'm not mistaken, the box in the next panel is a 3807. (...) Hmm, I see your 4483 & 7470 and raise you a 6274 & 4706. I'm guessing that's (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Presumedly because TLC has no control over LUGNET content. Of course, Bricklink was still mentioned... (...) Dan from Peeron has the .com and .net domains (neither of which go anywhere), but TLC owns LEGOfan.org. They apparently picked it up (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Jake, you realize that you could easily go through all 10K at Comic-Con...probably on the first day, no less... I suppose you probably won't be bringing them all, so it looks like you'll have a lot of free time in San Diego! Derek (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) There's also a yellow box with what looks like a crab on the cover... hmmmm... [LEGOSet 4101] And I swear I saw the hailfire in there too... And of course the more obvious 7140 on p.4 4483 and 7470 on p.7 Man I'm very hot... (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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"Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:I0LwCI.LL8@lugnet.com... (...) shows (...) we get (...) And (...) Lugnet is mentioned in the credits, but I agree, it would be better to have Lugnet mentioned on that last page. I think there is (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Woohoo! Hey, waitaminnit, I thought the title was going to be changed to something more non-AFOL-friendly... There was even a contest and everything. Oh well, at least the in-comic website got changed to something more immediately recognizable (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Wow, this is great! BayLTC has a GATS coming up on July 17-18. How can we get some in time for this? Why isn't LUGNET mentioned in it? LEGOFAN.org is just a parked domain...? And since LEGOFAN.org contains the LEGO trademark, how does that (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Yes, certainly. Because of the very shoestring budget of the comic printing, I was hoping to reduce some of the shipping costs by having people pick up comics at BrickFest. But if you can't make it, then we'll certain figure something else (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest DC 2004 Technic/Mindstorms events
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(...) Yes, it's on the schedule at 1:00 each day. It will be a fun time for us robot/technic people to show off our stuff, in action... I plan on bring both of my Connect-Four robots, which are now able to play against each other, and/or anyone (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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John, I have signed up for Brickfest and have hotel reservations. I'll be bringing all the MOCs I have. I really like the feeding time idea. Has anything concrete come of this? Kevin (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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Is there a way for people who are not able to attend in person to order a box of comics and some of the other items to be shipped to them? Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG/BAYLTC (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) On the other hand, the Berlin builders had to fight the infamous "Berliner Luft", so I guess that evens out things a bit :P (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Hey folks, the castle, space, and train guys are all setting up big displays, and we only have one person besides myself indicating they are bringing pirate MOCs. If you plan to bring MOCs for general display, or for use in Evil Stevies Pirate Game, (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) if it's on saturday i'm in. i've done this before so experince helps. as an added bonous i may be able to supply the set to build from as long as i get my parts back. ondrew (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Todd- Count David and Thomas Michon in! This challenge to our LEGO-hood must not stand! -Ted (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hey everyone, Is there any sort of Brikwars scenario scheduled for Brickfest? If there isnt I'd be happy to help set one up. Sean (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Count me in. Dan BF PDX (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I just wanted to make a quick comment on the comic book. Check out the bottom-left picture on page 16. The AFOL on the left is showing his creation to a group of kids. Look at the expression on the face of the kid in the middle - wide eyed and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I worked on it last year, and I'd love to give it another go... Steve (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I'm in. Nik Pieniazek (PDX team member, and you don't have to pay me.) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | AFOLs Comic book distribution @ BrickFest 2004
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Hi All, The new AFOLs Comic books are NOW available!!! You may have seen Jake's announcement several months ago (URL) These books are for handing out at shows and events as a “recruiting” tool and to tell people about AFOLs. In a nutshell the comic (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Todd Thuma wrote: ... (...) ... need some professional, well trained, fast, expierienced help to break the 60 minute mark? just fly me in :-) Regards, HoMa (PDX and Berlin record-breaker) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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BrickFest Attendees! I am excited to announce that BrickFest 2004 will be able to attempt to break the current record set recently by a 10 member team at 1000 Steine-Land of 1 hour 2 minutes and 28 seconds. This will be an all out attempt to break (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land) !!
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(...) Snipped for brevity (...) I would also like to point out that the BrickFest PDX 2004 event was held at sea level and the latest "attempt" was carried out in Germany at an altitude greatly above sea level. The differences in atmospheric density (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Waitaminute! What's that attached to Ben's collar? Hmmmmmmmm... (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) <SNIP> Really? Subtracting on one side to make 10 and adding on the other to make 11 is not doing the same function on both sides. Just the maths pedant in me speaking, but last I checked, when doing statistical, numerical, any kind of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | So who showed up at the sigfig gathering at BrickFest PDX?
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There was a gathering of Space sigfigs at BrickFest PDX this February, and they all got together for a group (URL) Who's sigfigs are going to show up at BrickFest 2004? The best way to find out is to bring yours to DC in August and join us! Joe Meno (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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As in past years, there will be a train MOC contest. I figure everyone knows what the train contest is, since it has been a BrickFest staple for many years. But in an effort to better inform everyone about the rules for the contest I have included a (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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(...) Todd, Some (not-so-serious) Questions from the mathematically uninitiated: 1) Does 'stopping the time' count as a contribution? Isn't there usually some sort of official timekeeper separate from the team to keep things honest? 2) Does (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) The BrickFest organizer(1) in me is forced(2) to point out that the correct way to refer to BrickFest is with the F capitalized. The one coming very soon, in Arlington VA, doesn't need a location qualifier the way BrickFest PDX did, because (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.lego, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I'm going to have to question you on that, Lar. Kevin spent a lot of fun time composing that reply. Sure, it is a shorter reply than Todd's, but Kevin is a bit .. umm.. slower. Each word he wrote filled Kevin with a giggly-joy that simply (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Maybe so, but mine was a joke too. So there, Lar, "plus plus" that, why don't ya? (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Maybe so, but Todd had more fun writing his post than you did. (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) SNIP of silly calculations (...) The eleventh man, Jan Beyer, is a LEGO employee who operated the stop watch. I wasn't there, I just read the list of names more carefully than you ;) ~Kevin (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Hold on a second! A clarification in this post must be made. There are eleven (11) people in the picture and eleven (11) people named in the effort. That means that 11 people completed the ISD build in 1 hour, 2 minutes and 28 seconds not 10. (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) snip - (...) I see the rate's not on the hotel's web site, even with the BRI code, but by calling the 800 number I didn't have any problems. See you there! Kelly (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Attn BrickFest Attendees: Hilton Arlington still has availability! Hilton Arlington & Towers has a block of guestrooms reserved for Brickfest at a special rate of $89.00 plus tax per night, available August 12, 2004 - August 16, 2004. Please (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: WANTED: Brick Vendors for Brick Bazaar
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(...) the (...) requested (...) Form> (...) offline (...) To clarify the vendor registration process a bit, registration is a two-step process. Sign up for tables at both the BrickFest website AND send me an email so I can contact you. In your (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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