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(...) How about Micro Moonbase? And if so, what standard would we follow? (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Really? That isn't consistent with what I saw on Google Maps. Of course, you're actually there on the ground so I'm sure you're right but this is what I was looking at before I decided to go ahead with the Premiere: (URL) you can see from this (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(URL) News Items and Reminders BrickFest 2006 is getting closer to showtime, so here's a reminder for those wanting to attend to register, and those who register and haven't paid to do so soon - deadline is July 29! Also, make sure you fill out your (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Hi Rob, there really isn't any place within walking distance of the Premiere. However, you can check the following web page for alternate hotels close to Tyson's Corner. If you look there, you'll see the convention hotel listed at the bottom. (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) The balls will be free to roll randomly about the playing area. There is no set positioning for balls at the start of each match, but we will try to get them "evenly" deistributed around the table. The field is not divided. It is one large (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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I'm trying to conserve as much money as possible so I can actually [attend] BrickFest this year, and I was wondering what other hotels were [VERY] near the convention hotel that I might could use points for instead of cash. I'll quite possibly have (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) We will have one dedicated shuttle driver for the convention (they have a driver available anyways - we got an extra), so that may not be accurate. It appears that the above service is independent - I'll check on that. Joe (18 years ago, 3-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I called the hotel Sheraton Premier Hotel at Tysons Corner - Vienna, Virginia VA 8661 Leesburg Pike Vienna, Virginia 22182 at Tel: +1 (703) 448-1234 Apparently the shuttle does have a price tag associated with it: 1 day advance notice required (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(URL) BrickFest Registration Deadline is Less than a Month Away! Final registration deadline is July 29 for BrickFest, so now's the time to go to the (URL) website> and join in the fun! 250 people are already registered, and we have a cap of 400 (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, William R. Ward wrote: (snip) (...) In a word, yes. Joe Meno Event Coordinator (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Any news on this? (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) This sounds interesting. A couple questions though... 1. Will the balls be able to roll freely or will something be used to hold them in position? 2. Is the field divided into two halves, with an even distribution of balls in each half, or (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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You are correct. I did not measure them correctly. The balls are 2". They are the duplo balls that come in the FLL and NXT kits. Sorry for the confusion, Bryan (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I've been informed entries need to be in by Friday afternoon, so please make a note of that. Jeff BrickFest 2006 Mecha Coordinator (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Okay folks, we've got a few Mecha presentations to announce! MechaHub: Q&A With the opening of the MechaHub website, Lego Mecha builders have a single point they can gather to discuss and display all aspects of Lego Mecha building. Join Bryce (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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(URL) Town/Train Contests Announced for BrickFest! The BrickFest Staff is happy to announce the Town and Train Competitions for BrickFest 2006: There will be 5 awards for train, and 5 for town. Train 1) Best Steam Engine-Themed MOC --Must be (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) The ball you refer to is at least 6 studs in dianmeter, or 2". There is quite a big difference with a 1 1/2" ball like a ping pong ball. I think this is to be clearely identify. Thanks in advance, JM (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I think it's the same as the standard Duplo ball. Unfortunately I don't think there are many recent sets that had any in them. A Knights Kingdom set was the most recent. (URL) WILL be two such balls in the NXT set when it ships. But if you (...) (18 years ago, 16-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Each match of the competition shall be 90 seconds. (...) Do you have a part# for the FLL ball and where can we find them? Thanks in advance, JM (18 years ago, 16-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(URL) Official Rules to Two Mindstorms Challenges Released! And odds and ends! ===...=== We are pleased to release the rules to two of the upcoming Mindstorms challenges. PDF Rules to these are the (URL) Sumo> and (URL) Ball Gathering.> “Great Ball (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Military building at BrickFest 2006
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Hi all, Just trying to drum up a little interest for military MOCs at BF2006 here. I've been building a lot of modern military style MOCs this year, and will be bringing them to BrickFest06. They'll need other tanks, APC etc to pose next to, and (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Hotel information update and apology
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Hi all, right before I took off out of country, there was a note from Frank Filz about shuttles and room availability. I passed the question to a fellow staffer with the intent of having a timely response. I goofed because i forgot the person I (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Joe is out of town, so I'm posting on his behalf. Some of the nights are sold out (Thursday night in particular), so if you try to book a room that includes one of those nights, it'll show up as unavailable. Joe submitted a request for more (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Yes - the Sheraton has a courtesy shuttle from Dulles Bryan (18 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Hmm, and one more question - it looks like they're already out of rooms. Is that really true? Frank (18 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Does the Sheraton offer a courtesy shuttle from Dulles? Frank (18 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: 200 and building! And calls for....
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(URL) 200? Already? BrickFest has passed the 200 registered attendee mark a little faster than I thought. While this is a great thing, it does mean I have to reevaluate things to make sure that things run smoothly. So I will encourage those who have (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Mecha Contests at BrickFest 2006!
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(...) Letting me know directly (here, email, IRC, in person, etc.) is about as formal as it gets. Stating it is an entry on the MOC card would work, too, although I'm more likely to miss that. I won't automatically disclude entries that just show up (...) (18 years ago, 23-May-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Is there any kind of formal entry to the contest or is simply bringing your MOC and filling out a card entering you in the contest? Mark (18 years ago, 23-May-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Mecha Contests at BrickFest 2006!
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BrickFest is fast approaching, and it's time to get the ball rolling on our Mecha contests! Our first contest is the Fantasy Mecha Contest. Participants are asked to imagine what ancient, medieval, or fantasy cultures might design if they had the (...) (18 years ago, 21-May-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Mindstorms/Technic Contests and Events, Space Contests, Castle Contest and..
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(URL) Mindstorms/Technic Events BrickFest 2006 is fast approaching! This year, the Technic and Mindstorms Theme coordinators are pleased to announce 5 competitions. The competitions will be spread across the 3 days of BrickFest. The planned (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | Call for a Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2006
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(URL) Call for a Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2006 It is time to start planning for one of the next great Train/Town display at BrickFest™. This will be a great way to show your 9v electric train pride and help save our way of model (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Rockland's replacement?
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(...) Hi Thomas, First, a disclaimer: 1. I'm not a Tyson's Corner local. That said, there are some suggestions that have been brought up to me - at one site visit, the group did a search for bars and restaurants. There are a few, but they are pretty (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Since BF06 won't exactly be near Rockland's, are there any TC locals that can suggest a bar that would make a decent replacement? I registered the first day, but getting the time off, for once, is iffy. But if I make it, I'd like to know where to go (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(URL) Cynthia Bradham and I are the Castle Room Coordinators for BrickFest 2006. We are planning sessions for each day. Please give us your feedback. Set up and staffing meeting: Castle fans meet to finalize the display and discuss staffing of the (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | Brickfest Bulletin 2
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(URL) Badge, MOC Cards, and Brick Bazaar Forms are Now LIVE! I am happy to announce that registrants can now edit their badges on their BrickFest account. Unlike previous years, BrickFest 2006 has a new design: (URL) Attendees can edit their name, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.build, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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(...) Capacity of room for night meeting. (...) For the expo there will be stantions, volunteers and security to protect MOCs. Thanks for the questions! Joe (...) (19 years ago, 13-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) A couple of questions: What is the reason for the cap on registrations? What are the plans for managing the public during the expo? Will there be barriers and/or volunteers to protect MOCs? Thanks, Joe! Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(URL) Keynote, Registration, Logo and Odds and Ends Keynote Speaker Confirmed I'm proud to announce that the keynote speaker this year is Tormud Askildsen of LEGO Community Development. He has been one of the many people in the LEGO Group (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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(...) Yes! however, the hotel webpage for getting rooms isn't up yet - I am working on that. Joe Meno Event Coordinator, Brickfest 2006 (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Is there a group rate at the hotel, the Sheraton Premiere? -dw (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Heh heh... I'd be honored. Don't know if I'll ever make it to Brickfest (it would be a very long trip for me). Doesn't anyone want to see Brickfest 2007 held here in Hawaii? We have a very nice (URL) Center>. "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Going to work on that. Joe Meno (19 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) There will be a cap that will be announced with the cost of the event later this week. There's a couple of things that I have to find out and get live before I post, though. Joe Meno (19 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Just drop me a line - Many coordinators have been lined up already (including Space), but there are plenty of places to help out. I will be making a announcement later this week that will be a status report on the event. Joe Meno (...) (19 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Darn, no Brickfest for me this year :-( Can I buy a TShirt, etc... even if I'm not attending? -Orion (19 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) is there going to be a attendee limit or particapant cap this year? last year i remember it being talked about so i figured i'd ask. i'm also curious as to cost? if it's too soon to answer these questions it's no biggie i'm just curious (...) (19 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Awesome!!! (...) Where do you guys need help? I coord. for Space! last year and would love to do it again! Where do I need to go to sign up? -Lenny (19 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Announcing BrickFest 2006
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BrickFest 2006 is a GO! Mark your calendars August 25-27 for BrickFest! This year, the convention will be in Washington DC area at the Sheraton Premiere in Tyson's Corner. With the change in venue, the event will be a bit different this year. But (...) (19 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.games) !!
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(...) Hi Kevin, JoeG, and all: I was out of town this weekend and am just now reviewing this discussion. Thank you so much for your interest and I would definite like to talk to you all about the possibility of a BrickFest in Indianapolis, IN as (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) Unable to use GMU does not mean she is stepping down as organizer. I'd check this assumption. (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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Hi JoeG, This sounds like a great course of action. When I did BrickFest PDX the very first step was I privately contacted Christina and discussed this with her. Then I talked to all (I did acidentally missed one) the west coast clubs to make sure (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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I have an email in to Christina to confirm/deny etc. I certainly would not want to step on her toes (or anyone elses for that matter). But I think I have some good ideas for a workable/good venue in Indianapolis. This would likely make it a bit less (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) Although IANAL, I'd advise not even using the term "BrickFest", which is a trademark of Brick Events LLC and AMH Productions LLC (from the Brickfest.com website). JOHN (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What I gathered From the closing ceremony is that she got a job (or something) that made her unable to coordinate for 2006, and also unable to use GMU. I may be wrong but that is the impression I walked away with. -Kevin (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) I dont know the answer to that question- I was just one of the GBC people that were too busy playing to do much else. (...) The handout I got says this: First floor; 2 Brick Bazaar rooms, the Lego shop (Sunday only) Second Floor; Town, Train, (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) Before you volunteer, I think you might want to check with Christina on the assumption that she won't be in charge for 2006. I'd be very suprised if this assumption is correct. Kev (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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Ok, Next question: What was the approximate sqaure footage used for Brickfest 2006 How many rooms and how much footage was dedicated to display space? How many panels were held? Was a Video room used? Was there a ConSuite (munchies/food room)? I'm (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) These are the numbers that I could find: in 2000; 60 people. in 2001; over 140 people. in 2002; 200 people. in 2003; 240 people, also this year was the first public expo, with 380 general admission. at PDX 2004; 165 people with 1000 general (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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I'd need some figures on prior attendance before I could commit to such an endeavor and even then I would need to do some research here first.. can we find out what the attendance numbers were? (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | BrickFest 2006?
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Hey all, If someone is willing to step up to the plate (no pun intended) and be the BF06 coordinator, I may be able to get a site to hold the convention (since we are unable to use GMU this time around) in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area of Texas. From (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8421 Speed build new record
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Hmm, it is time to respond to this message! At LEGO World in Zwolle, the Neherlands, five members of De Bouwsteen set the record at 1 hour, 19 minutes and 2 seconds, timed by Jan Beier. This was on monday october 24th. I was one of the five (...) (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: 3 Events worth of Photos...
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(...) not mistaken... ROSCO (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Yes, very cool indeed... and there are some great construction pics here, if you are interested... (URL) "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: 3 Events worth of Photos...
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(...) Janey, thanks for posting these pics. This project is really sofa-king coool. Like I said in a previous post, I didn't really understand how big it was until I flew over it a few months back on a trip to Winnipeg. Cheers, Ralph (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | 3 Events worth of Photos...
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Yesterday I managed to sort thru a few hundred photos.... and put some of the recent (or not so recent) Lego Events I have attended up on Brickshelf. CanBricks - Hobby Show @ International Centre - Toronto Ontario - November 2005 Jason makes a (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: 8421 Speed build new record
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(...) Congratulations to our European competitors and friends! Kevin (former world record holder for 8421) Clague (19 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | 8421 Speed build new record
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During the Bricking Bavaria 2005 weekend, oct 22-23, an attempt was made to trash the 8421 speed build record set at BrickFest 2005, at 1 hour 48 minutes something. I'm happy to report the record is back in Europe again, thanks to a Dutch/German (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: 2 months ago
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(...) Didier, Thanks for your note. I had a great time at BrickFest and I'm still all aglow about it. It has inspired me to work on new pneumatic designs, and reinspired me to innovate. I have finished off my fourth idea logbook and am a quarter way (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Hi, Tonight I found myself with nothing to do. Chatting with friends I suddenly remembered my vacations this summer in Arlington. It was just two months ago but it seems to me that's an eternity. Browsing my BS gallery (URL), seeing all these (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
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| | Brickfest vignette winners
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Hi all, Could someone give me a listing of the winners in the Vig THIS! contest held in the vignette room at BrickFest '05? I know that almost all of the MOCs in the room are featured (URL) in this gallery>, but never saw a wrap-up of the award (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: What is this?
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(...) It's an in-progress assembly of a giant statue of someone who has been crucified. I assumed that it was Jesus when I saw it, but the builder, Steve DeCraemer (SP?) told me that it was open to interpretation, and could be anyone who had been (...) (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi all, Can anyone tell me what this is: (URL) is on the back of that great castle. I can see a face and some limbs (?) with blood here: (URL) am curious. Jaco (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Next Year?
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Is it too early to start talking about Brickfest 2006? (19 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Comprehensive BF photos (was: Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?)
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(...) As one of several BF'04 attendees who methodically took photos and deposited them with Todd Thuma for his BrickFest DVD (I myself tried to document everything in the Castle room, mostly from Minifig POV, and with a blue-sky backdrop -- thanks (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | A few pictures, 2 short video clips : Brickfest 2005
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Hi, everybody! I finally got around to publishing a few of the photos I took at Brickfest this year... everything was so amazing but I spent so much time talking with people that I hardly got to take any pictures! I thought folks might want to see (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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(...) This is an interesting idea, though I think it's too big a job for a single person. Perhaps one person per room? I could almost see doing this in future years. I really got a lot out of being a judge for town/train which forced me to look at (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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(...) One other thing would be to have BrickFest have a browser of all the MOC cards submitted. Won't necessarily show you which MOC is which (with no pictures), but for some you could probably guess. The bigger step would probably be allowing an (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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(...) Why don't you just go to BrickFest and find all this info out for yourself? Maybe YOU could be the official photographer! :) -Rob www.brickmodder.net (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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(...) Yes! Now I see. (...) Ah, thanks for the link to that photo. (...) Orion was able to supply me with a hi-res photo of it, and from that it was clear that the builder is Mike Gibney, who I looked up on LUGNET and got in touch with over e-mail. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Who is responsible for this?
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(...) As I recall, this was the runaway hit of the mecha room on public day. "Look mommy, it's a Thomas robot!" The pics of the mayhem on the train layout turned out great! (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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Can anyone tell me who built the model of Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005? (URL) That's pretty sweet (and of obvious interest to me since I'll have to build it myself eventually). Are there more photos of it? What's the deal with all the shiny (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Who is responsible for this?
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"Jeremiah VanderMark" <Doggybot_37@yahoo.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message > Yeah, it was me. I have a few shots of the Thomas-Bot having some fun on the (...) This is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. So much so I am actually (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Who is responsible for this?
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(...) Yeah, it was me. I have a few shots of the Thomas-Bot having some fun on the BF05 train layout (URL) here> (once moderated). Thanks for the comments; he was really a last-minute build (literally the night before 'fest) and therefore not as (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | Re: Who is responsible for this?
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(...) Jeremiah VanderMark. ~Kevoh (19 years ago, 4-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(URL) Just found it in one of the BF galleries (note that it was placed by Tim David in his folder after resize for the .trains sidebar much later) So.... who came up with this wonderful (not to mention hilarious) idea anyway? Legoswami (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest
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(...) 1.94 GB, which is the full resolution capture from the video camera. I'm going to edit it slightly when I have time, and that will make it smaller, but probably not by much. (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Pics Posted including GBC Video
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(...) of the FLL competition on Saturday. Sadly Team Hassenplug did not win :-( Thank you Steve for not having a team cadence. Our goals were different, than in previous years. NONE of them involved a team cadence. This year, it was more about "The (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Whose angel sculpture was that?
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(...) (URL) NP-complete> is a class of difficult problems in Computer Science. In general it's a problem too difficult to be solved exactly. A well-known example is the (URL) traveling salesman problem>. In my talk I sort of glossed over this. While (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Yes, the (URL) ACM> is the Association for Computing Machinery. It's the organization for computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, etc. professionals. The main publication, Communications of the ACM, is what I was (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Pics Posted including GBC Video
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(...) I found another CF card and uploaded some additional pics as well as a few videos of the FLL competition on Saturday. Sadly Team Hassenplug did not win :-( Thank you Steve for not having a team cadence. MVI_2676.AVI and MVI_2677.AVI are from (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) Hi Larry, It was great to see you again at BrickFest. I appreciate your interest in my pneumatics creations. I've already had the pleasure of co-authoring with Dr. Soh, and would enjoy it again if it were to take place. I've tested the waters (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Whose angel sculpture was that?
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(...) I was only asking for the technical details and missed the ACM article bit in the original post, but I assume it refers to this ((URL) would seems a suitable home for a technical discussion about the work. That is just a guess though. Tim (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) What exactly is an ACM article. Sorry for my ignorance--but I for one have no problem exposing it. Tommy Armstrong (URL) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Oh me too! I wanted to ask but figured I might be the only one so I'm so happy you asked. I'd love to see a technical account, I'm particularly interested in the combinatorics of the problem (if any were considered too) but all of it is (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Whose angel sculpture was that?
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(...) I missed your presentation that day. How technical was it? You probably explained NP-complete briefly, and I'm guessing you didn't go into the computer science part of everything except what was necessary. I'm curious if you have a more (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) Kevin, And after you write a few articles for Brickjournal it is my hope that you would complete them in a book on pneumatics (maybe along with CS?). I spoke with others at Brickfest and they said they would buy the book and I would probably (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Bellis wrote: [SNIP] Hi Mark, (...) I figured that if you're going to write an article for BrickJournal on pneumatic basics up through sequencers, you would probably want to talk about the simplest gates, the single output (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: The Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest
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(...) "Terrific" is a pretty general response...I would add the following: 1) GBC exceeded all of our expectations as we prepared for Brickfest 2) The room was NOT large enough to accomodate the GBC or the crowd 3) I watched as many kids were simply (...) (19 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Whose angel sculpture was that?
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(...) Yup. I gave a talk on the software at Brickfest, "Automated Brick Layout" I posted the slides from that talk in my brickshelf folder: (URL) Please feel free to post photos. Thank you! -dw (19 years ago, 22-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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