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(...) Yes, it matters to me where the money goes. Why? What do *I* get out of brickfest? I get discounted LEGO, see new LEGO products, display my stuff, see other people's stuff and talk to other LEGO fans. Cheap LEGO - I can always get a friend who (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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Interesting topic this.... I an not qualified to judge the issue of wether or not folks should be paid, but here are a few things to consider. -Workers for Non-Profit organizations are paid. (I am one) -Gallery owners and art show organizers make (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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(...) If you feel you got your money's worth (~$20/day) from the privilege of attending and participating, does it really matter where the money goes? Unless the event is stated as a charity event (which I don't recall BrickFest ever being billed (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I'm sorry but the minute an organizer of Brickfest starts making money off of the event itself, compensation or not, I'm not going. If this was the case this year, I'm glad I didn't go. Yes, there are groups making money off of Brickfest - the (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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(...) What about the literally thousands of hours that Christina has given of her time to get the thing going--along with all the other dedicated volunteers in the past, and the hundreds of hours Joe spent this year to pull it all together. To truly (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfest 2006 : 8285 Speedbuild new record (pics loaded!)
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(...) Well, there's all the rules right there! And the time was misconstrued by us as 2 hours, 42 minutes. We were allowed looser rules (I think we were allowed to rip the instructions), so different methods were done. I agree that a uniform set of (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfest 2006 : 8285 Speedbuild new record (pics loaded!)
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(...) Hi, before the 1000steine Land we didn't have any information about what set to build and who will build. 5 people were selected to build, and the rules were: -Build the set as fast as possible -Only use one set of instructions and do not rip (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) One of the reasons a lot of people I know have complained is because the price is higher than a lot of other events, such as science fiction conventions and anime conventions, and they've felt it just isn't worth the same, especially (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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In lugnet.events, Tommy Armstrong wrote: snip (...) I guess I'm one of those people - not that I complained, I just didn't go because I couldn't afford it. The last BF I went to (in '04), I probably spent around $125 total for registration, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfest 2006 : 8285 Speedbuild new record (pics loaded!)
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(...) Hi Christian, I guess there needs to be a couple of clarifications. Or something like that. Our attempt was based on sketchy information - at the time, there were no announcements online about the attempt by y'all, so we did not have a count (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Hi, I'm not 100% sure I'll understand your record. I was one of the 5 (yes, we were only 5 people) people building that set at the 1000steine Land in Berlin. According to the official LEGO time keeper we needed 2 hours 09 minutes and 42 (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
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(...) Thanks for posting them, I enjoyed looking through the gallery! Calum (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Dear all, A small group of us (6 in the team) participated in the Speedbuild @ Brickfest 2006 .. and a new record has been set (new Technic Tow Truck Set 8285). We completed it in 2 hours 36 mins beating the old record by 6 mins (was 2hours 42 (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Before the excitement wanes and memories start to blur, lets get started on planning BrickFest 2007. Joe recently informed me that he is no longer interested in Coordinating BrickFest 2007. I’d like to thank Joe and his wonderful team of for all (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I had totally forgotten this image was part of the keynote presentation: (URL) think LEGO gained a bit of cred with that slide, even though I don't remember that the actual answer was particular satisfying. Just addressing the issue was a big (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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You can find my Brickfest images here: (URL) I think I have finally caught up on my sleep... Jeff VW (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi Brian, hi everybody, (...) I'd like to suggest to use e.g. Google Video instead of YouTube, as long YouTube requires Flash to view the videos. Google Video allows to download the videos in their native format, so it is usable with free players (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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I've finally had a chance to go over all the photos I previously posted from BrickFest, and selected what I feel are the best. Some are great photos, while others are photos of great things. Still others are just photos of things that are (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I have a GBC video on YouTube...search for "Brickworkz" - (it's currently being processed so I don't have a URL yet) Unfortunately some of the devices weren't working when I came by. (...) I also posted (URL) footage of Droidy>. Enjoy! Folks, (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Stressing the elements & Calum's Harborfront talk?
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(...) thanks for sharing your slides and I sure learn a lot in your presentation thou I only attended the final bit due to speed build .. way cool .. hope to see the "voice" version available soon .. :) regards, "The" Diana @ Brickfest 2006 dvirus (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Yeah .. I missed a fair bit of the interesting talks due to the speed build too .. I only managed to catch the last bit of Jamie's talk. (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) view it over again .. :) anyone? ...??? (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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I've noticed that there was a snippet of the Saturday night Keynote posted on YouTube: (URL) anyone film and/or post the full version (with the embargoed bits filtered out, of course)? Thanks! Jake --- Jake McKee Private Citizen Webmaster - BIP (URL) (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi All- Here are my pics from Brickfest. Like Calum, I want to emphasize the people of the fest, so I tried to get the builders with their mocs. Sorry to those I couldn't find during my photography window...esp Kevin Heckle and Roy Cook. (URL) are (...) (18 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
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(...) I understand the Flash-avoidance issue. I don't have any personal webspace to host things on, which is why I use BrickShelf and (now) YouTube. But I'd be glad to upload the video to somebody else to host it if they want to (it's a 2m31s 35 Mb (...) (18 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi Brian, (...) I don't want to install Flash as there are too many annoying ads using it. Jürgen (18 years ago, 2-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) You guys are far too kind :) I made a point of going to more talks this year and I enjoyed all of them--Jamie's was really neat to see the other side of building models, to hear how they are constrained by corporate rules and a quality (...) (18 years ago, 2-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) It was still impressive!! You guys did a great job with Harbourfest!! Kirsten (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Thanks for posting the link! I had to run after the talk and wasn't able to write it down. :) Kirsten (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for posting this interesting presentation. I honestly never realized that the center point of a side mounted stud on a system brick was slightly different than on a technic brick - although based on some previous building issues I have (...) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) First, thank you, and Jamie, for making these so easily availible on-line, and having such a nice presentation. Second, I'd say yours was just as interesting as Jamie's (or probably others), at least to me. The idea of trying to coordinate (...) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Wow! Thanks for making your Powerpoint presentation available online! It offers an interesting insight into some of the tests official sets are put through. It also reminds me of many "unusual" builds (most of which I probably won't ever (...) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Incredible! Where do these guys store their bricks, I wonder ... ;-) /Matthias Paul (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I will have a video available either this weekend or next week, as soon as I get it off the camera's tape. It will be like the one I made last year, where I show the entire sequence while walking along the outside. (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) So completely useless but absolutly fantastic and mesmorizing! :) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I think there were 45 modules. This includes a couple that were about 1 table (eight feet) long. Each. Steve (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Great! It's huge. No NXT module, as far as I can see. /Matthias Paul (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) seen the slides for Jamie's presentation. They are two different topics and both are interesting in their own way. Yours was very well organized and presented. I hadn't heard about the Harborfront project, so it was nice to get the whole story (...) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I totally agree Jamie. Whenever I get together with other LEGO builders I'm always astounded not only by how interesting their models are (large and small) but how interesting the people are as individuals. And no matter how much you've (...) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Camera in the Moonbase monorail
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(...) Search for 'camera wireless' on eBay. Even if you don't trust the sellers you'll see all the things that are available. I've had a little B&W wired camera in the back of a minifig 60's type outside broadcast van for a few years now. It even (...) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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