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(...) Will, If you do manage to combine RCX & NXT, I expect it will look mashed-up, but unlike all the other stuff at BF, this is not a how-does-it-look competition. No matter how it looks, I'm sure people will cheer for robots that try to give them (...) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickFest™ PDX 2007 - Robotic Easter Egg Hunt
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(...) I'll give it a whirl! I wouldn't want you to get the NXT prize just because you were the only one entered. :) My 'bot may be a mashup of RCX & NXT. It will likely be horrible ugly, and exhibit questional operational effectiveness, but fame and (...) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest™ PDX 2007 - Robotic Easter Egg Hunt
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(...) The walls are going to be about two inches tall. The houses will be considerably taller than that. Probably on the order of three to five times taller. By the way, there's only a bit over a week before BrickFest. If anyone else is considering (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest™ PDX 2007 - Robotic Easter Egg Hunt
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David, how high is the shortest house? Is it taller than the side panels? ---Will (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Now Is The Time To Ship MOCs To BrickFest PDX
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Have some important news to pass along if you plan on shipping a MOC to Brickfest. If you have reservations for the Red Lion Hotel, you may ship your MOC there and they will not charge a holding fee. If you don't have their address, here is is- Red (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | One cool thing about being a nay-blay-er (IMHO)
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We won't have access to all the new parts. Is that bad thing? In the case of a few of the new parts, definitely! The new 1x1 angled brick is one of the best new parts in years. Ditto the new 1x1 tooth plate. However, as nay-blay-ers, we will have (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Talk me into Bley at BrickFest
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(...) It seems to me that piece counts per dollar are way up these days from where they were when I used to buy a lot of LEGO, although I suspect this is more of an attempt to stay competitive with clone brands than it is an attempt to pass along (...) (18 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest™ 2007: Wacky Race - Friday
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(URL) Portland, Oregon, USA March 30th - April 1st 2007 The Wacky Race will be at BrickFest 2007! Friday 6:00pm - 7:00pm Hall A This will be the 4th year that competitors have built and crashed their crazy and wacky racers here in the Pacific (...) (18 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
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| | Re: Schedule for BrickFest PDX 2007
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(...) John-- **Tsk, tsk.** Shame on ye, laddybuck. Me charmin' bride of lo, these many years might be wantin' t' have a few words with ye. And if it's a new monitor yer wantin'...get ye a nice, big, high def plasma one...and charge it to Brendan's (...) (18 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Brendan-- You have made my wife's day. She's flattered--but at 38, she feels she's earned all her gray hair...most of which I've given her! ;) Play Well and Prosper-- Matthew (18 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Kelly-- Many thanks! This gives me some idea of which end is up. Now, if I can just get my entry for the Brickmaster contest whipped into shape.... Play Well and Prosper! Matthew (18 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Dude, talk yourself into Classic Colors! :-)
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I'm with ya, man! Even though the advent of bley and "blown" (hehheh) has seriously curtailed my purchasing of new sets and my enthusiasm for new product in general, it's not completely a bad thing for a few reasons: 1. I spend far less money per (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.color, FTX) !
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| | Re: Speed Build Competition (and sorting & steam)
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(...) All I really remember from that NWBC'06 Sorting Roundtable was Rick emphasizing his points by tossing his zip-locked bags of Lego to the floor where they made a satisfying "Thunk". I remember that. I do, however, vaguely recall someone with (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest™ PDX 2007 - Brick Bazaar Announcement
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(...) Time is almost up! If you need a Brick Bazaar table, and haven't yet reserved one, this is your last chance to do so. Table allocation is happening this weekend, so let Ben or me know ASAP if you'd like a table at the Brick Bazaar and we'll (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Speed Build Competition (and sorting & steam)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Matthew J. Chiles wrote: (snip) (...) (snip) (...) Oh, now it's on! Rick C. (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Speed Build Competition (and sorting & steam)
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(...) So, who besindes me predicts that Kubo and Proudlove will be up Friday night and well into the wee hours of Saturday morning building and rebuilding until they each thinks they have the "Fastest Hands in the West"? My money's on Kubo this (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | BrickFest Preso: Custom Decals - How to make them, and how to print them
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Just a heads-up: I'll be giving a presentation at BrickFest to show you how to successfully design decals for printing on a waterslide-decal printer. I'll show you how I designed my Spy Bond torso decals, and German Army torso decals, and show you (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
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| | Speed Build Competition (and sorting & steam)
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Jon Rasmussen, who has been in PNLTC and its offspring clubs for about 10 years now and who is a very active builder in Wild West, among other themes, is still a lurker here on Lugnet. So I'm posting this stuff for him. :) Jon will be hosting the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build, lugnet.storage, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Schedule for BrickFest PDX 2007
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(...) Hi Matthew and bride, We've just put up the preliminary schedule (subject to change), but it should give you an idea of what we'll be featuring. It's going to be a full set of seminars, looks like! (URL) BrickFest 2007 Schedule> and (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Schedule for BrickFest PDX 2007
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(...) SPFFFFTTT! I'm sending you the bill for a new monitor, Rev! /:-)` JOHN (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Schedule for BrickFest PDX 2007
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(...) Phew! Glad to hear your beautiful and charming bride is at least 15 years old! I second the notion for a Brickfest schedule to be posted. Not sure I can make it, but even if not, I'd love to know what I'm missing. -Brendan (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Schedule for BrickFest PDX 2007
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Hey everyone! I'm looking for the schedule of events for Brickfest. I can't seem to pull it up anywhere--so if some nice person would please point me in the right direction, I'd much much obliged. Especially since my beautiful and charming bride of (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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(...) That is why I said 'of sufficient involvement' and the no hard and fast rules bit you snipped. In the case of a small convention like BV then there simply aren't the funds to let all the volunteers in for free. In that case you have to set the (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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(...) Not sure I agree there either - speaking as an organiser of Brickvention, all the organisers, helpers, presenters, etc paid registration, it meant the difference between a small loss and a large loss. Even our Australian LEGO Ambassador paid (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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--snip-- (...) On that I don't think I agree. I think that volunteers (of sufficient involvement) should be given free registration. If you are volunteering then you have to attend and it is thus an expense. In the event of a loss then I imagine (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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(...) Tommy: Here, here! I agree. Everyone else: Here's where I boldly go where I probably shouldn't. Conventions cost money. There is money to pay for licensing fees, building usage, etc. If there is a profit, it (usually) does not go into the (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest '07 Creative Badge Contest
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Well as it turns out Tommy Armstrong of <www.brickengraver.com> has generously offered a $75 e-gift certificate for the winner of the creative badge contest! So get buildin'! THANKS TOMMY!!! SteveB PS Tommy says I'm no longer eligible since I'm the (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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(...) Then why did you say "last year's BrickFest brought in $13000 in profit for himself" (my emphasis) rather than "... for BrickJournal Media LLC"? (...) So again, why did you say "last year's BrickFest brought in $13000 in profit for himself"? (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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(...) The word "profit" was Joe's: The total profit that went to BrickJournal Media LLC was about $13,000. This is in addition to the $3,000 that went to AMH Productions for use of the BrickFest name, as determined by an agreement that was signed in (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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(...) Not to mention the considerable financial risk he would have taken. Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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(...) --snip-- (...) Well people have a right to ask and if they are attending (and contributing to the profit) then they may have a reason to ask too. Peronally I'd be a lot happier paying more for a fest that's expensive because of expenses than (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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(...) Here we go again. Well to say that Joe brought in a profit of $13,000 is not exactly correct as his total expenses, if I remember, were not delineated in his accounting . His labor and personal expenses, mileage, trip costs, etc were not (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest '07 Registration Open - 10 more days
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(...) That "someone" being me, of course... ;) I checked, and the box that says "Display my info on Who's Attending page" is indeed unchecked. Go ahead and check it if you'd like your name displayed there. Kelly (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest '07 Registration Open - 10 more days
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Hi Will, I'm posting here cause it may be useful to others. There is a check box that will keep your name private if you so choose. You might want to look to see if that's what's happening. In the mean time I'll have someone check into it on the (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Robot events at BrickFest 2007
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i just checked the schedule, looks like the Mosaic speed build ends at 12:30 and the sumo competition starts at 1pm. that gives me 30 minutes to get something built and programmed. you better bring your batteries, cause now i do have time to make (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robot events at BrickFest 2007
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(...) Sounds like a personal problem to me, Bob. I, on the other hand, can give my presentations, while building the Lego Star Destroyer entirely with my left hand, while my right hand programs my Sumo'Bot to destroy all who oppose me in the Sumo (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickFest™ PDX 2007 - Brick Bazaar Announcement
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(...) We're getting closer and closer to BrickFest! The vendor tables are cheap, and we have loads of space for you to sell your stuff. Even if you don't think you have enough to sell, grab a few friends, pool your items and reserve a table (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest '07 Registration Open - 10 more days
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(...) I'm not on the roster, and I'm quite certain I'm registered. Are you trying to tell me something, Steve? ;) ---Will (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Talk me into Bley at BrickFest
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(...) Whoa. Look at the basepla--er, base of that engine! A real life mix old dark gray and dark bley! Steve (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Talk me into Bley at BrickFest
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Matt, Okay first off a little lesson to those who might be not so familure with color. There are 2 main types of color: Warm and Cool. Warm colors tend to be tinted by reds, oranges, yellows, basiclly "warm" feeling colors. Example: the old greys (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.color, FTX)
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