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(...) Bob- Is the number of lots set by the number of total pieces in the set or the number of unique piece types in the set? -Ted (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest 07 Draft
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(...) Am I the only one that read that and immediately thought: Wouldn't it be great to build each of them in jet form and create an enormous "BrickFest 07 Squadron"! What? Just me? Drat. It's too bad the speed build won't use this set and the Jet (...) (18 years ago, 23-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | BrickFest 07 Draft
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Yes there will be a draft at BrickFest this year! In case you forgot, a draft is where everyone brings an unopened copy of the same set. All the sets are sorted into lots and then lots are chosen in a round robin fashion till all the lots are gone. (...) (18 years ago, 22-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community) !
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| | Re: BrickFest™ PDX 2007 - Robotic Easter Egg Hunt
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Do we loose points for melting the eggs? At any rate, it makes the foil stay on better. ;-) --Peter (18 years ago, 22-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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(...) 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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| | Re: Schedule for BrickFest PDX 2007
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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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