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| (...) Steve-- Sorry to hear of this--but understand, and we'll see you next time around. Thanks for verifying this info. Play Well and Prosper, Doc Crandall "The Brick Detective" (14 years ago, 12-Nov-10, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest 2011
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| (URL) Hi All, The BrickFest staff has some bad news. BrickFest ’11 in Portland is canceled. There are no catastrophic circumstances surrounding this, but rather a collection of smaller issues. Given there are so many wonderful alternatives we hope (...) (14 years ago, 12-Nov-10, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: BrickFest 2011
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| (...) According to the (URL) Brickfest> site: "We are sorry to announce that BrickFest and BricKids Has been cancelled due to staffing issues. News of future events will be posted on this site as well as many of the regular LEGO AFOL web sites." (14 years ago, 12-Nov-10, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest 2011
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| (...) Steve & Christina can give the definitive answer but Steve sent a note around to some folk saying it has been cancelled. That note circulated to a fair few club lists and the like. An announcement here and on the other major discussion centers (...) (14 years ago, 12-Nov-10, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest 2011
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| (...) Hi everyone! Is there--or is there not--going to be a Brickfest in 2011? It was announced at BrickCon there would be but now, according to the website, "We are sorry to announce that BrickFest™ and BricKids™ Has been cancelled due to staffing (...) (14 years ago, 12-Nov-10, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest 2011
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| (...) When I clicked through to the Brickfest site, my site advisor gives the following warning: "1 red download In our tests, we found downloads on this site that some people consider adware, spyware or other potentially unwanted programs." When I (...) (14 years ago, 5-Oct-10, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest 2011
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| (URL) Hi All, We are happy to announce that BrickFest(TM) and BricKids(TM) will be held on March 24-27, 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center - Portland, OR. The hotel is same last time, the Red Lion at the Convention Center. Steve & Christina (14 years ago, 5-Oct-10, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO remodel job while away at BrickFest
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| (...) Ha! That is great fun. (16 years ago, 31-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO remodel job while away at BrickFest
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| When Thomas Michon returned from BrickFest on Monday morning, he found that his room at Olin College had been remodeled with a new door by classmates using 9000 LEGO bricks. (URL) -Ted Michon (16 years ago, 31-Mar-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
| | | | | Early Brickfest pics
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| I'm enjoying the con virtually by viewing early pics from: Bill Ward's Flickr photostream (URL) Mark Neumann's Flickr photostream (URL) new BrickArms prototypes from Will Chapman posted by the enigma that is badger (Official Spokesman of BrickArms) (...) (16 years ago, 29-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
| | | | | Things to Remember for BrickFest 2009
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| Just remember a few things you may want to bring to BrickFest: The draft set (8632: Swamp Raid) if you want to draft. The Build-in-the-Bag set (8119: Thunder Racer) if you want to participate in the Build-in-the-Bag. (Make sure to get one that's (...) (16 years ago, 25-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community)
| | | | | Virtual Lego Room Tour at BrickFest 2009
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| BrickFest 2009 will see the first Virtual Lego Room Tour. When LUGs have a meeting at a member's house, the one thing that everyone always wants to see is the owner's build area. A Lego Room, a Lego Garage, a Lego corner-of-one-table-...-rec-room. . (...) (16 years ago, 13-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.storage) !
| | | | | Build in the Bag at BrickFest 2009
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| This year at BrickFest Jon Rasmussen will be running the popular Build in the Bag competition. The way it works: you bring a copy of set 8119: Thunder Racer (URL) the event, still in it's sealed polybag. Jon will have ten copies at the Fest if you (...) (16 years ago, 13-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community)
| | | | | Draft at BrickFest 2009
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| There will be a draft at BrickFest this year! The draft set is 8632: Swamp Raid (URL) draft is a fun activity that turns sets into the parts you want. If you are unfamiliar with drafting, Dan Sabath gave a good description here: (URL) 2009 will be (...) (16 years ago, 13-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community)
| | | | | familiarize me with Portland?
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| Hi All, I am attending Brickfest this year and as wondering if there was anyone interested in showing a Portland-first-time-visitor around the city? At NMRA in Detroit, Matt Doyle and Jim Garrett were kind enough to take an hour or two to show a (...) (16 years ago, 23-Feb-09, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
| | | | | Call for event graphic submissions
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| BrickFest ’09 - Portland, OR - March 27-29th, 2009 The BrickFest ’09 team invites the creative designers and artists of the AFOL community to submit graphic ideas/artwork for the official BrickFest ‘09 event graphic. It will be used on items such (...) (16 years ago, 10-Dec-08, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
| | | | | BrickFest '09 Staffing
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| Hi All, Well the staff for BrickFest 09 is reaching critical mass however there are still some choice positions that need to be filled (see below). Please feel free to copy this post in its entirety to your favorite theme specific user group (...) (16 years ago, 9-Dec-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.mosaic)
| | | | | Re: Shipping LEGO to Brickfest (and other places)
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| Thanks Ted for looking into this! SteveB BrickFest '09 - See you all there! (...) (16 years ago, 8-Dec-08, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Shipping LEGO to Brickfest (and other places)
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| (...) From east of the Mississippi (Boston, Newark, Miami), that's $600.28 round trip for the same load. From Chicago, Denver, Dallas or Minneapolis, that's $411.82 round trip. -Ted (16 years ago, 8-Dec-08, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Shipping LEGO to Brickfest (and other places)
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| (...) The application for Known Shipper on Alaska Airlines is one page and contains just simple stuff: name, address, phone, email, date, and signature. You must provide a copy of a utility bill. I mailed an application out yesterday (December 6) (...) (16 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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