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With 19 days left to Brickfest... I thought I would share a not so short story
of what I did today.
BACKGROUND - A few of my children’s friends have taken an interest in the micro
building I do. One of them even made me a few micro vehicles for my latest
micro project. I was surprised when he gave them to me and said he would like
to learn more about Micro building.
After thinking about it for a few days, I chose to throw a little micro building
party. We had 6 guests (between the age of 10-14) plus my own two children.
I talked to them about some simple snot techniques (which of course always gets
a huge laugh), a bit about scale and showed them some pictures of some of my
favourite Micro’s by other AFOL. Once they new what they were going to build I
let them go wild with my collection.
The creativity they showed was incredible, and I was surprised how little
guidance they really needed. Once I set the standard for them, they rose above
it. It was a great day for all 9 of us.
Aside from a bit of extra sorting I will have to do, I ended up having a
wonderful time, a handful (literally and figuratively) of new Micro MOC for the
Micro Display at Brickfest and hopefully a few AFOL in the making.
I bought each child a small set as a party favour and provided a ton of chips
and pop. My favourite quote of the day... “Wow, you really Micro’d that one!” ~
which loosely translates into, wow did you ever nail that one! Now they are
asking “When can we do it again?”
If anyone else is interested in making a Micro for BrickFest please check out
the contest details. Micro MOC Off!
Janey “Red Brick”
Micro Display Coordinator
BrickFest 2004 in Washington DC
P.S. If the weather holds out I will link some pics tomorrow. Have a great
night, and build well.
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| (...) 18 and counting . . . snip (...) snip (...) As promised, here are the pics from yesterday. (URL) Micro MOC pictures> Janey Red Brick (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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