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Re: Brickfest : Anyone arriving on Wednesday ?
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Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:21:55 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Yvonne Doyle wrote:
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hi Folks,
Well, my boyfriend (Peter Reid) and I are going to Brickfest for the first
time. We’re going to stay in the Sheraton from the Wednesday. Just wondering
if anyone else is arriving a day early.
I’d be interested in some advice - trying to decide if it is worthwhile to
rent a car for the duration of our trip....are there toy stores worth visiting
in the area near Brickfest ? (not that that is the only thing we would be
visiting). Also, is it easy enough to get around without a car ?
How far is the Hotel from the main bus station in Washington ? We are planning
on heading to New York for a day or 2 after the fest.
One more question - is there anyone in the locality who would be able to help
us out by storing our Lego after the fest for the days we are in New York ?
Looking forward to Brickfest and meeting you all. I’m hoping to see some very
girlie Lego - anyone going all out and building in pinks and pastels ?
BTW Who is coordinating the Mosaic section ?
Happy Building
Yvonne
(YVD)
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Yvonne-
This year’s BrickFest is located at Tysons Corner, which happily is the location
of the local LEGO store and hardly a dozen miles from Dulles International. The
store always gears up for BF, setting aside damaged and one of a kind items to
sell at reduced prices just for BF attendees. As you may have seen elsewhere,
the store also takes orders for and sells whole boxes of bricks.
For the last two BFs we attended, we rented a car at IAD (Dulles), which has
some of the lowest rates in the country (as opposed to NY or Boston, for
example). You could easily make it through this BF just by taking the bus to and
from the airport and using the buses and (excellent) DC subway system if you
want to see some of the area. If all you want to do is LEGO, you won’t need a
car at all.
My group arrives very early on Thursday. We expect to use the day to reassemble
a single model that were taking in many dozens of pieces that hopefully won’t
arrive in 1000s of pieces.
-Ted
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| hi Folks, Well, my boyfriend (Peter Reid) and I are going to Brickfest for the first time. We're going to stay in the Sheraton from the Wednesday. Just wondering if anyone else is arriving a day early. I'd be interested in some advice - trying to (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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