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Re: BrickFest 2007 - Organizer's Recap (Including pictures)
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Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:35:28 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
Dear Kelly,
thanks a lot for your summarization of a few of the many highlights from the
Brickfest 2007!
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Public expo attendees: 2,800+
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Liters of alcohol consumed at the Red Lion watering spot: UNKNOWN
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Standing on the bleachers and watching the public throng,
a Brownian motion of
multicolored heads flowing around stantioned displays
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A solid background murmur with the occasional high-pitched, “Mommy! Look at
THIS!” punctuating frequent comments of “wow” and “cool” and
“I didn’t know you
could DO that with Legos!”
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The sheer number of attendees who wanted to help and volunteer
in one way or
another - for which they deserve a huge “thanks”!
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Spectators gathered around the various Mindstorms contests
- at times silent
and motionless, but then suddenly erupting into applause and cheers at some
robotic feat
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A huge 30,000 square foot space with enormous ceilings and excellent
lighting
showing off the MOCs lined up neatly in their areas
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Seeing 30+ people arriving on setup day and getting everything
ship-shape for Friday morning
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Unveiling a King Cake at a pizza party Thursday night, shipped
overnight from New Orleans
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Listening to a train guy enthuse to everyone just how cool the Bionicle
display was (which it was)
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Kevin Clague setting an example of “sharing the wealth” when he
donated one of
his pneumatic MOCs for a door prize - and then passing on a prize
when his name
was called a bit later, since he’d won earlier
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Talking with Richard Stollery of LEGO (Steve Witt’s boss), and feeling
that my
voice is being heard - and hearing others feel the same way about their own
conversations with LEGO attendees
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Watching SCLTC wheel in several massive boxes they’d shipped from Southern
California, and sharing in the collective empathetic wince when they RATTLED
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Sharing enjoyment of a casual atmosphere during the first two days, without
feeling the pressure of “putting on a show” - it came together
by Sunday morning
with only a little scramble in skirting and finishing displays
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Circling the impressive Brick Bazaar and fighting temptation - but not
succeeding
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The crush and heat and blood lust and sheer mass of people
in a confined space
at the LEGO Store in Washington Square on Friday night, but also an overall
sense of shared adversity and willingness to help somebody
you didn’t even know.
And oh yeah, the great deals and excellent PaB selection (like old grey 1x2
tiles!)
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The look on the faces of the first public attendees after the doors were
opened - after the announcement that the expo was opened was greeted with
applause by everyone in the hall.
I’m sure it was the first time members of the
public were applauded simply for entering a LEGO display.
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Matt Chiles’ Bleyman picture
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The biggest Dirty Brickster I’ve ever been involved with, nearly 50 people,
getting done in about an hour and a half
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There are only so many adjectives you can use to describe an international
gathering of (mostly) adult LEGO fans. And I’m sure they’ve been used in
previous event descriptions, so I won’t even try.
For those who’ve been involved
in an event like this, BF07 was as good as it gets. For someone who’s never
attended a large AFOL event - do it. Really.
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Even after the months of preparation, frantically designing the program,
bouncing the contract with the OCC back and forth,
finding box after box after
pallet of “stuff” ultimately destined for the event showing
up on my doorstep...
after all that, listening to the comments and
questions of “When will the next
one be held?” certainly made it all worthwhile.
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Many people came up to Steve, Christina and myself during and
after the event,
each saying essentially the same thing: thank you for the work
and making this a
great BrickFest. I don’t know what Steve and Christina replied,
but for my part
I usually responded with a lame nod and “you bet” or something equally inane.
When my brain kicked into gear again this morning, I realized
why I had such a
hard time responding.
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The organizers didn’t make it a great con. The attendees and volunteers did.
We simply provided the opportunity for everyone else to
come together and make
it the type of event we all wanted. That’s all.
So thank YOU. I had just as much fun as anyone.
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And THANK YOU to all of the organization team and all at Brickfest for the
warm welcome and the possibility to celebrate the Brickfest with you. This has
been another top highlight in my LEGO life!
Some more highlights to mention:
Build in bag speedbuild:
mosaic-build:
Wacky racers:
UTB talk + presentation(set 10183)
Cafe Corner in XXL:
Complete space set collection:
two TV stations being present:
Hope you enjoy these pictures + Leg Godt!
Check out all the
Brickfest pictures in this gallery!
See more pictures of my models at www.brickshelf.com
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| It's Tuesday. I think. That means BrickFest 2007 must be complete. I'm pretty sure, through the lack of sleep haze. And before the glow fades (or consciousness fully returns), I'd like to present a recap of the event. First, some numbers. Date: (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general) !!
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