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Re: Ideas for Brickswest sessions
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Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:14:39 GMT
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John Gerlach wrote:
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> In lugnet.events.brickswest, Frank Filz writes:
> > Why, what better place than the place I saw evidence of TLC employees
> > mutilating brick? On the tour of the model shop, we were shown
> > models under repair that had mutilated bricks (some not even really
> > necessary, like cutting a brick or plate to a smaller available size). The
> > Carlsbad model builders indicated though that they were proud that
> > they built models without the need for mutilation.
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> Speaking as a former employee who knows people that work(ed) in the Model
> Shop in Enfield, the 'mutilations' are probably to repair a damaged model,
> or to undo some incorrect building.
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> Since the models are glued together, the pieces don't come apart without
> some *ahem* "persuation". If a model builder makes a mistake on Tuesday and
> doesn't catch it until Wednesday, they have to chisel off a day's work and
> completely rebuild it. Obviously, a chisel will "mutilate" some of the
> pieces! The idea is that once the model is rebuilt, the mutilations won't show.
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> If a model that has been on display comes back with something broken,
> they'll cut back the broken part to someplace solid. Then, they can rebuild
> from there.
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> They shouldn't be mutilating pieces just to be able to build the model, that
> defeats the whole point. We should be able to build anything they have on
> display, presuming we have enough pieces.
Maybe I got something wrong from the Model Shop tour, but the mutilated
brick that was pointed out to us didn't look like a repair. The Model
Shop builders told us that it came that way from the UK. Now I guess
it's possible it was a correction of a boo-boo. I may also be totally
mis-remembering anything.
The important thing though was that the Carslbad Model Builders took
pride that THEY didn't mutilate.
Of course having enough pieces isn't enough. You also have to have a way
to get pieces in colors not available in sets... As far as I can tell so
far, you need more than just unlimited funds to duplicate some models.
In this sense, I think they do a disservice when they claim anyone could
build the models in the park.
Frank
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| (...) I agree. After visiting LEGOland at Brickswest last year, I was, of course, extremely impressed with the modelling skills of the professional builders, but I was very put off by the claim, implicit or explicit, that any amateur LEGO builder (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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| (...) Speaking as a former employee who knows people that work(ed) in the Model Shop in Enfield, the 'mutilations' are probably to repair a damaged model, or to undo some incorrect building. Since the models are glued together, the pieces don't come (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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