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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> writes:
> William R Ward wrote: • [...]
> > My favorite part of the LEGO hobby is when a kid sees one of my models
> > and his eyes light up and he says "Wooahh" and you can just see the
> > little gears turning in his mind as he figures out how to build
> > something similar.
>
> I get a lot out of the public aspect also. But my point is that I get
> that several times a year without paying $150/night for a hotel room. In
> fact, lately, I can get it almost as often as I want just by convincing
> one other person to go over to the mall and open up.
I wouldn't pay $150/night for a hotel room in any case. At BricksWest
we stayed at a campground the first two nights and at Motel 6 the
third. The total cost for lodging for me was under $50 for all three
nights. For NWBrickCon, my wife and I are planning on driving up in
our VW van and either staying with relatives, camping, or getting a
cheap motel somewhere not too far away.
> On the flip side, it was a real bummer to me that I didn't really get
> much chance to talk with SCLTC folks because they were so busy with the
> train display (and several on Sunday commented that by the end of the
> day, they were wiped out from that and just didn't feel that up to
> participating in other parts of BricksWest).
I think that's more an issue of scheduling; they didn't need to have
so many of their members at the train display all the time, IMHO.
[...]
> > I understand that some clubs meet in private places like people's
> > homes, and that they don't even allow kids to attend. I think that's
> > a big shame. I'm glad that NWBrickCon and BricksWest aren't going to
> > be like that.
>
> I wish there was a format which would allow kids to be involved in LEGO
> clubs, but I do see one very convincing argument against it, especially
> if you meet in people's homes. In our current society, all it takes is
> one kid to decide it would be fun to accuse someone of abuse, and that
> person's life is instantly trashed, and likely the whole club would be
> trashed.
This is not an issue for us, since all our meetings are at the public
library. If we were to meet in private homes, I think we would
probably insist on having their parent attendance as well. But I
don't speak for the club when I say that. It is an issue we haven't
had to deal with so far, because there aren't any kids who come to our
events without their parents (that I know of, anyway).
[...]
> > I couldn't care less about the Pirate Game, or "gaming" in general.
> > It's all about the MOC's for me. Handling them is of little interest
> > to me; I'm perfectly happy if the model's owner gives a brief demo of
> > its capabilities.
>
> And I don't expect everyone to care about the Pirate Game, but I'll tell
> you, it was the reason I decided to go to the expense of going to
> BricksWest. Oh, I might have decided to go anyway, but when Steve
> Jackson appeared on the guest list, I was instantly sold. So were
> several other people (who were real disappointed that there were only
> relatively short sessions for the game).
Sure, but I'm just pointing out that it isn't important to me. It was
nice to meet a celebrity but otherwise Steve's presence wasn't a very
big factor.
> It's also all about MOCs for me, and being able to closely examine them.
> And have time to talk to the creators without them being driven to
> distraction by kids reaching for pieces.
Yes, that's important too. But IME, most kids interested in LEGO are
pretty well behaved.
> I want to have time for both things, and my point is that it doesn't
> take a national event to be able to show off your stuff to some
> strangers. Without a national event, I would never have met a large
> number of AFOLS.
Well, I had time for both things at BricksWest.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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