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| | | (...) [...] (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | | | | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) I don't think the point is the amount expended, the point is the time allocation. Attending a con is a significant time investment as well as expense. I have a great deal of sympathy for the viewpoint that says "if I want to meet mundanes and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | | | | | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want? —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) The time expended is certainly a factor, but it's actually more a factor of expectations. When I do a train show, I usually commit a whole weekend to it. I would be interested in doing a big blow out show the world how cool we are at LLC (or (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | | | | | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want? —John Barnes
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| | | | BricksWest was a long trip for me, I live in upstate NY. I attended because my primary interest was in meeting other AFOLs and see their work first hand. I did not enjoy the fact that most of the people and their MOCs were in seperate locations most (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | | | | | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want? —William R. Ward
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| | | | | (...) Well, in order to host it at the park at all, it would have to be open to the public at least to some extent - otherwise, what's in it for the park? It's good publicity for LEGO to be able to show to their visitors extraordinary models built (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | | | | | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want? —Adrian Egli
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| | | | "John Barnes" <barnes@sensors.com> wrote in message news:H1B499.6pF@lugnet.com... (...) because (...) hand. (...) event (...) no (...) then (...) I'll agree with you that the "split up" was something I wasn't too thrilled about either. Some of us in (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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