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I just updated www.brickfest.com with 8 new hotel options, the most up to date list of who is attending and the DRAFT Agenda. Christina (25 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Lego Direct Q&A session
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I am please to announce that Brad Justus and some LEGO Direct people will be attending BrickFest. He will be holding a Q&A Session with a possible "sneak peek" and discussion of product-in-development. For More info www.brickfest.org Christina (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community) !!
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| | BrickFest 2001
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www.brickfest.com Activities Brick Play Area Big Train/Town layout BrickWars Pirate Game Robotics MOC's Castle World Classic sets display Workshops Stop motion animation Large sculptures and mosaics building Roundtable discussion on train shows (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.fun, lugnet.games, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !!
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| | Re: My Hometown's Lego Contest...
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(...) Yeah, sorry 'bout that. Like so many things, it never crossed my mind to post about it until too late. -On the brighter side, the judging doesn't start until 11 or 11:30 - there's still time to get there from GR! :) Gotta go be a judge now. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Re: My Hometown's Lego Contest...
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(...) Why didn't you mention this before? I would have been so there! :( Anyway, have a great time! :) Steve (26 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | My Hometown's Lego Contest...
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Hey all, I just realized that tomorrow morning is the Lego contest in Greenville, MI as part of the Danish Festival - and I'm the head judge! Yay! Wow, I'd better get to bed... -Jeremiah- (26 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Suggestions for Buildathon
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I thought of one more. I need to set up a Duplo table for lil' ones and paranoid parents. Although there's an age limit, there is a Kindergarten to 2nd grade night. Sometimes parents will bring the baby childs and even if they're not there, kids (...) (26 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Suggestions for Buildathon
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(...) you (...) Enfield or (...) an (...) the (...) is (...) without (...) youll (...) able (...) Sounds like a good starting point. By Nicos estimation, I'll need about 80 kg of bricks then for my expected 80 kids. I guess the next question is, (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Suggestions for Buildathon
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Hi Markus, (...) Good idea (...) Youre right, we do it all the time at our Bouwsteen meetings, but LEGO Nederland is so kind to support us every time we have an clubmeeting, with 2 large boxes of 10 kilo LEGOs each and one box containing the same (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community) !
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| | Re: Suggestions for Buildathon
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(...) Good ideas! Kids like building things like.. elephants on wheels too, so the only other thing I can think of is a jumble table, with bits of everything on it? Richard (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Suggestions for Buildathon
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(...) What do you think of this? I could have specialty tables for the town 1) "Building" Tables with baseplates and lots of bricks, windows and doors 2) "Vehicle" Tables which specialize in accessories like wheels, windshields, and wings 3) "Zoo" (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Suggestions for Buildathon
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(...) Minifigs, now they have feelings.. and they assure me that out of all my toys they are the only ones that are sentient. And that all the rest aren't plotting to lock me in my room and make me play with them after years of neglect. They (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) That depends on if you get your "real" theology from the Velveteen Rabbit or from Toy Story. Cuz if you're going Velveteen (not Velveeta, please) then they've got some years left. (...) too much of an issue. Good questions I need to think (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) You shouldn't talk to your puppets.. _they're_not_real_ ;-) (...) Task-based or free-style? What age-group are they? Could they co-operate in teams? From a LEGO event that I went to at a local bookshop, I saw that the kids will invariably take (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Suggestions for Buildathon
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Hey, I'm seriously considering doing a Buildathon for the kids in my city. I do a Kids Night at our community center every Monday night, and my puppet team and I have had some dialogue about having a Lego Night. I've wandered around Lugnet and (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community) !
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| | Re: FREEBIE: "The Ultimate LEGO book" from DK
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(...) [Nitpick part snipped because it's correct... nothing to add] (...) I would say this "rijmpiet"[1] could be a proffessional, I'll tell him when I see him ;-) (...) Not at all, it's rather hard to translate a poem. [translation stuff snipped] (...) (27 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: FREEBIE: "The Ultimate LEGO book" from DK
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Yesterday I received my prize, and a wonderful prize it is! (thank you Richard!) Along with the book Richard wrote his own 'Sinterklaas'-like poem: It has come a long way, from that wooden shed, there are bricks you can code and books to be read. (...) (27 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: FREEBIE: "The Ultimate LEGO book" from DK
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I forgot to ask everyone if they would allow me to publish their efforts here - ooops, so here (after permission sought) is Anders Isaksson's entry :) The background to this is his entire family (five of them) had spent most of Christmas in bed (...) (27 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: FREEBIE: "The Ultimate LEGO book" from DK
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(...) Ah - my mistake! Thanks for the info though! (...) Thanks for the re-translation too :) Cheers, Richard (27 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: FREEBIE: "The Ultimate LEGO book" from DK
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 04:15:36 GMT, "Richard Franks" <spontificus@__nospa...yahoo.com> wrote: <nitpick> (...) Technically, Sinterklaas and Father Christmas are different traditions. Though I do believe the name "Santa Claus" originates with the Dutch (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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