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Re: Suggestions for Buildathon
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> A town may be fun.. if you had a dozen or so baseplates, and a baseplate for
> each group? Although there probably is a limit to how many kids can play
> happily on one baseplate at a time!
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" Table where kids could make animals for a central project,
Because I bet certain kids would be more inclined to go in certain
directions. I could have a stash of basic bricks to replenish (if they last
two minutes)
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> > I honestly couldn't buy a bunch of MegaBlocks. I have my own set (once again
> > you remind me of my jaded past) and they just don't stick. I understand that
> > they're better than they used to be, but I have my standards.
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> I've never bought Mega-Blocks, although some of their castle sets and the
> cheap-o 5000 brick pack have made me stop and think for a while :)
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> Figure out how much you need, how much it will weigh, how much postage costs -
> (eg. from the usps site it's $34 for a 50 pound package from California to New
> York), set up a web-page with the info (either on the webweb, or if it's the
> sorta thing that fits in well with LUGNET, then the
> members-being-able-to-edit-pages on LUGNET idea would be handy!), um.. and • then
> announce it, asking for people who want to sign up for the box, and for
> volunteers to donate LEGO to the project.
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> I'd be happy to help with the web-part if needed!
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> Chances are that most people who signed up for the box would donate some LEGO
> to the project, and I know there are plenty of generous people on LUGNET who
> would donate LEGO anyway. And maybe LEGO would donate some LEGO :)
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> Thinks . o O ( It could be a pretty good way to promote their product.. )
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> I come from the country that it came from, but I have no clue as to impirical
> measurement - is 50 pounds of LEGO a LOT, or not a lot? We probably need some
> better guesses as to how much LEGO is needed, and then figure if it's feasible
> to post it?
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> Richard
I think I will contact Lego as a starting point. It would seem to me lots of
people have done this before. Who knows, maybe they have some kind of
Buildathon guide. Maybe when I'm done I can write one! :O)
Markus
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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 (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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