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Re: Suggestions for Buildathon
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Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:43:49 GMT
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Hi Markus,
> Hey, I'm seriously considering doing a Buildathon for the kids in my
> city.
Good idea
> 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 tried some search engines, but I don't know how to
> get enough bricks for 80+ kids to have a couple hours worth of good time.
> There's got to be someone here who's done this before.
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 weight of DUPLO bricks.
> One of my team members had concern of kids swiping bricks but was willing
> to donate all his Megablocks to the cause. (What a hero.) Any issues I need
> to consider and respective solutions? How much bricks do I need?
No need to worry, who ever wants to be bad and take some bricks, has to have an
bulk of bricks in a pocket, its obvious to notice. Who ever wants to take the
risks to be noticed must be in great need of some bricks.
On the other hand youll need an average of 1 kilo / kid assorted bricks. Are you
able to contact an retailer close by whos able to make some contact to Enfield or
ask them yourself. I should start at the Promotionel department.
We or I rented bricks to keep the kids busy, almost 2 years ago, 5 boxes for an
happening at the office. The item was build an bridge to the future or just an
bridge. We had 50 kilos from LEGO at almost no price, but we had to pay for the
shipping of the goods afterwards.
There were several rules fi youll have to pay for every kilo of bricks which is
lost during the day or happening, or better as long as theire under your
supervision.
If you put 50 kilos of bricks on a floor, you wont be able to walk around without
touching stones with your feet. And after the kids start playing with them youll
find bricks in every corner and its common that mothers and grandmas who are able
to take a seat in the romm will serve as an watchdog.
But I dont know If LEGO Americas offers this kind of service nowadays.
I would nt use any personal bricks, just to avoid the struggle over missing
bricks.
Greetings and keep building
Nico Hoogerbrug
Secretary of The Buildingbrick
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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, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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