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Re: Can you a 5' credit card for me?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build
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Date:
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Mon, 31 Jul 2000 02:58:40 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.net+spamless+
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lawrence wilkes wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Betsy Foran-Owens writes:
> > > For a promotional event that I will be doing in Northhampton, England the
> > > first week of September, I would like to have someone create and build a 5'
> > > wide credit card with a chip on it. I would provide you with a photo of the
> > > credit card and ask you to take it from there. Can you do it? Do you know
> > > anyone who could?
> > >
> > > Please give me your contact details, a brief resume of any past projects that
> > > you have build out of legos, and approximate price.
>
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> A quick estimate shows a 5ft x3ft design would require around 6000 of the
> standard 4x2 stud lego bricks.
> Lego direct currently sells these at $6.99 a hundred, so you are looking at
> $840.
> However, Lego Direct is US only at present. So you could buy buckets of mixed
> bricks and sort them out, but this would be similar price I guess.
> However, as larry pointed out, you probably need to make it at least double
> thickness so it wont fall apart. So thats $1680.
>
> Also colour might be an issue?
> What colours are on the credit card you want to reproduce?
Yikes! Looks like she works for MasterCard, whose colors are red, and <gulp> tan,
and <bigger gulp> ORANGE! Where is anyone going to get enough orange to complete
this project?
-John
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> Things like gold and silver which is common on credit cards dont really exist
> in lego. Yellow and grey would be nearest.
>
> So, questions would be similar to Larrys.
> Who pays?
> What happens to the bricks afterwards?
> Does the model remain intact, or get broken up?
> Is this a charity event? Could the bricks go to a school or something after?
>
> And why lego?
>
> regards
> lawrence
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