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Re: Brad Justus at Legoworld 2002
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:12:00 GMT
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Reinhard \"Ben\" Beneke wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> > But wasn't the Legoworld event open to the public? So it wasn't just AFOLs
> > attending, it was anyone in the area. While at Brickfest it's registered
> > people only with no public sessions. (of course I could be mistaken about
> > Legoworld being a public event)
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> > jt
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> Hi James,
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> of course it was open to the public, but some/most (?) days were sold out long
> before, so most people must have had bought tickets long before. That is no
> registration of course, but still...
> And you are right: it was public, yet not for free. And there have been Kids
> as well. (Even for sure some that came to watch the Fox TV shows only.)
> Nevertheless there must have been at least 10 times more AFOLs than at
> brickfest - even in the year before, when the event took place for the first
> time. And still there seem to be lots of people around that never heard
> anything about Legoworld in Zwolle, while nearly everybody will know at least
> a little about brickfest. It has been only this disproportion which made me
> wonder.
Some factors I can see:
- Legoworld is an "expo" type event compared to BrickFest being a
"gathering of fans" event.
- Public advertising obviously increases numbers
- Europe probably has a much higher density of AFOLs (even if the US
might have more overall), remember, it's something like 3000 miles
between Los Angeles and Washington DC.
- Selling advance tickets to the general public probably actually
increases attendance (as compared to for example how NWBrickCon which
was primarily an "expo" event had just public walkins - though they did
have media exposure, they also had thousands of visitors).
- It looked to me like LEGO had a booth, all that has happened at the US
events is that LEGO Direct employees have made an appearance (and at
BricksWest and BrickFest conducted a Q&A session)
- I also get the impression there isn't as much showing at train shows
and the like in Europe, the fact that in most areas of the US, an AFOL
can participate in several small train shows a year reduces the
likelyhood that they will travel across the country to show off their
creations at an expo.
Frank
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| (...) It is indeed an "expo" event, though about 40% of it is dedicated to the AFOL community. The "Bouwsteen" had a (very) large area which was dedicated to adults showing their MOCs and have fans talk to eachother. Also, like Ben said: in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hi James, of course it was open to the public, but some/most (?) days were sold out long before, so most people must have had bought tickets long before. That is no registration of course, but still... And you are right: it was public, yet not (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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