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Re: Darth Vader at K-mart
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:55:19 GMT
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Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in article
<FG1zMq.G1v@lugnet.com>...
> In lugnet.general, Julie Krenz writes:
> > I went to K-mart yesterday and as soon as I walked in and took a left
> > to head to the Lego section - BOOM! There was a HUGE (at least 6 feet
> > tall)
> > Darth Vader guess the number of bricks display.
>
> Do these contests (guess the number of bricks in this big huge model) • strike
> anyone else as... well, really kinda difficult?
>
> With the kind of contest it's based on- guessing the number of pennies in • a
> jar, jellybeans, etc- the items you're trying to guess the number of are
> relatively constant. But the difference between the space taken up • inside the
> model by, say, a 1x1 plate as opposed to a 2x8 brick is pretty large. • And
> there's no way to tell what they decided to use internally. And yeah, • those
> two bricks are extreme examples, but when you consider that for every 2x4 • they
> decide to use 2 2x2s to to take the place of you double the piece count • at a
> constant volume...
>
> I'm not complaining, it's a contest and it's free stuff and it's fun and • I'd
> LOVE to see a 6 foot Vader. It just strikes me that any entry is a shot • in the
> dark. No way to make an educated guess.
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> eric
Maybe they do it that way intentionally. This way everybody gets a fair
chance at winning, even 3 year old kids. (Well okay, maybe not a 3 year old
kid but you get the picture. :)
--
Regards,
Arjan Brugman
abrugman@casema.net
http://www.casema.net/~abrugman/lego/
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