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Re: AFOLs Comic book distribution @ BrickFest 2004
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Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:44:18 GMT
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Manfred, your point (downthread) is well taken, these questions have potentially been overlooked.

I am not Jake so don’t take these as authoritative answers but some of this was covered on the recent GlobalAFOL conference: I hope Jake chooses to expand or correct where I have misspoken.

In lugnet.events.brickfest, Manfred Moolhuysen wrote:

   Questions:

Is the distribution of the comic a North-America exclusive only?

It is my understanding that at this time the hardcopy distribution is. It is in English only. I know of at least one fan that is considering having a box obtained in Arlington shipped to Europe. The press run is not very big overall anyway. If you have someone going to BrickFest from your club you could obtain a box or half box that way.

   Any chance to see it at a future event outside the USA?

I understand that Jake is actively seeking volunteer translators. He has developed (or is in process of developing) a template to make translation easier. Whether that becomes hardcopy or just an additional PDF in a new language is a budget question but the current understanding is that it would not be any earlier than next year.

   Jake, when our LUG visited headquarters in Billund,

Color me jealous there!

   I saw one these gags printed in the company in-house magazine LEGO LIFE. I’m curious, did you recieve any reactions from your colleages that prehaps you’re willing to share with us?

Jake indicated that he did get a lot of positive reactions and that he feels the internal version achieved the first goal which was to increase awareness and appreciation of us in the company.

(remember, I have always in the past speculated that not everyone that works in LEGO in Denmark is necessarily as fanatic as we are... some people may just see it as a chance to work for Denmark’s most well known or most important company rather than realisation of a life’s dream...)

   With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen.

Hope that helps.

On a side note the comic is oversubscribed already unless we have misunderstood how many boxes are available to us at BrickFest. That means that there will be an allocation process. Please do not be upset if you do not get as many as you requested. Please do not be upset if you are asked to validate what club you are associated with.



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  Re: AFOLs Comic book distribution @ BrickFest 2004
 
(...) Says Larry, who claims to be a member of dozens of different clubs... <grin> That's a joke, you're supposed to laugh (or at least roll your eyes!) JohnG, GMLTC fut .org, just in case people *really* want to comment on it... (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
  Re: AFOLs Comic book distribution @ BrickFest 2004
 
(...) I don't find this surprising at all, considering that the run is 10,000 and the boxes are 200 each. That's only 50 boxes. Perhaps the boxes should be split into smaller batches, say 100 or 50. And it should be considered to allow to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego)
  Re: AFOLs Comic book distribution @ BrickFest 2004
 
Larry, Thank you very much for picking it up from the twister debris trail. Despite you not being Jake and having to answer indirectly, your post has been very helpfull for me. (...) I'm interested in participation with such a project. (...) Nice to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego)

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  Re: AFOLs Comic book distribution @ BrickFest 2004
 
(...) Greg and Jake, congratulations with the publication. I was hoping to see new gags added since the original preview, I'm glad this wish came through. I think it captures the AFOL spitit quite precisely at certain places. The right panel on page (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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