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    Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —Kelly McKiernan
   (...) Hi Jake, That's one of the issues... this seems to be a requirement, based on the (URL) official rules>, but it's fairly buried: As part of the LEGO Factory Element Pallet, the Entrant will be provided with three different (3) 8 knob x 8 knob (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
   
        Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? Jake McKee
     (...) That is strangely worded. Thanks for the heads up. On one hand I'm not sure how you'd make 2 8x8 baseplates into a 16x16 area (since you'd have 8x16 if you only use two). On the other hand, using 4 8x8 baseplates results in a total surface (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
    
         Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —Marc Nelson, Jr.
      In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: snip (...) Each 8x8 baseplate has an area of 64 studs. Combining them in a square would give you a 16x16 square, with an area of 256 studs. Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
    
         Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —Leonard Hoffman
      Silly Jake, you must not have done well in teh m4th ;) (...) 8 8 = 16 _ _ 8 |_|_| 8 |_|_| =16 Total of 4 8x8 Baseplates. 8 8 8 8 = 32 _ _ _ _ 8 |_|_|_|_| 8 |_|_|_|_| 8 |_|_|_|_| 8 |_|_|_|_| =32 Total of 16 8x8 baseplates. (...) Thanks! -Lenny (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
     
          Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? Jake McKee
      (...) How'd you know?? :) (...) Duh. I see what you're saying now. I was thinking something different... I bow before your calculatin' skillz. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
     
          Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —Leonard Hoffman
      (...) Don't be lying Jake - you know you be bowing to ALL of my mad skillz. I be all rooling yu like timmy roolz lassie. yo. -Da Mastah (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
     
          Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —Rob Hendrix
        (...) *pimp slap* - Focus, people.... :P (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —David Eaton
      (...) Is this the sort of inner city gang fighting that goes on in most slums? "No, foo! Chek it: 5urface area of a sphere iz 4*pi*r^2." "Yeah beeyach, but this be ALL about the elliptikal, not the spherikal!" Where does it end, people? Today we're (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —Brian Muzas
      (...) Don't be so square, Dave. --Muze :) [Who realizes that he just submitted a model larger than 16x16--but at least it's cool....] (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —Thomas Rafert
     (...) In the tutorials I think it explains it fairly clearly. (URL) Especially in this one. (URL) At the top is states: "How to get started… using the new roadplates Want to build a cool building for the LEGO Factory competition? To help get you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
   
        Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions? —Kelly McKiernan
   (...) Also, forgot to ask this as well: does the entire vertical area have to fit within the 16x16 "knob" area? (I'm so used to saying "stud"...) For example (URL) entry> is pretty cool but the bow and stern appear to hang off the baseplates. Is (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
 

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