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Subject:	Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale
Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:17:08 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Kelly McKiernan wrote:

In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:

As far as the 16x16 requirement, I looked through rules and I’m not finding anything about that. Could be because it’s a rainy Monday and my brain hasn’t fully engaged... can you help me out?

Hi Jake,

That’s one of the issues... this seems to be a requirement, based on the 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 base plates which have a road pattern on them, and two 8 knob x 8 knob plates in blue (symbolizing water) and green (symbolizing grass) which can be combined in any way for a maximum building area of 16 knobs x 16 knobs. The Entrant can build the model as high as he/she may want to and can build any type of model...

It’s also in the Flash presentation in the Design Studio: “Also remember to build your micro models on the base plates. (Max 4 base plates)”

Thanks for looking into this for us.

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 area of 32x32.

Anyway, I’m checking on it now, and should have some answers in the next couple days, if not sooner.

Jake

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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Commuity Development

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		Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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?
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?
(...) 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)

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		Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
(...) 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)

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