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Subject:	Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.announce
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Date:	Thu, 4 Jan 2001 04:13:47 GMT
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The votes have been cast, tallied, and audited -- it's time to announce the winning entries! 30 people entered a total of 67 entries. There were a total of 205 vote- points applied to the entries and tallied up. Thanks to everyone who participated, and special thanks to Jude Beaudin and Larry Pieniazek for volunteering to audit the vote counts. I hope everyone who entered had as much fun building as I did (and I think everyone did) viewing the entries. Everyone gets to enjoy the results! Okie dokie, here we go! And the winners are... "Grand Prize Winner" (most overall vote points): Mobile Explorer by Jon Koob Best Itty Bitty Polybag-Size Ship: Patrol Scooter by Adrian Drake Best Small Ship: Shuttle Buggy by Christopher Callahan Best Medium Ship: Cygnus 9 Patrol Craft by Jon Palmer Best Large Ship: Untitled by Bram Lambrecht Outpost Explorer by Jon Palmer (TIE) Best Utility Vechicle: Mineral Explorer by Adrian Drake Best Walker Vehicle: Astro Stalker by Tony Hafner Best Small Mobile Ship Launcher: Untitled by Bram Lambrecht Best Mobile Rocket Launcher: Rocket Hauler by Adrian Drake Best Mobile Laboratoriy: Mobile Explorer by Jon Koob Best Space Base: Astro Defensive Communications Base by James Jackson Best "The Ugliest, Wackiest Thing in Space": SuperSucker 9000 by Richard Marchetti Special achievement recognition kudos: Galaxy Excursion by Kevin Loch Galaxy Expedition by John VanZwieten Links to the pictures are here... http://www.lugnet.com/~1/ClassicSpaceContest/2000/Winners And a list of all the entries is here... http://www.lugnet.com/~1/ClassicSpaceContest/2000/Entries Congratulations to the winners -- it is a truly wonderful thing to be honored by your peers, and I think all the entries showed a great amount of enthusiasm and talent. If you enjoyed this building contest, please take a moment to say a few words, share some thoughts, say thanks to the people who shared their great models. --Todd

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		RE: Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
(...) And well deserved! Congrats, Jon. (...) Wow, thanks, guys! Too bad I'm the only one who can't think of clever names for my ships. Anything I think of sounds hokey to me... (...) I loved seeing all the entries! But someone else needs to run the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

		Re: Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
(...) Wow, cool thanks everyone. And great job Bram! I really wish I had some better pictures of the Cygnus 9 now. This contest was a very fun experience all around. : ) -Jon (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

		Re: Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
(...) <snipped other winners> (...) Just to think - I was in the presence of greatness - selling toggle joints and trading pieces - with it right there in front of me on your table, and I didn't even make much note of it. 8-) Actually, I don't (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)

		Re: Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Wow! Thanks, everyone, for the great surprise! I recall scrambling to get my entry finished by the contest deadline. During building, it suffered a fall to the floor. I was holding it in mid-air trying to add a (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

		Re: Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
<snip> (...) Great contest. The 487 Space Cruiser was the first Lego system minifig model I owned and loved as a kid. All the entries brought back memories of a childhood where I could only imagine owning a zillion blue bricks, grey plates, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

		Re: Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
(...) Congratulations to all of the winners! All very deserving - there was some excellent competition out there. And thanks to Todd for organizing such a cool contest! - Paul (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

		Re: Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
Congratulations to everyone- I saw quite a few truly impressive models. This contest was tons of fun, and I'd love to see it repeated next year! Great models all around, and thanks to all of you for brightening my days in November. I was coming to (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

		Re: Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
In lugnet.build.contests, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) Great stuff. I look at the winners and wish I'd had more [insert classic space part here] as a kid. Why is it that classic space seems so much better than the stuff now (this is coming from (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

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