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Re: Contest goals? (was Re: Fansploitation
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 4 Jan 2001 15:45:42 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Mark Sandlin writes:
> Suzanne D. Rich at suz@baseplate.com wrote:
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> > Regarding Blair, this may sound awful, but I believe they aren't looking for
> > nice models at all. It seems much more likely (to me) that they would cull
> > out:
> > - unacceptable entries (ones that didn't follow the rules, no phone num, etc)
> > - unacceptable photos (maybe poor shots or lack detail to produce instructs)
> > - unacceptable models (ones which would be too complex to build or provide
> > instructions for, ones which show too many rare pieces or not enough
> > "available-from-LEGO Direct" parts which they hope to sell).
> > And who knows what else.. I'd rather not guess.
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but who is Blair?
D.L. Blair is a marketing company. One thing they do is do the initial
stages of contest (qualification based winnowing) judging, or when it's a
contest in which the winner is randomly picked, carry out or supervise the
random draw from all the qualified entries.
If you enter a lot of contests you've no doubt heard of them. There are others.
HTH...
++Lar
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