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In lugnet.legoland.california, Jake McKee wrote:
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I just received this note from a colleague at LEGOLAND California.
Personally, Im wondering if the West Coast AFOLs have the chops to beat the
always impressive NELUG...
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Not being from the east coast OR the west coast, I really dont care who holds
the record, as long as we can keep in in the US! :)
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During this weekend event, well attempt to break the current record of 54
minutes and 22 seconds held by the members of the New England LEGO Users
Group (NELUG).
(The Final Build Time set last weekend during Star Wars Celebration III in
Indianapolis was 1 hour 23 minutes!)
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The build at Celebration III was a bit different from other speed builds,
because about half the team members were not AFoLs, and table/building space was
VERY limited.
However, being a veteran of four ISD speed builds (three were less than a week
ago), I MAY be able to offer some advice.
Our final build, was very easy, because we all knew what parts were required,
and how things fit. There were several times when I built sub-assemblies
without even looking. It may be a good idea to make the first day a pratice
run, where you dont really worry about the time.
In our build, we had a few people getting parts, and the rest were building. In
most cases I was able to provide parts for the structure as fast as Jason could
build two of the triangles. On our last build, we just dumped all the beams,
friction pins, blue pins & some other required pieces into one of the white
boxes, and Jason pulled them from there.
Several of the teams we went against did a wonderful job of sorting pieces. In
fact, a couple still have very neat piles, when we were done with our build.
Id suggest one or two sort the small stuff, while other start right away.
One builder started on kibble (as my wife calls it) right away. By the time the
structure was done, and had legs, that kibble was ready. The thing that slowed
us the most was the lower bridge & its kibble. That was the last thing
complete on every build. We had two builders on that, and it still ran slow.
Maybe three would be good.
Good luck
Steve
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| (...) Although limited tablespace may not have been a complete downside - it also ment that in almost all cases, the part you needed was somewhere within reach. (...) We also knew where the parts were likely to be even without sorting. Our layout (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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