 | | Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Kerry Raymond
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| | | Herewith the results of my MOC transportation experiment from last weekend: Step 1. Obtain a large box (intended for transporting large TV) and bubble wrap products from professional movers. Step 2. Insert MOCs. Step 3. Air-freight the box (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Nathan Wells
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| | | | | (...) Ouch, that must be painful! Do you have any pictures of that MOC before the disaster? Nathan Lord Of The LEGO (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Allister McLaren
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| | | | | (...) The Horror! I think there's a lesson in that for all of us. Allister (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | (...) The good news is, when you put it back together, you might have some pieces left over! ( I did last year - see (URL) ) Cheers Richie (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Carlo Ottolina
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| | | | | "Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:HFGv8s.16x1@lugnet.com... (...) weekend: FYI, this is what you get if you try the same thing with personal luggage from Milan to Zwolle via Amsterdam... (URL) #24 (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | | (...) After having read this report (URL) never ever again really trusted any shipping company... (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | Kerry Raymond wrote in message ... (...) I have successfully and semi-successfully air-shipped built models across Canada and to the US. I have never had things completely collapse in the way shown in the pictures! The tricks I used were 1) wrap the (...) (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | (...) Yes, this is what I am intending to do on my next attempt as I suspect shock absorption was probably to blame. Just for the record, I did successfully rebuild both MOCs (apart from 2 2x2 white bricks left over, oh well ...) so they will be on (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) See here (URL) for more stories..... ROSCO (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) It's hard to tell for sure of course, but looking at those MOCs I'm not too surprised they took a lot of damage. I have successefully transported MOCs in my checked baggage but they have all really been very strong MOCs. My wharf section for (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | (...) Yes, I think part of the problem was the MOCs themselves. Both were facades and the white one in particular was pretty flimsy (especially in the open retail shopping area at the bottom of the building), so I wasn't totally surprised to find (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Bricksmeat 2003 - or how not to transport large MOCs! —Dan Parker
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| | | | (...) Hi Kerry, I cannot agree enough with fellow PNLTCer Frank Filz. I was just referred to this post by another NWer (SEALUGer) Mark Neumann, who encouraged me to reply... I've shipped hundreds of MOCs across the US by all means possible -- mail, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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