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Re: Transporting MOCs for Brickvention 2006
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 9 Mar 2006 12:41:32 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Frances Schroeter wrote:
> As for transporting my models, I was only going to take a couple and was going
> to pack them in plastic containers in a large travel bag. The convention is only
> for the weekend, so my clothes can fit in my husband's bag.
I have now travelled to 2 Brickfests in the US, both times I took 2 bags, mostly
filled with MOCs, broken into the smallest reasonably solid pieces I could,
surrounded by clothes. Each MOC section was wrapped tightly with bubble wrap, to
keep the parts together (they WILL get damaged!), and the second trip I also
used rolled up newspaper inside MOCs which had a danger of caving in (most of
them!). Most survived with relatively minor damage, if you've seen my minifig
scale cranes, you know they're fairly fragile. The worst damage was my tram, see
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=673657 but because it was
wrapped, I had no problem putting it back together.
So you can carry quite a lot of LEGO with you on the plane. Virgin Blue has a
free baggage limit of 32kg, which is quite a bit of LEGO! I imagine most
airlines are similar. You don't need many clothes do you??? ;)
Note that you can take some in your carry-on bags too, but it's not that much
safer - planes bounce around quite a lot, so don't pack it looser thinking it'll
be OK.
ROSCO
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| (...) Having observed the baggage handlers at work in their dismantling of the brig Seatop on Sunday night (amongst their other duties), I think the secret to transporting MOCs might be that 32kg. Light bags are thrown around alot. Heavy bags are (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Having read a lot of the threads complaining about the $50 registration cost for Brickvention 2006, I thought it was actually very cheap for a two day convention even if things haven't been finalized yet and I have sent off my registration. As for (...) (18 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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