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Subject:	Re: Lego Millipede World Record Attempt : Melbourne 2002
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build, lugnet.events
Date:	Sun, 22 Sep 2002 14:34:13 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford writes: > In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Young writes: > > Hi All, > > > > For those who didn't get along to it, the previous records set by Denmark > > last week for the longest Lego Millipede, was broken this afternoon on the > > roof of SouthLand Shopping Centre here in Melbourne. The previous record > > was around 680m (someone else might know the correct measurement). The > > record was SMASHED and set at 1014.8 metres. > > Some pictures here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=25643 Thanks for sharing these. Can anyone give some more details? Where did all the bricks come from? Are the segments a standard design? Who developed it? Were the millipede segments prebuilt or built on site? Was this an official sanctioned LEGO event? Was it an official world record event? Thanks!

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		Re: Lego Millipede World Record Attempt : Melbourne 2002
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H2uGH1.KvL@lugnet.com... (...) it? (...) official (...) It seemed fairly LEGO-sanctioned, and world-record officials were mentioned several times. There seemed to be roughly between (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build, lugnet.events)

		Re: Lego Millipede World Record Attempt : Melbourne 2002
(...) Hi Lar Yep, it was sanctioned - many of the helpers were LEGO world club members. I can't say for certain whether it was an official world record - the announcers were saying stuff like "officials will be here to measure it", but we didn't (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build, lugnet.events)

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		Re: Lego Millipede World Record Attempt : Melbourne 2002
(...) Some pictures here: (URL) moderation, here's a couple of teasers: (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel)

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