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Re: Idea for building activity at NorthWestFest
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Sun, 3 Oct 1999 11:17:40 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Tony Priestman writes:
> This time, the tower failed, but after quite a long time. I have to
> admit that sticking a block of 9 2x6x2 weights on top as ballast may not
> have been the best idea, but I think it warrants further investigation
> :-)
Yep - those weight bricks were your fault! :-) A few more design modifications
and it wouldn't break.
> Anyway, next up was Liam's architectural meisterwerk. I think it fitted
> into my foundation exactly, so there was no movement. By this time there
> were 3 Legoland staff watching. On full power, which was *very*
> vigorous, Liam's tower took everything thrown at it for long enough that
> the onlooking 'professionals' were very impressed.
His building was so flexible which made it earthquake proof.
> Would anyone else like to add any observations?
> An immediate one is: if you're going to LLW, make a weekend of it.
> Miniland will take at least half a day to do really properly, and you'll
> want to spend all day building the perfect tower :-)
I know, we didn't have enough time to look at Miniland properly, I think we
should have gone a bit earlier...
Carbon 60
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| On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Ian Bishop (<iThB6GA6YK93EwoI@g...on.co.uk>) wrote at 12:16:58 (...) I hope I'm not going to steal anyone else's thunder, but hear goes: In the Imagination Centre, there are 4 'earthquake tables' to test people's constructions to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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