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Re: LEGOFest IV: The ReddiFest - March 11 2000
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:00:36 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Simon Denscombe writes:
> This is an announcement for the next UK LEGOFest which will be situated in
> Redditch.
Count me In. At last...
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> I have a pre-booking on a Church Hall which we can have all day - the hall is
> quite big and there is a Kitchen , Lounge-type area and a whole Bungalow of
> rooms should they be needed. The Church Leader has yet to give me a cost
> although I think it will be minimal - just to cover the cost of heating and
> electricity.
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> Plans for the event:
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> Monster Train Layout
> "What voltage shall we have?"
> "All of them!" Jon D Hayward.
> I have 4.5V blue and 12V grey track and a lot of additional sets.
I have a couple hundred 9volt tracks
A metroliner and club car
A 3225 classic, 4563 & 4564 goods trains, misc wagons, including blue hoppers,
a 7722 4.5 volt
level crossings and my Metro Station Plus (on my web site)
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> Space Base
> This is a second attempt at something that was tried a LEGOFest III: The
> NorthWest Fest, I have 10 packs of Blacktron-2 Landing plates, a 6991 Unitron
> Monorail and all those crater plates I've been getting from previous Fests.
I have some crater plates, plus I have my now completed near 100 stud long
large space/military vehicle. (the front of which is on my web site, I have
now completed similar sized trailer housing mechs, vehicles, etc)
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> Totem Pole/Tower
> I won't be organising this bit but the height of hall is taller than Tony's
> stairwell and we have step ladders to put on the top sections. I won't have
> the bricks to build transistional sections like Tony could.
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> Trading and 'Show and Tell' Areas
> One of the complaints from previous Fests was the lack of space to separate
> trade items from items people had brought to show people - I hope to be able • to
> provide separate tables for this but I know people will just fill the space :- • )
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> Exterior visits
> I think I may try to organise an expedition to Bromsgrove where there is a
> seller who sells LEGO Parts in bags - I've seen Thatcher-Perkin wheels in some
> of these bags, there is also a local toy shop which has some accessories packs
> and older small sets such as Western.
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> How to get there?
> The church is situated by Redditch's main bus and train station as well as
> roads - I'll post maps etc. to a website - who is in charge of
> http://come.to/legofest at the moment as I'll give you an URL to redirect to.
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> Overnight Accomodation
> Unfortunately I can't provide accomodation since my house is so small (if • there
> was 1 or 2 I may be able to wrangle something), there are Travelodge's nearby
> and a few local hotels which I'll get details of if necessary.
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> * Basically what I need to find out now is how many people can make this event
> so I can confirm the booking *
So count me in, my 12 year old son will come too.
Regards
Lawrence
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