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Re: LEGOFest IV: The ReddiFest - March 11 2000
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Count me in, what time does it start, will it be like Tony P's, turn up
during the day?

I have 2 Metroliners with club cars, i may bring these, let me know if you
want me to bring them

Carbon60: can you let us know about the rearest hotels etc...

You guys may not know i am getting rid alot of 12Volt train, if interested
go to : www.technic-uk.co.uk
I also have a 4551 up for sale

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Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> This is an announcement for the next UK LEGOFest which will be situated in
> Redditch.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Plans for the event:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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 :-)
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> * Basically what I need to find out now is how many people can make this • event
> so I can confirm the booking *
> 
> Carbon 60



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(...) One of the things I have though of building for some time is a railway terminus. It would look real nice with a bunch of Metroliners in it (I am bringing mine too) Unfortunately, I dont have too many platform plates. I have 12 but they are all (...) (27 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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  LEGOFest IV: The ReddiFest - March 11 2000
 
This is an announcement for the next UK LEGOFest which will be situated in Redditch. 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 (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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