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Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest?
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Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:46:59 GMT
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Following the great day I had at Reddich, I feel compelled to organise a
Thames Valley Legofest.
Looking at the current calender - April Cheshire, May/June Southport - then a
July event would avoid some clashes.
Also would be a nice warm(?) weekend for a combined visit to nearby LegoLand
Windsor.
Does School holidays affect any of you much - i.e. better in term time or out?
Late or early July?
Despite some ambitious ideas, its probably much easier to do something like
reddich, - but with more space. I am interested to see how the Southport event
turns out with members of the public.
But I dont think the reddich style and the public mix. Perhaps a combination
of the two. e.g.
- roped off area for true festers to display models, set up layouts
- back room rumage area for true festers to hunt for pieces
- separate trade/sales area accessible by public - but clearly would need to
be manned by sellers - they could perhaps share resource, e.g. man each others
stands whilst off playing, hunting.
I was surprised how little sales activity was going on last weekend,
considering how much stuff some folks had brought with them. access by the
public might make it a more profitable venture for these guys - but would
require us to tell the public its happening - advert in free papers wouldnt
cost much.
Who is interested in selling to the public? or allowing them in. I am not
bothered either way - but might help fund the activity and get some of you a
profit on the day. I loved the informality of Reddifest - but can see the
attractions of a bigger audience.
I though an 'auction hour' might be a good idea - actually have a more
organised auction period for everyone to auction off stuff (rather than Alan's
impromtu one) - but again this requires a reasonable crowd to get the prices
going - or is everyone happy to sell low to a friend? Could use reserve prices.
Theme suggestions for TVLF
- train seemed to be popular
- castle - what about a big medieval battle scene? can anyone assemble armies?
I want to work on a large custom castle this spring.
- Star wars - would love to see more of Craig and tony's custom star wars
creations - that giant Millenium falcon. (also appeals to the public if we
desided to let them in.
I will reseach premises. I will find out cost of local halls - Probably more
costly (this is thames valley after all).
This will be in Wokingham/Crowthorne area - about 10 miles from legoland
Accomodation is likely to be expensive around here too in comparison to
Reddich, though there are travel lodges for £37 per room.
In summary, would like feedback on
- timing
- allowing the public in
- themes
regards
lawrence
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 | | Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest?
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| In article <FrCwMB.Jny@lugnet.com>, lawrence_wilkes@msn.com says... (...) I am completely against opening up a LEGOFest to the public: 1) Theft 2) Damage - I noticed at the 3 Fests I've been to is the care people handle the stuff. 3) Problems with (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| lawrence wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:FrCwMB.Jny@lugnet.com... (...) OK, so that's now cast in stone ;-) (...) then a (...) LegoLand (...) The Cheshire meet is intended as a mini-fest, so the next biggie will be Southport. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest?
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| (...) prices. (...) Any time really, since I just missed out on the ReddiFest. Not sure about the public - I recall some threads somewhere about stuff going missing from the US train club meetings. Definitely keep fest-deals separate from public (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Anyone Fancy a Thames Valley Legofest?
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| (...) Um, a thought occurs to me... "nearby" Legoland... Where's the nearest place to Legoland? Well, there's that great White House on the hill for starters... There's enough AFOLs that might be interested enough to make a proposal to TLG to take a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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