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Subject:	Re: Can you a 5' credit card for me?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build
Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:53:48 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes: > In lugnet.general, Betsy Foran-Owens writes: > > For a promotional event that I will be doing in Northhampton, England the > > first week of September, I would like to have someone create and build a 5' > > wide credit card with a chip on it. I would provide you with a photo of the > > credit card and ask you to take it from there. Can you do it? Do you know > > anyone who could? > > > > Please give me your contact details, a brief resume of any past projects that > > you have build out of legos, and approximate price. A quick estimate shows a 5ft x3ft design would require around 6000 of the standard 4x2 stud lego bricks. Lego direct currently sells these at $6.99 a hundred, so you are looking at $840. However, Lego Direct is US only at present. So you could buy buckets of mixed bricks and sort them out, but this would be similar price I guess. However, as larry pointed out, you probably need to make it at least double thickness so it wont fall apart. So thats $1680. Also colour might be an issue? What colours are on the credit card you want to reproduce? Things like gold and silver which is common on credit cards dont really exist in lego. Yellow and grey would be nearest. So, questions would be similar to Larrys. Who pays? What happens to the bricks afterwards? Does the model remain intact, or get broken up? Is this a charity event? Could the bricks go to a school or something after? And why lego? regards lawrence

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		Re: Can you a 5' credit card for me?
(...) You have to ask? Lego is Cool. :-) I heard from Betsy off line and they have located a group to do it for them I believe. I can't share the details because I don't know if they're secret or not, but she promised me that stuff would be posted (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)

		Re: Can you a 5' credit card for me?
(...) Yikes! Looks like she works for MasterCard, whose colors are red, and <gulp> tan, and <bigger gulp> ORANGE! Where is anyone going to get enough orange to complete this project? -John (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)

		Re: Can you a 5' credit card for me?
(...) Actually, LEGO Direct doesn't actually sell anything. LEGO Direct is TLC's "consumer-facing entity" online and offline. LEGO Shop At Home is the business that sells the bricks. (...) I think LEGO Direct may actually be more worldwide (at least (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: Can you a 5' credit card for me?
(...) Assuming MC pays for the bricks, plus something extra, this might be a fun thing for a UK club to get together and do as a fund raiser. One question, would the bricks be returned to the builder(s)? Are you looking for only UK people to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)

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