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Subject:	Re: Can you a 5' credit card for me?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build
Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2000 02:58:40 GMT
Reply-To:	johnneal@ANTISPAMuswest.net
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lawrence wilkes wrote: > 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? 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 > > 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?
(...) tan, (...) complete (...) I'd say red and yellow are going to be close enough. (URL) does show the circles as red and orange though. One thing to remember is that not all mastercards are just the MC logo. One of mine is a big picture of (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)

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		Re: Can you a 5' credit card for me?
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)

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