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Subject:	It's coming (new hint daily)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town
Followup-To:	lugnet.trains.org.scltc
Date:	Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:12:48 GMT
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Hi-

SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it would not be a guess for you to respond here.

Have fun!

-Ted Michon SCLTC

Message has 21 Replies:

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #1: It's big. Like, 200,000 bricks big. -Ted (19 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #2: We orderd 20,000 green 2x2 bricks for the construction. -Ted (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #3: We also ordered 15000 2x2 yellow bricks. -Ted (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
(...) Green bricks? Yellow bricks? Let me guess, LOTS of blue bricks? I'm thinking a large globe... (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
(...) Well, I do recall seeing an announcement of SCLTC going to the Orange County Fair, and, according to their site, it's the year of the avacado. So, you plan on building a giant avacado made of LEGO bricks. Adr. (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #4: The Big Thing will be constructed on site at the 2005 Orange County Fair by visitors to the fair under the direction of SCLTC members. -Ted (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #6: (I promised 1 per day, but so far I'm honoring every (good) guess with an additional hint.) Height: 7 feet -Ted (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
(...) This is fun. You've got me hooked. Big? Colorful? A hot air balloon? Jonathan (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
(...) The other featured themes on the website relate to chickens and eggs, but I don't see green, yellow, & blue fitting that concepte. My guess: a giant "can of food" built on the day that you can enter free by donating 5 cans of food. Paul (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #7: Total 16 x 16 baseplates: 0 Total 48 x 48 baseplates: 0 Total baseplates: 0 -Ted (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #8: Total wheels: 0 -Ted (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #9: The Big Thing is internally braced by 30 feet of 3/4 galvanized steel pipe. The pipe does not support the structure or even connect to it, but it's backup just in case. -Ted (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
I guess that it is a kid-size fun castle. No wheels. No trampoline, alas. (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #10: The highest point of the Big Thing is all done in yellow plates. (Thank you all who are playing along. I agree that this IS fun!) -Ted (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #11: We bought out the entire stock (OK, we left the odd amoun under 1K) of the two cheapest souces of white 2x2s on BrickLink (1000s and 10,000s) to make the Big Thing. -Ted (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #12: The yellow plates on top are the only externally visible yellow. The rest are all hidden! -Ted (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
(...) ok, wierd WAG... how about a 1/16th scale topographically accurrate map of Orange County! (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #13: The number of this hint. -Ted (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #14: 10 groups of 6 and 8 groups of 5 -Ted (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
Hint #15: None of the green is externally visible, either. -Ted (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

		Re: It's coming (new hint daily)
(...) I bet once you reveal what SCLTC is up to, we'll all think back to all your hints and ask ourselves "Now why didn't I think of that?" :) -Bryan (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

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