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Tom McDonald wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, John Neal writes:
> >
> >
> > Todd Lehman wrote:
> > > What I hope we as a community can help LEGO avoid is (to coin a phrase)
> > > "fansploitation" -- i.e., taking advantage of or exploiting things that fans
> > > did which they wish they'd thought of or done first, since they're getting
> > > into this game several years late.
> >
> > We at the GMLTC will be very sensitive about that issue. When we display the
> > layout at train shows, we are very emphatic when asked (one of the most asked
> > questions, BTW, right behind "how many bricks are there in the layout" • and "how
> > long did it take you to build this?"-- as if we built it in one sitting, but I
> > digress;) if TLC "helped" us out or gave us bricks. It is very satisfying to
> > say "No! We wish!", or some other such response, because it shows that we are
> > doing this on our own, separate and apart from TLC. Frankly, I fear that our
> > "punch" as an impressive layout will be vastly neutralized by mere proximity
> > alone to Miniland, and all we will really have going for us is the fact that • we
> > are *not* a part of TLC, so you all can rest assured that no one will leave • LLC
> > thinking we are employees of TLC!
>
> I hope they don't. But somehow, I don't think they will, at least to those who
> are really looking and not just strolling by.
>
> This might seem a bit a funky to ask, but is anyone behind the GMLTC layout
> going to wear a Lego shirt? IMO, they shouldn't, if indeed we want some sort
> of separation to be perceivable at first glance. In fact, they shouldn't wear
> any Lego logos or Lego-promoting articles at all while behind the layout. And
> while some folks might feel the need to wear Lego clothes to continue the
> promotion of Lego, I don't think that's a problem inside the park.
No LEGO attire-- just GMLTC shirts and Brickenrocker shirts (for me at least;-)
> And heaven knows I'm not recruiting poor John Neal to print up GMLTC shirts
> (if he hasn't already) as he's got enough to do.
lol I *am* poor, I have printed (and embroidered), and I do have enough to do;-)
> But huge letters of GMLTC
> nice and tall on a shirt would probably be different than anything else a TLC
> employee might be wearing.
>
> Am I correct in remembering that the GMLTC usually has flyers and business
> cards on display? Maybe a boxcar on the layout with the GMLTC's url printed on
> it?
Oh yeah.
-John
> Just some thoughts.
>
> -Tom McD.
> when replying, we now return you to your regularly scheduled program, which is
> already a spamcake.
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