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| (...) Sadly, unless DixieLUG ever came to Memphis, I couldn't see that happening for me. All things aside, It would be nice to have a Southern regional LCAD collaboration (online of course) since no one's willing to "blaze the hills" to meet in real (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| (...) not (...) The same thing happened at this fair. Someone built an tightly angled base for their X-Wing, which picked up 3rd place. These goobers didn't have the good sense to build alternate models. Right now I'm planning on a space station (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| (...) I actually foresaw the problem enough to have two separate entry categories - "set" and "original". Of course the judge was still clueless as to which entries were really sets or not, and apparently didn't even care enough to really (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| (...) him/her.) Just my opinion, but doing something like this is just as bad as entering a Lego set. We have a contest in my city every year at the Homedays as part of the arts and crafts section. Fortunately for me, all of the homedays contests (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| J G Gregory wrote in message ... (...) him/her.) (...) Well, far better than some reasons people have kids... Frank (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| (...) Ah, not a good reason... --Jack Gregory (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| I saw the same thing and decided enough was enough. I found who was in charge and told them about it. Her reply was that the judges don't know all the sets available currently. I offered to judge the following year and then I told her that if it was (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| Steve (the other Demlow Lego brother) helped set up a "construction toys" category for exhibits at our local 4-H fair when he was in high school. I know this was at least a little bit of a problem then, too. I think lack of originality would have (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| A few years ago, the same thing happened in a Swedish LEGO competition. I hated it! --Tobias James J. skrev i meddelandet <37F7BC08.62F5CC0@me...is.edu>... (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| (...) Same thing happened to me at the Taupo Hobby Expo. In 1998 I noticed a few creations that were not original and had won prizes. For example the Divers set with the whale skeleton on a large grey baseplate instead of the original base. So I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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