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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Allan J. Smith writes:
> > What irked me so much was that some of the
> > Our community fair has an actual Lego-specific competion among the other
> > arts & Crafts type competitions. The rules specifically state that it must
> > be an ORIGINAL creation. The problem is that the "Judges" have no knowledge
> > of Lego, or what the sets actually look like. This was probably the case
> > where you are, they probably didn't realize that it was a store-bought set.
> >
> > Ours worked out well, with no store bought sets even being entered. But
> > then the organizers atleast had the brains to ask someone before the judging
> > if anything there looked like an existing set! (They asked ME!)
>
>
> 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 volunteered to help judge this years LEGO competition.
> One entry this year was the Technic loader built as the alternate model of the
> forest tractor, I was able to point that out to the other judges that it was • not
> original. Some others were existing sets with a few more parts added.
>
> Alllan...
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
featuring a starfighter too large to fit on even my Lionel Trains layout.
Either my Unitron figure, Star Wars Dack (his torso is slightly different from
Luke's) with blue hands/hips, or one of my Headmasters-inspired pilots will
command this leviathan. Nearly all of the color scheme will be from Classic
Space and/or Autobot Fortress Maximus. Either that or build my own
classic-space colored Throwbot....
-- James J.
(Don't just 'play well', play better!)
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