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Subject:	Has the world gone mad?!?
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Date:	Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:26:48 GMT
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I went to the Mid-South Fair in Memphis. In the arts & crafts pavillion, they have a section where people (mostly kids) make art out of toys. (Most of the case was Legos.) What irked me so much was that some of the sets receiving ribbons and prizes were built EXACTLY as they were in the SAHS catalog. (the new Town Jr. police set, the RES-Q HQ set, the X-Wing Fighter, Anakin's Podracer, the Insectoid vehicle with the grasshopper springed legs, and several Rock Raiders sets.) Among these, The X-Wing, RES-Q Headquarters, and the Grasshoppery Insectoid thing got white ribbons! Is there no crime for not having originality? James J. (My H:Masters stuff would have moondusted all of those items if I knew that there was such a category.)

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		Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
You are seeing Judges that aren't up on what Lego has brought out as stock models, that's where the problem comes in... they probably don't know that what the kids did wasn't their own creation made from the Lego... it's sad to see that stock Lego (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)

		Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
That does sound mad.... Insectoids winning a prize. I would have laughed out load if a classic space set had beaten all that new stuff! Scott A (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)

		Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)

		Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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)

		Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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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