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Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
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Date: 
Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:46:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Gregory wrote:
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Personally, I'm not building anything
for the contest just because I'd have to glue my stuff together if I made it
to the finals.  (Do they REALLY expect people to do that!?)

Er, isn't that a more reasonable expectation than asking people to travel to St.
Louis to rebuild their MOC that has been shaken apart in transit?

As one who has transported many MOCs to many shows, I can attest that it is
exceedingly rare for an unglued MOC to arrive intact, no matter the packing
technique. And to ask non-LEGO builders to try to rebuild a MOC that has fallen
apart is, well, I'll just say it's pretty hard for me to rebuild my OWN broken
MOCs sometimes.

Rick C.



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  Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
 
(...) Depends on the contest budget, I suppose. A really high budget contest would fly all the finalists out and they could rebuild their MOCs on arrival. (this one isn't that high budget, given that finalists get 250 as their prize) Another (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
 
(...) I don't think there's any getting around the fact that Christmas is a religious holiday. I know that there are lots of other holidays that many people celebrate around the winter solstice. However, Christmas happens to be one of the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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