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Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:37:54 GMT
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Alan Demlow (demlow@lightlink.com) wrote:

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 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 distinguish between the two categories.  And yes, I do speak at least
partially out of personal bitterness - my teenage LEGO masterpieces were
usually passed over for Best of Show in favor of the biggest/most expensive
set entered. :)

Steve
--
Barb & Steve Demlow  |  demlow@visi.com  |  www.visi.com/~demlow/



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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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