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Re: LEGO events at Worldcon 2007
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lugnet.org.us.delvalug
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Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:30:06 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Phillip Thorne wrote:
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Since I’ve successfully run LEGO-based events at the Philcon SF/F convention for the past three years, I’ve been asked to
investigate doing the same for the 65th World Science Fiction Convention --
Nippon2007, the first Worldcon to be held in
Japan, in August of next year. But I need your suggestions and tips!
Thanks for your help, everybody; and remember, this is still a feasibility
study.
Who? First I’d have to locate American (etc.) AFOLs planning to attend.
Japanese AFOLdom can contribute even if its members don’t attend -- they can
mail-in MOCs (assuming I get some assistance with Japanese parcel post). But
actually contacting Japanese builders is, we all know, difficult. (I can get
recruitment announcements posted via the website and hardcopy progress
reports.)
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I might be interested in sending stuff(but I’m skittish about this sort of
thing, any assurances I could get would be helpful). I’d certainly be
interested if I could get some help to get over to Japan! Bryce, Soren, and
myself have some experience contanting Japanese builders.
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What events? An exhibit is easiest, with MOCs provided by Japanese and
overseas attendees. An open build would be trickier to organize, because a
parts supply would be needed -- and although I happily loan mine to Philcon,
and the Worldcon will be shipping a bunch of stuff from the U.S., I’m not in
a rush to send my own pieces halfway around the globe.
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Ahem, see what I was saying above?
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What theme? It’s an SF convention, and it’s in Japan, so the most obvious
models would be mecha -- replicas and original designs. But fans everywhere
build everything, so there’s really no “distinctive local flavor” to that --
is there? Models inspired by the author and artist GoHs (guests of honor)
would be topical -- that’ll require some research.
(Obviously fantasy castles? “Final Fantasy”- and “Miyazaki”-esque flying
contraptions? Gojira & Co.? Mindstorms robots?)
Where? Any suggestions as to where else I should make this announcement?
Mecha Hub and Classic Space are the first that come to mind.
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Certainly posting to MechaHub’s forums would help you out and would be a good
idea.
Mark Neumann
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Followups to DelVaLUG since that’s my home club, and it’s low-traffic.
Other discussion elsewhere as necessary.
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