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Re: LEGO events at Worldcon 2007
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lugnet.org.us.delvalug
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Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:35:52 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.
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I will be attending.
But, if you search my name here on Lugnet and look at my stuff,
you’ll find it’s not science fictional.
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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.)
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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I agree, I don’t see how to get big things there.
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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.
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Dave Brin is a guest, as well.
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(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.
Followups to DelVaLUG since that’s my home club, and it’s low-traffic.
Other discussion elsewhere as necessary.
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