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Subject:	Giant LEGO Mosaic event in Austin, Texas
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug
Date:	Mon, 16 Sep 2002 05:22:57 GMT
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This past weekend, the LEGO company, along with support from the United States Postal Service, hosted an event to construct a huge LEGO stamp. The stamp measured 25 x 37 feet and was made up of over 172,000 bricks. I wrote up a quick description here: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/LEGO-stamp/z_about.txt Of course, some of the information could be wrong, I don't have the greatest of memories. Someone please correct me if anything is wrong. Until the folder is moderated, here is a picture: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/LEGO-stamp/p9150007.jpg I also used my camera to make a little quicktime movie, which has been uploaded to the folder, which is here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=25279 It was a great event, I had a great time. --Anthony http://www.ozbricks.com/ikros

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		Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic event in Austin, Texas
Oh my goodness! Look at the size of that! Wow Wow Wow! Thanks Anthony! That's out of control!!! Legmaster (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug)

		Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic event in Austin, Texas
Anthony, I guess you went Sunday only? I was there for most of Saturday. Unfortunately I couldn't stay for Sunday, and didn't get to see the completed stamp. Saturday was a lot of fun. I've never seen so many 2x4 bricks! Especially in gray and dark (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug)

		Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic event in Austin, Texas
This is an interesting community project, indeed. I have a couple of comments after reading the description and seeing the pic: 1) The description said over 600 large gray baseplates were used, yet the mosaic appears to be smooth? How were the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug)

		Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic event in Austin, Texas
I was very pleased to be able to attend. Everyone there had a great time, and I was able to chat with Stephen Gerling, who designed the stamp, and he was very friendly. Many of us built our own models after the stamp was completed, my personal (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug)

		More Pictures (Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic event in Austin, Texas)
I've uploaded my pictures from the event: (URL) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug)

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