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| (...) ...yes! I would easily pay $250 for a box or maybe more if I could at least open it first. The stuff in it is sometimes _great!_. (...) ...Ha!!! Us WAMALUG folks already thought of that!!! We're starting to plan a weekend meeting this autumn (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) Speaking of your models, it was fun to see photos of the real models! The POV-Ray renderings are cool, too, but seeing the models "in the flesh" is always nice. May I ask, though, if you keep all your models built, or did you rebuild some of (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.build)
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| (...) All my money was spent on transportation and food (didn't buy any LEGO, and someone offered me lodging). Transportation (plane ticket+train+metro) was about $185, and I spent about $20 on lunches and dinners. --Bram Bram (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| Hi all, I had a great weekend! Thanks for putting Brickfest together. However, I seem to have forgotten to put the baseplate that was supporting my Pentapterigoid fighter. Did anyone pick up the light gray 16x32 baseplate? TIA, --Bram Bram (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| Very cool, I didn't know they had particular box for stocking the play tables. That would be a cool thing for LEGO Direct to sell, you'd never really know what you're going to get. That would kind of add to the excitement, then you could trade off (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) ...A huge pile of fun! just a big ol box of parts that we begged LEGO to send us for the fest and they were polite enuf to do so :-) (maybe they felt guilty since they couldn't come themselves to this internationally recognized fest (I'm sure (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) A K-8 is the box TLC uses to supply LEGO parts to the play tables and for events. It's about 18" x 30" x 15" or something like that, filled with bricks. Apparently they stock them by dumping parts from returned sets, manufacturing left overs, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) And I'm sure it was worth every penny of it. I fall under the 'really pressed for cash' section, and was fortunate to have a friend pay for my transportation and put me up at his house. Having a local put you up is definitely the way to go for (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| In lugnet.org.us.wamalug, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) <more snip> (...) Ok Frank, now you have to explain what "K-8" is. jt (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) My expenses were: $140 or so, rental of an Isuzu Trooper for 3 days (it's amazing how much you can pack into a trooper, only a few of the locals brought the same order of magnitude of volume of stuff as I brought) $75 or so for gas (travelling (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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