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Re: its over!!!
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Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:17:54 GMT
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Well, My NLS (Jackie) and I had a great time at BrickFest... :-) We met
lots of great, friendly people, and saw some really incredible constructions
in person. We were only able to some down on Saturday for a few hours, and
we left early to see some of the other sights in Washington DC.
My NLS managed to beat me at Lego Soccer, and get farther in the tournament
than I did. Neither of us had played before, and we both loved it. ( that's
right, neither of us played before, yeah. That's my story, and I'm sticking
with it... :-) )
We both enjoyed the Pirate game, for the short time that we were able to
stay for it.
We were honored that we were able to aid those world travelling minifigs,
Captain Wanda and her first mate Colin the sharpshooter on their ship, "the
Rusty Bucket". It was especially fun starting their raid on Skeleton
Island, killing three skeletons in a row, bang, bang, bang. :-)
We were both sorry that we needed to go, and we handed off Colin and Wanda
to another waiting player, to continue their plundering of the Lego seas...
ARGGGHHH!!!! I would love to hear more about how they fared.
I loved the Castle set-up, as that is my primary area of interest. I got a
lot of great ideas on how to make my own buildings more realistic, and how
to incorporate "cut-away" building ideas to allow access to the interiors.
It was great seeing in person some of the buildings that I had seen online.
It really does make a huge difference when you can move around them and peer
in here and there. Some of the most unusual ( and beautiful ) of the Castle
structures were the "Mushroom Houses" and what I think was Baba Yaga's
house, a house on giant yellow chicken legs. The whole castle layout looked
fantastic, I was really impressed. I also liked the separate table with the
official Lego castle sets, because this was the first time that I had seen
many of these sets in person, as opposed to tiny little pictures on a
website somewhere.
Again, we had a great time, and I am looking forward to next year.
-Andy Lynch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen F Roberts" <wubwub@wildlink.com>
To: <lugnet.org.us.wamalug@lugnet.com>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:13 AM
Subject: its over!!!
> ...I cant believe we survived!!!
>
> ...The fest was an absolute success! If anyone didn't like it, I sure • never heard about it
> (tho I would love to know so we can fix problems!).
>
> To Everyone Who Made it:
> ...I hope you had as much fun at the fest as we had setting it up and • making it run. I
> hope everyone who had to drive/fly felt their trip was worth it because we • are going to do
> this next year and I'm sure it will be better than it was this year!
> ...And thanks to everyone who showed up for participating and not minding • the strangely
> stretchy-bendy schedule and otherwise chaotic weekend! (but curses to the • vending company
> for not refilling the soda machine!!!)
>
> To Everyone Who Helped Make it:
> ...Thank you. Thank you so much! From the ldraw demo to the pirate game to • the castle room
> to the train room to the animation spectacular, lots of people moved • around and made it
> all work for everyone.
> ...I'm going to try and thank everyone here, but know I will miss a few • (please don't take
> it personally if I skip you! I'm a bit tired and extremely exhausted!)
> Thanks Christina Hitchcock for the castle room.
> Thanks Thomas Foote and Greg Perry for stop-motion animation.
> Thanks Frank Filz (not Larry!) for the Pirate game.
> Thanks Tim Courtney and Bram Lambrecht for ldraw demo and hands on • workshop.
> Thanks Tom Cook for the train room and the DCC demo.
> Thanks Buffie for being Buffie.
> Thanks Kevin Loch for setting up the computers and keeping us live on the • web.
> Thanks Rich Shamus for moving back and forth and helping keep things • moving.
> Thanks Timmy aka Mike Shamus for running the registration desk and all the • other things
> you did.
> Thanks to the NFOLs who supported the FOLs, And a big AARRGGHH!! for the • wives who let us
> drag them into the pirate game!
> Thanks to the bar we recovered in for giving us booze and letting us play • a boisterous
> game of drinking soccer!
> and a HUGE THANKS to Denise Fadud for bring the heart of the fest! Thank • you for starting
> the idea and kicking us slackers until we got moving!
>
>
> ...In the next few days or so, lots of pictures and write ups will show up • on the net. I
> hope all you fence-sitters who decided not to come see how fun it was and • start making
> plans for next year (we will make weekend decisions soon (prolly like 3rd • weekend in
> June)).
>
>
> ...you can go back to ignoring me now...
>
> wubwub
> stephen f roberts
> wamalug guy (http://wamalug.org)
> Jain's Guide (http://wildlink.com/lego/jain)
> Visit the wildlink (http://wildlink.com)
> lugnet #160
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