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Hi-
SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to
guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it
would not be a guess for you to respond here.
Have fun!
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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Hint #1:
It’s big. Like, 200,000 bricks big.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #1:
It’s big. Like, 200,000 bricks big.
-Ted
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I will start, since mosaics have a bit more than 2000 bricks per base plate, I
will guess a super huge 100 baseplate mosaic.... although I dont really think
that is it that would be cool!
Janey “I suck at guessing, Red Brick”
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I will start, since mosaics have a bit more than 2000 bricks per base plate,
I will guess a super huge 100 baseplate mosaic.... although I dont really
think that is it that would be cool!
Janey “I suck at guessing, Red Brick”
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Janey-
Actually, I think a 100 (48 x48) baseplate mosaic would be cool. Tha would get
the resolution up to 480 x 480 or 75% of VGA, which is a lot better than the 8
baseplate x 3 baselplate mosaic we just presented to Northwood High School in
Irvine, CA last week. Still, ours was 10 feet long and weighed 150 pounds!
Regarding your guess: No.
Bonus extended answer: It’s not a mosaic.
-Ted
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Hint #2:
We orderd 20,000 green 2x2 bricks for the construction.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #2:
We orderd 20,000 green 2x2 bricks for the construction.
-Ted
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How about a giant replica of the BNSF Loco?
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, John VanZwieten wrote:
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How about a giant replica of the BNSF Loco?
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John-
I like the way you think! An actual size BNF!
Answer: No.
Extended answer: It’s not suitable as part of an SCLTC layout.
-Ted
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Hint #3:
We also ordered 15000 2x2 yellow bricks.
-Ted
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In lugnet.announce, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hi-
SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to
guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it
would not be a guess for you to respond here.
Have fun!
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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Green bricks? Yellow bricks? Let me guess, LOTS of blue bricks?
I’m thinking a large globe...
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #2:
We orderd 20,000 green 2x2 bricks for the construction.
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Where did you order them from, just out of curiosity...
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In lugnet.announce, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hi-
SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to
guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it
would not be a guess for you to respond here.
Have fun!
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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Well, I do recall seeing an announcement of SCLTC going to the Orange County
Fair, and, according to their site, it’s the year of the avacado. So, you plan
on building a giant avacado made of LEGO bricks.
Adr.
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, John Gerlach wrote:
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Green bricks? Yellow bricks? Let me guess, LOTS of blue bricks?
I’m thinking a large globe...
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John-
That sounds like a lot of fun!
Answer: No.
Extended answer: You speculate accurately on the blue bricks. We have already
received 20,000 blue 2x2 bricks and have 12,000 more on order for this project.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #2:
We orderd 20,000 green 2x2 bricks for the construction.
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Where did you order them from, just out of curiosity...
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Larry-
We ordered the green 2x2 bricks from Precious Princess Palace on BrickLink.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Adrian Egli wrote:
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Well, I do recall seeing an announcement of SCLTC going to the Orange County
Fair, and, according to their site, it’s the year of the avacado. So, you
plan on building a giant avacado made of LEGO bricks.
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Well, it IS the year of the Avacado, SCLTC IS going to OCF, and one could make a
huge avacod with that many green bricks.
Answer: No.
Extended answer: The Big Thing will make its debut at the 2005 Orange County
Fair.
-Ted
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Hint #4:
The Big Thing will be constructed on site at the 2005 Orange County Fair by
visitors to the fair under the direction of SCLTC members.
-Ted
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Go with the gut... a Catalina Island map?
I would have gone with mosaic too, but them it wouldn’t be posted here under
.trains! ;)
BTW is the fact that it’s posted here mean its a train?
SteveB
In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #4:
The Big Thing will be constructed on site at the 2005 Orange County Fair by
visitors to the fair under the direction of SCLTC members.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Steven Barile wrote:
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Go with the gut... a Catalina Island map?
I would have gone with mosaic too, but them it wouldn’t be posted here under
.trains! ;)
BTW is the fact that it’s posted here mean its a train?
SteveB
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Steve-
Catalina Island would certainly be topical. And fun.
Answer: No.
Extended answer. It’s not a train. I posted to trains because it’s being done by
an LTC (just to prove we are versatile?).
-Ted
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Hint #6:
(I promised 1 per day, but so far I’m honoring every (good) guess with an
additional hint.)
Height: 7 feet
-Ted
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In lugnet.announce, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hi-
SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to
guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it
would not be a guess for you to respond here.
Have fun!
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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This is fun. You’ve got me hooked.
Big? Colorful?
A hot air balloon?
Jonathan
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #6:
(I promised 1 per day, but so far I’m honoring every (good) guess with an
additional hint.)
Height: 7 feet
-Ted
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That’s a lot of green & yellow, and I’m guessing that the blue is filler for....
a 7’ tall Crayola Box, which happens to be unsuitable for a SCLTC train layout.
-nick
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #6:
(I promised 1 per day, but so far I’m honoring every (good) guess with an
additional hint.)
Height: 7 feet
-Ted
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I will go with a guess of Blue Hair, Green Dress and Yellow Body. It’s a model
of Marge Simpson with the hair taking it to that tall height :-)
Richard
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In lugnet.announce, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hi-
SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to
guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it
would not be a guess for you to respond here.
Have fun!
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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The other featured themes on the website relate to chickens and eggs, but I
don’t see green, yellow, & blue fitting that concepte.
My guess: a giant “can of food” built on the day that you can enter free by
donating 5 cans of food.
Paul Sinasohn
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Nick Kappatos wrote:
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That’s a lot of green & yellow, and I’m guessing that the blue is filler
for.... a 7’ tall Crayola Box, which happens to be unsuitable for a SCLTC
train layout.
-nick
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Nick-
A crayon box would be cool, but it’s been done big scale before.
Answer: No.
Extended answer: The Big Thing is not a box. In fact, horizontally speaking,
there is no straight perimiter run longer than about 16 studs (and most are
shorter).
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Richard Sellens wrote:
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I will go with a guess of Blue Hair, Green Dress and Yellow Body. It’s a
model of Marge Simpson with the hair taking it to that tall height :-)
Richard
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Richard-
Marge Simpson would make our height.
Answer: No.
Extended answer: It’s not an animated figure.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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This is fun. You’ve got me hooked.
Big? Colorful?
A hot air balloon?
Jonathan
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Jonahtan-
We have had some rather small hot air balloons on our layout and a huge won
would look nice in our outdoor setting.
Answer: No.
Extended answer: Definitely belongs outdoors, but frequently found indoors.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
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The other featured themes on the website relate to chickens and eggs, but I
don’t see green, yellow, & blue fitting that concepte.
My guess: a giant “can of food” built on the day that you can enter free by
donating 5 cans of food.
Paul Sinasohn
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Paul-
We let others do soup cans.
Answer: No.
Extended answer: While there are two circular cross sections, the Big Thing is
not circular.
-Ted
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Hint #7:
Total 16 x 16 baseplates: 0
Total 48 x 48 baseplates: 0
Total baseplates: 0
-Ted
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Hint #8: Total wheels: 0
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #8: Total wheels: 0
-Ted
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Zero wheels, circular cross-section? Sounds like a model like the Blimp that
hangs over the Imagination Center at the Mall of America...
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #7:
Total 16 x 16 baseplates: 0
Total 48 x 48 baseplates: 0
Total baseplates: 0
-Ted
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Hmmm...If it doesn’t use baseplates, then it’s not a mosaic (something that you
could lean against the wall), and it’s not something you’d set on the
floor/ground either. Doesn’t go on the wall... Doesn’t go on the floor... 2X2
bricks can’t float in the air...
I’VE GOT IT! It’s a big pit of bricks,
similar to those pit o’ balls that fast food places have for the kids to play
in.
David Gregory
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Extended answer: The Big Thing will make its debut at the 2005 Orange County
Fair.
-Ted
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No guess yet (though my original thought - “Brazil” - was killed by subsequent
hints, LOL), just a few questions:
1. Will SCLTC be there for the whole Fair? If so that’s a lot of fried twinkies!
2. Is this replacing the sand sculptures that have been at the main entrance
gate in the past?
3. Is asking questions cheating? :)
Darrell
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #8: Total wheels: 0
-Ted
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This is fun.
I say its a dog. A punk dog.
-Alfred
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Darrell Urbien wrote:
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1. Will SCLTC be there for the whole Fair? If so that’s a lot of fried
twinkies!
2. Is this replacing the sand sculptures that have been at the main entrance
gate in the past?
3. Is asking questions cheating? :)
Darrell
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Darrell-
We like questions.
SCLTC will be at the show for about 270 hours for the whole 3 weeks and 4
weekends (we get Mondays off for good behavior).
Can’t speak to the sand sculptures.
The theme this year is “It’s Calling You Out to Play” and SCLTC has been asked
to be the sole LEGO representative. We’re doing our largest train layout ever, a
static (non-LTC) display area, a LEGO play area, a speed ISD build, and this Big
Thing special event.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, David Gregory wrote:
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Hmmm...If it doesn’t use baseplates, then it’s not a mosaic (something that
you could lean against the wall), and it’s not something you’d set on the
floor/ground either. Doesn’t go on the wall... Doesn’t go on the floor...
2X2 bricks can’t float in the air...
I’VE GOT IT! It’s a big pit of
bricks, similar to those pit o’ balls that fast food places have for the kids
to play in.
David Gregory
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David-
I could dig a 200,000 brick LEGO pit. Certainly would sound good. Might not be
all that comfy, long term.
Answer: No, it’s not a brick pit.
Extended answer: Just because it’s not on baseplates doesn’t mean it’s not on
the ground (or suspended from a helicopter).
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
(or suspended from a helicopter).
Okay now THAT is a bit much....
My guess....
It’s something made of LEGO.
Yeah.
Legoswami
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, John Gerlach wrote:
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Zero wheels, circular cross-section? Sounds like a model like the Blimp that
hangs over the Imagination Center at the Mall of America...
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John-
Gee, a little mis-direction goes a long way in these things. To be clear: the
general Big Thing is not circular, but there are some circular cross sections
present.
True story: When Thomas appeared on I’ve Got a Secret and stumped the panel
trying to guess that he was the US national LEGO champion, it became trivial
once Teri Garrs seized on “something you do in the living room” and couldn’t
move on and took the rest of the panel with her.
Answer: No, it’s not a blimp.
Extended answer: It sits solidly on the ground.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
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This is fun.
I say its a dog. A punk dog.
-Alfred
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Alfred-
Glad you are enjoying this.
Answer: It’s not a dog.
Extended answer: Doesn’t bark, yip, moo, snort, hee-haw, wheeze, wine, bleat,
neigh or hiss.
-Ted
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Hint #9:
The Big Thing is internally braced by 30 feet of 3/4 galvanized steel pipe. The
pipe does not support the structure or even connect to it, but it’s backup just
in case.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
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I say its a dog. A punk dog.
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Answer: It’s not a dog.
Extended answer: Doesn’t bark, yip, moo, snort, hee-haw, wheeze, wine, bleat,
neigh or hiss.
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Must be an old tom-cat then...
ROSCO
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Samarth Moray wrote:
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Okay now THAT is a bit much....
My guess....
It’s something made of LEGO.
Yeah.
Legoswami
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Samarth-
OK, OK, OK, it’s made of ABS components with tiny little 4 letter long logos.
Answer: Yes, but...
Extended answer: Keep guessing.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ross Crawford wrote:
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Must be an old tom-cat then...
ROSCO
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Rosco-
Doesn’t meow, either.
Answer: Not a cat.
Extended answer: Not an animal.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Extended answer: Doesn’t bark, yip, moo, snort, hee-haw, wheeze, wine, bleat,
neigh or hiss.
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Doesn’t wine? That shatters my first guess, a big bottle of chablis (1)
Doesn’t hee-haw? That cancels my second guess, a large sculpture of Buck
Owens(1)(2) Doesn’t hiss? Well, that deflates my third guess, a giant tire(1)(3)
No, those aren’t “good” guesses in the spirit of “can we get another clue for a
good guess” they’re just supposed to be “funny” guesses. YMMV.
++Lar
1 - yes, technically it doesn’t match the colors given, but work with me here,
aid it can be californian...
2 - Didn’t he used to live in Bakersfield? That’s in California anyway, although
not a close community, I don’t think. Presuably you have to be of a certain age
to get the connection
3 - A tire technically doesn’t HAVE a wheel, it just GOES on a wheel
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, John Gerlach wrote:
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Zero wheels, circular cross-section? Sounds like a model like the Blimp
that hangs over the Imagination Center at the Mall of America...
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John-
Gee, a little mis-direction goes a long way in these things. To be clear: the
general Big Thing is not circular, but there are some circular cross sections
present.
True story: When Thomas appeared on I’ve Got a Secret and stumped the panel
trying to guess that he was the US national LEGO champion, it became trivial
once Teri Garrs seized on “something you do in the living room” and couldn’t
move on and took the rest of the panel with her.
Answer: No, it’s not a blimp.
Extended answer: It sits solidly on the ground.
-Ted
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Lot’s of Yellow, Lots and lo0ts of Blue has some rounded stuff.. can we say
Thomas the Tank Engine or other train in > 1/8 scale
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I guess that it is a kid-size fun castle. No wheels. No trampoline, alas.
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Joseph Greene wrote:
Lot’s of Yellow, Lots and lo0ts of Blue has some rounded stuff.. can we say
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Thomas the Tank Engine or other train in > 1/8 scale
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Joseph-
Hmmm, big time copyright/trademark infringement. Sounds like fun!
Answer: No.
Extended answer: It’s not an engine or part of a of a train.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Erik Olson wrote:
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I guess that it is a kid-size fun castle. No wheels. No trampoline, alas.
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Erik-
If I did that, I would want it all in (old) light gray.
Answer: No.
Extended answer: Alas, this Big Thing has less that 1% in any grays (unless you
count white as a gray shade).
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Hint #10:
The highest point of the Big Thing is all done in yellow plates.
(Thank you all who are playing along. I agree that this IS fun!)
-Ted
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Gee, a little mis-direction goes a long way in these things. To be clear: the
general Big Thing is not circular, but there are some circular cross sections
present.
True story: When Thomas appeared on I’ve Got a Secret and stumped the panel
trying to guess that he was the US national LEGO champion, it became trivial
once Teri Garrs seized on “something you do in the living room” and couldn’t
move on and took the rest of the panel with her.
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I actually saw that one day on a repeat...of course, back then, being on the
east coast, and just emerging from my dark ages, I didn’t know the name
“Michon”... until I met them at Brickfest PDX, and came within 4 minutes of the
ISD build record with them...
Is it a multi-dimensional rainbow creature? (just throwing stuff out of left
field here to break those trains of thought and come at the clues from the
side...)
Scott Lyttle
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Scott Lyttle wrote:
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Gee, a little mis-direction goes a long way in these things. To be clear:
the general Big Thing is not circular, but there are some circular cross
sections present.
True story: When Thomas appeared on I’ve Got a Secret and stumped the
panel trying to guess that he was the US national LEGO champion, it became
trivial once Teri Garrs seized on “something you do in the living room” and
couldn’t move on and took the rest of the panel with her.
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I actually saw that one day on a repeat...of course, back then, being on the
east coast, and just emerging from my dark ages, I didn’t know the name
“Michon”... until I met them at Brickfest PDX, and came within 4 minutes of
the ISD build record with them...
Is it a multi-dimensional rainbow creature? (just throwing stuff out of left
field here to break those trains of thought and come at the clues from the
side...)
Scott Lyttle
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Scot-
Well, we did set the (then) current North American record at BF on the second
try. Turns out I’ll get a second chance at the OC Fair (3rd weekend) with the
rest of SCLTC. At this point, I think beating the time take some practice as a
team under actualy conditions (i.e., a team needs to do it more than once).
A rainbow would be right up the alley for my family, We love to make curved
things with continuous (not stepped) arcs out of LEGO.
Answer: No.
Extended answer: It’s neither theoretically nor actually transparent or
translucent (or flourescent or iridesdent or...),
-Ted
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Hint #11:
We bought out the entire stock (OK, we left the odd amoun under 1K) of the two
cheapest souces of white 2x2s on BrickLink (1000s and 10,000s) to make the Big
Thing.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #10:
The highest point of the Big Thing is all done in yellow plates.
(Thank you all who are playing along. I agree that this IS fun!)
-Ted
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Giant minifig?
A couple of circular cross-sections (head, hips, arms) but not overall round...
Top point in yellow plates could be hair or upraised hand...
Yellow = hands, head
green, blue & white could be torso, legs, arms in any order...
Paul Sinasohn
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
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Giant minifig?
A couple of circular cross-sections (head, hips, arms) but not overall
round...
Top point in yellow plates could be hair or upraised hand...
Yellow = hands, head
green, blue & white could be torso, legs, arms in any order...
Paul Sinasohn
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I could see that!
Answer: No.
Extended answer: It’s not an animal (no worms, bugs, space monsters, minifigs,
caterpillars, ducks, dogs, cats, horses, insect, or even Halle Berry).
-Ted
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Hint #12:
The yellow plates on top are the only externally visible yellow. The rest are
all hidden!
-Ted
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In lugnet.announce, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hi-
SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to
guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it
would not be a guess for you to respond here.
Have fun!
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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ok, wierd WAG... how about a 1/16th scale topographically accurrate map of
Orange County!
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Joseph Greene wrote:
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ok, wierd WAG... how about a 1/16th scale topographically accurrate map of
Orange County!
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Joseph-
A 6 foot high map?
Answer: No.
Extended answer: Although complete on all sides (except the unexposed bottom),
this Big Thing is of much interest when viewed from above.
-Ted
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Hint #13:
The number of this hint.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #13:
The number of this hint.
-Ted
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Hmmm... 13 = 12 Apostles + Christ, Yellow would be bread held up,...
I would say diorama of the Last Supper, but you said no animals.
SO....
KCOP (or UPN-13) logo???
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
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Hmmm... 13 = 12 Apostles + Christ, Yellow would be bread held up,...
I would say diorama of the Last Supper, but you said no animals.
SO....
KCOP (or UPN-13) logo???
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Paul-
There’s a lot of 13s out there: KCOP, Apollo XIII, triskadeckaphobia, 13 Days
(the Cuban missile crisis movie).
Answer: No.
Extended answer: It’s nothing commercial.
-Ted
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Hint #14:
10 groups of 6 and 8 groups of 5
-Ted
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Hint #15:
None of the green is externally visible, either.
-Ted
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In lugnet.announce, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hi-
SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to
guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it
would not be a guess for you to respond here.
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I bet once you reveal what SCLTC is up to, we’ll all think back to all your
hints and ask ourselves “Now why didn’t I think of that?” :)
-Bryan
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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I will start, since mosaics have a bit more than 2000 bricks per base plate,
I will guess a super huge 100 baseplate mosaic.... although I dont really
think that is it that would be cool!
Janey “I suck at guessing, Red Brick”
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Janey-
Actually, I think a 100 (48 x48) baseplate mosaic would be cool. Tha would
get the resolution up to 480 x 480 or 75% of VGA, which is a lot better than
the 8 baseplate x 3 baselplate mosaic we just presented to Northwood High
School in Irvine, CA last week. Still, ours was 10 feet long and weighed 150
pounds!
Regarding your guess: No.
Bonus extended answer: It’s not a mosaic.
-Ted
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Ted,
I would love to see some pics of your mosaic.
I am toying with the idea of making one for my kids school,
http://www.ismonterey.org/
Their logo is pretty colorful, and I think it would be cool,
in about 320x120 resolution (7x3 48x48 baseplates).
dave
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #14:
10 groups of 6 and 8 groups of 5
-Ted
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Well the US flag has 5 groups of 6
and 4 groups of 5 (stars that is)
But you haven’t mentioned any red yet.
Is it two flags, with the yellow for flames
of some sort?
dave
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, David Shifflett wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #14:
10 groups of 6 and 8 groups of 5
-Ted
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Well the US flag has 5 groups of 6
and 4 groups of 5 (stars that is)
But you haven’t mentioned any red yet.
Is it two flags, with the yellow for flames
of some sort?
dave
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Dave-
We have a winner!
It’s a US flag designed to set a Guinness World Records recognized mark for the
largest national flag made of LEGO in general and largest US flag made of LEGO
in particular.
Our flag will be over 6 feet high, 12 feet long, and 8 studs thick with a
maximum wave amplitude (it’s got a flutter) of about 40 studs. We made the union
of solid blue and 1-stud thick SNOT stars are attached with click hinges on both
sides. This meant we needed 2 x 50 = 100 stars, so that’s 5 rows of 6 and 4 rows
of 5 on each side. In addition to the red, white, and blue stars, stripes, and
union, we have a gray flagpole with a yellow ball on top. The other colors were
just for internal interconnect to make a more balanced collection of parts after
dissassembly (and because we could not get any more white).
We will assemble the flag during the second weekend of the July fair with the
aid of the general public.
Thanks to everyone who made a guess.
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, David Shifflett wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #14:
10 groups of 6 and 8 groups of 5
-Ted
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Well the US flag has 5 groups of 6
and 4 groups of 5 (stars that is)
But you haven’t mentioned any red yet.
Is it two flags, with the yellow for flames
of some sort?
dave
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Dave-
We have a winner!
It’s a US flag designed to set a Guinness World Records recognized mark for
the largest national flag made of LEGO in general and largest US flag made of
LEGO in particular.
Our flag will be over 6 feet high, 12 feet long, and 8 studs thick with a
maximum wave amplitude (it’s got a flutter) of about 40 studs. We made the
union of solid blue and 1-stud thick SNOT stars are attached with click
hinges on both sides. This meant we needed 2 x 50 = 100 stars, so that’s 5
rows of 6 and 4 rows of 5 on each side. In addition to the red, white, and
blue stars, stripes, and union, we have a gray flagpole with a yellow ball on
top. The other colors were just for internal interconnect to make a more
balanced collection of parts after dissassembly (and because we could not get
any more white).
We will assemble the flag during the second weekend of the July fair with the
aid of the general public.
Thanks to everyone who made a guess.
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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Very cool. I bet you will post photos on brickshelf (because not everyone will
be there).
Good luck.
Saso from Slovenia, Europe
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Bryan Wong wrote:
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I bet once you reveal what SCLTC is up to, we’ll all think back to all your
hints and ask ourselves “Now why didn’t I think of that?” :)
-Bryan
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Bryan-
Well, now that the secret’s out (see earlier post in this thread), I haven’t
heard any “Dang, I shoulda say that!” responses.
Granted, I wasn’t trying to give it away at first, but the 13 and the star count
made it easy.
Thanks to everyone who played along.
-Ted
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, David Shifflett wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Ted Michon wrote:
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Hint #14:
10 groups of 6 and 8 groups of 5
-Ted
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Well the US flag has 5 groups of 6
and 4 groups of 5 (stars that is)
But you haven’t mentioned any red yet.
Is it two flags, with the yellow for flames
of some sort?
dave
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Dave-
We have a winner!
It’s a US flag designed to set a Guinness World Records recognized mark for
the largest national flag made of LEGO in general and largest US flag made of
LEGO in particular.
Our flag will be over 6 feet high, 12 feet long, and 8 studs thick with a
maximum wave amplitude (it’s got a flutter) of about 40 studs. We made the
union of solid blue and 1-stud thick SNOT stars are attached with click
hinges on both sides. This meant we needed 2 x 50 = 100 stars, so that’s 5
rows of 6 and 4 rows of 5 on each side. In addition to the red, white, and
blue stars, stripes, and union, we have a gray flagpole with a yellow ball on
top. The other colors were just for internal interconnect to make a more
balanced collection of parts after dissassembly (and because we could not get
any more white).
We will assemble the flag during the second weekend of the July fair with the
aid of the general public.
Thanks to everyone who made a guess.
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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Hey Ted,
Could you post a teaser photo for us?
Thanx
Adr.
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Adrian Egli wrote:
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Hey Ted,
Could you post a teaser photo for us?
Thanx
Adr.
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Adrian-
The flag pole goes up Friday July 8 at the Orange County Fair. Just a light gray
pole with yellow ball on top. Flag construction starts July 15. Won’t have any
photos until then Perhaps we will post as it goes up.
-Ted
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