tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782976604929613837.post558941450593889342..comments2023-06-26T10:33:20.032-04:00Comments on Fascinating LEGO® Model of the Day: On the BrickJournal Shared Calendars...Lego Model of the Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620762524443510508noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782976604929613837.post-73257184827561456332014-04-25T17:44:59.076-04:002014-04-25T17:44:59.076-04:00That thread's not a bad resource either, but I...That thread's not a bad resource either, but I see some similar issues creeping in there - the BrickFair events give dates for the public days, but BBTB has the AFOL days listed. Ideally we'd all work around some multi-layered calendar where AFOL times and public times are listed separately... <br /><br />I get the impression that most of the paid-for projects in the community don't get too far. Unless you can get some support outside of builders and AFOLs (think of BrickJournal being sold in LEGO stores or BrickMania and the like selling to kids at events), you can't get too far.<br /><br />We've also got to really simplify the process so we can keep a group of people involved. It seems like most of the calendars out there now were made the way you described - one or two people scours the web to try to catch everything they've heard of before and find out if it's happening this year. What we really need is people from around the world who regularly add on any event that they're involved in, with a link back to the event's website.<br /><br />...which is actually another whole issue, since some events *cough* LEGOPalooza *cough* are considered "big" events but often aren't announced online until the last minute, if at all. It's hard to link to a page for more information when people think they can hide the info on a Facebook page or semi-private Google Calendar.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00868894814276101467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782976604929613837.post-55949520293836304852014-04-25T07:50:01.501-04:002014-04-25T07:50:01.501-04:00It's too bad there's not a good calendar. ...It's too bad there's not a good calendar. At Classic-Castle we had a contest to create a 2014 calendar - the 12 winners' images were used for a calendar that people could by via an online publisher for $11 (absolute minimum cost, no profit to us, just a way to support the community and promote castle building in general). I spent a lot of time scouring the LEGOverse for dates and places of various cons and other events around the world, hoping that the calendar could be a good resource for the whole LEGO community. Then only about 17 calendars were sold (even though I advertised it all over). Really disappointing. I might run the contest again this year and produce a calendar, but I'm not going to go to the effort to bring together AFOL event dates to customize the calendar.<br /><br />BTW, <a href="http://classic-castle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23493" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> at Classic-Castle has a lot of dates (the thread is a year old, so we're starting to get to the edges of the relevance of that thread).<br /><br />Bruce<br />CC AdminBricktaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13010396251695031167noreply@blogger.com