LEGO User Group Bulk Order Program released[LUG社群訂購LEGO 散磚計劃出台]

LEGO User Group Bulk Order Program
Dear Community Leader,
The “LEGO User Group Bulk Order Program” (LUGBULK) will be offered to LEGO User Groups as a pilot/test program from August 2009 and possibly going into 2010. Due to new legislation in the USA, we will unfortunately not be able to offer the program to USA based LEGO User Groups until we implement some additional processes. We expect to open up the program to US LEGO User Groups at a later date.
This document explains to you how to get access to and use the program to order smaller amounts of LEGO bricks from the whole LEGO assortment directly at the LEGO Group.
Please notice again that this is a pilot project and it may be terminated on short notice at any time.
Who will be able to order?

LUGBULK will only be accessible for registered LUGs. A LUG need to meet the following requirements and submit the following information to the LEGO Community Team to become a registered LUG – the LEGO Community team will follow up on the requirements every time a LUG places an order:
• The LUG need to consist of minimum 10 members
• The LUG need to feature at least 2 public smaller or bigger displays each year
• The LUG need to exist for at least 1 year
• The LUG need to have an official website
• The LUG need to have at least a 1 page description of the LUG and the goals of the LUG on the website
• The LUG need to take part in possible surveys issued by the LEGO Group to the LUG
• The LUG is responsible for securing the needed written accept from their membership according to the local legislation to submit legally the following basic information about the LUG and the members to the LEGO Community Team:
-Number of members
-Name of members
-Address of members
-Email of member s
- LEGO ID of members if applicable

Only the personal data of the members who accept the terms can be submitted and also only these members count for the order amount.
The data will be used only by LEGO System A/S and its affiliated entities and never issued to 3rd parties.


Rules for LUGBULK:

- Only active elements (no restricted elements and no licensed elements) can be purchased
- The minimum order for one LUG is 2000 DKK
- The average amount per member to purchase is max. 200 DKK
- The minimum order qty per element is 50 pcs. and increase in 50 pcs. steps until 500 and from then in 100 piece steps (except building plates)
- The maximum amount of different elements per order is 100
- Every registered LUG can order 2 times a year
- The orders will be taken in between February and September each year – every LUG will get 2 dates
- The lead time per order which means from order is accepted until it is shipped can be up to 3 month
- It is not allowed to resell the bought elements – there will be a penalty for the LUG if a member is reselling the elements.
- The shipping costs and possible taxes/custom clearings are not included in the element price so they will get on top of the price.
- Only one single defined member of each LUG can place the order and will get the order shipped
- The order need to be submitted in an Excel file containing as much information about the elements as possible (Bricklink number or LEGO Brick ID (4 or 7 digit code)are preferred)

How is the process?

1. The head/founder of the LUG that wants to become a registered LUG to participate in the LUGBULK program contact Jan Beyer at Jan@LEGO.com and submit all above requested information and fulfills all needed requirements.
2. After Jan Beyer has checked that all requirements are fulfilled and how many of the members have submitted their data, the final max. amount for the purchase is defined.
3. One by the LUG defined member of the registered LUG will submit the wish list, the shipping address and his/her contact details to Jan Beyer – this person is now responsible for the order and the complete payment in the timeframe for this specific LUG
4. The wish list can containing max. 150 different elements in prioritized order and will be send in an excel file to Jan Beyer. Among these, up to 100 will be selected based on LUG priority and TLG availability
5. Jan Beyer will proceed the list.
6. Jan Beyer agrees with the contact person of the registered LUG the final order list of max. 100 different Elements – based on availability, element cost (not to exceed the average max. amount per member of 200 DKK) and the costs and amount per element.
7. After having an agreed list, the LEGO warehouse will check the list and determine an expected delivery date, which Jan Beyer will communicate to the LUG in question.
8. After that the LEGO Group will send an Invoice to the defined LUG member who is responsible for the order.
9. The order will not be shipped before the money is on the LEGO Company account (payment can be made in DKK/EUR/USD)
10. The order gets shipped to the LUG member who ordered.

La Tour Eiffel (2009 LEGO HK MOC 比賽 參賽作品)

2009年LEGOHK 再又一次舉辦拼砌比賽，今次是無限制的自由題，作品大小32x32尺寸之間任你發揮想像空間。
我自已其實好怕設計，好的創意設計不是話來就來，有時幾個星期都可以原地踏步。

本來想用一早便完成了的迷你鳥巢去參賽，但最後幾天心血來潮想再搞搞新意思，
於是用了大量剛從DK legoland買回來的望遠鏡部件去拼出艾菲爾鐵塔出來。
這是繼迷你鳥巢之後，另一個玩轉傳統拼砌概念的續章。　

廢話講了一大堆，此鐵塔(希望你還辨認得出吧）只用了二日去完成，　所以在我而言我已經好滿意啦。
不如我暫且不講個中砌塔秘方，留待大家看看研究再分享.












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以下是本作參賽文章，原文收錄，一字不漏
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作品名稱：La Tour Eiffel
創作靈念源自一次巴黎之旅，能夠親身參觀世界聞名的艾菲爾鐵塔，
霋時被它雄偉的外型深深吸引，所以想製作此模型送給太太作紀念。

艾菲爾鐵塔塔高324公尺，是居斯塔夫· 艾菲爾為1889年的萬國博覽會，
同時也是為了慶祝法國大革命一百周年而建造的。

本作品以1/800的比例去重塑鐵塔的外觀和周圍的地型。
最特別之處是用了大量微型的LEGO顆粒去表現鐵塔的鋼結構同時亦合乎macro-scale的體積，
比例和像真度是本作的最大挑戰。


後記：
2009 LEGO MOC比賽結果於8月3日在動漫電玩節會場中公報,本作僥幸得到季軍,
深感意外又興奮，另恭賀其他三甲HKLUG兄弟，fvin,T,antony,rex！

超迷你鳥巢 - 再一次挑戰microscale極限

說回此作, 雖然京奧已經過了差不多一年,希望大家還認得北京國家體育場(即俗稱鳥巢).

這次是一個自我microscale的極限挑戰,玩microscale是對自我拼砌技術磨練的一個極住方式, 亦可以引發更多拼砌概念同可能性.個人建議大家作多多嘗試.

本迷你作品大小不超過32x32 (其實鳥巢主體只有24x18).
大部份可以動用的LEGO迷你部件都會研究過用來築巢,無奈只有小量部件適用. 細心的你一定可以睇出鳥巢外在支架用了大量 T-bar 和 technic half pin互相緊扣的設計.塑造出富曲線感覺的形態.

當然不可能要求百分百一樣,至在神似. 不過運動場同看台都無馬虎架.
大家又覺得如何呢? 希望喜歡啦.

還有更多其他相,可到chiukeung 的brickshelf gallery
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=393228