"Build the Trust" Rules

The Official Entry Form is available to registered attendees only. You will be required to log in: Entry Form

We decided to announce the event now rather than waiting any longer, for those who may need to order additional elements from sites like Bricklink or other sites. IF you have any questions please email info@brickfest.com

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Official Rules and Regulations for “Build the Trust”
Adult Hobbyist LEGO® Building Challenge

WHO CAN ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to registered attendees of BrickFest 2005 (excluding residents of Quebec, Canada) who are 18 years of age as of 6/1/05.

HOW TO ENTER: In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the LEGO® System of Play, you are challenged to build a LEGO model to showcase design and craftsmanship. Participants must register their intent to participate in the contest by completing and submitting an entry form (available via www.BrickFest.com). Completed forms must be submitted via e-mail to press@america.lego.com or by fax to “Build the Trust” LEGO Building Challenge at 860-763-7736 by Tuesday, August 9, 2005.

Models may be built and entered in one of two (2) categories, each with two (2) scales:

1. REPLICA:
   LEGO Replica of any National Trust for Historic Preservation Historic Sites*
   
   • MINILAND scale
   • Minifigure scale
   • Micro scale
     * A complete list of National Trust Historic Sites can be found on www.BrickFest.com or by visiting the National Trust online at: http://www.nationaltrust.org/national_trust_sites/list.asp
     
2. ORIGINAL:
   Original LEGO Model inspired by and incorporating Historic Architectural Style/Detail**
   
   • MINILAND scale
   • Minifigure scale
   • Micro scale
     
     ** A list of sample architectural styles and features can be found on www.BrickFest.com

   NOTE: For Minifigure scale buildings, if you would like to be part of the 50th Anniversary National Trust Village: Construct your property so that the length and width in studs is exactly 12+32*n, where n can be different in each dimension. Build your property on base plates, except for one row of studs along the outer perimeter (under the sidewalk); here have a row of 1xn plates.* This allows the property to be connected to the road plates along only one row of studs.
   * This concept is a variation of Matt Chiles "City Planning" for PNLTC. Following these guidelines will not increase your chances to win.

Entrants should bring their completed models to BrickFest 2005 on Friday August 12 for display through Sunday, August 14. A photograph of the model will be taken, which will become the property of LEGO Systems, Inc. with usage rights granted to AMH Productions (aka BrickFest).

Multiple entries are permitted; however, each entry must be different. Models must be constructed by one (1) person only and entries must be submitted in the name of the person who built them. Group entries are not permitted.

JUDGING: Onsite judging and announcement of Grand Prize winner will take place on Sunday, August 14. All entries will be judged by a committee comprised of a LEGO Group executive, a LEGO Ambassador, an executive from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Graham Gund architect from the National Trust. All entries will be judged on the basis of: engineering/construction/ detail of design (40%), originality (20%) and creative use of LEGO components (40%). Entries that incorporate specific design elements in LEGO form (Palladian Windows, Neoclassical columns, Prairie Style roofs, etc.) will be considered for special recognition, but these inclusions will not increase your chances of winning. All decisions by the judges will be considered final.

PRIZING:
• Four (4) Finalists will be selected; two per category (REPLICA and ORIGINAL).

o Each of the four (4) Finalists will each have their model on display at an appropriate National Trust for Historic Preservation site and receive set 4886 Building Bonanza ($39.99 value) and $50 Shop-at-Home gift card* (ARV: $89.99)
* Shop-at-Home gift cards will be issued in the currency of the entrant’s home country to the equivalence of $50 USD
o Two (2) First Prize winners will receive Limited Edition LEGO medallions, 5526 LEGO Factory Big City Skyline set ($129 value) and $50 Shop-at-Home gift card* (ARV: $200)
* Shop-at-Home gift cards will be issued in the currency of the entrant’s home country to the equivalence of $50 USD
o One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive the designation of Champion LEGO Preservationist, a LEGO trophy, 2-day, 1 night accommodations at a hotel of their choice (in the domestic United States) which is participating in the National Trust’s Historic Hotels of America program and $500 spending money*
* Hotel accommodation will be awarded in the form of a gift certificate not redeemable for cash, including room and tax. Airfare, transportation costs and incidentals are not included in prize and are the responsibility of the winner)
o All entrants who bring a completed model to BrickFest will receive a certificate of participation from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the LEGO Group.

• Finalists must sign a Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form and Affidavit of Eligibility certifying that entrant's submission is his/her own original work, that the submission has not won a previous prize or award, and that he/she has followed the Official Rules. Affidavit and Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form must be returned within five (5) days of attempted notification. Noncompliance within this time/return of prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate may be selected.

All applications must be received by midnight EST August 9, 2005. Models must be brought to BrickFest in Washington, DC [held at George Mason University] for display from Friday, August 12 to Sunday, August 14. Contest void where prohibited or restricted by law. Models must be constructed using only LEGO® pieces. Employees of LEGO Systems, Inc. and the National Trust for Historic Preservation (“Sponsors”), their affiliates and subsidiaries, advertising/ promotions agencies and their immediate families are not eligible to participate. Winners will be announced during the event on Sunday, August 14. All federal, state, local, municipal and provincial laws and regulations apply. Winners may make no substitution/ transfer of prize. All federal, state, local, municipal and provincial taxes are sole responsibility of winners. Prizes will be provided within two (2) weeks of the event by regular US Mail or equivalent shipping method. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. The Sponsors and their subsidiaries are not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, mutilated or damaged entries. All entry forms become the property of the Sponsors and will not be returned. Entrants’ actual LEGO models do not become the property of the LEGO Group, and must be removed by entrant at the end of the BrickFest. Those models that are selected as winners to be displayed at their respective National Trust sites may need to be glued for transport and public show. By participating in this contest, entrants agree to be bound by the official rules and decisions of the judges. By acceptance of prize, winners consent to the use of their name/likeness/entry materials in any manner by the Sponsors for advertising/trade without further compensation unless prohibited by law. By accepting any prize, winners agree to hold the Sponsors harmless against any and all claims, damage, injury caused or liability related to the administration of the contest, participation in this promotion, security of the model while being displayed and/or the use or redemption of a prize. LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2005 The LEGO Group.

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