And the winner is...
Posted by Huw,
The signed Fairground Mixer competition has now ended and a winner has been selected!
There were 5196 entries in total and, interestingly, more people got the answer wrong than right. There were just 2185 correct answers.
The question was who the lead designer of the 2009 set 10196 Grand Carousel. The correct answer is C. Steen Sig Andersen.
BrickJournal issue 7 contained an interview with Steen about the design process. Steen was the main designer, although he did have input from others, including Jamie Berard, who came up with the idea originally and pointed out that 'Americans are crazy about such things'. Judging by the success of the set, its value in the aftermarket and the fact that another fairground ride has been made, it appears that he was right.
I did manage to find the answer using Google but I can't remember what I searched for now!
To pick the winner I've just run an SQL script to pick a correct entry at random [*]
The winner is...
Filip George who's in Belgium
Congratulations Filip, I'll be in touch to get your address.
Stay tuned for more exciting competitions: once Mixels series 2 are more widely available in a few weeks' time I'll run another building competition.
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[*] if you're interested in such things:
SET ROWCOUNT 1
SELECT * FROM CompetitionEntries WHERE answer='C' ORDER BY newid()
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Good for Filip!
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good job Filip!!!
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Congratz Filip
I totally got the answer wrong on purpose!
Congrats to Filip! It was a tough question, I liked that. :o)
Congratulations!! :)
Gratz Filip! :-D
Congrats Filip! :)
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Ow crap I totally misread the question...
I'm assuming this was probably the link you couldn't find. (Third post down)
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30560
Congrats! :)
My answer was right but I had no luck this time ... Have a great experience with your new set, mate!
Congratulations to Filip, and thank you Huw for the contest!
The lucky one, and, of course, Google helps all)
I did manage to find the corret awnser. But it took me a really really long time to google find it. Nice to know my changes of winning were actually better than I anticipated.
Filip congrats!
Funny detail: Steen is actually the Dutch word for brick. So as a LEGO designer he has a very apropiate name
I bet a lot of people (myself included) didn't read closely and guessed the designer of the mixer...
Took me 2 mins to find the right answer googling 'Lego Grand Carousel' and each of the options in turn.
Hey, at least I got it right! I actually used the bricklists on this website to come up with an educated guess. :-)
Oh, and congratulations to Filip! :-)
I misread the question, and thought is it that easy? I gave the answer to the creator of Mixer... yeah... misread or didn't read... anyway, bravo Filip
Congratulations Filip!
Congratulations to the winner.
Shucks!
Congratulations though. I doubt I'll buy this set, but I'd take one for free any day of the week.
I actually found the answer on Eurobricks. Jamie himself discussed this set and said he wasn't the lead designer like a lot of people thought.
Well done Filip!
I worked out the correct answer from counting out the other two... a little while after I'd noticed how stupendously thick I'd been in misreading the question!! :P
Congratulations, Filip!
Huw, can you post a statistic of the given answers? For A, B or C?
Luckily for me, I ruled out Jamie Berard at the start because I thought he wasn't working for Lego back at the time of the Grand Carousel--if not for that mis-assumption I might have thought the question was a very clever double-bluff! And I was able to rule out Mark Stafford because the Grand Carousel isn't on his Bricklist...which only left the correct answer. Even if I wasn't lucky enough to win I'm glad to have worked out the right answer without resorting to Google :)
Congratulations, Filip--enjoy the set!
I did the same thing as you, sklamb. Oh well, I'm sure Filip is going to have a great time with his new set. Besides, I can just go buy it, it's only 150 dollars! he, he * starts crying quietly *
Filip just told me he doesn't want it at said you should pick a new winner. ;)
I didn't enter, but congrats to Filip!
Another Mixels competition coming up? Hurray!
The fact that so many got the wrong answer should give you an idea how "simple" the question was... Anyway congrats for the winner!
Congrats, Filip!
Just curious, has Filip claimed it yet?
^ Yes he has and it's been sent.