Holiday Jingle ... er... Jambalaya!
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:53 pm
Morning everyone! The All Mighty, All Wise, All Seeing and All Knowing Admins have granted me permission to run a Holiday Jambalaya. What is Jambalaya you might ask? Well, it's a fun game where a box of Lego's makes its rounds and well... why should I write something from scratch - I will base mine on a very well written description by Bluesecrets (with slight modifications)
So how does this work.... I put stuff into a box, ship it to the next person, they pull some parts out and put some parts in and send it ot the next person. The rules as to how it works are as follows:
Without being a lego micromanager I would like for all to read the following and adhere to them.
1) Age…sorry but I am going to insist that everyone wanting to participate is over 16.
2) Third party parts… within reason - couple brick arms, brick warriors and so on pieces on a trade are fine just don't do ALL third party Lego accewsories in exchange for all Lego pieces. But please no Mega Blocks, no KREO and other Lego knock offs.
3) I know other jambalaya's have allowed this…but to me…it goes against the spirit of the whole thing. So, please no putting things in the box and saying it is for someone down the line. If you want to send something to someone, send it to them. Don’t waste space in the box and more importantly, don’t tease and tempt people with things in the box that they can’t have.
4) It is on your honor that you make sure the value of the items you remove gets replaced with equal or greater value.
5) Parts… various stuff fits and can be included as long as it makes sense in a castle build. Try to think if anyone used a specific part successfully in the past and base your additions on that, as a colorful bike, soccer ball, trash can don't really fit and should not be added as the Jamba after all all is Castle Based.....
6) The box…I’ll start with whatever box I can fit everything in. Use whatever box you think is good. I’m not going to demand you use Priority Shipping, although in a lot of cases it may be the cheaper option. If you don't use Priority Shipping you are on the hook for tracking and insurance. Remember Priority Shipping includes free insurance and tracking (https://www.usps.com/priority-mail/) If the package will be making it across the pond we'll discuss how to do it so that it's most economical and still protected.
7) Shipping…the only thing I care about in terms of shipping is this…if we go international, and I have absolutely no problem with that, I like it actually…please don’t ship it the slowest method possible.
8.) How long should the box be with you? That is up to you. Life exists. I know there are times when you don’t have the ability to do a turn around fast, or financially you have to wait for
payday. Keep it reasonable though please. The box should not really stay with you for more than a week. If you know that you will be traveling or expect a major life event that will prohibit you from being able to do a reasonable turn around during your "round" let me know and we can work on rearranging your position in line so that you don't have to stress about it. Btw, I would like to emphasise good communication is the key
9) Responsibility…not super happy to have to get all “real” and post this, because I would like to live in the little blue and pink bubble where everyone is responsible. But…I guess I must. If you are not going to be able to afford to ship the box, please keep that in mind before you sign up or before the box is coming to you. If you know you are the kind of person who will take months to ship the box, please keep that in mind. This is supposed to be for fun…please don’t make me suck all the fun out of it with having to private message you and bug you and bug you and bug you to get the box moving.
10) If you have any negative feedback regarding trading or are a newcommer with no feedback, please hit me up by PM before you sign up.
Well... it's time - lets get this ball rolling. I will start the Jambalaya when we have 5 people signed up. The upper limit is 15 and as the box is already moving you can still join (kind of like what they're doing with the Minifig Jambalaya over at Merlin's Beard).
As far as addresses go...this is to be kept PRIVATE!!!!! You share only with the person who ships to you. Respect the privacy of others please. Please post up though when you sign up country and state so that I can coordinate the order that makes sense.
So how does this work.... I put stuff into a box, ship it to the next person, they pull some parts out and put some parts in and send it ot the next person. The rules as to how it works are as follows:
Without being a lego micromanager I would like for all to read the following and adhere to them.
1) Age…sorry but I am going to insist that everyone wanting to participate is over 16.
2) Third party parts… within reason - couple brick arms, brick warriors and so on pieces on a trade are fine just don't do ALL third party Lego accewsories in exchange for all Lego pieces. But please no Mega Blocks, no KREO and other Lego knock offs.
3) I know other jambalaya's have allowed this…but to me…it goes against the spirit of the whole thing. So, please no putting things in the box and saying it is for someone down the line. If you want to send something to someone, send it to them. Don’t waste space in the box and more importantly, don’t tease and tempt people with things in the box that they can’t have.
4) It is on your honor that you make sure the value of the items you remove gets replaced with equal or greater value.
5) Parts… various stuff fits and can be included as long as it makes sense in a castle build. Try to think if anyone used a specific part successfully in the past and base your additions on that, as a colorful bike, soccer ball, trash can don't really fit and should not be added as the Jamba after all all is Castle Based.....
6) The box…I’ll start with whatever box I can fit everything in. Use whatever box you think is good. I’m not going to demand you use Priority Shipping, although in a lot of cases it may be the cheaper option. If you don't use Priority Shipping you are on the hook for tracking and insurance. Remember Priority Shipping includes free insurance and tracking (https://www.usps.com/priority-mail/) If the package will be making it across the pond we'll discuss how to do it so that it's most economical and still protected.
7) Shipping…the only thing I care about in terms of shipping is this…if we go international, and I have absolutely no problem with that, I like it actually…please don’t ship it the slowest method possible.
8.) How long should the box be with you? That is up to you. Life exists. I know there are times when you don’t have the ability to do a turn around fast, or financially you have to wait for
payday. Keep it reasonable though please. The box should not really stay with you for more than a week. If you know that you will be traveling or expect a major life event that will prohibit you from being able to do a reasonable turn around during your "round" let me know and we can work on rearranging your position in line so that you don't have to stress about it. Btw, I would like to emphasise good communication is the key
9) Responsibility…not super happy to have to get all “real” and post this, because I would like to live in the little blue and pink bubble where everyone is responsible. But…I guess I must. If you are not going to be able to afford to ship the box, please keep that in mind before you sign up or before the box is coming to you. If you know you are the kind of person who will take months to ship the box, please keep that in mind. This is supposed to be for fun…please don’t make me suck all the fun out of it with having to private message you and bug you and bug you and bug you to get the box moving.
10) If you have any negative feedback regarding trading or are a newcommer with no feedback, please hit me up by PM before you sign up.
Well... it's time - lets get this ball rolling. I will start the Jambalaya when we have 5 people signed up. The upper limit is 15 and as the box is already moving you can still join (kind of like what they're doing with the Minifig Jambalaya over at Merlin's Beard).
As far as addresses go...this is to be kept PRIVATE!!!!! You share only with the person who ships to you. Respect the privacy of others please. Please post up though when you sign up country and state so that I can coordinate the order that makes sense.