February 23, 2012

The Burning Man ticket affair: can't go? consider the Lego set!

Many of you may have heard about the ticket troubles for this year's Burning Man: their new lottery system means that many veteran fans can no longer attend - what a mess. The Guardian has a good post on this; personally I think it's quite unfair towards those that have gone to Burning Man for a long time - after all, it is these people that created most of the 'content' there. Punish your most loyal followers for the sake of a lofty principle? 

In any case, maybe this still fictitious lego set could offer some temporary reprieve :)

Burning man lego set flickr simon pearce NICE


Image cross-posted via my own GreenFuturist.com blog, more shots and the whole story and other details at Laughing Squid, original source is Flickr.

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