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K'nex - K'nex Expert Search Contest - EXPIRED

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Description:

Kids, can you create amazing designs out of K'nex? If so, enter the K'nex Expert Search Contest for your chance to win one of three grand prizes of $20,000 for college and a trip to tour the K'nex headquarters, or other prizes. This sweepstakes has expired.

Sweepstakes Links:

  • Sweepstakes Entry Form: http://www.knex.com/News_and_Events/2012-KNEXpert.php?s=enter-now
  • Sweepstakes Rules: http://www.knex.com/News_and_Events/2012-KNEXpert-rules.php
  • Sweepstakes Homepage: http://www.knex.com

Category:

Eligibility:

Residents of the US (void in ME and FL) and Canada (void in Quebec), aged 5 - 12

Start Date:

July 06, 2011

End Date:

September 06, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. ET

Entry Frequency:

One entry per model category per person.

Sweepstakes Prizes:

Grand Prizes (3 - 1 per age category): $20,000 of U.S. Series EE savings bonds for college and a trip for 3 to K'nex headquarters in Hatfield, PA for the K'NEXpert Grand Prize Award Ceremony. The trip includes travel reimbursement of up to $2,000.

Non-Winning Finalists (7): A $1,000 U.S. Series EE savings bond.

All Finalists (10): $250 worth of K'nex Building Sets and a Photo Gallery page at www.knex.com with pictures and descriptions of their K'nex creations.

All Finalists and Semi-Finalists (30): K'nex gear, including a t-shirt and cap, a 25% discount on all K'nex parts purchased in 2012 on their behalf at K'NEXDirect, a special birthday surprise valued at $50, and an invitation to tour the K'NEX corporate headquarters, with parents or guardians, to meet the designers and learn how K'nex is made.

Additional Comments:

To enter, build and photograph a unique model design made entirely of K'nex in one of the following categories:
  • Futuristic - (Use your imagination! Space ships, Robots, etc.)
  • Vehicles - (Cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc.)
  • Amusement Park Thrill Rides - (Roller Coasters, Ferris Wheels, etc.)
  • Ultimate K'nex Model - Open Category - Build anything you want, but it must be built entirely with K'nex parts.

Entrants will also be divided into the following age categories:

  • Entrants between the ages of 5-6
  • Entrants between the ages of 7-8
  • Entrants between the ages of 9-12

10 semi-finalists per age category will be selected on the basis of creativity (50%), uniqueness (25%) and detail (25%).

10 finalists, 3 in the 5-6 age category, 3 in the 7-8 age category, and 4 in the 9-12 age category, will be determined by public vote. The three grand-prize winners, one per age category, will be chosen by Joel Glickman, inventor of K'nex, from among the finalists.

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