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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in my first train show.
At one end of the display it was decided to have a kids area where they could
build. There was to be a small loop to run a train. I requested the middle
section of that track for a condensed version of a theme park, because I thought
that the kids would really get a kick out of seeing the rides.
When the park was nearly completed, my kids ask “Are you going to get them
running soon?”
ME? Get them running?? That will mean motors and bushes and gears... OH MY!!
I tell them gently but firmly “The rides are not going to move”... as looks of
disappointment cross their faces, I quickly realise, a fair that doesn’t have
moving rides is just not going to cut it.
So with great amounts of guidance from my oldest son, I reluctantly agree to
motorized the ferris wheel. Surprisingly, once we get that one moving, I get
hooked, and together we work on getting the other 6 rides running.
Never having participated in a train show before this event, and never having to
move my MOC very far the idea of building modular didn’t even enter my head.
Lessons learned...
A cumbersome size MOC with underdeveloped structure holding a top heavy design,
mixed with a 8 hour drive on a major freeway..... I *should* have known that
this can only spell disaster. Well sure enough, by the time I arrived in
Ottawa, the fair had taken quite a beating.
Then in a moment of graceful elegance I drop the rcx resulting it its
programming being wiped clean. Ah brilliant!!
With some help and parts loaned out from other members we quickly put some of
the rides on battery boxes and feed the others from a regulator.
Unfortunately, the rebuild just didn’t have the same integrity the original
design had, mainly because of two reasons. One, I couldn’t really recall
exactly how it supposed to go back together, and two, there is a bit of a time
crunch. Deep down knowing fully that the design is now flawed and very
unstable, I pretend that it’s fine, and run the monorail as it should have run,
only to have it come crashing through the park, wiping out a few other rides
with it as well. Well this is the point where you either pack it in or have a
good laugh, and just shake your head at your own stupidity. Of course, the
laughter begins.
Apparently the fair was doomed from the beginning, because by the end of the
show, when it was oh so carefully carried out to my vehicle it collapse
completely in this grand moment of slow-motion domino effect disaster resulting
in a huge round of laughter.... I must say, I have never seen one of my MOCs die
such a graceful death.
Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a round
of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing theme park.
You guys totally rock!!!
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in my first train show.
At one end of the display it was decided to have a kids area where they could
build. There was to be a small loop to run a train. I requested the middle
section of that track for a condensed version of a theme park, because I
thought that the kids would really get a kick out of seeing the rides.
When the park was nearly completed, my kids ask “Are you going to get them
running soon?”
ME? Get them running?? That will mean motors and bushes and gears... OH MY!!
I tell them gently but firmly “The rides are not going to move”... as looks
of disappointment cross their faces, I quickly realise, a fair that doesn’t
have moving rides is just not going to cut it.
So with great amounts of guidance from my oldest son, I reluctantly agree to
motorized the ferris wheel. Surprisingly, once we get that one moving, I get
hooked, and together we work on getting the other 6 rides running.
Never having participated in a train show before this event, and never having
to move my MOC very far the idea of building modular didn’t even enter my
head.
Lessons learned...
A cumbersome size MOC with underdeveloped structure holding a top heavy
design, mixed with a 8 hour drive on a major freeway..... I *should* have
known that this can only spell disaster. Well sure enough, by the time I
arrived in Ottawa, the fair had taken quite a beating.
Then in a moment of graceful elegance I drop the rcx resulting it its
programming being wiped clean. Ah brilliant!!
With some help and parts loaned out from other members we quickly put some of
the rides on battery boxes and feed the others from a regulator.
Unfortunately, the rebuild just didn’t have the same integrity the original
design had, mainly because of two reasons. One, I couldn’t really recall
exactly how it supposed to go back together, and two, there is a bit of a
time crunch. Deep down knowing fully that the design is now flawed and very
unstable, I pretend that it’s fine, and run the monorail as it should have
run, only to have it come crashing through the park, wiping out a few other
rides with it as well. Well this is the point where you either pack it in or
have a good laugh, and just shake your head at your own stupidity. Of
course, the laughter begins.
Apparently the fair was doomed from the beginning, because by the end of the
show, when it was oh so carefully carried out to my vehicle it collapse
completely in this grand moment of slow-motion domino effect disaster
resulting in a huge round of laughter.... I must say, I have never seen one
of my MOCs die such a graceful death.
Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
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Wow!!! Your stuff is completely awesome!! What a great story. I wish I
could have been there.
I’ve participated in a couple train displays...I think getting everything
together “on-the-fly” is so fun, not that I don’t think there should be a large
measure of organization.
Anyways, thanks for showing off your work. I sure enjoyed looking at the
pics.
Benjamin Medinets
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Benjamin Medinets wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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Wow!!! Your stuff is completely awesome!! What a great story. I wish I
could have been there.
I’ve participated in a couple train displays...I think getting everything
together “on-the-fly” is so fun, not that I don’t think there should be a
large measure of organization.
Anyways, thanks for showing off your work. I sure enjoyed looking at the
pics.
Benjamin Medinets
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Thank you very much Ben.
It was a fun project, from building to total destruction. Easy come easy go.
Janey “Red Brick”
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Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
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You have got to start coming out to rtl events! The MOC is stunning but your
story telling is fantastic!
See you at the Hobby Show :)
Dave K
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, David Koudys wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
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You have got to start coming out to rtl events! The MOC is stunning but your
story telling is fantastic!
See you at the Hobby Show :)
Dave K
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LOL, thanks Dave, looking forward to being at the hobby show but apparently my
theme park will not be making a showing.
Janey “Red Brick”
P.S. I need a place to stay, since I don’t know T.O. at all, can someone give me
a name of a hotel near the venue please. Yeah I know, I could google something
out, but that seems like work.
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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P.S. I need a place to stay, since I don’t know T.O. at all, can someone give
me a name of a hotel near the venue please. Yeah I know, I could google
something out, but that seems like work.
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A bunch have asked this question: Basically neither Chris nor I have
recommendations, never having needed a hotel room in our own city. The only one
I can recommend is the Sheraton/Novotel in the actual airport nestled inside
Terminal 3. Problem is it’s bloody expensive.
But the International Center is along Airport/Dixon, so there’s piles of hotels
there. Like this one:
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/yyzae?irs=null
or that one...
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/yyzia?irs=null
or how about this one?
http://www.daysinn.com/DaysInn/control/Booking/propertyinfo?propertyId=04472&brandInfo=DI
Calum
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Calum Tsang wrote:
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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P.S. I need a place to stay, since I don’t know T.O. at all, can someone
give me a name of a hotel near the venue please. Yeah I know, I could google
something out, but that seems like work.
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A bunch have asked this question: Basically neither Chris nor I have
recommendations, never having needed a hotel room in our own city. The only
one I can recommend is the Sheraton/Novotel in the actual airport nestled
inside Terminal 3. Problem is it’s bloody expensive.
But the International Center is along Airport/Dixon, so there’s piles of
hotels there. Like this one:
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/yyzae?irs=null
or that one...
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/yyzia?irs=null
or how about this one?
http://www.daysinn.com/DaysInn/control/Booking/propertyinfo?propertyId=04472&brandInfo=DI
Calum
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Thanks Calum, that will certainly help.
Janey Red Brick
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in my first train show.
At one end of the display it was decided to have a kids area where they could
build. There was to be a small loop to run a train. I requested the middle
section of that track for a condensed version of a theme park, because I
thought that the kids would really get a kick out of seeing the rides.
When the park was nearly completed, my kids ask “Are you going to get them
running soon?”
ME? Get them running?? That will mean motors and bushes and gears... OH MY!!
I tell them gently but firmly “The rides are not going to move”... as looks
of disappointment cross their faces, I quickly realise, a fair that doesn’t
have moving rides is just not going to cut it.
So with great amounts of guidance from my oldest son, I reluctantly agree to
motorized the ferris wheel. Surprisingly, once we get that one moving, I get
hooked, and together we work on getting the other 6 rides running.
Never having participated in a train show before this event, and never having
to move my MOC very far the idea of building modular didn’t even enter my
head.
Lessons learned...
A cumbersome size MOC with underdeveloped structure holding a top heavy
design, mixed with a 8 hour drive on a major freeway..... I *should* have
known that this can only spell disaster. Well sure enough, by the time I
arrived in Ottawa, the fair had taken quite a beating.
Then in a moment of graceful elegance I drop the rcx resulting it its
programming being wiped clean. Ah brilliant!!
With some help and parts loaned out from other members we quickly put some of
the rides on battery boxes and feed the others from a regulator.
Unfortunately, the rebuild just didn’t have the same integrity the original
design had, mainly because of two reasons. One, I couldn’t really recall
exactly how it supposed to go back together, and two, there is a bit of a
time crunch. Deep down knowing fully that the design is now flawed and very
unstable, I pretend that it’s fine, and run the monorail as it should have
run, only to have it come crashing through the park, wiping out a few other
rides with it as well. Well this is the point where you either pack it in or
have a good laugh, and just shake your head at your own stupidity. Of
course, the laughter begins.
Apparently the fair was doomed from the beginning, because by the end of the
show, when it was oh so carefully carried out to my vehicle it collapse
completely in this grand moment of slow-motion domino effect disaster
resulting in a huge round of laughter.... I must say, I have never seen one
of my MOCs die such a graceful death.
Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
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Hi Janey-
the theme park looks just awesome, I love it! Great use of the pods for the cars
in the ride (a tilt a whirl?). You have a great imagination and an enviable eye
for detail. I am impressed with motorizing the whole thing too. Don’t give up on
the elaborate moving models! The next ones probably won’t self destruct ;)
Cyndi
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Cynthia Bradham wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
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Hi Janey-
the theme park looks just awesome, I love it! Great use of the pods for the
cars in the ride (a tilt a whirl?). You have a great imagination and an
enviable eye for detail. I am impressed with motorizing the whole thing too.
Don’t give up on the elaborate moving models! The next ones probably won’t
self destruct ;)
Cyndi
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Hi Cyndi,
Thank you. The pod ride is supposed to be spinning tea cups, I would guess it is
somewhat inspired by the Mad Hatters ride at Disney. When I first saw the pods,
my first thought was, “theme park” so I just had to run with it. The
tilt-a-whirl is actually around the back behind the bumper cars, using those
“one piece panel train thingys” (yes, I think that is the technical term for
them.)
I am planning a new and improved theme park, this time with a modular design so
transporting isn’t so... umm entertaining, but after those disasters I doubt my
figs will ever get on any ride I build, and truly, can you blame them?
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Cynthia Bradham wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
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Hi Janey-
the theme park looks just awesome, I love it! Great use of the pods for the
cars in the ride (a tilt a whirl?). You have a great imagination and an
enviable eye for detail. I am impressed with motorizing the whole thing too.
Don’t give up on the elaborate moving models! The next ones probably won’t
self destruct ;)
Cyndi
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Hi Cyndi,
Thank you. The pod ride is supposed to be spinning tea cups, I would guess it
is somewhat inspired by the Mad Hatters ride at Disney. When I first saw the
pods, my first thought was, “theme park” so I just had to run with it. The
tilt-a-whirl is actually around the back behind the bumper cars, using those
“one piece panel train thingys” (yes, I think that is the technical term for
them.)
I am planning a new and improved theme park, this time with a modular design
so transporting isn’t so... umm entertaining, but after those disasters I
doubt my figs will ever get on any ride I build, and truly, can you blame
them?
Janey “Red Brick”
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OK, I see the tilt a whirls now, red with the TW sign (I get it). I also see the
tea pot on the tea cup ride, it all makes sense.....All very clever! Your figs
will just have to trust you next time ;) C.
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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Absolutely stunning. Beautiful, exhaustive details! I love the Spongebob.
Sorry to hear about the troubles with the fair as a traveling carnival, but as
my brain is already overloaded by the fact that you built it and everything
works, it would probably start to leak out my ears were I to find out you did
all that and made it modular as well.
Some creations were just meant to stay in one place. I break my Superman model
virtually every time I’m forced to change offices at work.
Keep up the great work!
.Steve
“Attack life, it’s going to kill you anyway!”
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Steven Coallier wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
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Absolutely stunning. Beautiful, exhaustive details! I love the Spongebob.
Sorry to hear about the troubles with the fair as a traveling carnival, but
as my brain is already overloaded by the fact that you built it and
everything works, it would probably start to leak out my ears were I to find
out you did all that and made it modular as well.
Some creations were just meant to stay in one place. I break my Superman
model virtually every time I’m forced to change offices at work.
Keep up the great work!
.Steve
“Attack life, it’s going to kill you anyway!”
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Thanks Steve, I appreciate your kind words, but I must add, the Sponge Bob was
one of those ideas lifted from other ppls creations, in this case Tom Mc Donald.
Janey Red Brick
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
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I totally envisioned doing a fair like this, but even in my imagination the
creations were not half as impressive as your fair. In my opinion the most
creative thing I have seen online in some time.
Bravo!
Scott Costello
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Scott Costello wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
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I totally envisioned doing a fair like this, but even in my imagination the
creations were not half as impressive as your fair. In my opinion the most
creative thing I have seen online in some time.
Bravo!
Scott Costello
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Wow, thanks. It was really fun building it, especially being able to get my son
involved.
Janey “Red Brick”
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I love the games!
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bccook/FunFair/fairgames.jpg
But... Aren’t the hoops supposed to be elliptical? It’s actually possible to
make a basket in your game! :)
Darrell
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Darrell Urbien wrote:
Ah you are right Darrell..... Note to self, on the rebuild make all the games
more corrupt to cover the cost of extra structural materials purchased from
Bricklink to support the “coaster”. Excellent! I doubt those plastic smiling
faces will ever catch on. I love an evil plan.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in my first train show.
At one end of the display it was decided to have a kids area where they could
build. There was to be a small loop to run a train. I requested the middle
section of that track for a condensed version of a theme park, because I
thought that the kids would really get a kick out of seeing the rides.
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condensed? you mean MICRO? (hehe, sorry..I just had to say that...).
I see you managed to get about four train shows worth of stories in your first
show--see, you were overdue! I think that means the next three might be
uneventful...
All kidding aside, looks incredible--I say keep building, don’t go back to
sticking with houses....after all, wasn’t it Edison who said genius is 1%
inspiration, and 99% perspiration? It’s Lego...it falls apart...see, yours took
8 hours of vibration.. I wonder how long a MB one of those would have taken...I
guess 30 seconds...
Just think, Janey, you’re not alone...remember what James Trobaugh’s buildings
looked like after a 12 hour ride to Brickfest? (For those of you that didn’t
see it...well, JT had a few large clear containers that had bricks of the same
colors of his buildings...seems they vibrated loose as well).
You’ll just have to build a better one that can withstand more vibration and
impact for the next show! (that, and maybe take some really good digital pics
so you know how it went together the first time...)
Scott Lyttle
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Scott Lyttle wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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condensed? you mean MICRO? (hehe, sorry..I just had to say that...)
I see you managed to get about four train shows worth of stories in your
first show--see, you were overdue! I think that means the next three might
be uneventful...
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LOL, I hope that is true!
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All kidding aside, looks incredible--I say keep building, don’t go back to
sticking with houses....after all, wasn’t it Edison who said genius is 1%
inspiration, and 99% perspiration? It’s Lego...it falls apart...see, yours
took 8 hours of vibration.. I wonder how long a MB one of those would have
taken...I guess 30 seconds...
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Thanks Scott.
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Just think, Janey, you’re not alone...remember what James Trobaugh’s
buildings looked like after a 12 hour ride to Brickfest? (For those of you
that didn’t see it...well, JT had a few large clear containers that had
bricks of the same colors of his buildings...seems they vibrated loose as
well).
You’ll just have to build a better one that can withstand more vibration and
impact for the next show! (that, and maybe take some really good digital
pics so you know how it went together the first time...)
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Good advice and you are right, I do plan to rebuild but I think I will do a bit
of structural studying before hand, probably hit up a few of my favourite
builders for some good suggestions and get it ready for a new show, I have a few
more rides finished that I couldn’t fit in, maybe the new design will work those
in as well.
Janey “Red Brick”
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Wow Janey VERY cool indeed.Real busy and lots of fun details.Welcome to #1
....the fun of displaying(crowds kids etc) and #2 the lessons we all go through
in displaying for the first time(I myself ended up having to rebuild 3/4 of my
airport during the show) I learned after that mocs/building needed to be ALOT
stronger lol...Again great job!!
Chris
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Chris Leach wrote:
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Wow Janey VERY cool indeed.Real busy and lots of fun details.Welcome to #1
....the fun of displaying(crowds kids etc) and #2 the lessons we all go
through in displaying for the first time(I myself ended up having to rebuild
3/4 of my airport during the show) I learned after that mocs/building needed
to be ALOT stronger lol...Again great job!!
Chris
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Thanks Chris, I really appreciate the kind words, and hopefully I have learned a
lesson or two.
Janey “Red Brick”
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This thing was truly astounding. It was amazing that despite all the problems
Janey still managed to have it all working at various times during the show.
And trust me, when everything was working it was truly a sight to behold. I
hope Tim got some video of it in action.
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A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
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Ah shucks, thanks Janey. Right back at you!
J
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Jason Allemann wrote:
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Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
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This thing was truly astounding. It was amazing that despite all the
problems Janey still managed to have it all working at various times during
the show. And trust me, when everything was working it was truly a sight to
behold. I hope Tim got some video of it in action.
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A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
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Ah shucks, thanks Janey. Right back at you!
J
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Thanks Jas.....
but come on, that doesn’t sound like you!
I need a bit of smack talk to know you really mean it. You automated
co.....errrr WAIT, now that I think about it, I will gladly take the compliment
and move on. Thanks for all your help and the hospitality, truly appreciated.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Jason Allemann wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
> > <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bccook/FunFair/thumb/fair.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
>
> <snip>
> > Janey "(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick"
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> This thing was truly astounding. It was amazing that despite all the
> problems Janey still managed to have it all working at various times during
> the show. And trust me, when everything was working it was truly a sight to
> behold. I hope Tim got some video of it in action.
It was great that you could come to the show Janey and bring some awesome MOC's.
I am still renaming jpg's, but here are the video clips of the amusement park.
First 3 are from day 1 when half of them were not running.
The 4th one is from day 2 when they were all running.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Movies/amusement-park-1.avi
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Movies/amusement-park-2.avi
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Movies/amusement-park-3.avi
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Movies/amusement-park-4.avi
Play well.
Tim Strutt
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Tim Strutt wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Jason Allemann wrote:
> > In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
> > > <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bccook/FunFair/thumb/fair.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
> >
> > <snip>
> > > Janey "(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick"
> >
> > This thing was truly astounding. It was amazing that despite all the
> > problems Janey still managed to have it all working at various times during
> > the show. And trust me, when everything was working it was truly a sight to
> > behold. I hope Tim got some video of it in action.
>
> It was great that you could come to the show Janey and bring some awesome MOC's.
> I am still renaming jpg's, but here are the video clips of the amusement park.
> First 3 are from day 1 when half of them were not running.
> The 4th one is from day 2 when they were all running.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Movies/amusement-park-1.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Movies/amusement-park-2.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Movies/amusement-park-3.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Movies/amusement-park-4.avi
>
> Play well.
>
> Tim Strutt
Oh cool Tim, didnt even realise you took those, thanks for posting them.
Looking forward to seeing the rest of your pics when they are ready.
Janey "Red Brick"
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
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Your ramblings are better than some people’s non-ramblings, Janey. ;-)
Wow - what a cool amusement park you have here! If I were a minifig, I would
love to go to your Lego Fair and I would pay WAAAY more than 5 cents! Good job!
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Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
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Naw - you go right ahead and build anything your little heart desires, ma’am.
Bob
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Bob Parker wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
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Your ramblings are better than some people’s non-ramblings, Janey. ;-)
Wow - what a cool amusement park you have here! If I were a minifig, I would
love to go to your Lego Fair and I would pay WAAAY more than 5 cents! Good
job!
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Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
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Naw - you go right ahead and build anything your little heart desires, ma’am.
Bob
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LOL, thanks Bob. I think for the next show I will raise the price in your
honour, all complaints about inflation will be directly sent to you.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
|
Welcome the the gauntlet. The woes of the Mechanized MOC Builder.
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..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
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The struggle is part of the joy, so I read on!
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This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in my first train show.
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Ahhh, good way to get your feet, nay, MOCs wet.
| |
At one end of the display it was decided to have a kids area where they could
build. There was to be a small loop to run a train. I requested the middle
section of that track for a condensed version of a theme park, because I
thought that the kids would really get a kick out of seeing the rides.
When the park was nearly completed, my kids ask “Are you going to get them
running soon?”
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Ohh noooo, the dreded task then befell you.
| |
ME? Get them running?? That will mean motors and bushes and gears... OH MY!!
I tell them gently but firmly “The rides are not going to move”... as looks
of disappointment cross their faces, I quickly realise, a fair that doesn’t
have moving rides is just not going to cut it.
So with great amounts of guidance from my oldest son, I reluctantly agree to
motorized the ferris wheel. Surprisingly, once we get that one moving, I get
hooked, and together we work on getting the other 6 rides running.
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Hey right on.
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Never having participated in a train show before this event, and never having
to move my MOC very far the idea of building modular didn’t even enter my
head.
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doh!
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Lessons learned...
A cumbersome size MOC with underdeveloped structure holding a top heavy
design, mixed with a 8 hour drive on a major freeway..... I *should* have
known that this can only spell disaster. Well sure enough, by the time I
arrived in Ottawa, the fair had taken quite a beating.
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Been there, done that. Pardon the phrase, but I hear ya.
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Then in a moment of graceful elegance I drop the rcx resulting it its
programming being wiped clean. Ah brilliant!!
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Arrrg.
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With some help and parts loaned out from other members we quickly put some of
the rides on battery boxes and feed the others from a regulator.
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Sweet. AFoL click.
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Unfortunately, the rebuild just didn’t have the same integrity the original
design had, mainly because of two reasons. One, I couldn’t really recall
exactly how it supposed to go back together, and two, there is a bit of a
time crunch. Deep down knowing fully that the design is now flawed and very
unstable, I pretend that it’s fine, and run the monorail as it should have
run, only to have it come crashing through the park, wiping out a few other
rides with it as well. Well this is the point where you either pack it in or
have a good laugh, and just shake your head at your own stupidity. Of
course, the laughter begins.
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This is always a tough thing. Hence my zen state of study before a show.
Just in case!
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Apparently the fair was doomed from the beginning, because by the end of the
show, when it was oh so carefully carried out to my vehicle it collapse
completely in this grand moment of slow-motion domino effect disaster
resulting in a huge round of laughter.... I must say, I have never seen one
of my MOCs die such a graceful death.
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Oh man, no comment.
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Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
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tah, you have many skills. You can build anything you put your mind too.
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A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
|
I must say, the folks from ParLUGment are a talented lot of builders.
Your park has many cool things to look at and you had the guts to motorize it.
Any advice for others that may think motors and gears are to much of a hassle?
I’d like to see more MOCs like this and there are some great ones out there, no
doubt, that have similar functionality.
Nice work.
e
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Eric Sophie wrote:
| |
In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
| |
The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
|
Welcome the the gauntlet. The woes of the Mechanized MOC Builder.
| |
..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
|
The struggle is part of the joy, so I read on!
| |
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in my first train
show.
|
Ahhh, good way to get your feet, nay, MOCs wet.
| |
At one end of the display it was decided to have a kids area where they
could build. There was to be a small loop to run a train. I requested the
middle section of that track for a condensed version of a theme park,
because I thought that the kids would really get a kick out of seeing the
rides.
When the park was nearly completed, my kids ask “Are you going to get them
running soon?”
|
Ohh noooo, the dreded task then befell you.
| |
ME? Get them running?? That will mean motors and bushes and gears... OH MY!!
I tell them gently but firmly “The rides are not going to move”... as looks
of disappointment cross their faces, I quickly realise, a fair that doesn’t
have moving rides is just not going to cut it.
So with great amounts of guidance from my oldest son, I reluctantly agree
to motorized the ferris wheel. Surprisingly, once we get that one moving, I
get hooked, and together we work on getting the other 6 rides running.
|
Hey right on.
| |
Never having participated in a train show before this event, and never
having to move my MOC very far the idea of building modular didn’t even
enter my head.
|
doh!
| |
Lessons learned...
A cumbersome size MOC with underdeveloped structure holding a top heavy
design, mixed with a 8 hour drive on a major freeway..... I *should* have
known that this can only spell disaster. Well sure enough, by the time I
arrived in Ottawa, the fair had taken quite a beating.
|
Been there, done that. Pardon the phrase, but I hear ya.
| |
Then in a moment of graceful elegance I drop the rcx resulting it its
programming being wiped clean. Ah brilliant!!
|
Arrrg.
| |
With some help and parts loaned out from other members we quickly put some
of the rides on battery boxes and feed the others from a regulator.
|
Sweet. AFoL click.
| |
Unfortunately, the rebuild just didn’t have the same integrity the original
design had, mainly because of two reasons. One, I couldn’t really recall
exactly how it supposed to go back together, and two, there is a bit of a
time crunch. Deep down knowing fully that the design is now flawed and very
unstable, I pretend that it’s fine, and run the monorail as it should have
run, only to have it come crashing through the park, wiping out a few other
rides with it as well. Well this is the point where you either pack it in
or have a good laugh, and just shake your head at your own stupidity. Of
course, the laughter begins.
|
This is always a tough thing. Hence my zen state of study before a show.
Just in case!
| |
Apparently the fair was doomed from the beginning, because by the end of the
show, when it was oh so carefully carried out to my vehicle it collapse
completely in this grand moment of slow-motion domino effect disaster
resulting in a huge round of laughter.... I must say, I have never seen one
of my MOCs die such a graceful death.
|
Oh man, no comment.
| |
Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
|
tah, you have many skills. You can build anything you put your mind too.
| |
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
|
I must say, the folks from ParLUGment are a talented lot of builders.
Your park has many cool things to look at and you had the guts to motorize
it. Any advice for others that may think motors and gears are to much of a
hassle? I’d like to see more MOCs like this and there are some great ones out
there, no doubt, that have similar functionality.
Nice work.
e
|
Thanks Eric.... As for the motors and gears, I avoided them as long as possible,
I truly did. A few times I did play around with some gears, I never seemed to be
able to get them to line up the way I wanted them to. Well apparently (as my son
suggested and much to my surprise), a gear box is a wondrous thing. Im sure
there are many ways around not using them, but for a newbie, it solves a lot of
problems.
Most of it is mind set though, I had myself convinced it was just too
complicated, when my son didn’t buy that line anymore, and we got down to
working, it was relatively simple. Of course, we used the most basic of
solutions we could come up with and of course two minds are always better then
one.
If one idea failed we didn’t try to fix, we just moved on to another idea
instead. I think that saves the frustration levels.
I still hold the upmost respect for builders that manage complex mechanical
MOCs.
Janey “Red Brick”
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Most of it is mind set though, I had myself convinced it was just too
complicated, when my son didn’t buy that line anymore, and we got down to
working, it was relatively simple. Of course, we used the most basic of
solutions we could come up with and of course two minds are always better
then one.
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Kids think “outside the box” so often, because many times, they haven’t had
enough experiences to formulate that so called “box”. I could tell you stories
of how kids sometimes outsmart their parents in unique and inventive ways--just
because parents forgot to think like a kid....
(my little brother outsmarted me when I was 17 and he was 4...hint-pick up and
hold the bag of cookies when older brother makes you look at something and he
sneaks a cookie when not looking-I got one cookie..and one only..)
Scott Lyttle
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
(snip)
Great story! Great models. I am delighted to see that your post was the top
rated post on the LUGNET front page yesterday. Clearly lots of other people
think highly of your work as well.
I like the teacup ride best I think.
Note that NELUG has had amusement park rides in their display in the past... not
all of them motorized.
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
(snip)
Great story! Great models. I am delighted to see that your post was the top
rated post on the LUGNET front page yesterday. Clearly lots of other people
think highly of your work as well.
I like the teacup ride best I think.
Note that NELUG has had amusement park rides in their display in the past...
not all of them motorized.
|
Thanks Larry, I appreciated the kinds words, and the tea cups are one of my favs
as well. Hopefully the fair will continue to be improved to include more
details and functions, I’m on a learning curve right now.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
| |
The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
..... if you would rather skip the rambling...... the pics can be found
here
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in my first train show.
At one end of the display it was decided to have a kids area where they could
build. There was to be a small loop to run a train. I requested the middle
section of that track for a condensed version of a theme park, because I
thought that the kids would really get a kick out of seeing the rides.
When the park was nearly completed, my kids ask “Are you going to get them
running soon?”
ME? Get them running?? That will mean motors and bushes and gears... OH MY!!
I tell them gently but firmly “The rides are not going to move”... as looks
of disappointment cross their faces, I quickly realise, a fair that doesn’t
have moving rides is just not going to cut it.
So with great amounts of guidance from my oldest son, I reluctantly agree to
motorized the ferris wheel. Surprisingly, once we get that one moving, I get
hooked, and together we work on getting the other 6 rides running.
Never having participated in a train show before this event, and never having
to move my MOC very far the idea of building modular didn’t even enter my
head.
Lessons learned...
A cumbersome size MOC with underdeveloped structure holding a top heavy
design, mixed with a 8 hour drive on a major freeway..... I *should* have
known that this can only spell disaster. Well sure enough, by the time I
arrived in Ottawa, the fair had taken quite a beating.
Then in a moment of graceful elegance I drop the rcx resulting it its
programming being wiped clean. Ah brilliant!!
With some help and parts loaned out from other members we quickly put some of
the rides on battery boxes and feed the others from a regulator.
Unfortunately, the rebuild just didn’t have the same integrity the original
design had, mainly because of two reasons. One, I couldn’t really recall
exactly how it supposed to go back together, and two, there is a bit of a
time crunch. Deep down knowing fully that the design is now flawed and very
unstable, I pretend that it’s fine, and run the monorail as it should have
run, only to have it come crashing through the park, wiping out a few other
rides with it as well. Well this is the point where you either pack it in or
have a good laugh, and just shake your head at your own stupidity. Of
course, the laughter begins.
Apparently the fair was doomed from the beginning, because by the end of the
show, when it was oh so carefully carried out to my vehicle it collapse
completely in this grand moment of slow-motion domino effect disaster
resulting in a huge round of laughter.... I must say, I have never seen one
of my MOCs die such a graceful death.
Janey “(Apparently I should stick to building houses) Red Brick”
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
|
Janey, by looking at the pics, it seems obvious you don’t care that much about
Minifig security ! No restraining bars in the many attractions, no security
fences around some moving objects that could hurt the dumber minifigs who would
carelessly wander around...
I thought your theme park rocked. It’s sad you couldn’t make it work right
after the transport/crash. I’d have appreciated pics of the final collapsing
though, but I’m sure you didn’t care to take pics at that point.
Well done, Janey. Keep doing something else that houses :-)
Terry
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Terry Prosper wrote:
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Janey, by looking at the pics, it seems obvious you don’t care that much
about Minifig security ! No restraining bars in the many attractions, no
security fences around some moving objects that could hurt the dumber
minifigs who would carelessly wander around...
|
With Matt’s roller coaster at BrickFest PDX, IIRC, a “successful trip” was
counted if the car didn’t come off the tracks. Minifigs being ejected did not
count against the “success” metrics.
Of course, since most of the figs tended to fall out at the apex of the vertical
loop, and thus fell directly into the path of the oncoming train, usually
causing a derailment, some may quibble at that definition.
Besides, the world needs less Timmys...
Note, I hear that Matt’s coaster will be running at NWBrickCon next weekend. I
haven’t decided if I want my sigfig to ride it or not. :-)
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Terry Prosper wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
|
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Janey, by looking at the pics, it seems obvious you don’t care that much
about Minifig security ! No restraining bars in the many attractions, no
security fences around some moving objects that could hurt the dumber
minifigs who would carelessly wander around...
I thought your theme park rocked. It’s sad you couldn’t make it work right
after the transport/crash. I’d have appreciated pics of the final collapsing
though, but I’m sure you didn’t care to take pics at that point.
Well done, Janey. Keep doing something else that houses :-)
Terry
|
Thanks Terry,
Security? Hmmmm what a concept.
I guess I am a glutton for punishment, because I did take a final pic, and for
your viewing pleasure, I just posted it
here.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
| |
Thanks Terry,
Security? Hmmmm what a concept.
I guess I am a glutton for punishment, because I did take a final pic, and
for your viewing pleasure, I just posted it
here.
|
Well on the bright side, since it’s already in bits, you won’t have to feel
guilty when you improve the ride mechanicals and stuff.
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
|
Well, to (possibly) quote Mark Twain: “A man who picks up a cat by the tail
learns something he can learn no other way.” :-)
Still, I say rebuild it! You’ve got great ideas for rides, and I know you got
the bricks. The playability looks awesome.
-Tom McD.
http://www.spamcake.com
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Tom McDonald wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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The trials and tribulations of my latest adventure with one of my MOCs.
|
Well, to (possibly) quote Mark Twain: “A man who picks up a cat by the tail
learns something he can learn no other way.” :-)
Still, I say rebuild it! You’ve got great ideas for rides, and I know you got
the bricks. The playability looks awesome.
-Tom McD.
http://www.spamcake.com
|
Thanks Spammy McCutiePie, oops I mean Tom. Why am I getting a flash back to
1970’s tv..... “We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the
capability to make the world’s first Bionic m... ummm fair. Better than it was
before. Better . . . stronger . . . faster.” Now if I could only get Steve
Austin to rebuild it for me......LOL
Cheers
Janey “Bionic Red Brick”
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In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
| |
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
|
I feel even more sorry for the figs in the centifuge. Seriously, to be sitting
on a swing that was flying in a circle at those speeds, you would have liquified
their brains or something.
You want Smack Talk
It is one thing to get lights and motion in a layout, it is another to have it
work consistently and not need to rebuild every two seconds. Learn to drive
and maybe you won’t destroy your models before you set up. I have my suspicions
that you never had the RCX programmed to begin with. You are probably just a
poser. Get it right next time. We know we rock. Tell us something we don’t
know. Why did we ever let her in the group?!? Guys, our standards are a little
too low these days.
I am outta here,
Jude
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Jude Beaudin wrote:
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Ka-On Lee wrote:
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Jude Beaudin wrote:
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That was sooooo freakin’ funny.
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Ka-On Lee wrote:
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Jude Beaudin wrote:
|
LOL!!!!!!! Oh man, just looking at that makes me crack up again, Jude, you need
serious help, more then the group can give you.
Thanks Ka-on, that made my day!
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Jude Beaudin wrote:
| |
In lugnet.announce.moc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
| |
A moment of silence for the figs that were knock from their seats, and a
round of applause for ParLUGment for putting up with my self-destructing
theme park. You guys totally rock!!!
|
I feel even more sorry for the figs in the centifuge. Seriously, to be
sitting on a swing that was flying in a circle at those speeds, you would
have liquified their brains or something.
You want Smack Talk
It is one thing to get lights and motion in a layout, it is another to have
it work consistently and not need to rebuild every two seconds. Learn to
drive and maybe you won’t destroy your models before you set up. I have my
suspicions that you never had the RCX programmed to begin with. You are
probably just a poser. Get it right next time. We know we rock. Tell us
something we don’t know. Why did we ever let her in the group?!? Guys, our
standards are a little too low these days.
I am outta here,
Jude
|
LOL!!!!!!! Hey Jude, you’re NUMBER One!!!!!
Nothing like leading the pack of smack.
You are right though on two things.... one, I never did program the RCX, my son
did, and two, the standards are low, but I’m afraid that happened way before I
joined..... when was it that you joined??? Wink.
PULL OUT, before it’s too late.
Besides, I may suck at building but you know, that “waitress” was going to go
home with me before she ever went home with you!!!!
Janey “Holy that’s a huge mouth Red Brick”
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