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Re: Getting your MOC's to shows?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:45:08 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Dave Sterling wrote:
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Yeah, you have been kinda quiet lately. I was wondering where you
disappeared to. :-) Dinner in La Crosse sounds great. Did you guys make it
to “The Depot” last year for BBQ? If you like BBQ it’s awesome.
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We always skip that, and hang out together as a group (with the GMLTC usually)
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First off, when you say “MINI”, are you talking about a Mini Cooper or a
minivan? Because what you bring to shows is completely dictated by what
will fit in your vehicle.
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MINI Cooper. We COULD bring our monster van...but it’s a pain on long trips.
We’re still undecided as to which we’re bringing. I guess it will depend on
how much stuff we want to show and how much more stuff we intend to bring
back. :-)
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Another thing that REALLY helped us were “dry runs”. We used LaCrosse as a
dry run show for the NMRA show in Cincinnati. If you are thinking about
transporting a layout to Chicago, consider contacting the LaCrosse show to
show there first, as a sort of dry run.
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Yeah, a dry run would be awesome. I’d love to do La Crosse this year as it’s
in our backyard. Do you have any contact information for that show? Or any
advice on how to get in? I can’t find any contact information online. Also,
I heard rumors last year that they were going to limit the LEGO Train
participation because some of the “old timer” model train guys were getting
grumpy about the AFoLs getting all the attention from the kids and media. Of
course this rumor came from an “old timer” as well. We’ll see.
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I’ll get it to you (contact info) via email. The flyer did say that they were
restricting new participants, but you never know. It would be best to contact
the person in charge personally (he’s in LaCrescent)
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As far as flying goes, I’ve never brought more than just a container of MOCs
that I carried onto the plane for an event. It’s just not worth trying to
bring a lot via air in my mind. I just suck it up and enjoy the MOCs of the
locals:-)
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Yeah, I think we’ll probably go this route. I might do a few Vigs. or
something like that. Maybe bring a couple train engines or cars to show. I
think we’re planning to do more volunteer stuff at that show versus actually
exhibiting. The distance is just too great to safely bring everything. Maybe
we’ll drive there in 2008. :-)
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Sound like a good plan. TTYL
JOHN
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