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The BrickCon 2012 Presentation/Session/Activity schedule is being
finalized this weekend before the program goes to press, so if you'd like
to give a talk/moderate a roundtable/run an activity I need a title,
description, and requirements by September 15, this Saturday.
Also due this Saturday are Audio/Visual stuff associated with a
presentation (such as PowerPoint presentations, videos, or projected
images) which need to go to Nicole, our AV master. Contact me for her
e-mail.
Relatedly, the Virtual LEGO Room Tour, hosted by Carlyle Livingston, will
be returning to BrickCon this year.
http://news.lugnet.com/events/nwbrickcon/?n=419
Basically, this will be a roundtable where people bring pictures of their
Lego storage/build/sorting areas and do a show and tell. Since
those are projected images they will also need to be taken and sent to
Nicole by the end of Saturday.
BrickCon is an annual adult Lego fan convention and exhibition in Seattle
since 2002. BrickCon 2012 will be October 4, 5, 6, and 7 at the Seattle
Center Exhibition Hall and Northwest Rooms
http://www.brickcon.org/builders
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Thomas Garrison
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The deadline to submit proposals for sessions at BrickCon 2011 is Wednesday,
September 7. Earlier submissions are better and more likely to be scheduled at
a preferred time (for example, not during the scheduled meal breaks 12-1 and
6-7:30 each day).
Sessions already scheduled include a LEGO Ambassador Q&A, a chat with LEGO
designer Pierre Normandin, drafts (sets 7346 and 4182), a film fest, a Dirty
Brickster, the Wacky Race and many more.
Past sessions that no one has yet expressed an interest in running this year
include the Landscaping Roundtable, the Virtual LEGO Room Tour, packaing MOCs,
and others.
If you would like to run a session at BrickCon this year please send a proposal
to Thomas Garrison as soon as possible. Include a title, a brief description
suitable for inclusion in the program, facilities requirements, and any schedule
limitations.
BrickCon is an annual convention and exhibition for adult fans of LEGO at the
Seattle Center in Seattle,Washington, the first weekend of October. BrickCon
2011 will be September 29--October 2. Registration is limited to 500, 272 of
whom have already registered.
http://afol.brickcon.org/content/whos-attending
The cutoff for brick badges and goody bags is September 15. For more
information, see
http://afol.brickcon.org/
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Thomas Garrison
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BrickCon 2008 Early Registration is now available at
http://www.brickcon.org/register-yourself
at the special Early Registration price (prices go up starting in August).
BrickCon is an annual adult Lego hobbyist convention and exposition in
Seattle.
BrickCon 2008 will be October 3, 4, and 5, with load-in and some events
starting Thursday, October 2.
The venue this year is the Exhibition Hall at Seattle Center
http://www.seattlecenter.com/booking/detail.asp?VE_VenueNum=510
which is in the same general facility as recent years (Seattle Center) but
much larger and has adjoined, dedicated classrooms and other nifty
features.
The schedule of events for BrickCon 2008 has not been finalized but
currently includes reduced public exposition hours (11am--3pm Saturday and
Sunday) and many of our traditional events (a draft, a Dirty Brickster,
speed builds, a blind build, etc., etc.).
For more information, visit
http://www.brickcon.org
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TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
LEGO: CA+++ SW++ GA+c #++++++ LS+++ P+++++ YB77m
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Register now at
http://www.nwbrickcon.org
Sure, you have until September to register, but registering now saves you
money---and you can cross it off your "todo" list right away!
Early Bird Registration offers all the benefits of Advance Registration
with the added benefit that registration is only $38, while Advance
Registration is $44. (On-site registration is $50.)
Early Bird Registration closes May 22, so act fast! On May 23 we will
move to Advance Registration.
NWBrickCon is a convention and exposition for adult fans of LEGO.
Starting in 2002, every October has featured a progressively larger
convention in the Seattle area. NWBrickCon 2007 will be October 5, 6, and
7 in the Seattle Center Pavillion
http://www.seattlecenter.com/booking/detail.asp?VE_VenueNum=590
(with preliminary load-in on October 4).
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
LEGO: CA+++ SW++ GA+c #++++++ LS+++ P+++++ YB77m
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Early Bird Registration for NWBrickCon 2007 is now open through the event
website
http://www.nwbrickcon.org
Shirts, Brick Bazaar Spaces, and the 2007 Commemorative Model are also
now available for pre-order.
Early Bird Registration offers all the benefits of Advance Registration
with the added benefit that registration is only $38, while Advance
Registration is $44. (On-site registration is $50.)
Early Bird Registration closes May 22, so act fast! On May 23 we will
move to Advance Registration.
NWBrickCon is a convention and exposition for adult fans of LEGO.
Starting in 2002, every October has featured a progressively larger
convention in the Seattle area. NWBrickCon 2007 will be October 5, 6, and
7 in the Seattle Center Pavillion
http://www.seattlecenter.com/booking/detail.asp?VE_VenueNum=590
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
LEGO: CA+++ SW++ GA+c #++++++ LS+++ P+++++ YB77m
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NWBrickCon 2007 will be October 4 (load-in), 5, 6, and 7 at the Seattle
Center.
The rooms used in 2006 have been reserved again and planning is underway.
Look for registration information and updates to www.nwbrickcon.org as we
get closer to the event.
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
LEGO: CA+++ SW++ GA+c #++++++ LS+++ P+++++ YB77m
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Anyone been to the Lego stores in San Mateo and Santa Clara recently?
Is there anything good in PaB? Or on the shelves, that I can't think of? Or any
good deals?
I'm thinking about making a trip there this weekend, but don't want to waste the
time and gas if there is nothing good.
Steve
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SCLTC returns to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum for club’s fourth
annual winter show starting the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and running through
Saturday January 14, 2006.
The show will feature:
- A double tracked under and over cloverleaf
- Over 840 inches of double tracked bridges
- All DCC operation
- Two reversing loops
- Town and country structures
The display is open during museum hours Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 AM to
4:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM beginning on November
22 and running through January 14, 2006. Admission to the museum is $5.00 for
adults and free for children under 15.
The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the premier model railroad museum in the
United States. It features a variety of popular model railroad gauges and has
been a fixture in Balboa Park for over 25 years. See www.sdmrm.org for more information about the museum.
The Southern California LEGO Train Club is largest and oldest LEGO train club in
the Pacific Southwest. See www.scltc.org for more
information about SCLTC.
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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Members of the Southern California LEGO Train Club (SCLTC) will display a
large cityscape at LEGOLAND California on Friday November 12, 2005 during the
finals of the 2005 Brick to the Future Contest. The contest is cosponsored by
The LEGO Company and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
SCLTC members will provide a high rise downtown segment that includes the SCLTC
Building, Crystal Towers Hotel with 8 working elevators, and two Interrail
Stations. The last public display of the smaller Interrail Station at BrickFest
in Arlington Virigina earlier this year coincidentally marked the occasion of
the other building competion cosponsored by TLC and the NTFHP.
SLCTC founding members Thomas Michon, a two-time US national and world LEGO
champion, and David Michon, a US national and current LEGO world champion, will
serve as judges along with Tim Petsche, a master model maker from LEGOLAND
California, Michael McNally, the Senior Brand Rlations Manager from LEGO Systems
Incorporated, and Miriam Lennett from the National Trust for Historic
Preervation.
The SCLTC models will be on display during park operation hours.
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Oops! Make that August 28th, not July 28th. My bad.
In lugnet.org.us.sandlug, Mathew Clayson wrote:
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Bill Vollbrecht mwv1970@juno.com!StopSpam! has agreed to host a meeting at
his place in Oceanside, just North of Carlsbad. We’ll meet at 2PM on the
28th. I’ll talk to Bill, and post directions to the side board ASAP. Maybe
we’ll have a postluck.
I’ll likely stop by LL on my way up. And I welcome carpoolers.
Plan to bring any new MOCs, I’ll have my minifig scale Mearsk Sealand, and a
couple of train MOCs.
Mat
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In lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, James Trobaugh wrote:
> You can find pictures of most of the store fronts on the LEGO.com site using
> the store locator. Of course these pictures are property of LEGO.com but if
> you asked nicely they might let you use them for your site....never hurts to
> ask.
(Breezes through Lego's pictures http://www.lego.com/legostores/Default.asp?x=x)
Huh, what's the deal with Illinois? They've got "Woodfield, IL" and "Schaumburg,
IL" as two different stores, despite the fact that they point to the same store!
(Woodfield looks like it immediately bounces you to the Schaumburg page).
Interestingly, it doesn't look like they've updated the store locator with the
new stores yet (have they added any other new ones?). I notice that MA's new
Natick store isn't represented-- I think it's been around for... uh... almost a
month and a half now?
DaveE
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The Southern California LEGO Train Club’s first ever run at the at 2005
Orange County Fair begins today. SCLTC is providing four separate attractions
consisting of two displays and two building events:
- A train layout
- A flag building record attempt event
- An ISD building record attempt event
- A static display
The train layout is the club’s largest any measure: footprint, table area,
track length, and bricks! It features many of SCLTC’s most popular
constructions, including the Art Deco Building, SCLTC Building, 384 stud long
cable-stayed bridge, arch bridge, causeway, auto show room, farm, two inter-rail
stations, automated light rail system, and many others. New attractions include
a mountain top observatory, electronic sign, ocean front including cargo port,
undersea view, and monorail, a skyscraper from our professional architect, cows
run amok in the flower fields, and many more creations. Operation is 100% DCC
with multiple automated reversing loops.
The flag building event begins at 10:00 on Friday July 15 and will attempt to
set a Guinness World Records sanctioned record for the largest free standing
United States flag built entirely of LEGO bricks. The flag will measure over 6
feet high and 12 feet long and contain approximately 200,000 bricks. Visitors
are invited to help with construction.
The ISD building event will attempt to set a new speed mark for constructing a
LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer starting from a sealed box and using a team of no
more than 10 builders. Construction is scheduled for Saturday July 23.
The static display supports the 2005 fair theme, It’s Calling You Out to
Play, and includes the Carousel from the 1998 Ultimate LEGO Creation Contest
and the SCLTC display cart.
The Orange County Fair runs from July 8 through July 31 (closed Mondays) and is
open 12:00 noon to 23:00 Tuesday through Thursday and 10:00 through 00:00
midnight Friday through Sunday.
For more information, see www.scltc.org.
- Ted Michon
SCLTC
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SCLTC will manage the construction of the world’s largest United States flag
made entirely of LEGO bricks at the 2005 Orange County Fair. Members of the
public are invited to participate in this record breaking attempt to create a
flag 12 feet long and over 6 feet high using approximately 200,000 LEGO bricks!
After consulting both with officials at LEGO Public Relations in Enfield, CT and
Jacob McKee, the LEGO Global Community Relations Specialist, SCLTC confirmed
that a flag this size would indeed be a record setter. SCLTC has applied to
Guinness World Records to officially sanction the record breaking attempt and
has received all the necessary documents to certify the application.
Construction gets underway Friday July 15 and will continue through the
weekend.
From a post to www.scltc.org
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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Hi-
SCLTC is up to something big. We will post a hint daily. You are invited to
guess what we are doing. If, by chance, you know what we’re doing, then it
would not be a guess for you to respond here.
Have fun!
-Ted Michon
SCLTC
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The ever popular Brick Bazaar is comming to NWBrickCon in Seattle this year.
Now is the time to sign up to reserve a table to sell your stuff!
Hours for the bazaar are more limited than in the past to concentrate sales and
to give bazaar participants a chance to participate in the many other exciting
events at NWBrickCon. The Bazaar will be open the following tenative hours:
Friday 10/29 - 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Saturday 10/30 - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Sunday 10/31 - 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Please note that there will be no public hours for the Brick Bazaar at this
event.
You will need to be registered to attend the NWBrickCon. The additional only
fee is to please contribute something for a door prize (requested minimum value
of $10).
To register for NWBrickCon go to www.nwbrickcon.org. If you plan to participate
in BrickFest please email me at brickbazaar@nwbrickcon.org and let me know by no
later than 10/22/04 to reserve your table space.
-Matt Chiles :)
NWBrickCon Brick Bazaar Coordinator
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In lugnet.loc.us.ca, Tim Strutt wrote:
> Also, thank you to BayLUG who arranged a meeting so I could attend.
> It was great to meet you guys. I wish the Valley Fair location had been
> open before I left. I see Russell has a picture of the Valley Fair promo
> brick posted, so does that mean they are open now?
The Valley Fair store is still not open, but the one in Hillsdale Mall is, and
both stores are using the same brick.
Russell
BayLUG/BayLTC
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In lugnet.loc.us.ca, Tim Strutt wrote:
> I am going to Northern California for training from July 26-August 13, and
> would love to meet up with some AFOL's if there are any meetings or shows
> going on in that timeframe. I'm not sure what my weekday hours will look
> like for training, but I'll be staying in Newark, and could probably arrange
> a vehicle to get to a meeting in the Bay Area some evening or weekend.
>
> Also, are there any Pick-A-Brick locations or good LEGO shopping locations
> in Northern California?
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> I also hope to make it to LEGOLAND California for one of the weekends in
> that timeframe, July 31-Aug 1 or Aug 7-Aug 8. Anybody else planning to be
> there either of those weekends?
>
> Play well.
>
> Tim Strutt
> ParLUGment
Well, I made it to LEGOLAND California. It was great. I took about 550
photos and have now posted over 530 of them to Brickshelf.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/Display/
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/LLCA-Shopping/
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/Merchandise/
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/Miniland/
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/Misc/
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/Model-Shop/
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/Sculptures/
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/LEGOLAND/Volvo/
The main folder is not public because I have been deleting pictures as I
moved them into the seperate folders. All the sub-folders are public.
A BIG thanks to Mathew Clayson who met me at LLCA. It was great to meet
you and have a guided tour.
And Pick-A-Brick was awesome. I ruined PAB for myself though by starting
at LEGOLAND and going to a LEGO Store after. Everything else pales in
comparison to LEGOLAND PAB. I spent well over $100US at PAB alone. And I
would have spent more if I hadn't been taking pictures of Miniland until
closing. I wish I'd bought my 512M card before my visit, since I had to
go out to my car and download 5 full 128M cards of photos to the laptop
through the day.
Also, thank you to BayLUG who arranged a meeting so I could attend.
It was great to meet you guys. I wish the Valley Fair location had been
open before I left. I see Russell has a picture of the Valley Fair promo
brick posted, so does that mean they are open now?
Thanks again to all. Play well.
Tim Strutt
ParLUGment
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Courtesy of Google News Alerts:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040824005456&newsLang=en
LEGO Systems, Inc., the Americas division of one of the world’s best-known toy
brands, prepares to open three new LEGO(R) brand retail stores in the San
Francisco Bay Area. The growth will bring the total number of LEGO Stores in
California to six, with three existing locations in Anaheim, Glendale and at
LEGOLAND(R) California in Carlsbad. The new LEGO Stores set the standard in
kid-chic display design and consumer-friendly interactive areas.
See the link for the full article.
-Rob.
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Hi everyone -
If you were at BrickFest, you likely heard me introduce the
L PRIZE at Saturday night’s session. I’d like to give
you some info on how you can help make this happen. (see [1] for more info on
L PRIZE)
Approaching SIGGRAPH, nVidia had already pledged major support to make L PRIZE
a reality [2]. At SIGGRAPH we saw a lot of success and have walked away with
several very enthusiastic potential sponsors. This week, I’m following up with
about ten companies - some of which want to offer some rather significant
support.
If you have just a half-hour to an hour a night, or a few hours to spare on a
weekend, you can contribute to L PRIZE’s success. If you’re looking for an
opportunity to get involved in a cool community project, meet new people, hone
your skills, and give something back, please consider becoming a part of the L
PRIZE.
Here’s what I need right now (in order of priority):
- Bay Area Events Coordinator - someone local to coordinate our launch event in Santa Clara, Fall 2004.
- Copywriter - write web copy, news articles, and press releases.
- PR/Marketing Coordinator - design, schedule, and execute marketing campaigns to fall in line with the L PRIZE launch and promotional schedule
- Assistant Coordinator - someone to help me coordinate logistics and scheduling among the volunteer team
- Evangelism Coordinator - L PRIZE has many individual and corporate supporters in the industry - I need someone to develop tools for these people to most effectively spread the word about L PRIZE
- LA Area Events Coordinator
By helping out in any one of these above areas, you’ll be contributing
tremendously to L PRIZE’s success. You’ll also expand your horizons by seeing
some really cool things, meeting some really cool people, and growing the hobby
while at the same time gaining personal opportunities you didn’t have before.
Please contact me at director@lprize.com if you are interested. From there, I’ll
email you some questions and we’ll set up a phone call to talk more.
Thanks!
-Tim
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[1] About the L PRIZE:
The L PRIZE is a $20,000 valued prize to energize the internet programming
community to develop powerful, low cost, easy to use 3D computer graphics
modeling applications for use by people of all ages (8 to 80).
The L PRIZE competition builds on the work of many volunteer developers who have
spent years developing a simple yet versatile LEGO CAD system. Through open
competition, the L PRIZE aims to take these great 3D tools, fuse them with
industry knowledge and bring them within everyone’s grasp.
The L PRIZE will accomplish its goals by:
Stimulating the development of the next generation of 3D LEGO® modeling tools
and applications that are fun, educational, powerful, and easy to use.
Creating a progressive development environment by energizing programmers of all
backgrounds to work towards revolutionary advances in available LEGO CAD tools.
Empowering people of all skill levels to be creative, learn, and grow—on their
own terms—by providing them the tools to tap their natural creative potential.
[2] Other organizations already sponsoring include:
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In lugnet.loc.us.ca, Scott Lyttle wrote:
> > > By the way, BayLUG members, are there any PAB's in Northern California?
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> > Not yet. There are two stores opening in the first half of August, one in
> > San Mateo and one in San Jose/Santa Clara.
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> Well, if ya put 2 and 2 together... now ya know what I'm gonna be in town for
> this weekend....
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> Scott Lyttle
Then you have to come see me at work!
Aaron
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