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In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Nelson Yrizarry wrote:
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On Nov. 30, 2008, the members of LEAHI gathered to create LEGO ornaments for
a Christmas tree to be displayed at Punahou School for the holiday season. We
werent expecting two trees, but we spent some additional time just building
and having fun.
This was a very fun group activity that any LUG can do. Everything on the
tree, except for the lights, are made from LEGO elements - the ornaments, the
toppers, the garland, and the presents - are all made of LEGO.
A very Merry Christmas to all from the members of LEAHI - the LEGO Enthusiasts Association of Hawaii.
Big Daddy Nelson
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It sure was fun! We were limited by the parts on hand at a school Lego
robotics lab, so we had to be a lot more creative using the limited range of
parts and colors. I think the more abstract ornaments, especially using gears,
wheels, and technic parts are pretty cool.
Roy
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On Nov. 30, 2008, the members of LEAHI gathered to create LEGO ornaments for a
Christmas tree to be displayed at Punahou School for the holiday season. We
werent expecting two trees, but we spent some additional time just building and
having fun.
This was a very fun group activity that any LUG can do. Everything on the tree,
except for the lights, are made from LEGO elements - the ornaments, the toppers,
the garland, and the presents - are all made of LEGO.
A very Merry Christmas to all from the members of LEAHI -
the LEGO Enthusiasts Association of Hawaii.
Big Daddy Nelson
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Thats no small display!!! Wow, what a great idea! Very cool! You have a great
imagination.
My JFLL Team went to the FLL State Tournament too, we studied Nano Technology
also. I wish I would have done something that cool!
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Our LUG, LEAHI, put on a
small display at the
2006 Hawaii FLL Tournament this past weekend (Dec. 2, 2006) at the University of
Hawaii at Manoas Campus Center. We had a lot of fun, and impressed a lot of
children and adults with our various MOCs.
Since the FLL theme this year was Nanotechnology, we came up with the idea of
nano-scale (well, maybe microscale) minifigs and robots working inside of a
human blood vessel. Together, we formed a 5-foot long MOC called Capillary
Action:
Of course, what would a display be without a Town? Since it is the Holiday
season, we came up with a cool idea for something we named The Christmas
Parade:
And, of course there were many other brand-new MOCs made for this display, such
as Patricks Legcutus of Borg and Warp Zone, and a whole bunch of others,
which you will probably see in some upcoming posts:
Aloha!
Big Daddy Nelson
www.leahi.org
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In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Ross Crawford wrote:
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I believe neither Dan Jezek (Bricklink admin) nor Jin Wong reside in Hawaii
any more, but I could be wrong.
ROSCO
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I believe you are right, Ross, but Id still like to hear from them anyways...
(it would be nice to see what theyve been up to.) Thanks! :)
Big Daddy Nelson
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In lugnet.general, Nelson Yrizarry wrote:
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- Tamotsu Maruyama (306)
- Joel Lucero dela Cruz (453)
- Dan Jezek (454)
- Ester Gamache (870)
- Vanya deJung (990)
- Joanna Hicks (1226)
- Aaron Dengler (2011)
- Jin Wong (2131)
- Chris Weller (2450)
- Patrick Yrizarry (2496)
- Nelson Yrizarry (2497)
- Jessi Van Swae (2527)
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I believe neither Dan Jezek (Bricklink admin) nor Jin Wong reside in Hawaii any
more, but I could be wrong.
ROSCO
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Aloha!
This newsgroup seems to be quite inactive and without any posts in the past few
years, so I thought Id make one. (Actually, I wanted to make a post a long time
ago, but forgot about this newsgroup.) Auwe!
Anyway, I just wanted to mention a couple of things:
(1) Hawaii AFOLs are alive and well! And... we know that there are more
AFOLs out there (after all, someones buying up all the clearance sets!)
(2) Currently, there are a dozen LUGNET members who have listed Hawaii as their
location. Here is a complete list (w/LUGNET member #s):
- Tamotsu Maruyama (306)
- Joel Lucero dela Cruz (453)
- Dan Jezek (454)
- Ester Gamache (870)
- Vanya deJung (990)
- Joanna Hicks (1226)
- Aaron Dengler (2011)
- Jin Wong (2131)
- Chris Weller (2450)
- Patrick Yrizarry (2496)
- Nelson Yrizarry (2497)
- Jessi Van Swae (2527)
I know Aaron and, of course, Patrick. Many of the other members do not seem to post here on LUGNET, or on other LEGO forums. Also, many of the above Members did not include an email address in their profiles (or have an invalid address now), so I hope that they will see this post. I would like to find out if these LUGNET members are still AFOLs, and also if they still live in Hawaii, as we move forward in growing the LEGO community locally.
(3) And, here is an open invitation to everyone else reading this:
If you reside in Hawaii, or if you are an AFOL who just moved to Hawaii,
please let us know!! We would be glad to meet you and have you become involved
in our LUG.
Feel free to reply to this thread... or you can email me at brickdaddy at gmail
dot com
(And, for you Kamaainas: A translation on the above, in Pidgin):
Aloha! We like meet all da LEGO fans who stay in Hawaii, so if you know
somebody li dat, but they no like post stuff on Lugnet or da kine, cause dey
shame - you know, da buggah who stay live by you wit all da LEGO stuff inside
his house - just tell em, Hey, brah - No be skedd! and have dem email me, ok?
Tanks eh, brah!!
I hope to hear from you soon. (btw, Hea inoa translates roughly to roll
call in Hawaiian.)
Mahalo nui loa!
Big Daddy Nelson Yrizarry
LUGNET Member # 2497
(Soon to be official) Cycle 4 LEGO Ambassador
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In lugnet.general, Pedro Silva writes:
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> Pedro
Thanks, Pedro!
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In lugnet.general, Jordan D. Greer writes:
> Thanks for cross-posting the message for me, Jude. Not surprisingly, I was
> not aware of the fact that Hawaii has its own (albeit dead) newsgroup.
> Thanks for the list, James. By the way, James, do you have to be registered
> to search the members' list?
Hi Jordan,
You can search for the members even without being registered as one. The way
I usually do it from the front page is:
#1- Click any "new member"
#2- On top of the page displayed (where it says "People/Members/#", choose
"Members".
#3- Multiple search options appear. Choose as you prefer (I suggest "By
country", since US users are listed for each state individually)
There are other ways to accomplish this, I just use this one 'cause I'm used
to it.
Good luck contacting those Hawaiian AFOLs! :-)
Pedro
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Thanks for cross-posting the message for me, Jude. Not surprisingly, I was
not aware of the fact that Hawaii has its own (albeit dead) newsgroup.
Thanks for the list, James. By the way, James, do you have to be registered
to search the members' list? I would presume so, since there's no link on
the main page. However, ya' never know. After all, the Cool Lego Site of the
Week disappeared for about 6 months.
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In lugnet.general, Jude Beaudin writes:
> In lugnet.general, Jordan D. Greer writes:
> > If there are, perhaps we could start a Lego club. Finding fellow Lego fans
> > in this state is rather difficult.
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> Jordan,
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> I live in Canada, sorry. But I am going to cross post your message to .loc.us.hi
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> Regrettably there is very little activity there but there might be a chance
> at attracting more attention of the people (there are a few) that you want
> to get a hold of.
>
> Good luck on finding and hooking up with more FOLs.
There's six Lugnet members registered from Hawaii:
Tamotsu Maruyama (306)
Joel Lucero dela Cruz (453)
Dan Jezek (454)
Ester Gamache (870)
Vanya deJung (990)
Joanna Hicks (1226)
HTH
James (also Canadian)
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In lugnet.general, Jordan D. Greer writes:
> If there are, perhaps we could start a Lego club. Finding fellow Lego fans
> in this state is rather difficult.
Jordan,
I live in Canada, sorry. But I am going to cross post your message to .loc.us.hi
Regrettably there is very little activity there but there might be a chance
at attracting more attention of the people (there are a few) that you want
to get a hold of.
Good luck on finding and hooking up with more FOLs.
Jude
X-post to .loc.us.hi
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Hello,
I was recently in Hilo, after some time on Maui. I didn't check out LUGNET
before travelling or I might have been able to say Hi. Where are you exactly?
My wife made me promise we could go back next year. I got a lot of building
ideas there...
-Erik (in New York)
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In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Jesse and Valarie Long writes:
> Kev--
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> I think I am the Hawaii LUG.
Hmmm, I thought I was the only Hawaii LUG ;-) Maybe we could form one?
> Lego fans are a bit scarce (or at least quiet)
> around here, and with the exception of some guy on the other side of the
> island who scours the flea markets for cheap Lego he can resell on Ebay, I
> don't know of anyone else on the island into Lego.
There are at least 2 people that I met but none as far as I know are
die-hard AFOLs.
> I used to love castle, but it got so simplified that I lost interest. I'm
> still ticked that they switched to single-piece horses and wall segments.
> Right now I focus on Star Wars Lego and the U.S. soccer sets.
Same here. Loved castle ever since I could walk but then lost interest at
the time Ninja and Knight's Kingdom came out. IMHO single piece horses,
minifigs and single-piece castle walls are OK. Castle walls COULD be made
out of a 1x3 arch and a couple 1x2 and 1x3 bricks, it's as much of a POOP as
any I guess. Castle wall corners are great though.
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Kev--
I think I am the Hawaii LUG. Lego fans are a bit scarce (or at least quiet)
around here, and with the exception of some guy on the other side of the
island who scours the flea markets for cheap Lego he can resell on Ebay, I
don't know of anyone else on the island into Lego. I've lived in Hawaii
since the fall of '97, so I know a few places you might want to see. Are
you into any water sports? Hiking? Sight-seeing? If you surf or dive
you're all set. I can provide more details later.
I used to love castle, but it got so simplified that I lost interest. I'm
still ticked that they switched to single-piece horses and wall segments.
Right now I focus on Star Wars Lego and the U.S. soccer sets. When I was in
grad school I spent a lot of time on Lugnet, but since I've graduated and
got a job I haven't had a whole lot of time. This is my first post in a
long time...
Later,
Jesse
Kev...: ) <MrBunny01@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GAF0rr.GpC@lugnet.com...
> G'day....
> My name is Kevin, Í normally post in the Aust section and I'm a big castle fan.
> My wife and I are thinking of spending Xmas and New Years in Hawaii....
> Can anyone help us in the where's and what to do there type of thingys???
> And do you have a Lego Users Group there?
>
> Kev...: )
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G'day....
My name is Kevin, Í normally post in the Aust section and I'm a big castle fan.
My wife and I are thinking of spending Xmas and New Years in Hawaii....
Can anyone help us in the where's and what to do there type of thingys???
And do you have a Lego Users Group there?
Kev...: )
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Anyone found a Shell on Oahu that has the Ferrari still?
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Moiliili, Near the University, Oahu.
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In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Kela Akira Kitkowski writes:
> Wow, didn't know this part of Lugnet existed.
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> Hey, can we have a locale check? Upcountry Maui here.
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> In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Dan Jezek writes:
> > That is a very comforting thought.
> >
> > In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Rogelio Garingo writes:
> > > You're not alone now.
> > >
> > > In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Dan Jezek writes:
> > > > Am I the only AFOL currently located in Hawaii?
> > > >
> > > > Dan
Honolulu Here!!!!
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Wow, didn't know this part of Lugnet existed.
Hey, can we have a locale check? Upcountry Maui here.
In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Dan Jezek writes:
> That is a very comforting thought.
>
> In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Rogelio Garingo writes:
> > You're not alone now.
> >
> > In lugnet.loc.us.hi, Dan Jezek writes:
> > > Am I the only AFOL currently located in Hawaii?
> > >
> > > Dan
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