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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:40:19 GMT
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This is a friendly reminder that Chicago House of Bricks is rapidly approaching.
Come join us May 12-14 in Downer’s Grove, Illinois! Please be sure to register
soon if you plan to attend.
Visit our website for more
information.
We hope to see you there!
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House of Bricks, 2006!
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Chicago House of Bricks will once again be held in conjunction with To Be
Continued! A fine cut of LEGO will be served with savory science-fiction,
buttered fantasy, and field-fresh gaming. But the ‘piece de resistance’ will
be the fun camaraderie had by all. Come join us May 12-14 in Downer’s Grove,
Illinois!
2BeCONtinued brings together fans from all domains. Last years attendees
mingled with celebrities, comedians, pirates, artists, and more. This year
looks to be just as exciting. Though HoB is held in conjunction with a science
fiction convention, all themes are invited to attend (the train layout was a
crowd favorite last year).
Visit our website for more
information.
We hope to see you there!
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House of Bricks (May 12 -14, 2006) is Coming Up!
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lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.ky
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I’m very happy to announce that registration for Chicago House of Bricks at To
Be CONtinued 5: Legends is now online. Prices and information for registration
can be accessed here.
Registration is not exclusive to House of Bricks and will allow attendees access
to all areas of the convention. To Be CONtinued 5: Legends is being held at the
Doubletree Guest Suites and Conference Center in Downers Grove, which can be
seen here.
For Dealer information, please click on the Dealers link on the sidebar.
What’s really neat is that the Guest of Honor of this convention is
Weta Workshop, the effects facility that was
responsible for the visual effects to all of the Lord of the Rings movies and
King Kong.
Currently, plans are for a Great Ball Contraption and sci-fi models. Attendees
are encouraged to bring models that tie into the movies mentioned above, as
there is a nice SPACE to fill!
If you have questions or comments, please post them to
lugnet.events.houseofbricks, as others may have similar questions. Questions can
also be sent to HoB@2BeCONtinued.com which will forward to me as well as other
members of the ToBeCONtinued staff. Please refer to the following list of event
coordinators for any specific question.
Joe Meno
Chicago House of Bricks Coordinator
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A couple of years ago at the Odyssey of the Mind competition in Knoxville,
TN several AFOL's got together one evening. Both Steve Bliss and I will be
at Ames the last week in May for this years competition.
This is an ALL CALL for AFOL's that will be in the area, either with a team,
on business, you live there or just want to meet Steve or me. Date, time
and place are still to be determined but it will probably be at a resturant,
probably later in the week (Wed. - Fri.), 7:30 or 8ish on.
Matthew Greene
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Well, it's all said and done, and I'm now officially employed. I'll be
working in the Drafting Dept. at American Athletic Industries
(www.americanathletic.com) in Jefferson, IA. Got my apartment secured
today; gonna move next week/weekend. I start at AAI on the 15th.
Now all I have to worry about is getting a phone, changing my address, etc.
And I hope I can get 'net access ASAP. I might have to go w/out LUGNET for
awhile... 8^o
Drinks all around!
-Chris
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Hi all,
Stopped by the Knoxville Walmart this morning. I have a bit of a story to
tell...
I've been watching a pile of MTT's ever since Walmart started clearancing
things. Until today, none of them moved. They were priced at $30. I
walked in this morning to check on them, and the toy section people were
putting all the clearance items on rolling racks. I asked what they were
going to do with them (for fear they were sending them back to a warehouse
or something), and found out that in 5 minutes, they would be clearancing
everything even further.
After wading thru a slew of "clearance moms", I got my hands on:
3 MTT's for $15.
1 Watto's Junkyard for $15.
1 Excavation Searcher for $15.
1 T-Rex Transport for $15.
So if any of you local fellas want to give it a try, there was still several
MTT's, a whole ton of soccer stuff, Adventurers Dino sets, and some other
goodies. For those who don't know, Walmart is just off 92/5 on 14.
-Chris
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"Xcalabur" <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:Go33xn.8EA@lugnet.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Watching my local news this morning (WHOTV, Channel 13 for you local guys)
> and saw a bit on 6th grade students from around the state going to ISU in
> Ames and competing in a Mindstorms competition. Each team had to build
> robots to accomplish certain tasks, such as dumping bricks into • containers,
> shooting baskets, and rescuing "scientists" (Arctic figs).
>
> -Chris
Sounds like the latest FLL (First Lego League) competition - Arctic Impact:
http://www.firstlegoleague.org/
-Rob.
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Hi all,
Watching my local news this morning (WHOTV, Channel 13 for you local guys)
and saw a bit on 6th grade students from around the state going to ISU in
Ames and competing in a Mindstorms competition. Each team had to build
robots to accomplish certain tasks, such as dumping bricks into containers,
shooting baskets, and rescuing "scientists" (Arctic figs).
-Chris
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My local ShopKo (Burlington, IA) has the soccer bus marked down to
$3 each. I bought five. :-)
You may want to check a store near you.
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Richard Wright writes:
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> Howdy,
>
> ...On recent trips to Oakland California, Albany Oregon and here in Boise • Idaho,
> I spotted the kits at Shell stations.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Richard
Thanks!
I'm glad to hear they haven't vanished yet. I used to live in Corvallis, a few
minutes from Albany, but unfortunately it's about 2000 miles from me here in
Southeastern Iowa.
Brian
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Bryan Kinkel writes:
> Brian,
> These have not been made available yet in the midwest or east coast areas
> yet. For more information check out the threads in the lugnet.promo
> newsgroup.
>
> Bryan
I had been watching that group and hadn't heard them mentioned lately, which is
why I asked. I seem to recall some people spotting them in Michigan, which is
Midwestern-ish, but even further away from me than the Quad Cities. :-)
Brian
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Howdy,
...On recent trips to Oakland California, Albany Oregon and here in Boise Idaho,
I spotted the kits at Shell stations.
Hope that helps!
Richard
Brian Bacher wrote:
Are they still around anywhere? I'm specifically looking for the "Quick-Stop"
> type sets, 1252-1256 in the lugnet database.
> Link:
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1252-1256
>
> I'd rather not make a wasted trip if I don't have to. :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brian
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Brian,
These have not been made available yet in the midwest or east coast areas
yet. For more information check out the threads in the lugnet.promo
newsgroup.
Bryan
"Brian Bacher" <aethereal@lisco.com> wrote in message
news:G6yyo0.AC4@lugnet.com...
>
> Does anyone know if the Shell promo sets are available at any of the Shell
> stations in the Quad cities area? Or at the Galesburg, IL station that
> shell.com lists?
>
> Are they still around anywhere? I'm specifically looking for the • "Quick-Stop"
> type sets, 1252-1256 in the lugnet database.
> Link:
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1252-1256
>
> I'd rather not make a wasted trip if I don't have to. :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brian
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Does anyone know if the Shell promo sets are available at any of the Shell
stations in the Quad cities area? Or at the Galesburg, IL station that
shell.com lists?
Are they still around anywhere? I'm specifically looking for the "Quick-Stop"
type sets, 1252-1256 in the lugnet database.
Link:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1252-1256
I'd rather not make a wasted trip if I don't have to. :-)
Thanks!
Brian
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Does anyone know if the Shell promo sets are available at any of the Shell
stations in the Quad cities area? Or at the Galesburg, IL station that
shell.com lists?
I'd rather not make a wasted trip if I don't have to. :-)
Thanks!
Brian
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> Are there any pictures?
I haven't been able to find any...
-Chris
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Chris Maddison writes:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Frank Filz writes:
> >
> > > > 5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
> > > > holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built
> > > > was a large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum
> >
> >
> > > Do you have a pointer to the actual article? The news has already
> > > changed.
> >
> > http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/2000/oct/oct2.html
> >
> > Dave!
>
> They musta decided since it was on the news, it was important...5th place to
> 1st place in 10 hours. :-)
> -Chris
Are there any pictures?
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Xcalabur at Xcalabur@rocketmail.com wrote:
> I was watching my local news, and a bit came on about a golf course made of
> Lego at ISU...so I did a search, and found:
>
> http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/today.html
>
> 5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
> holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built was a
> large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum. And,
> somewhat sadistic, but they used Duplo bricks and people to line the
> holes...somewhat funny watching the ball make 6 of those little legless guys
> go flying through the air. <evil grin> If anyone who reads here attends ISU,
> or knows more, speak up and let some more info be heard!
>
> -Chris
>
> Please FUT appropriately
Um.. pictures?
~M
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Frank Filz writes:
>
> > > 5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
> > > holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built
> > > was a large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum
>
>
> > Do you have a pointer to the actual article? The news has already
> > changed.
>
> http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/2000/oct/oct2.html
>
> Dave!
They musta decided since it was on the news, it was important...5th place to
1st place in 10 hours. :-)
-Chris
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