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  LEGO Store moving to Water Tower Place (Chicago, IL area)
 
LEGO Store moving to Water Tower Place The LEGO Store is moving its Mag Mile flagship out of the Shops at North Bridge and down the street to Water Tower Place this summer. The Danish toy maker, known for its colorful plastic building bricks, opened (...) (13 years ago, 13-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
 
  NEW LUG plus questions
 
To any and all in the SE Wisconsin / NE Illinois area. There is a group of us in Kenosha starting up a new LUG. Anyone interested please feel free to contact me. Our next meeting is planned for Thursday Sept. 9th 2010 starting around 6. Also - (...) (14 years ago, 31-Jul-10, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il)
 
  Castle at Brickworld 2010
 
Hello everyone. I will again be coordinating the Castle display at (URL) Brickworld>. Let me start off by giving some basic information about the Brickworld event: • Website: (2 URLs) • Date: Thursday, June 17 - Sunday, June 20 • Location: Westin (...) (14 years ago, 16-Apr-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
 
  Updated P.A.B. list for Woodfield Mall LEGO Store
 
I have updated the (URL) wall inventory> for the LEGO store in the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. David (15 years ago, 19-Mar-09, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
 
  Updated P.A.B. list for Northbrook LEGO Store
 
I have updated the (URL) wall inventory> for the LEGO store in the Northbrook mall. David (15 years ago, 18-Mar-09, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)  
 
  Re: New iPaB Wall View on BrickBuildr
 
(...) I'll make sure to gather that info when I'm there. I'll be going to the store in the Northbrook Mall, the Woodfield store in Schaumburg and possibly the new Discovery Center close to the Woodfield Mall. David (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
 
  Article on LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Chicago area
 
(URL) party Legoland Discovery Center in Schaumburg is first in the US July 31, 2008 By MIKE DANAHEY Staff Writer Had Led Zeppelin recorded a song called Whole Lotta Legos instead of Whole Lotta Love, it would be on Dan Morey's iPod. Morey, a (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.loc.us.il)
 
  BrickWorld Highlights
 
As many others have said already on LUGNET, BrickWorld was a fantastic event! All of us coordinators were blown away by the attendance at this very first year for BrickWorld. Here are some event highlights that I really enjoyed: • Watching a new (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
 
  Chicago Bears logo mosaic
 
Using the (URL) PicToBrick> program, I have made a (URL) studs-out mosaic> of the Chicago Bears NFL logo. Once I had downloaded PicToBrick (and enough auxilliary components to get it to run), I had a lot of fun running random pictures through to see (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
 
  HoB 2006, one month away
 
(URL) 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. (URL) Visit our website for more information.> We hope (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to 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, FTX) !! 
 
  House of Bricks, 2006!
 
(URL) 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 (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to 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, FTX) !! 
 
  House of Bricks (May 12 -14, 2006) is Coming Up!
 
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 <https://2becontinue...conreg.php here>. Registration is not exclusive to (...) (18 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to 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, FTX)  
 
  LEGO Gortons' Fisherman, coming to a supermarket near you
 
Hi, everybody! For the past 3 months, I've been working with folks from (URL) Seafood> on a sculpture of the Gortons' Fisherman (as seen in (URL) logo>.) Alone, he's not such a big model -- but I was asked to build EIGHT of them! (3 URLs) See photos (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nc.cha, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, FTX) !! 
 
  MichLUG Meeting Report and Long over-due CHoB report
 
Meeting Report MichLUG members got together for a meeting on Saturday, July 23rd. (3 URLs) Meeting Report> Chicago House of Bricks Report House of Bricks was a blast! Three days of LEGO filled goodness. Unfortunately things got (URL) really busy> (...) (19 years ago, 9-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)  
 
  CLB & NILTC take part in the National Trust Celebration
 
In cooperation with LEGO®, Wonderworks, and the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, members of CLB and NILTC volunteered to help 'LEGO day'-- a family building event held in Oak Park, Illinois. A great time was had by everyone. (URL) Ken Nagel (...) (19 years ago, 8-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
 
  Re: PromoBricks.com needs your help! (Pictures of Lego stores)
 
(...) (Breezes through Lego's pictures (URL) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.de)
 
  Re: PromoBricks.com needs your help! (Pictures of Lego stores)
 
Mark, 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. jt (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
 
  Re: PromoBricks.com needs your help! (Pictures of Lego stores)
 
(...) It is probably worth mentioning that some malls do not allow pictures to be taken inside the mall, and even if some malls do allow them, individual stores can still say no. I know this from experience. Russell BayLUG/BayLTC (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
 
  PromoBricks.com needs your help! (Pictures of Lego stores)
 
Hello everybody! While I was checking out the newest Lego store in Ontario, CA (ok, getting the opening bricks would be a better term) I thought it would be nice to try to get a basic picture of the front of each Lego store that has issued a (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
 
  Chicago House of Bricks 2005 - Castle Awards
 
I'm pleased to announce that we will be giving away awards (and prizes!) in the following categories for the castle room. Best Vignette Best Small Detail Best Medieval House Best of Show - Castle A team of judges will examine all the creations on (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)  


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