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| 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)
| | | | | Castle at Brickworld 2010
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| 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 (...) (15 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
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| I have updated the (URL) wall inventory> for the LEGO store in the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. David (16 years ago, 19-Mar-09, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
| | | | | Updated P.A.B. list for Northbrook LEGO Store
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| I have updated the (URL) wall inventory> for the LEGO store in the Northbrook mall. David (16 years ago, 18-Mar-09, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: New iPaB Wall View on BrickBuildr
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| (...) 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)
| | | | | BrickWorld Highlights
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| 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
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| 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)
| | | | | LEGO Gortons' Fisherman, coming to a supermarket near you
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| 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 (...) (19 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
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| 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
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| 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: Chicago House of Bricks is Coming!
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| (...) Good idea. I've also included .loc.us.il.chi as a regional area and kept .events in there because it is indeed an event. (...) Unfortunately no. Still the price for a weekend pass to (URL) 2BeCONtinued4> is comparable to other brick (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.us.clb, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
| | | | | John Hancock Center Revisited
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| As promised, I have completed the redesign of my John Hancock Center as a follow up to the revamped (URL) Sears Tower> model. The model is 27 inches tall including the antenna. (URL) You can read more about the details of the model and compare it to (...) (20 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX) !!
| | | | | Next Chicago Lego Builders Meeting?
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| On the (URL) yahoo group>, we were talking about the date for the next meeting. We sorta found that the third Saturday of the month worked for the majority. November 20th would be the date for the next meeting. The last meeting was at the Downer's (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.clb, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
| | | | | Sears Tower Revisited
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| After visiting the Sears Tower for the first time this past summer, I decided my (URL) existing microfig model> was sorely in need of a major rebuild. So I completely dismantled it and started from scratch using the multitude of photos I had taken (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX) !!
| | | | | Loyalty Cards at the Lego Store?
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| The Woodfield Mall web page mentions: Loyalty Cards 08/25/04 - 09/01/04 Beginning in September, we will have Loyalty cards available. ***...*** Does anybody have any info on these? Are they like the cards this summer ($10 off after spending $100)? (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
| | | | | Re: More on the huge Lego assorment for sale.
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| (...) Another Chicago area AFOL coming out of the woodwork... you're welcome to join the Chicago LEGO Builders' mailing list on Yahoo - email me your Yahoo ID if you have one and I'll set you up. -Tim (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
| | | | | LEGO BBQ - June 26 - Bring Your Own Bricks!
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| Everyone is invited to a LEGO barbecue next Saturday, June 26, at my house in Wheaton, IL. Bring your models bring some food, and have some fun. When: Saturday, June 26, 3:00 pm Where: Tim Courtney's House (email for directions) Bring: Everyone who (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Pick-a-Brick
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| hey cool, i'm working 12-4 so come on up. i'll be happy to tell you all the little tricks and secrets to packing cups. i'll also have a little extra something to show everybody. ondrew (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Pick-a-Brick
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| (...) Sweet. I have a friend (he made it to the MichLUG meeting on Saturday) that may show up as well. Doesn't sound like any other Michigaders will be there though. (...) Sure, only like 30 minutes away. Slightly different selection. If you haven't (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Pick-a-Brick
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| (...) After looking at Ondrew's inventory, there is about a 90% chance I will be there (with LEGO friends from Indiana) on the 10th. We'd like to visit the other store, also. (Northbrook?) This time, I'd like to skip the long lunch in the expensive (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
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