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Event Report: LEGOPalooza, Morrhead Plaetarium, Chapel Hill, NC
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Mon, 5 Feb 2007 06:07:36 GMT
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Hi all,

as announced previously, NCLUG was the host of LEGOPalooza this weekend at Morehead Planetarium. This year, the event was expanded to 2 days, and was earlier in the year compared to previous paloozas.

This time, we had a Star Wars display with sets from Sabrina and Signe Gravatt and customs by Gareth Bowler:


a Harry Potter display by Jennifer Joy Poole:


a Batman display by Taylor Poole:


a town layout by Joe Evangelista, Mike Walsh and Joe Meno

Joe E:


Mike Walsh:


a castle display by Cyndi Bradham:


a retro town layout by Carin and Jane Proctor:


a heliport by Team Joe:


and an NXT demo/display by me:


There were also displays by Ian Brusso (Technic), David Winegar (Space) and Gupreet Jawa (Castle).

There also was a building zone:


Attendance was about 1300 for the event - 700 on Saturday and 600 on Sunday.

So how was it?

It was a lot of fun! Having way too many events for my good, I can say that I really enjoyed doing this one because I did a live demo and did some true interaction - the NXT models were from instructions and progras that Philippe Hurbain posted last week The spy bot was perfect for the event, as it was small, easy to repair (they did fall off the table), and used one set each, which was really nice to talk about the sets.

I also had a joystick built, but for the fast pace of the event, I wasn’t able to use it, so by Sunday it was converted to another NXT spy bot. Also the joystick was stuck to interaction with one person, while the spybots could interact with anyone it happened to ‘see’.

There were a lot of questions about the NXT, and I had my laptop running to show the program for the bots. And the general reaction from the kids was summed up by this:


Gallery is here after moderation:

We also got media coverage from a local TV station (NBC17) and two local papers.

Many thanks to all those who participated, and also to Karen Kornegay and the staff of Morehead Planetarium - it’s always fun to do a show, and this has become the event I look forward to the most!


Yep, it’s blurry, but it summed up how I felt - this rocked!


Joe Meno
Administrator, NCLUG



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  Re: Event Report: LEGOPalooza, Morrhead Plaetarium, Chapel Hill, NC
 
(...) Joe this is a genius of an idea. This sounds like a great way to get out into the community with benefits to both you and the planetarium. Also, it seems simple to organize and achieve good results. I would like to know some more details. How (...) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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