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In lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, Avishai Gebler wrote:
> Greetings-
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> I'm newish to this AFOL business, and have never been part of a LUG. I would
> love to meet with the other talented builders I know are in and around the area.
>
> Given the lack of recent posting within this region, I assume there is not much
> going on in the community sense around the area at the moment.
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> Am I wrong in this regard, and if I'm not, can we make it so I'm wrong?
>
> - Avishai
Hi Avishai,
There are a number of AFOL's in and around NYC, but gatherings are few and far
between, unfortunately. A few of us met a couple of times over the past few
years or so as NYCLUG but it never got off the ground or amounted to more than a
couple of fun meetings.
If you are interested in arranging something send me a private email and maybe
we can get a group together for a meet and greet and see what comes of it.
Best,
Jonathan
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, Elroy Davis wrote:
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You might try GardenSLUG in New
Jersey. They are probably the closest to you.
NELUG is a fun group, but we’re a bit north of you. :)
-Elroy
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I’m actually from the Boston area, but I go to school in New York. Though, I
suppose if i’m ever home for an extended period of time I’ll come check y’all
out.
-- Avishai
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, Avishai Gebler wrote:
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Greetings-
I’m newish to this AFOL business, and have never been part of a LUG. I would
love to meet with the other talented builders I know are in and around the
area.
Given the lack of recent posting within this region, I assume there is not
much going on in the community sense around the area at the moment.
Am I wrong in this regard, and if I’m not, can we make it so I’m wrong?
- Avishai
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You might try GardenSLUG in New
Jersey. They are probably the closest to you.
NELUG is a fun group, but we’re a bit north of you. :)
-Elroy
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Greetings-
I'm newish to this AFOL business, and have never been part of a LUG. I would
love to meet with the other talented builders I know are in and around the area.
Given the lack of recent posting within this region, I assume there is not much
going on in the community sense around the area at the moment.
Am I wrong in this regard, and if I'm not, can we make it so I'm wrong?
- Avishai
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny, Ed McGlynn wrote:
> Honestly, we get many requests for shows and displays throughout the year, but
> our membership just hasn't diversified/grown enough to cover the broad Central
> and Western New York area. We have a core group that can't stretch that thinly
> at the moment. If I can assist NELUG or others with the pursuit of a permanent
> layout at the museum, please let me know.
>
> Just thought I'd follow up here.
>
> Ed
> LUCNY
Ed,
On a similar note, if you ever get requests for any upstate New York events that
might need manpower, let me know. Though I'm a NELUGer (NELUGite?), I'm
probably as close to New York as I am to most of the NELUG events (I'm in
southwestern Vermont). I actually drive about 3 hours to most of our events, so
a 3 to 4 hour drive isn't out of the question for me.
My daughter and I actually visited the LUCNY layout at a show in Syracuse (I
think) a couple of years back. I was busy keeping an eye on her so I didn't get
a chance to introduce myself.
-Elroy
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny, Chris Phillips wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ny, Jim Foulds wrote:
> > > Although we aren't located in New York, NELUG has a band of trainheads in
> > > western Massachusetts (and the surrounding colonies) who might be interested in
> > > helping out. I have posted to the club's newsgroup to see if there is any
> > > interest.
> > >
> > > Do you know if they are trying to set up a permanent layout using their own
> > > brick, or would this be a temporary (privately-owned) display? Any other
> > > details you could provide on what they are trying to accomplish or what
> > > timeframe (start date and duration of display) would be very helpful.
> >
> >
> > The layout would only be for a weekend, on March 17-18, 2007, so it woul d
> > only be a temporary layout using privately own collections. Based on my contact
> > with the Toy musem if someone were interested, there are many opportunities with
> > the museum so there might be a possibility of setting up a permanent display.
> >
> > What I'm looking for is someone to take over this project. I have too much
> > going on right now, but this seems like a good opportunity to grow into
> > something more, so I really don't want the community to miss it.
> >
> > In regards to the other suggestions, I already tried ILTCO and LUCNY without
> > success so I posted to lugnet in hopes of getting someone's attention.
>
> Jim,
>
> I posted this to the NELUG list. The general consensus so far is that this is a
> long distance for us. Our nearest member is over 4 hours from Rochester, and
> most of us are more than 6 hours away. This means that a temporary display
> (setup + manning the layout + teardown) would be unrealistic for us, especially
> on such a short timeframe. Some members are interested in supporting a
> permanent layout for the museum, since we presumably wouldn't have to be on-site
> to babysit the layout.
>
> Feel free to put the museum in touch with us (send them to www.nelug.org, or you
> could give them my e-mail address) if you think they might want to pursue this
> with us, but I'd hate to "take ownership" of this project from you since we
> cannot commit enough resources to do a private layout there in March.
>
> I am x-posting this to rtlToronto, because they are probably the closest LUG to
> the Rochester area, and they may be able to help.
>
> This looks like a great opportunity, and it would be a shame to let it get away.
I believe I was in contact with Jim before this event, and LUCNY couldn't get
the manpower to staff it that weekend. The museum is a great venue, and I live
only a half-hour or so away from it, but most of our members are over 2 hours
away, and weren't available anyway. I couldn't swing it myself.
Honestly, we get many requests for shows and displays throughout the year, but
our membership just hasn't diversified/grown enough to cover the broad Central
and Western New York area. We have a core group that can't stretch that thinly
at the moment. If I can assist NELUG or others with the pursuit of a permanent
layout at the museum, please let me know.
Just thought I'd follow up here.
Ed
LUCNY
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Hi, everybody...
Sorry for the last-minute message... I’m going to be doing an event at FAO
Schwarz with some LEGO Master Builders next weekend, and after the show we’ll
need some people to help break down what we create. (See
here for an example of
the event... Same idea, different model.)
We need a total of 10 people (we have 5 already) to basically sort bricks for
about 2-3 hours on Sunday night around 8pm at FAO in Midtown. You’d each be
given a $50 S&H gift certificate for your help.
Would any of you be able to help? Or do you know of other local AFOL folks that
could also come?
I’m going to need to know pretty soon -- by this Monday! -- or else TLG will
have to go another route for some volunteers. Feel free to either post or
e-mail back.
Sean
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Sean Kenney
LEGO Certified Professional
http://www.seankenney.com
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I was asked by Rock Soup to display one of my Quads for the Iconic Art Show held
in LITM - curated by John Ruddy.
Stop by LITM on Newark Ave, just off Grove St. and see the Art of Jersey City’s
most Iconic Artists.
See the full Gallery - Click the image
Legomaster
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny, Jim Foulds wrote:
> > Although we aren't located in New York, NELUG has a band of trainheads in
> > western Massachusetts (and the surrounding colonies) who might be interested in
> > helping out. I have posted to the club's newsgroup to see if there is any
> > interest.
> >
> > Do you know if they are trying to set up a permanent layout using their own
> > brick, or would this be a temporary (privately-owned) display? Any other
> > details you could provide on what they are trying to accomplish or what
> > timeframe (start date and duration of display) would be very helpful.
>
>
> The layout would only be for a weekend, on March 17-18, 2007, so it woul d
> only be a temporary layout using privately own collections. Based on my contact
> with the Toy musem if someone were interested, there are many opportunities with
> the museum so there might be a possibility of setting up a permanent display.
>
> What I'm looking for is someone to take over this project. I have too much
> going on right now, but this seems like a good opportunity to grow into
> something more, so I really don't want the community to miss it.
>
> In regards to the other suggestions, I already tried ILTCO and LUCNY without
> success so I posted to lugnet in hopes of getting someone's attention.
Jim,
I posted this to the NELUG list. The general consensus so far is that this is a
long distance for us. Our nearest member is over 4 hours from Rochester, and
most of us are more than 6 hours away. This means that a temporary display
(setup + manning the layout + teardown) would be unrealistic for us, especially
on such a short timeframe. Some members are interested in supporting a
permanent layout for the museum, since we presumably wouldn't have to be on-site
to babysit the layout.
Feel free to put the museum in touch with us (send them to www.nelug.org, or you
could give them my e-mail address) if you think they might want to pursue this
with us, but I'd hate to "take ownership" of this project from you since we
cannot commit enough resources to do a private layout there in March.
I am x-posting this to rtlToronto, because they are probably the closest LUG to
the Rochester area, and they may be able to help.
This looks like a great opportunity, and it would be a shame to let it get away.
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> Although we aren't located in New York, NELUG has a band of trainheads in
> western Massachusetts (and the surrounding colonies) who might be interested in
> helping out. I have posted to the club's newsgroup to see if there is any
> interest.
>
> Do you know if they are trying to set up a permanent layout using their own
> brick, or would this be a temporary (privately-owned) display? Any other
> details you could provide on what they are trying to accomplish or what
> timeframe (start date and duration of display) would be very helpful.
The layout would only be for a weekend, on March 17-18, 2007, so it woul d
only be a temporary layout using privately own collections. Based on my contact
with the Toy musem if someone were interested, there are many opportunities with
the museum so there might be a possibility of setting up a permanent display.
What I'm looking for is someone to take over this project. I have too much
going on right now, but this seems like a good opportunity to grow into
something more, so I really don't want the community to miss it.
In regards to the other suggestions, I already tried ILTCO and LUCNY without
success so I posted to lugnet in hopes of getting someone's attention.
Thanks,
Jim F.
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny, Jim Foulds wrote:
> Hey gang,
>
> I'm looking for a contact in New York, that can get to Rochester. The
> National Toy museum wants to host a Lego Train Display. Is there anyone that
> might be interested in helping out?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim F.
http://www.iltco.org/clubs/?clubdetailid=4
CDC
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny, Jim Foulds wrote:
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Hey gang,
I’m looking for a contact in New York, that can get to Rochester. The
National Toy museum wants to host a Lego Train Display. Is there anyone that
might be interested in helping out?
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A good place to run this through would be ILTCO. I’m sure
they’d have somebody who’d be able to point you in the right direction.
Kelly
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny, Jim Foulds wrote:
> I'm looking for a contact in New York, that can get to Rochester. The
> National Toy museum wants to host a Lego Train Display. Is there anyone that
> might be interested in helping out?
Although we aren't located in New York, NELUG has a band of trainheads in
western Massachusetts (and the surrounding colonies) who might be interested in
helping out. I have posted to the club's newsgroup to see if there is any
interest.
Do you know if they are trying to set up a permanent layout using their own
brick, or would this be a temporary (privately-owned) display? Any other
details you could provide on what they are trying to accomplish or what
timeframe (start date and duration of display) would be very helpful.
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Hey gang,
I'm looking for a contact in New York, that can get to Rochester. The
National Toy museum wants to host a Lego Train Display. Is there anyone that
might be interested in helping out?
Thanks,
Jim F.
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Philcon 2006, the 70th edition of the annual
Philadelphia Area Conference of Science Fiction and Fantasy, will run this
coming November; and for the third year, I’ll be conducting a set of LEGO-themed
events. Here are some pics of the
2004 event and
2005.
There will definitely be an Open Build and a MOC display with pre- and
at-con-built SF-themed models, and maybe a Space-themed train layout. I might
run a couple of QuikWars games, or arrange a screening of SF/F-topic brikfilms.
There may be slideshows and building technique workshops.
How can you help?
- Do you want to come and present on a topic such as Bionicle, Castles, Mecha, Micro, Moonbase or Space?
- Want to contribute images and anecdots for such a slideshow, run by someone else?
- Itching to run a game of BrickQuest, BrikWars, or QuikWars?
- Got a fancy new Mindstorms NXT bot to demo?
- Have a MOC you can send by mail?
- Have MOC plans you can send by e-mail, that I’ll recreate locally and display under your name?
- Got a brikfilm you’d like to screen?
Why should you help?
- To show off your building prowess to an audience outside AFOLdom: over a thousand people from DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, and VA.
- To expand the awareness of advanced LEGO building, and AFOLdom.
- Because you need another collaborative LEGO fix two-and-a-half months after BrickFest.
If you’re interested, please contact me at kids2006@philcon.org for details and planning. Thank you. (Philcon is a
copyright of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. Philcon 2006 runs the
weekend of 17-19 November 2006 at the Sheraton Center City, located near City
Hall. LEGO activities at Philcon are considered a sub-track of the Children’s
Program only for organizational purposes. This message has been cross-posted
because... well, there are lots of reasons you might logically be interested.)
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Hi everybody!
A few weeks ago, Dan Parker, Nathan Sawaya, and myself -- along with members
from The LEGO Company -- unveiled a new LEGO display at FAO Schwarz in New York
City.
The minifig-scale city of “Bricktropolis” is built on a 6-foot triangular table,
with buildings that stretch up to 8 feet in the air. Below the city streets are
glass windows that allow you to look underground and see everything from a
subway train to Dino fossils. :) And there are buttons around the edge of the
display that activate the subway and other animated items in the city.
Read more and see pictures
I rarely get to build with other folks, so this project was a real blast! The
few photos I’ve got don’t do the model justice. There are a zillion little
crazy street scenes that you just have to go look for. (Like Nathan’s angry
chef... why is he running down the road waving a frying pan in the air? A block
away there’s a thief running with a pizza...) :)
We had a lot of fun setting up the model over the course of two long days at FAO
Schwarz. Kids got a kick out of seeing everything come together, and after
everything was done, they got to come up to the model and push the big red
buttons. :)
For those of you in the New York City area, feel free to check out the display!
In addition to our city, some folks from The LEGO Company set up an animatronic
display complete with cameras and flat-screen TVs... very cool!
Sean
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LEGO Certified Professional
http://www.seankenney.com/lego
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Hi, everybody!
I finsihed up another project a few weeks ago, and I’m finally around to posting
about it now... The models I made weren’t very intricate or complex, but they
were fun to build nonetheless.
On April 6, TLG held a press conference in New York City where six celebrity
panelists spoke about why LEGO was important to them as a child, and why it is
important to their children.
I built 7 two-foot LEGO letters, spelling out the word “IMAGINE” using over
20,000 bricks. I also made miniature 2-inch tall versions of the word, and name
plates for the six panelists: Matthew Broderick, Eileen Fisher, Mary Goulet,
Heather Reider, Mitch Resnick, and Meri Cummings.
For the smaller letters on the nameplates and “mini IMAGINEs”, I actually built
the models sideways (studs facing horizontally.) Since roman characters are
generally defined by vertical lines rather than horizontal ones, turning LEGO
bricks sideways means you can use the thin LEGO plates to create more detail
than you could with upright LEGO bricks.
Anywho, you can read more about it on MOCpages...
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/17075
Sean
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http://www.seankenney.com
LEGO Certified Professional
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Hi, everybody!
Last month I built 2 two-foot apartment buildings that were photograhped and
featured in New York Family Magazine. One of the buildings was used for the
April 2006 (current) issue cover, and the other was printed alongside the table
of contents.
You can read a little more about it and see more photos at
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/16897
The buildings are technically “microscale”, since they’re roughly 1:150. I
brought some microscale cars to the photoshoot, which the kids had a blast
playing with. There’s also a little tiny
microscale
Simpsons family (sort of) located on the white building’s lower terrace. :)
For those of you in the New York City area, you can pick up a free copy of New
York Family Magazine from streetside magazine stands (similar to the way The
Village Voice is distributed).
Sean
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Sean Kenney
LEGO Certified Professional
http://www.seankenney.com/lego
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The Target at the Atlantic Center Mall had appx 15-20 of these last night at
$27.24 per copy. The tag and sign reads $78 & change but upon scanning the
barcode I discovered the lower cost. They are 75% off the orig $108.
I bought two.
Otherwise the shelves seemed bare to me. I found no other deals (on Lego)
For those unfamiliar with Brooklyn, the mall is one stop into Brooklyn on the D
train. (Atlantic Ave/Pacific Street) and easily accessable from other trains as
well. Aside from the fact that I live there, the neighborhood is relatively
safe. :o)
Jonathan
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