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| (...) I hope to get there some day soon. Ohio is an interesting state, demographically. I never extended this, but it was in response to a posting about Ohio: (URL) (16 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) Maybe because I posted that on Mon, 24 Jan 2005 (16 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Brick Museum in Ohio?
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| (...) Hey Dan, you do realize you are replying to a post from 2005 right? :) (16 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) I don't know if this makes a difference but Ebay removed the listing, wonder why? John P (16 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Brick Museum in Ohio?
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| well everyone needs to be somewhere. And in Ohio we are within driving distance of EVERYONE on the east coast!!! Dan (16 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) It is only 1 mile from Rt. 70 between Columbus and Pittsburgh! Even Pres and Mrs Clinton came to our town in the last 2 weeks!!! We may be in the middle of nowhere, but nicely placed in the middle of nowhere! Dan (16 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Brick museum in Ohio?
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| (...) We opened to the public in Aug. We are the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum www.brickmuseum.net We are not just LEGO(r) brand. We have a pile of other toys, and we are working on other brick related displays as well. We welcome AFOLs to come and (...) (16 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Looking for 4953 "Fast Fliers"
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| "Neb Okla" <n_okla@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:JD0r5w.n8D@lugnet.com... (...) Never mind. I found it. :) (17 years ago, 8-Jul-07, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
| | | | | Looking for 4953 "Fast Fliers"
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| If anyone sees this set in a Central Ohio retail store, please let me know. :) (URL) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 15: Marcon Recap
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 15: Marcon Recap>. This is a quick podcast -- it's a audio recap from our club meeting about the Marcon display. It might be boring to the casual listener -- and if you're a fan (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | HoB 2006, one month away
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| (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) !!
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 14: Going Batty
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula>PodCast, (URL) Episode 14: Going Batty>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the new Batman, Mindstorms NXT, V-Pods and more! Thanks for listening & have fun! --Mike & Dave (18 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX) !
| | | | | House of Bricks, 2006!
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| (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!
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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 <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)
| | | | | COLTC 2006 Meetings
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| Here are the (URL) COLTC> meetings schedule for 2006: Sat. Feb. 4th, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. April 2nd, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. June 4th, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. Aug. 6th, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. Oct. 1st, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. Dec. 3rd, 2006 from 2-5pm (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.akr, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cin, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.loc.us.oh.day, lugnet.loc.us.oh.tol, lugnet.loc.us.oh.you, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 13: Back to Life
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 13: Back to Life>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the new Exo-Force sets, new Star Wars sets, Mindstorms NXT, the Lego Museum, and more! Thanks for listening & have (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | COLTC at Great train EXpo, Columbus OH, Jan 14-15
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| This weekend, The Central Ohio Lego Train Club will have a ~30 by 30 foot area at the Great Train Expo Show. <www.greattrainexpo.com> We will have a large layout, with no less than 7 train loops. We'll have tall skyscrapers, a new bridge, and a (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode #12: A Day In The Life
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 12: A Day In The Life>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the newest S@H catalog, rant about building copyrights, & Serenity (spoiler alert!). Have fun! --Mike (& Dave) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | Small event at Toledo Zoo
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| On October 8 I was invited as a LEGO Ambassador to participate in a small event at the Toledo Zoo. The Toledo Local Section of the Americal Chemistry Society has an anual event at the Zoo, where they demonstrate and have hands-on experiments (...) (19 years ago, 19-Oct-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !
| | | | | BrickNebula PodCast #11: Interview with Chris Giddens
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 11: Interview with Chris Giddens> In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk more about dino's, brickfest, & it ends with an interview with Chris Giddens. Have fun! --Mike (& Dave) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX) !
| | | | | NMRA show in 1 week!!
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| In exactly 7 days, no less than 70 AFOLs will begin construction on the ILTCO layout at the National Train Show of the National Model Railroad Association. The NTS will be held in the Cinergy center in Cincinnati, OH. Address: 525 Elm Street, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | BrickNebula PodCast #6: Sun Stroke
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 6: Sun Stroke> In our latest podcast, we both suffer from sun stroke... Oh, and we ramble on about LEGO deals... and a few other things before our Skype connection disintegrates (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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| ILTCO would like to invite everyone to come see the largest LEGO train layout ever (~50 x 70 feet, or well over 15 x 20 meters) at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) National Train Show, July 7-9, 2005 in Cincinnati!!!! The show is open (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town) !!
| | | | | Call for MOCs at Bricks for Brains' First Annual Brick Bash
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| This is a bit of a repost, because the date changed. For those of you who don't already know, I present educational hands-on LEGO® building exhibits at museums, schools, etc. The Web site for this work is at (URL). I'm holding my first annual Brick (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.edu, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.tol, FTX)
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 4 Podcast: Interview With A Space Paparazzi!
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 4: Inteview with a Space Paparazzi!> In our latest podcast, we interview Joe Meno (Mr. Space Paparazzi! himself) about his newest projects, his MOCs, & his exciting LEGO life. (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 3 Podcast: BSG and video games
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) 3: BSG and Star Wars videogame> In our latest podcast, Mike C. & I talk about the new Battle Star Galactica... and LEGO. We talk a little bit about Sci-Fi that has shaped our views and (...) (19 years ago, 8-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | BrickNebula PodCast, Episode 2: British Invasion
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| Announcing (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 2: British Invasion> In our 2nd podcast, Dave & I talk about British Sci-Fi... and LEGO. We felt before the wave of Star Wars media hype, we'd do a podcast dedicated to release of the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | Call for MOCs at Bricks for Brains Fund Raiser
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| Greetings to all Michigan and Ohio LEGO builders! Bricks For Brains is the name of my educational work. I present educational, hands-on LEGO building exhibits. Information abuot my work is avialable at my Web site: (URL) am holding my first annual (...) (19 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.tol)
| | | | | BrickNebula PodCast
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| Announcing (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 1: Star Wars & LEGO>. David Lukens & myself have been tossing around the idea of starting a space/LEGO podcast to help us launch the BrickNebula web-site. With the new Star Wars LEGO sets being (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Bricks for Brains takes "The Science of Bridges" to COSI Toledo
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| (...) Duane, Going through the (URL) pictures>, looks like everyone had a LOT of fun. I'm bummed that I couldn't make it out. Also a very cool reminder that LEGO bridges can hold quite a bit of weight. So most of our trains are probably pretty safe. (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | COLTC display at GATS, Feb 12-13th.
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| COLTC will be displaying coming weekend at the Columbus OH GATS show. We will have a 30 x 25 foot layout, featuring creations big and small, new and old. Several new MOCs' will have their premier at this show, most notable a 10 foot long operating (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) I too had the same dream but in a bit warmer climate. There used to be this old church for sale on Amelia Island in Florida that I thought would be a great location for a LEGO museum / shop. Of course I need to win the lottery or something so (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| I have contacted them about a week ago, they said they'd get back to me, but no contact since then. I'd love a place that I can reach in 2 hours, and where I can park my Lego collection. If this turns out to be a legit museum, I'll be more than (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) I asked the seller a question through ebay and received the following answer. Eric ---...--- We are looking for anything Lego. If you have a collection you wish to donate send it to: Dan Brown c/o Old First Ward School 1731 Belmont St. (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) I'm sorry, but are you implying that Lego was first made in Ohio, like the baseball bat comes from Cooperstown, NY? Maybe it is near Samsonite! (19 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) That was my guess too. If it were Lego doing the organizing, they'd probably aim for a larger "vacation area" spot (balanced with cheap real estate of course), but considering how this looks more privately run, it's probably what they could (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) Probably the fact that the owners/curators live in the area and found a building on the cheap there. I would imagine there's a slightly smaller following for Lego than there is for football, baseball, or basketball (HoF in Springfield, MA, (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) Well, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton because one of the most dominant football franchises of the early days was the Canton Bulldogs. The baseball hall of fame has a slightly more (URL) convoluted history>. But it has history. What (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of fames are in out of the way spots? -Orion (19 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) That's what I was thinking also. Why would you put it in the middle of "no where" (no offense to anyone that lives in that area) but you would want it in a location that people would visit on a trip or something. I also find it strange that (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down south-east on the border with West Virginia, across the river from Wheeling. An interesting and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum. I'd think that TLC would be interested (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| (...) Most curious ebay placement. The picture of the school building almost looks like one of those old postcards (like from the 40s or 50s). Otherwise, I dunno. Ray (19 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO museum in Ohio?
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| I ran across this listing on eBay: (URL) museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED > We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and any other lego "stuff" we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in HISTORY. We are (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | ILTCO to display at the NMRA 2005 National Train Show
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| Greetings We are delighted to announce that ILTCO has been invited to display at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Annual Train Show. NMRA 2005 Train Show will be held immediately following the NMRA National Convention in Cincinnati. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows 2004 Lego Display
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| (...) Yeah, we'd love to have set-up at the same time, but this worked out better for most of us. I'm glad you liked it, Although last years' was not bad, this was clearly better, we have grown as a club, and as individual builders. From your (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows 2004 Lego Display
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| (...) Paul, too bad you guys left just before Gary McIntire and I arrived -- your layout looks fantastic! The cathedral rework is great. The arch is in a class by itself. Well done! dan parker, TrainBuilder Productions, LLC (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows 2004 Lego Display
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| Greetings, After a successful show last year, COLTC was again invited to display at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, in Belleville, IL, near St. Louis, MO. This year an entire building was dedicated to the Lego display, which again was featured (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Billboard promotion!
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| In lugnet.mediawatch, Paul Janssen wrote: (URL) (...) Ok. Wow. That's super cool. I don't recall hearing any other club having billboard promotion of one of their events. So this may be a first. Congrats! Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Billboard promotion!
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| (...) Excellent! Congratulations. Ed (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Billboard promotion!
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| (...) (snip) (...) Ya, except they stiffed you on your logo... there is way more space to display the COLTC logo lots and lots bigger so its true spiffyness can be revealed. But all in all, very impressive. Congrats. (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Billboard promotion!
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| (...) Yes! I agree that is pretty cool. congrats! jt (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Billboard promotion!
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| Three of these (URL) just went up around the city to promote (one of) our current show(s), pretty cool, nay? Paul COLTC ps. More media exposure of COLTC here: (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.town, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | Incredible Ohio Stadium Model!
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| For years my brother has been bugging me to build a scale model of Ohio Stadium. Today he forwarded me an email with several images attached. Apparently someone has already beat me to the punch! (2 URLs) This wonderful model was build by Faye Bodyke (...) (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: COLTC makes the Columbus, OH Dispatch
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| (...) I actually cringed a lot. Anyway, the interviewer was nice. This is actually the fourth time my name appeared in the Dispatch (previous three times was non-Lego related), the first 3 times they mentioned to misspell my name, this time they got (...) (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | COLTC Groveport Show set-up pictures
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| The first pictures of the set-up are now on-line: This is the model of the building we are displaying in, better pictures will be posted later this week: (URL) Sections of the layout and display cabniets can be viewed here: (URL) During the course (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !
| | | | | COLTC display at Groveport Art Gallery, Nov 1 - Dec 30
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| The Central Ohio Lego Train Club started their display at the Groveport Art Gallery today. Located at 648 Main Street, Groveport, OH, (~5 miles south of Columbus) the Art Gallery invited COLTC to display a layout and more... Last weekend, we build a (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town) !!
| | | | | COLTC meeting, Saturday Oct 23rd.
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| COLTC will have a building session/meeting on Saturday Oct 23rd. We'll meet at Pauls' house (email Paul at pjanssen@wowway.com for directions), from 10 AM - 4-5 PM. We'll build things for the coming shows: trees, cars, roads, small scenes, and speed (...) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | COLTC meeting, September 18th.
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| Next COLTC meeting will be held on Saturday September 18th, from 2-5 PM, at Panera Bread, Hilliard. The address is : 3625 Fishinger Blvd. Columbus, OH 43026 We'll be in the meeting room in the back. We will be showing MOCs', talking about upcoming (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !
| | | | | Looking for BrikWars volunteer(s); Also an Evil Stevie's Question...
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| The local wargaming group, NOWS (Northern Ohio Wargaming Society) is having there annual con (NOWSCON) on September 25-26. I'd like to run a BrikWars game at the event. However, I feel I'd need at least one other experienced BrikWars player to help (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.gaming)
| | | | | COLTC Dennison Train Festival Show Report
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| Over the weekend, COLTC was in the rural town of Dennison, Ohio; about a 2 hour drive north-east of Columbus. The Dennison Train Festival was put on by Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, in cooperation with the Ohio Central Railroad. The festival (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: COLTC to display at Dennison TrainFestival, July 30 - Aug. 1
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| Pictures are up from setup on Thursday: (URL) rail fans, there are a large number of locomotives on display, with more scheduled to have arrived after I took pictures on Thursday. Pictures can be seen here: (URL) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | COLTC to display at Dennison TrainFestival, July 30 - Aug. 1
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| Starting Friday July 30, COLTC will display our larget layout in Dennison, Ohio. Taken from the Train Festival 2004's web-site: The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, in cooperation with the Ohio Central Railroad, will celebrate its 15th Anniversary (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest Registration ends - August 1st !
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| BrickFest is only one month away! BrickFest 2004 Washington, DC AUGUST 13-15 You don't want to miss the Best Three Days of LEGO fandom! with community members from all over the world, community leaders hosting seminars, over 30 sessions, the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.pa, FTX) !!
| | | | | COLTC Marcon show report
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| About 10 days ago, COLTC displayed at Marcon 38. Despite the small layout, we managed to show quite a bit of new stuff. Another skyscraper (One Nationwide): (URL) a space Area: (URL) a Medieval Village: (URL) and a small town section under attack of (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !!
| | | | | Saturday June 19th Cleveland Area Gathering
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| I will be hosting an informal gathering of AFOLs in the Cleveland, OH area at my house on Saturday, June 19, 2004. Anyone in the area at that time is welcome to come, but I ask that you do please let me know that you are coming so that I can plan (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.loc.us.oh.akr, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| Mike, Here's some renders I've done that you can use. (URL) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | COLTC to display at Marcon, May 28-30.
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| Starting tomorrow, COLTC will display a small layout at Marcon. Marcon is the annual "Multiple Alternative Realities Convention". The convention is held in Columbus, OH, at the Hyatt Regency. read more about it, including costs/other features at : (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.space)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| (...) Mike's unable to post to LUGNET right now, he asked me to post this in reply: ---...--- Thanks, all, for the great responses! I see a lot of good work here that I can't wait to display. I really didn't expect quite such a large response!! My (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| (...) As others have said... all the pics submitted by me for this can be reused. (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| (...) All pictures I posted to Jeroen for Zwolle are allowed to be used. Niels (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | Re: July 3 Public Display - Cleveland Ohio - Solicitation for Participants
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| (...) Not sure if I'll be able to make it, as I'm leaving on vacation the 4th. However, I will try to stop by at least. --Bram (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| Hi, take a look at my brickshelf gallery. Maybe some of my pictures are useful for you. (URL) Greetings Sven (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| (...) Feel free to use any of my renderings at Brickshelf: Playtable: (URL) ships: (URL) tree: (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| (...) If you need I can make larger sizes and email to you. I try to keep images small for downloading from the net. Larger sizes will work well directly from your computer. Steve (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| Mike You are welcome to use any of my animations for this project. (URL) Good luck have fun. Steve (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| Hi Mike, I still have the pictures submitted for Zwolle. If you like I can send them to you. Please contact me on info at digitalbricks dot nl Jeroen "Mike Thorn" <webmaster!@!robotic...urces.com> wrote in message news:Hy3EHH.sFo@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| (...) Awesome, Mike! Take some pictures, write up an article, and we'll be sure to get this up on LDraw.org! Please, shoot me an email about the event as well -- I'd like to know more about what you're doing and how people react to it. I've only (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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| Hello fellow CAD/POV users, For the (URL) Garfield Heights Homedays>, I'm going to be taking my laptop along to display CAD images and LEGO Pov renders in a slideshow-type presentation (endlessly looping for the five hours we'll be there). I myself (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: COLTC to display at Dennison, Ohio's TrainFest from July 30 - August 1, 2004
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| (...) We dug up some more info about this show, and want to announce an opportunity for fellow Lugnetters to possibly join displaying!! The event is going to be huge!! It is branded the "largest celebration of railroading in 2004". Having spoken (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.town)
| | | | | COLTC to display at Dennison, Ohio's TrainFest from July 30 - August 1, 2004
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| COLTC will have a 30 x 30 foot layout at the Dennison, Ohio Train Festival from July 30 - August 1, 2004. We are still working out the details of the layout, but we have been asked by the TranFest event co-ordinator to bring along Paul Janssen's 4+ (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !!
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) What? Someone counted them all? Who? Certainly not me. Well, I counted 37 of them, but that's it. After that it was just a matter of doing some simple multiplication and adjusting quantities a bit here and there for stuff like the chimney and (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) The fact I didn't do both roofs like this was three-fold: I wanted to finish the buidling over easter weekend, and had "only" 1000 tiles, which would have not been enough to cover all. Second, I wanted some variation, as many of such buildings (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) Wow, I can't believe someone actually counted, I didn't!! Thanks, that number sounds about right (I bet it is), I had 1000 of them available, and am left with about 1/4. Paul (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| Amazing work Paul, like everybody else, I'm blown away by the roof. The entrance is also a great piece of building. The color scheme is perfect, espicially with those bits of red and blue on the corners. Well done. -Keith (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) By my count, it's 727. 323 on the entrance side of the main roof, 326 on the other side, 20 laid flat at the peak, and 58 on the little section over the balcony. (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) Ooops. Are you serious? BTW, did i got to tell you that i'm colour-blind?:-) (...) Sometimes different people in different times have the same idea. It happens. For instance, several mathematicians, in the past, reached to the same results and (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) Not that it matters(it may to her) I saw this style of roof on Suzanne Green (Rich) web site at least a year ago.... (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) Paul this rocks! I can't wait to see it in person.Great use of my fav. colors(all dark :-) ).Chris (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) That is remarkable, and that roof is beautiful! I wish I could afford to buy enough of those 2x2 round tiles in order to do a roof like that. Just great. Now I'm really disappointed that I'm not going to be able to make the Homedays show. I'd (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| Paul, this is an awesome model. I'm sure the picture doesn't do its size justice! I really like how the circular 'tiled' roof looks. Why didn't you use this for all of the roofing? Can't wait to see the interior! James (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| (...) Paul, This is great, I love to roof (how many circle tiles did that take). The use of 1x1 cylinders for the posts looks great, and the colors really make it come alive! Thanks, George (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| In lugnet.castle, Paul Janssen wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! the roof technique, the wall piece variation (straight juxtaposed with 1x1 cylinders & bands of colors, the gray & tan/brown color scheme & other details all come (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) Thanks!! My camera may not be that good, or your screen ;) , but the color in the brown posts is regular blue and regular read (cheap!) (...) Yes, I did have the idea. I then bought the tiles (months ago), for this reason, but someone else a (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) Beautiful! Simply beautiful! The main color scheme (old)brown/tan is always a winner. And with a bit of medium blue and dark red works very well indeed. Wow, and that roof is GREAT! (Never seen it before, your idea?) I'm amazed how you made it (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) Awesome roof! never got the chance to do so. It confirms that the idea is well worth the effort and parts needed to build it! The whole thing is simply astonishing. One of the best and largest castle creation I've seen in a while. But since I (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | Re: Medieval Townhall
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| (...) (sarcasm) No, Paul, that just too lame to be included. I don't hink we'll have room for it. You'll have to do better! (/sarcasm) Seriously though, it looks great Paul and I'd be greatful to have it for the July Display. Should fit in nicely (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
| | | | | Medieval Townhall
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| As I am primarily a town and train builder, occasionally I wander off into other themes. Over the easter weekend, I made a Medieval Townhall. If deemed worthy by Troy, it will be shown in his Cleveland show early July. Here is are two pics: (2 URLs) (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !!
| | | | | MStamp
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| I am proud to finally announce: the MStamp. (URL) One of, if not the first, completely automatic factory automation robots ever produced with wholly MindStorms, this robot is capable of automatically stamping standard (URL) SealedAir #1 padded (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: July 3 Public Display - Cleveland Ohio - Solicitation for Participants
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| "BrickBuy" <pjanssen@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:HvFyto.1wHJ@lugnet.com... (...) make (...) am (...) Sounds great Paul! All we need to do is sucker someone into building a nice keep now! :) (...) Just a few? :-D Track and baseplates (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
| | | | | Re: July 3 Public Display - Cleveland Ohio - Solicitation for Participants
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| (...) I have 6 medieval village buildings. Although I'm not going to be able to make it that day, I'll happily make them available, as well as other MOCs'. I am planning to make several more, but do not know when/if they'll be ready. Paul ps. If you (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
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