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This past weekend, the New England Lego User’s Group displayed a 10’x30’ train
display at the RI Cooks convention in Providence. We were also accompnaied by a
pair of RI First Lego League teams who are preparing for competition this coming
January.
We started setup on Friday morning, all set to make a square 20’x20’ layout.
Then we had to completely change on the fly, as we discovered the real
dimensions were 10’x30’+. Plenty of room for our MOCs, but we were challenged
to make the layout without Track Designer, just using our heads!
After solving that problem, we got down to enjoying the show. And the spirits!
This show was a bit different then our typical fare, with booths filled with
food and wine to taste. At the end of the weekend, we were all fairly used to
eating in small dixie cup sized portions!
Several of the members were excited to have a show in Southern New England,
finally. Jamie barely knew what to do with himself after his grueling 15 minute
ride. With this shorter drive to shows, I think the pressure is on Wayne to
actually build something for the next show down here! We also got to meet
Richard Legault, who has been lurking for some time, and just needed us to get
closer to Newport for him to come out.
Finally, we met some middle school students who were very excited to display
their latest robotic creations. Tom Kowalczyk and his crack team of FLL kids
were hard at work designing solutions to the last few challenges before thier
state competition on January 15th. Tom is looking for some good judges, if any
New Englanders are interested. (Seems like there should be a
lugnet.robotics.fll group, no? Maybe someday.)
Photographic highlights of the event:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=104900
Eric Kingsley brought his massive new tower/train station:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/02.jpg
Speed train:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/03.jpg
There was wine at this show:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/08.jpg
Liscence & Registration, Sir:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/07.jpg
Uhauls do break down:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/12.jpg
First Lego League kids show off:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/18fll.jpg
Thanks to everyone who came and helped out, even if it was just to clean
up, or bring a MOC! We had a lot of fun. Hopefully, we can do more shows
down here in SE New England.
-Alfred
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