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ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
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Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:37:54 GMT
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ParLUGment just had our first showing here in Ottawa, and everybody loved it.
The word "LEGO" was on the lips of both young and old at the Train Show.
Everybody was coming back again and again. It was such a joy to see. The
layout was the most kid-friendly in the show, by being at their eye level
(close to the floor), by the fact that it was LEGO (which most of them were
quick to tell us they had lots of), and by the stickers and book covers that
every parent was carrying around at the show. :-)
The LEGO display was definitely a huge success.
I've now posted all my pictures. Here's the root folder after moderation:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/
Teasers:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/parlugment.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/People/crowd01.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/Layout/layout01.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/Scenes/apt_tunnel1.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/AFOL/afol1.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/AFOL/afol2.jpg
A huge THANK YOU to LEGO for the event kit. The stickers and book covers were
a huge hit with the kids. They disappeared very quickly. Our only regret was
that we didn't reserve enough space to accomodate a play area. Hopefully with
the response our display got this time, we can claim a bigger area for display
and play area next time. Maybe I'll include my sons growing DUPLO Train
collection in the play area too. :-)
We met a few LEGO fans from Ottawa that we had not known about previously,
and we had many people asking to buy Train sets, for catalogues, and for
ParLUGment and LEGO S@H information sheets. So hopefully next time we can get
a hold of some of those new Train Posters, and get some business cards or
something to hand out for ParLUGment.
We all had an awesome weekend and plan to make it a regular occurrance.
Play well.
Tim Strutt
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Hi Tim, Kevin and everyone else!
The Lego display this weekend was awesome! I got so many great ideas from
viewing it. I'm seriously considering buying the ISD just so I can get the
transblue radar dishes to make fountains like in the park that was part of this
display. 8-)
I especially want to thank Kevin Dixon for taking the time to chat with me. I
wish I could've chatted with all of you.
Oh, and there's my picture in the AFOL folder, looking retarded, although I was
just yakking.
Hugs to all of you, Shirley.
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Shirley Kearns wrote:
> Hi Tim, Kevin and everyone else!
>
> The Lego display this weekend was awesome! I got so many great ideas from
> viewing it. I'm seriously considering buying the ISD just so I can get the
> transblue radar dishes to make fountains like in the park that was part of this
> display. 8-)
>
> I especially want to thank Kevin Dixon for taking the time to chat with me. I
> wish I could've chatted with all of you.
>
> Oh, and there's my picture in the AFOL folder, looking retarded, although I was
> just yakking.
>
> Hugs to all of you, Shirley.
Hi Shirley,
We were glad you could come out and let us know you were in Ottawa.
Sorry the picture didn't turn out great. Must have caught you in mid-sentence.
We were talking and agreed that we should be posting more to LUGNET, rather
than emailing each other directly. That way, any new AFOL's could know when
we are meeting, etc. Thanks for de-lurking, and hope to see you again.
Tim
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Really good pictures Tim! Very sharp and clear, and you did a really
thorough job.
These are my favorites:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=549152
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=549144
I should be posting the rest of my pictures in the next day.
Kevin
Tim Strutt wrote:
>
> ParLUGment just had our first showing here in Ottawa, and everybody loved it.
> The word "LEGO" was on the lips of both young and old at the Train Show.
> Everybody was coming back again and again. It was such a joy to see. The
> layout was the most kid-friendly in the show, by being at their eye level
> (close to the floor), by the fact that it was LEGO (which most of them were
> quick to tell us they had lots of), and by the stickers and book covers that
> every parent was carrying around at the show. :-)
> The LEGO display was definitely a huge success.
>
> I've now posted all my pictures. Here's the root folder after moderation:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/
>
> Teasers:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/parlugment.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/People/crowd01.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/Layout/layout01.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/Scenes/apt_tunnel1.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/AFOL/afol1.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/AFOL/afol2.jpg
>
> A huge THANK YOU to LEGO for the event kit. The stickers and book covers were
> a huge hit with the kids. They disappeared very quickly. Our only regret was
> that we didn't reserve enough space to accomodate a play area. Hopefully with
> the response our display got this time, we can claim a bigger area for display
> and play area next time. Maybe I'll include my sons growing DUPLO Train
> collection in the play area too. :-)
> We met a few LEGO fans from Ottawa that we had not known about previously,
> and we had many people asking to buy Train sets, for catalogues, and for
> ParLUGment and LEGO S@H information sheets. So hopefully next time we can get
> a hold of some of those new Train Posters, and get some business cards or
> something to hand out for ParLUGment.
> We all had an awesome weekend and plan to make it a regular occurrance.
> Play well.
>
> Tim Strutt
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Here are my pictures from the show:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=60303
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,
Thanks for posting your pictures. The one of the restaurant has the best picture
yet of those fountains I'm so enamoured of. Tim's fountains I think?
Hugs to all, Shirley.
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Shirley Kearns wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
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> Thanks for posting your pictures. The one of the restaurant has the best
> picture yet of those fountains I'm so enamoured of. Tim's fountains I think?
>
> Hugs to all, Shirley.
Hi Shirley,
The fountains were Jason's, since he was the only one with an ISD at his
disposal. :-)
I uploaded a couple more pictures of the fountains for your benefit.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/Scenes/park2.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-03/Scenes/downtown1.jpg
Enjoy. Play well.
Tim Strutt
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> The fountains were Jason's, since he was the only one with an ISD at his
> disposal. :-)
> I uploaded a couple more pictures of the fountains for your benefit.
> Tim Strutt
Hi Tim,
Thanks for these pictures! I've added them to my collection and if I win any
money in Las Vegas (leaving on Saturday) I'll buy the ISD and make some. And
thanks to Jason for creating them.
Hugs to all, Shirley.
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In lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, Kevin Dixon wrote:
> Here are my pictures from the show:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=60303
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> Kevin
I notice your two 'people' pictures have your wife in them. Yes, Pam is a person
but I think there might have been a few other individuals at the show. :-)
Jude
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I would also like to give credit for the following building I built for
the show:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=548573
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=548584
This is Reinhard Ben Beneke's design as can be seen here:
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=436880
I built a fairly close copy using the ldraw file he had posted. I must
say it is an amazing model.
Thanks for posting the cad file & renderings Ben, they inspired me to
build it and it looks even better in the real brick!
Kevin
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Very nice work! I particularly like the 6X6 trans-light blue radar dishes in
the 8X8 gray dishes as water in the fountain. (I bet the ISD creator wasn't
thinking of THAT when he included those pieces.) I also like the way you've
taken some of the pictures so that the trains are blurred and look like they're
zooming by at 100 miles per hour.
David "Fuzzy" Gregory of IndyLUG
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