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I 'got the sickness' 8 days ago. I'm testing negative now but I still don't
want to risk anything or anyone.
So we're postponing the Retro Toronto Lego Dinner by a week!!!
See you *NEXT* Friday - December 15th -
Dinner starts at Swiss Chalet @6:30 pm (address below)
Swiss Chalet
5487 Dundas St W
Etobicoke, ON
M9B 1B5
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
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Retro Toronto Lego Dinner!!!
Dinner starts at Swiss Chalet @6:30 pm (address below)
Swiss Chalet
5487 Dundas St W
Etobicoke, ON
M9B 1B5
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
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Instead of going to Port Dover on your hog, come on out to the Retro Toronto
Lego
Dinner!!!
Dinner starts at Swiss Chalet @6:30 pm (address below)
Swiss Chalet
5487 Dundas St W
Etobicoke, ON
M9B 1B5
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
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Let's celebrate all things Star Trek!!!
September 8th, 1966, Star Trek premiered on television, which means that this is
the 57th anniversary of Star Trek!!!!
Coincidentally, this year Star Trek day falls on our Retro Toronto Lego
Dinner!!!
Oh Joy!!
Come on out to the Swiss Chalet @6:30 pm (address below) and we can celebrate!
(Both Star Trek and LEGO)
Swiss Chalet
5487 Dundas St W
Etobicoke, ON
M9B 1B5
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
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Better late than never...
There is a dinner tonite!
And it's in the same spot!
Swiss Chalet - Somewhere on Dundas in Etobicoke! (find a previous posting if you
really need it...)
And it's at the same time! - 6:30 p.m.
And the same people will be there!!!
Well, at least Sandy, Josh and me...
Hope to see ya!
Dave K
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Hi everyone,
As the Bricks in the Six is a few days later, and many of us are building
furiously for that fan event.
So to save stress and anguish, we can forego the dinner next Friday - July 14th
- and we can catch up on August 11th.
See you at dinner in August, and we'll see each other at Bricks In The Six!
So looking forward to the convention.
Stay safe,
Dave K
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Well, maybe not epic...
June 9th, 2023, We will be here--
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke
@6:30 p.m.
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
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Well, a few days before Mother's Day...
May 12, 2023, We will be here--
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke
@6:30 p.m.
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
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Into the 4th month of 2023...
The years just go by faster now...
Last month there was a (non)cancellation dinner that at the last minute was
uncancelled...
Sorry about that.
We put our faith into the infrastructure and hoped that the plows were out - and
they were.
Our April dinner should not have the same problem, so almost guaranteed at this
point that there *WILL* be an April dinner...
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke
@6:30 p.m.
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner.
Take care and stay safe
Dave
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In the 'Better to be Safe than Sorry' Dept (1)
I'm going to cancel this dinner as the weather is bad right now. It could clear
up in a few hours, but the roads'll still be bad.
And, as you know, we're driving in from the Hammer, and that's a fair hike to
begin with...
We'll see you next month! Sorry for this.
Dave
1 - I miss Mad Magazine so much - the 'old school' MAD - nothing after like
1984...
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, "David Koudys" <davidkoudys@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's taht time again! Dinner with Josh, Sandy and (we know who you are really
> coming to see...) Me!!!
>
> March 10, 2023, We will be here--
>
> Swiss Chalet Dundas St
> Etobicoke
> @6:30 p.m.
>
> As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
>
> We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner where we will probably be
> disappointed because all the Street Racers sets will be sold out...
>
> Hope to see you at either place!
>
> Dave K
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It's taht time again! Dinner with Josh, Sandy and (we know who you are really
coming to see...) Me!!!
March 10, 2023, We will be here--
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke
@6:30 p.m.
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner where we will probably be
disappointed because all the Street Racers sets will be sold out...
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
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If you wanna bring me chocolates and a card, I have no problem with that (1)...
But on Feb 10, 2023, My fam and I will be here--
Friday January 13 @ 6:30 p.m.
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke
As standard practice (and traffic permitting) --
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner to fill a PAB cub...
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
1 - Not really necessary for attending (2)
2 - But I won't object 'cause you know-chocolate!! Gghghghghahgghahgghhghghhhh
(3)
3 - Homer Simpson drool (4)
4 - Does he still do that in the show? Haven't seen an ep from the past 20
years.... (5)
5 - How many television shows can actually say that you can miss 20 years of
episodes and still have viewed sooooo many fantastically awesome episodes?
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Food!! Good company!! Great Conversation!!!
The monthly Retro Toronto Lego Dinner!!
Details-
Friday January 13 @ 6:30 p.m.
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner to fill a PAB cub...
Hope to see you at either place!
Dave K
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Come on out to celebrate the new year at Dinner with Sandy, Josh and Dave -
Details-
Friday January 13 @ 6:30 p.m.
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner to see what's up :)
Hope to see you there.
Dave K
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Details-
Friday December 9 @ 6:30 p.m.
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke
We usually hit the LEGO store at Sherway before dinner to see what's up :)
Hope to see you there.
Dave K
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Yes, easing back into a routine, we are restarting the old second-Friday of
every month dinner!!
I know everyone missed the Lego dinner....
Details-
Swiss Chalet Dundas St
Etobicoke 6:30 p.m.
Hope to see you there.
Dave K
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Here it is!
https://youtu.be/zEYWym2gCck
My friend (who works in 'the biz') got some 'studio time' booked at his shop and
we set up the #OBBCSL. He set up the lighting and the screens and I set up the
layout.
He originally thought about 'green screening' but that would have been so much
post production... so we just used blackout screens around the back half of the
layout.
We then took some footage using his Osmo camera. That littel camera is quite
impressive.
He was using 120 fps, and I can't remember what aperture or ISO or anything like
that...
The Osmo was able to get right into the layout better than my usual cell phone
vids...
As well, my friend then added specific sound effects to the various monorails
and nodes around the layout, and overlayed it with a wonderful soundtrack.
I am so pleased with the result - it was worth the effort to set up for the day
at the studio.
He gave me all the raw footage, and I don't know what I'll do with it yet...
This 'mini movie', however, I'm trying to incorporate into the display at shows.
I'll figure it out :)
Hope you like it!
Dave K
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I had the opportunity to set up the #OBBCSL in a studio environment and get it
professionally filmed today.
This is a quick vid I made with my cell phone at one point.
https://youtu.be/TQ5PPKOv7SA
Hope you like it!
Dave K
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It's been so long since I've done an actual show!
I'll be setting up the #OBBCSL at the Canadian Toy Collector's Society's show!
Location and time information -
May 22, 2022
Etobicoke Olympium
590 Rathburn Rd.
Etobicoke, (Toronto) Ontario, Canada
(building located on the north side, a quarter mile west of Renforth Drive)
Public Show Admission
Sunday May 22, 2022 - 9:00 am till 2:30 pm
Website -
<http://www.ctcs.org/show.htm>
I'll be there around 7 a.m. on Sunday to set up before the public admission at 9
a.m.
This is an 'official' Torolug display (as I'm now a member ;) ) but I think - as
far as I know at this time - I'll be flying solo.
I know it's a little late notice, but if you have nothing to do on Sunday of
this long weekend, stop on by!
I'm pretty excited about it!
Hope to see you there!
Dave K
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I 'finished' (is it ever done?) lighting up my Classic Space Layout and decided
to set it up in my living room.
I took some pics and posted them on my Flickr channel -
<https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzD1sW>
Also took a few vids and put them on my YouTube Channel -
A 'minifig' camera view on the layout -
<https://youtu.be/sZIOlxJpamw>
My discussion about the layout -
<https://youtu.be/lK6mqiOPwow>
There are a whole slew of other previous vids on my YouTube channel that show
how I got to this point.
A very special thanks to Rob Hendrix for his LifeLites lighting kits that I used
extensively in this layout.
<https://lifelites.com/>
I should probably do a tally to see what the final number is for LifeLites kits
in the layout...
Here's a quick listing off the top of my head -
Landing pads - 13 x 2 kits each = 26
Monorail Station - 2 kits
Habitat - 1 kit
Rocket Launch - 2 kits
Ships - 3 advanced kits (so far - soon to me more)
Tower - floors 0-3 (ground ops) - 8
Tower - floors 4-9 (landing pad/monorail demarc) - 2
Tower - floor 10 (observation) - 2
Tower - floor 11 (space ops) - 2
Tower - floor 12 (exec - cake topper) - 2
Total - 50 LifeLite basic/advanced kits. (think 5 of the 50 are advanced)
times (mostly) 8 LED's each - 400 LED lights
That number is high because not all the kits have 8 LED's connected. But most
do.
Thankfully I've been acquiring the LifeLite kits over the years since Rob
started making them, because that would be hard on the bank if I bought them all
at once :)
Anyway, the evolution of the OBBCSL has been so much fun over the years, and I'm
not done with it yet.
That said, the 'big' changes are now mostly complete and it's finally, after
12ish years of updating it, where I wanted it to be from the beginning.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Dave K
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