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Coming in October: NWBrickCon 2005
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lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.wa.tac, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.ca.viclug
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lugnet.events.nwbrickcon
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NWBrickCon 2005, a convention in the Pacific Northwest for Adult Fans of
Lego, will take place October 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2005, in Seattle. All
AFOLs are invited. This will be the fourth annual NWBrickCon. Planned
highlights include:
* MOCs
* public exposition
* Brick Bazaar
* roundtables
* build contests
* presentations
* lots of AFOLs
More details and online registration for the 2005 event will be available
at
http://www.nwbrickcon.org/
in the next few weeks.
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
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In lugnet.org.us.sealug, Dean Husby wrote:
> Hello Fellow brick fetishists!
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> There is a very good chance that the Vancouver Lego Club will be exhibiting its
> talents at Science World ( http://scienceworld.ca ) in the spring of 2005. We
> are very keen on involving some of the surrounding area groups, if they would
> like to make the visits up to Vancouver. The exhibit will be approximately 13
> weekends, so there is a tremendous amount of flexibility. However, some of the
> thoughts that we have had are as follows:
>
> - Other club's display of MOCs,
> - Vancouver versus Seattle ISD build competition (CANAM)-- who can build the
> Star Destroyer the fastest? Maybe even break the world record?
This is an update that the VLC will no longer be participating in this event.
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Fellow Canadians,
After seeing a large scaled Mountie in Brickbarons Brickshelf folder for the
Vancouver Road Show, I was compelled to build my own, but to the same scale as
set 3723 (LEGO Mini-Figure Sculpture). Regrettably, his staff with a red and
white flag, nor is his trusty revolver are complete for the holiday. I will
post new pictures once they are finished.
So to celebrate Canada Day I have posted both my maxifig Mountie and my minifig
R.C.M.P. Musical Ride. If you are feeling patriotic or you are just waiting for
your beer to chill, please drop by for
a look.
Happy Canada Day!
Janey Red Brick
(Wondering if I should build a maxifig horse for Max to ride, eh?)
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Restrospective on Classic Space Seminar at BrickFest PDX 2004
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lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.us.mt
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lugnet.space
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Want to relive the good old days of Classic Space? Join me at
BrickFest PDX 2004 for my Retrospective on
Classic Space seminar. Ill be sharing some of the highlights from my
personal complete Space collection. See the old 70s
Rocket Set, the original
Moon Lander, both versions of the
Space Command Center, and a wide
variety of hard to find classic sets, nearly all in original boxes
(except 1593 and 6807). Or look though my complete collection of space
set directions that will be on hand.
I need your help to make this great - if you have a request for any
particular space set you would like to see, email me ahead of time at
mattchiles@gorge.net and I will bring it along. See you at
BrickFest PDX 2004!
-Matt Chiles
Brick Bazaar and Auction Coordinator, BrickFest PDX 2004, February
13-15, 2004
BrickFest | PNLTC
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In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Tim Strutt <heidi.strutt@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> In lugnet.announce, Dean Husby wrote:
> > The Vancouver LEGO® Club was put to the test against Master Builders
> > as they constructed a layout for the "What will you make?" LEGO®
> > North America RoadShow tour.
> > <snip>
>
> Wow, those pictures are awesome! Looks like an incredible display. I
> wish I could have seen it in all it's glory. I see several automated
> items in the pictures that I'm sure would have been cool to see in
> motion.
> That must have taken a huge amount of work. Congratulations all.
> Play well.
>
> Tim Strutt
Thanks, I'm pretty sure we'll have some video up on it soon. We took a lot
pictures as well as video, and we just need to get them up.
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In lugnet.announce, Dean Husby wrote:
> The Vancouver LEGO® Club was put to the test against Master Builders
> as they constructed a layout for the "What will you make?" LEGO®
> North America RoadShow tour.
><snip>
Wow, those pictures are awesome! Looks like an incredible display. I
wish I could have seen it in all it's glory. I see several automated
items in the pictures that I'm sure would have been cool to see in
motion.
That must have taken a huge amount of work. Congratulations all.
Play well.
Tim Strutt
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In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Achim von Wiedner wrote:
> An excelent showing of what can be made with Lego. In observing the crowd on
> Saturday, they were suitably impressed. The "What will you build?" road show
> was a hit and resulted in some superior displays.
Thank you, it was a lot of work but it was quite fun. Sunday was a little too
busy and insane but I really enjoyed Friday and Saterday.
>
> The only thing that was wrong was that noone was selling Lego sets. An excelent
> marketing oportunity that was missed.
I belive LEGO's plan was to support the local stores that sell LEGO instead of
trying to take business away from them. That's why they didn't have anything to
sell. Though I wish they would have sold shirts and jackets...
>
> I too achieved my liscence to build like the masters.
Sadly I waited to long to get mine and they had run out of the hats, tags and
activity books. sigh...
Dean
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An excelent showing of what can be made with Lego. In observing the crowd on
Saturday, they were suitably impressed. The "What will you build?" road show
was a hit and resulted in some superior displays.
The only thing that was wrong was that noone was selling Lego sets. An excelent
marketing oportunity that was missed.
I too achieved my liscence to build like the masters.
Achim
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The Vancouver LEGO® Club was put to the test against Master Builders as they
constructed a layout for the "What will you make?" LEGO® North America RoadShow
tour.
Approximately 9 members of The VLC built the impeccably detailed layout in 3
weeks, putting it all together at the RoadShow tour held at Science World the
weekend of September 20th. The members worked in their spare time, building the
best possible layout in the limited space provided. This was their smallest
layout yet, and their 5th unique layout. But don't let the size fool you; it's
packed with non stop action and automation from firing canons on pirate ships to
Quidditch teams zooming around the pitch.
The show was located in: Vancouver,BC at Science WORLD!
The Dates & Times were:
September 19,20,21
Friday 12PM-5PM
Saturday 11AM-5PM
Sunday 12AM-5PM
Families from across Vancouver put their creativity and building skills to the
test at the "What Will You Make, Americas?" Bonanza . Kids and adults alike
spent the three days getting hands-on experience with new LEGO Designer Sets and
LEGO Inventor Sets as they participated in a variety of different activities
ranging from family building challenges to city-specific storytelling through
building. Young builders had a chance to meet a LEGO MasterBuilder, who
evaluated models either made at home or at the event, as well as provided tips
and tricks for LEGO building. Preschoolers could make and create whatever they
could imagine with the LEGO EXPLORE bricks. Children who participated in every
activity were named "Official LEGO Builders" and received their license to build
like the Masters! This family event was free of charge.
For pictures of the event, click on the links below.
RoadShow Pictures from Alexandria
http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/LEGORoadShow2003/
RoadShow Pictures from Tim
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=57162
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=57290
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=57436
More pictures and Video of the animation to come. Check back soon.
Check out the news item on http://vlc.ca for more info.
Dean
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In lugnet.town, Dean Husby wrote:
> In lugnet.town, Duane Hess wrote:
> > In lugnet.announce.moc, Dean Husby wrote:
> > > My attempt at making an ATV out of the rear of the ATC part.
> > >
> > > http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego/ATV/
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>
> > Nice! You just boosted sales of sets with the 3-wheeler in it. Do you mind if I
> > LDraw it and post the instructions to Brickshelf (with proper credit, of
> > course)?
>
> Of course! That would be great.
>
> Thanks Everyone for all the kind words.
>
> Dean
Done!
I'm just glad someone finally found a good use for those parts. I've regarded
them as useless up until now.
-Duane
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In lugnet.town, Duane Hess wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Dean Husby wrote:
> > My attempt at making an ATV out of the rear of the ATC part.
> >
> > http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego/ATV/
> Nice! You just boosted sales of sets with the 3-wheeler in it. Do you mind if I
> LDraw it and post the instructions to Brickshelf (with proper credit, of
> course)?
Of course! That would be great.
Thanks Everyone for all the kind words.
Dean
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Dean Husby wrote:
> My attempt at making an ATV out of the rear of the ATC part.
>
> http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego/ATV/
>
> Forgive me if someone has already done this but I did searches on google and
> brickshelf.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dean
Very nice. I'm sure a lot of people are wondering why they hadn't thought of
it. I'm going to build a couple myself. Nice build!!
Mike
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Dean Husby wrote:
> My attempt at making an ATV out of the rear of the ATC part.
>
> http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego/ATV/
>
> Forgive me if someone has already done this but I did searches on google and
> brickshelf.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dean
Nice! You just boosted sales of sets with the 3-wheeler in it. Do you mind if I
LDraw it and post the instructions to Brickshelf (with proper credit, of
course)?
-Duane
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Very cool! Looks clean and in-scale. Nice.
-Stefan-
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Dean Husby wrote:
> My attempt at making an ATV out of the rear of the ATC part.
>
> http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego/ATV/
>
> Forgive me if someone has already done this but I did searches on google and
> brickshelf.
FINALLY a good use for those trikes!
Trikes are legal in Sweden and can be driven with a normal car drivers license,
so a "lot" of bikers drive them so they don't have to get the MC drivers
license.
--
Best regards,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
(remove SPAM when e-mailing)
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My attempt at making an ATV out of the rear of the ATC part.
http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego/ATV/
Forgive me if someone has already done this but I did searches on google and
brickshelf.
Thanks.
Dean
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When was your LUG/LTC/MUG formed?
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lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.msltc, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.carlug, lugnet.org.us.cmlug, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.hrmug, lugnet.org.us.legotics, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.wafol, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.robotics
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Hi!
This is a periodic "call for information" regarding the dates of formation
of all LUGs, LTCs, MUGs, etc., around the world. I've been maintaining a
comprehensive list for the past couple of years...
http://news.lugnet.com/org/dates
which I'm thinking of putting into a database format, and I'd to get all
of the ?'s resolved into solid dates. If you are a founding member of any
of the following groups/clubs listed below, please take a few moments to
check your records against the date shown. Also, if your group/club is not
listed on the page shown above, please let me know!
Thanks!!!
--Todd
YYYY/MM/DD
1997/10/?? PNLTC: Pacific Northwest LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
1999/07/16? NOVALTC: Northern Virginia LEGO Train Club - now WAMALUG (U.S.A.)
1999/02/28? VicLUG: Victoria LEGO Users Group (Canada)
1999/09/03? GMLUG: Greater Midwest LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
1999/09/04? TexLUG: Texas LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
1999/09/30? WAFOL: Wasatch Area Fans of LEGO (U.S.A.)
1999/10/31? LEGO-MUG: LEGO MINDSTORMS Users Group (Japan)
1999/11/15? WAMALUG: Washington (D.C.) Metro Area LEGO Users Group - formerly
NOVALTC (U.S.A.)
1999/11/28? UKLUG: United Kingdom LEGO Users Group (U.K.)
1999/12/02? LegOz (Australia)
2000/01/12? CMLUG: Central Midwest LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
2000/02/06? Studs (Australia)
2000/02/18? LUGOLA: LEGO Users Group of Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
2000/02/22? VLC: Vancouver LEGO Club (Canada)
2000/04/30? EJLTC: East Japan LEGO Train Club (Japan)
2000/05/28? SeaLUG: Seattle Area LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
2000/07/07? GardenSLUG: Garden State LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
????/??/?? SCLTC: Southern California LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
2002/01/?? MSLTC: Mid-South LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.)
2002/??/?? Legotics (U.S.A.)
2002/??/?? HRMUG: Hampton Roads Mindstorms Users Group (U.S.A.)
200?/??/?? CARLUG: Central Arkansas LEGO Users Group (U.S.A.)
2002/10/16? The Brickish Association (U.K.)
[End list of groups with missing information]
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In lugnet.pirates, Dean Husby writes:
> Hello all. Due to interest in a Pirates version of the VLC Brickwars game (a
> simply Brikwars like game soon to be released) I have been pulling all the
> pirate stuff out of a used collection I bought ages ago.
>
> Unfortunately it's missing many pieces and half the sails...
>
> I'm looking for the following sail.
> 6261 Raft Raiders
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6261
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> Tom Reed was kind enough to put up a GREAT version of the 6277 sails. I'm
> now asking if anyone can do the same with the 6261 set.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dean
Hi Dean,
I'm sorry I didn't catch this posting earlier. Here is the scan you wanted.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Merthyn/Sails/6261sail.jpg
I did it like the last scan. The heavy lines are 1/2 inch apart and the
small lines are 1/10 of an inch apart. I hope you can use this. If you
need any more scans later, it might be wise to send me an email and let me
know. I can't seem to keep up with all the postings like I would like to.
enjoy,
Tom
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