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TexLUG was invited to participate at Maker Faire 2008 in Austin, Texas this past
weekend. We’re not the first LUG to display at Maker Faire, but this was our
first time, and we walked away with not one but two “Editor’s Choice” awards for
our display/booth.
We were given a huge area to work with, which we filled with two displays - a
Space/Moonbase and a Town/Train (with tall ships). We also had two areas for
kids to come and build, one filled with Duplo, the other with regular System.
My pictures can be found here:
Gallery
We had a lot of fun and we hope that we’ll be invited back next year.
--Tony
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What are these spare parts you speak of? Aren’t all parts of equal value?
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Gallery
For a third year, TexLUG was invited to display at the Healthy Baby and Child
Expo in San Antonio on March 8th and 9th, 2008. While only two TexLUG members
were able to attend, the layout was nevertheless a success. The theme this year
was “Around the World in 80 days”, featuring well known landmarks and monuments
from around the globe, along with a few LEGO sets and MOCs.
--Tony
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Anthony Sava wrote:
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These were built for the upcoming March 2008 “Around the World in 80 Days”
themed TexLUG display. I think I did a pretty decent job, considering I’m
working with inventory scraps and leftovers.
Stonehenge
Flickr
Brickshelf
I was
originally going to build it “as it was,” complete and whole, but my wife
convinced me to build it “as it is,” something I have not yet seen in LEGO
bricks.
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I think your wife gave you some great advice, the “as is” version is nicely
done. I really enjoyed it. Great work Tony.
Janey “Red Brick”
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These were built for the upcoming March 2008 “Around the World in 80 Days”
themed TexLUG display. I think I did a pretty decent job, considering I’m
working with inventory scraps and leftovers.
Stonehenge
Flickr
Brickshelf
I was
originally going to build it “as it was,” complete and whole, but my wife
convinced me to build it “as it is,” something I have not yet seen in LEGO
bricks.
The Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza or “El Castillo”
Flickr
Brickshelf
I purposely
built it wrong so that it ‘looked right’ (the real pyramid has 9 steps, not 6).
The pyramid’s steps are also a bit too steep, but this was built from spare
parts, so I didn’t have a lot of plates to donate to this project. Like the
real pyramid, one can create the feathered serpent climbing the steps at the two
equinoxes:
--Tony
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