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Hi Wayne,
The northern California hotbed of LEGO activity is the Bay Area-- BayLug
actually meets fairly regularly (I think down in Fremont). Otherwise it is
pretty dead up here, although a while back someone from the Reno area was
looking for fellow AF'sOL.
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=33530
As for Bricklink, it's easy once you get the hang of it. Suppose you do attend
a BayLug meeting and Tom McDonald is there and you talk to him and decide you
just have to have a Spamcake Diner(tm) for your own town. Of course you need
Spot the Dog, so you go to Bricklink and, on a hunch, type in "Spamcake" in
the search box at the top of the page. Voila, there's that cute canine, in
Maggie's LEGO Finds. (Okay, okay, shameless plug.) And you also see some cool
Spamcake San Brickcisco T-shirts at Brickwear & More (no, John didn't pay me to
mention this, but I do feel absolved!).
Really though, type in something like "rotation sensor" or whatever you really
need, and then click on the one(s) that interest you and browse their shops.
You'll see you have all sorts of choices, and it can be way cheaper
than the usual sources like Shop@Home or Pittsco Dacta.
HTH!
Maggie C.
FUT appropriate group(s)
In lugnet.robotics, Wayne Watson writes:
> Thanks. I'm new to this game. I'm aware of bricklink but my initial take is
> that one needs to search their list on the home page for a dealer and then
> order through them. Maybe this isn't true. Maybe
> one just orders on bricklink and a dealer responds.
>
> Jona wrote:
>
> > Hi Wayne,
> >
> > I do not know of any events in that area, but I wanted to tell you that I
> > have had great luck with http://www.bricklink.com for misc. pieces. Since
> > you order the parts directly from the individual stores/storeowners, it
> > doesn't really matter where you are located. I have even bought items from a
> > shop in Germany.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Jona
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wayne Watson" <mtnviews@earthlink.net>
> > To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:10 PM
> > Subject: N. California Sites/Events?
> >
> > > Are there any Lego events going on in N. Calif. in the next month? Are • there any used part sources
> > > in this area? I'd like to pick up some misc. bricks for RIS 2.0.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet), Nevada • City, CA
> > >
> > > Crop circles? Why not snow and sand circles? Are aliens just • lazy?
> > >
> > > Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>
> > > Imaginarium Museum: • <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews/imaginarium.html>
> > >
>
> --
> Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet), Nevada • City, CA
>
> Crop circles? Why not snow and sand circles? Are aliens just lazy?
>
> Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>
> Imaginarium Museum: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews/imaginarium.html>
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| Thanks. Can I put in an order like this: 1 differential gear 6 10-lug axles 20 2x8 bricks 4 24t gears etc.? I suspect not, but I sure would like something close. I think I'll go to the BayLug and see Tom McDonald. He sounds like he could provide (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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