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Subject: 
Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
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Wed, 1 Mar 2000 22:06:32 GMT
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Why has there been such apathy towards Wamalug's train shows?  In the past
month, there have been a total of nine messages from non-members about our
setups.  There has been absolutly no discussion, no critiques, and very little
praise.  Do you all just not care?  Does everyone think we aren't good enough
to even deign to speak to us?  Heck, we've even mentioned (twice) we
successfully had DCC in our setups, and there is hardly a peep.  I've seen tons
of messages asking how to do it in the past year, and when it *is* done, no one
cares.  I'm sorry, but since there seems to be no interest, I am seriously
considering discontinuing these types of posts.

Jeff

In lugnet.trains, Jeff Stembel writes:
As you may've heard, WAMALUG displayed a layout at The Great American Train
Show held over the weekend in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  It was a *huge*
success, and we tied for Third place (out of seven or so).  We had one of the
largest crowd draws, with some people hanging around for hours or revisting us
a number of times.  Anyway, some of the major highlights of the show included:

~ Digital Command Control of the trains!  This was fun, allowing us to
individually crash, er *control* the trains, even on the same loop!
~ Larger layout!  It was 120"x160", but this time we had a 120"x200" layout!
~ Motorized Crane!  Not only was it motorized, It like to do aerial
acrobatics!  Like, falling over...  ;)
~ Attack of the 50 foot Minifig!
~ Rich Schamus' Blue Streak and Citrus Express!
~ Long Metroliner!
~ People saying it was the best layout at the show!
~ The double wide Train Bridge!
~ A kid offering to buy my Castle!  After he was told it wasn't for sale, I
decided to price it at $40,000.  :)
~ The elevator in Rich's Tower plumeting to the bottom, eliminating the
annoying protesters on board...  :)

Pictures available here:
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=189> (Kevin's pics)
<http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~dan/lego/pics/GATS/index.html> (Dan's pics)
<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/zigdon/Wamalug/GATS> (Dan's pics)

Have fun!

Jeff
Announcement God and Founding Member of Wamalug <http://www.wamalug.org>
http://members.xoom.com/aulddragon/

P.S.  Our website is still down, we'll let you all know when it is back up...



Message has 16 Replies:
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) tons (...) one (...) Well, I care. But then, I suppose I would. Seriously though, you'd get more attention out of some Lugnet readers if you said how great Mega Bloks are. Maybe they are just in awe with the layout. Or maybe they think we (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
I can understand your frustration. My own view is that anytime you post something it seems to be fairly random as far as the response. I've posted some things that I didn't think were all that important and had 32 e-mail replies and generated a lot (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
Hi Jeff, I must say, I couldn't check out the display earlier. I did now, only a little part (no time, sorry) and it looks very awesome. I don't think everyone is apathetic - just, as Richard said, don't think your egos need stroking... :) After (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
Jeff, Well, I am looking at the pictures now, I have been severely behind on e-mail, etc. From what I have seen so far, it is awesome, the big crane is mind-blowing. Great job everyone! Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
I respond to anything that I see and find interesting, but although taking part in another long DCC thread, I don't remember reading any threads about successful DCC. Can you point me to some Lugnet messages or web urls? -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) Not from me. I've just been time and connectivity challenged over the last week. The pics I saw (in the brief moments I've had) are amazing. Sorting layouts into tabletop(everyone else) vs legomodular(GMLTC so far, maybe BAYLUG soon), you guys (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
Actually, I had numerous questions about the DCC setup, but I saw in a post that some information was going to be posted about it, so I held my questions until it was posted, but here goes: How much labor (time) is required to convert a Lego Train (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
The pix are great, thanks for sharing! I especially liked the little movies, that is the coolest. Your setup makes my measly little train (which I worked on all weekend) look pitiful. Keep sharing pictures with us, we really like them! (especially (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) Well, I'm not one of those who asked about DCC, but I think your show was great. I appreciate your posts, and I really enjoyed the pictures. Excellent job, people! I don't usually post praise about shows, and there are many others like me in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
Well, by now you know that people DO care. I personally have been following all the posts from your show and found the pictures quite enjoyable. However, I didn't have anything particularly interesting to say, so I didn't post anything. I've found (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
I for one really enjoyed your setup. I especially enjoyed Dan's pics. However, did not post a response because: - I try not to do "me to" posts - Although I am slowly getting interested, I haven't yet gone over the edge and actually purchased a Lego (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
Huh? This is about the strangest post I have ever seen. Looking at the last post about WAMALUG there are 15 replies (certainly some of those people aren't WAMALUG members. Sometimes people have alot going on and do not post right away. Further, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) tons (...) one (...) Woah there. Just because there is no discussion about an event doesn't mean that people don't care, or are not impressed. There are many, many reasons why there might not be discussion about something. People might have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) Can't speak for anyone else but here's why I hardly ever comment on them. A) I'm not a trainhead B) I normally look at all the pics, and even call my wife in to see them, and amazed at how cool they are, but really have very little to offer in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) little (...) enough (...) tons (...) one (...) I was suitably impressed, but I hardly ever post congratulations. Dunno why. I would hope you do the shows for personal satisfaction and social interaction and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
Hi Jeff, Thats the trouble with the Internet, your doiing it all for yourself, expect no comment, there still a lot of vieuwers or would you rather call them consumers ? Were trying to get the same thing started in Europe, how do you organise such a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)

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