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In lugnet.general, Nathan McDowell writes:
> In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > http://www.nelug.org/greenberg1200/
> Congratulations on a successful show. =) It sounds like you guys had a
> blast! It's great to hear that so many people were interested in your
> layout and the whole LEGO Train theme as well. LEGO has been making trains
> for decades and it's funny how few people know about it, especially model
> railroad fans. On an aside, it's funny to think about the 'stigma' that
> goes with an adult buying LEGO 'toys', the odd looks you get when you freak
> out in a Toys R Us when you see a new set, the cashiers who ask "This is for
> you?!" and then sneer at you (I've gotten this before), but when you have
> something like this layout of yours to show for all the time and money you
> put into it, people think twice about LEGO being just a 'toy' for kids and
> they're actually genuinely interested in the hobby.
I think most of the stygma comes from what people either remember building when
they were kids or what their own kids build with what is probably a much
smaller assortment of parts then what most of us have to work with. For some
reason the equation:
AFOL + bigger budget + more parts + more paitents = bigger and often better
creations.
Just doesn't click until they see it laid out in front of them.
I think if we had the resources to sell our models as kits we probably could
have made a pretty penny over the weekend.
> Oh, that train track seems dangerously close to
> the edge of the table though... DUN-Dun-duuuuun! =) Here's hoping there
> weren't any suicidal hobos on those trains =).
Well to tell the truth, with our experiance the people at this show were very
well behaved. See the first public show NELUG ever did was MIT's Mindfest.
That was a very hands on show where the train shows are generally hands off by
nature.
That doesn't mean people didn't touch or that the Metroliner didn't make a
couple trips to the floor but we made it through in good shape. We will
probably have a barrier next time but I really like having the trains running
as close to the people as possible. They really got into checking out the
detail as it went by.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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