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Re: Getting your MOC's to shows?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:36:52 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Dave Sterling wrote:
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I’m not sure where this should be posted, so I placed it in events, general,
and storage. Stacy and I are planning to attend Brickworld and possibly
BrickFair this year. We would like to exhibit at both, but this year will
be our first time doing any kind of public exposition. Since we’re
first-timers, we have a few questions (and I warn you this could get long)
about AFoL events.
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Hi, Dave (& Stacy:-)
I’ve been much too quiet around here, so I’m taking this great opportunity to
sound off. I remember being in your shoes not so long ago. Our first show
was LaCrosse:-) So I will share with you all I can. But for sure let’s plan
on having dinner together in LaCrosse in March and talk about it at length.
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Yeah, you have been kinda quiet lately. I was wondering where you disappeared
to. :-) Dinner in La Crosse sounds great. Did you guys make it to “The Depot”
last year for BBQ? If you like BBQ it’s awesome.
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First off, when you say “MINI”, are you talking about a Mini Cooper or a
minivan? Because what you bring to shows is completely dictated by what
will fit in your vehicle.
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MINI Cooper. We COULD bring our monster van...but it’s a pain on long trips.
We’re still undecided as to which we’re bringing. I guess it will depend on how
much stuff we want to show and how much more stuff we intend to bring back. :-)
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Another thing that REALLY helped us were “dry runs”. We used LaCrosse as a
dry run show for the NMRA show in Cincinnati. If you are thinking about
transporting a layout to Chicago, consider contacting the LaCrosse show to
show there first, as a sort of dry run.
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Yeah, a dry run would be awesome. I’d love to do La Crosse this year as it’s in
our backyard. Do you have any contact information for that show? Or any advice
on how to get in? I can’t find any contact information online. Also, I heard
rumors last year that they were going to limit the LEGO Train participation
because some of the “old timer” model train guys were getting grumpy about the
AFoLs getting all the attention from the kids and media. Of course this rumor
came from an “old timer” as well. We’ll see.
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As far as flying goes, I’ve never brought more than just a container of MOCs
that I carried onto the plane for an event. It’s just not worth trying to
bring a lot via air in my mind. I just suck it up and enjoy the MOCs of the
locals:-)
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Yeah, I think we’ll probably go this route. I might do a few Vigs. or something
like that. Maybe bring a couple train engines or cars to show. I think we’re
planning to do more volunteer stuff at that show versus actually exhibiting.
The distance is just too great to safely bring everything. Maybe we’ll drive
there in 2008. :-)
Gotta run,
-Dave
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| (...) We always skip that, and hang out together as a group (with the GMLTC usually) (...) I'll get it to you (contact info) via email. The flyer did say that they were restricting new participants, but you never know. It would be best to contact (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Hi, Dave (& Stacy:-) I've been much too quiet around here, so I'm taking this great opportunity to sound off. I remember being in your shoes not so long ago. Our first show was LaCrosse:-) So I will share with you all I can. But for sure let's (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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