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Re: Utah Get Together Report
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Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:21:48 GMT
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Sorry I didn't respond to the report sooner. I really appreciate Ashley giving
the lowdown on our very first get-together. As soon as we get the page up
and running we have GOT to include the write-up he did and put in some
pictures.
I'm definitely looking forward to the next one in January!
..joseph g
In lugnet.loc.us.ut, Ashley Glennon writes:
> On Friday, Oct. 15th, the first Utah Lego get together was hosted by the
> Sproat family in Orem, UT. Here's a report from the fun event:
>
> In attendance: Barbara and Jeremy Sproat, Ashley Glennon, Joseph and
> Elizabeth Gonzales, Brian Hacking, Jason Moulding and Jeremy's sister.
>
> The party started off with big doses of socializing and fun. Jeremy and
> Barbara showed off cool trains, space creations and numerous other projects
> under construction. Jason created a cool, small scale "Droideka" and a steer
> skeleton that were both neat. Barbara had created several minifig cars and a
> cool, jet powered train car using podracer parts.
>
> Brian Hacking along with the Sproats provided pizza, cookies, cake and drinks!
> The Sproats had carefully crafted a sheet cake to look like a 2x4 brick.
>
> Ashley Glennon showed off a two-foot tall minifig amusement ride controlled by
> an RCX. Ashley also showed off a hard (printed) copy of his minifig art
> website. Later in the evening in an impromptu session, about six new works of
> art were created by Ashley and Jeremy's sister. Note: Jeremy's junk box
> (from which we made art) puts some whole collections to shame.
>
> Joseph Gonzales brought several special items including a cool heavy artillery
> truck built from a combination of adventurers sets. Joseph showed off his
> fantastic Phantom of the Opera entry for Matthew Verdiers Halloween contest.
> Joseph also brought a few stock Rock Raiders items for all to view.
>
> Jason Moulding brought an accordion file full of castle, Ninja and other
> instructions. Of special note were his European and Asian instructions.
>
> Between the few members that were present, we had visited every Legoland and
> had four CLSOTW web sites.
>
> Barbara and Jeremy shared a photo-album full of LL Windsor photos. Ashley
> Glennon showed slides from the Grand Opening of Legoland California and a trip
> to LL Denmark.
>
> After the slide show, Joseph Gonzales served up big doses of generosity by
> hosting several games with excellent prizes. The first game was a stumper in
> which you had to identify the name, set number and year of release for about
> 15 old sets. The next game was a mindbender to see how many words you could
> spell out of "Black Seas Barracuda." The final game involved building a Rock
> Raiders set while wearing garden gloves.
>
> Not only were the games fun, but check out the prizes Joseph generously
> awarded: A small Technic set, a Lego green brick service pack, castle
> polybags, an unopened box of minifigs, Rock Raiders mini-sets, Adventurers
> polybags and more! Thank you Joseph! Everyone left with something!
>
> After the games, the trades began. Ashley and Joseph brought items to trade
> including old Legoland sets, a Technic powerpack, a model team Jeep, a Lego
> Contraptions book, various polybags etc. Just about everyone traded or
> promised to swap something and left happy.
>
> After a quick digital photo session and some more socializing on what we
> REALLY do for a living, the event was over. We decided to meet about once a
> quarter and that we should do this again. We never found time to name our
> group. [Watch for a naming thread coming soon!]
>
> A great time was had by all.
>
> Thanks to Barbara and Jeremy for hosting this inaugural event.
>
> Ashley
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