To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.legoland.californiaOpen lugnet.legoland.california in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 LEGOLAND / California / 411
410  |  412
Subject: 
Re: Umm, Legoland CA - are you there? (Re: Announcing the next LEGO Modelmaking Experience at LEGOLAND W
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.legoland.california
Date: 
Sat, 1 Jun 2002 09:14:37 GMT
Viewed: 
3344 times
  
In lugnet.legoland.california, Lawrence Wilkes writes:

"Jonathan Dallas" <brickmason@legos.zzn.com> wrote in message
news:Gx0Frv.I0r@lugnet.com...
I'm sure they know we want this in America, but I don't think it is
possible.  Last I knew, all the models for the California Park were being
built in England.  If this is true then there just aren't any master builder
workspaces at the LL CA.  And no Master Builders to show off models.

I think the best we could see at LL CA would be an up close tour of
miniland.  See how everything works.  That would still be cool.  And maybe
they could fly in a Master Builder to explain some building techniques.  The
only thing missing would be the huge amount of rare lego parts.

Jonathan D.


No, they said at the LLW tour that there was a model maker group at LL CA.
I believe it is small at present, and true many of the models were built at
LLW.

Yes, there are master Builders at LL CA, we had one visit us during Bricks West.

They need some capability on site for maintenance purposes I would assume.
Besides breakages, people actually steal models or pieces of and take them
home - the automobiles are popular.
Cars were one of the things they said were made locally - each model making
team specialises in cars common to their locality and send them to all the
other parks if they are 'world' cars.

Yup, I have seen little kids running around miniland with cars they have
taken form the cities. I thought they were attached to the ground, I was
surprsed to find out they were not.

And actually we didn't go on a tour of the main model making facility.
The one we did go round, though a working facility, is quite small and on show
to the public behind glass.

And LL CA has one of these, filled with parts in bins taller than me.

The main one is much larger, and has all the non lego stuff as well , like
metalwork, animatronics, etc

lawrence

So what do we have to do to get one of these set up? Maybe it could be an
added bonus for the next Bricks West? I really think it would be a hit, look
at all the attention the one comming up at LL Windsor is getting - at one
point the main post as well as a reply was highlighted on the main page. I
know I would easily drop $100 or so on this in a heartbeat.

Mark
http://www.landofbricks.com



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Umm, Legoland CA - are you there? (Re: Announcing the next LEGO Modelmaking Experience at LEGOLAND W
 
"Jonathan Dallas" <brickmason@legos.zzn.com> wrote in message news:Gx0Frv.I0r@lugnet.com... (...) No, they said at the LLW tour that there was a model maker group at LL CA. I believe it is small at present, and true many of the models were built at (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.legoland.california)

8 Messages in This Thread:



Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR