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| Hi all, Hope I'm not stealing any of Allan B's thunder, but he and I talked and he asked me to help organize the attendance and the displays. So here I am. So with much further ado, the Hobby Show at the Convention Center in Toronto, Ontario is just (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.monlug) !
| | |  | | Hobby Show Update (WAS: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON)
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| Hello Everyone, A quick note to let you know that the LEGO booth for this year's Hobby Show in Toronto (Nov 5, 6, 7/04) is a 'go'. We got the invite and I accepted on behalf of the group. This information was sent today to the mailing list I have (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) <snip> (...) x-posted to parlugment to see if anyone is interested. Anyone? I can bring it up at the next meeting as well. (...) Excellent. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) And I would think many people would love to see them. I know I would! (...) Any chance that other builders in the Ottawa area might want to join you, to share expenses, travel, and all the fun? :) The invitation is certainly open. In fact, in (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| <snip> Hmm, this sounds pretty cool. I'd be interested in bringing a couple of models down from Ottawa, especially the (URL) Discovery> and soon to be complete Leonov. I'd really like to display them whenever I can. Unfortunately I don't think I'll (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| <snippage> I'm interested. I don't know my schedule this far out in advance. However, I will do my very best to be free that weekend. Benjamin Medinets (22 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) Bigger than 12X space buggy? :) (...) Is that the general consensus of rtlToronto? I apologize if it's been discussed on LUGNET. I might have missed it, but I hadn't heard that until now. Thanks! Allan B. (22 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) I've got two large sculptures that I was hoping to display at the hobby show, and I think we at rtlToronto want to use the hobby show as our second train display of the year. I think the timing is perfect for that. Derek (22 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) I know. :) And thank you. Now where is everyone else? Allan B. (22 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| In lugnet.events, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) I'm in! Dave K (22 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) I was contacted by the show organizers who are asking whether or not we will be attending the show this year to put on the LEGO booth again. At this point, based on the feedback to this thread from two months ago, and from a message sent to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | |  | | cleaning lego bricks
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| Greetings- Does anyone out there know how to clean legos? I haven't taken my legos out for a while and I fear that they have become dusty. If someone could give me some info I'd really appreciate it. (22 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | |  | | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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| (...) To clarify - I don't know how long the link will be around at the Niagara Review web site. The show will be ongoing daily until Labour Day (Sept 6?). -Rob A> (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | |  | | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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| (...) It's funny how different people read things differently. I took Rob's comment to mean that he didn't know how long the link would be around. I figured he was concerned that the site might archive the story at some point and that the link (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | |  | | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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| (...) That's interesting that he is hoping to make a living out of exhibiting the layout, just not sure that it would work out very well numbers wise. I do wish him luck. If anyone goes and sees this display, please get some pictures of his MOC (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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| (...) I think Rob is concerned that because of the lack of attendance the display might close early. Derek ps, how come sometimes when I send a message I get no replay from lugnet for Authentication. The message just disappears. This is my second (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | |  | | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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| (...) The article says the display will be up until Labour Day. Ben M. (22 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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| (...) There is an article on the show in the Niagara Review - curerently online at (URL) Don't know how long it will be around though... -Rob A> (22 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| In lugnet.events, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) Yep, I can handle the booking of the people. If you want, I'll do that bit. Unless somehting completely out of the ordinary happens, I'll be there all weekend. Dave K -who is looking to Jeff's (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | |  | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) Hi Dave, For whatever reason (perhaps my own lack of experience with such an event) the biggest part of the effort was organizing who was coming and when. As you can recall we had people coming and going on each of the three days. That in (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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