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| (...) Amazing stuff guys! A show on a canal takes the cake, especially with a cool Bombardier O-Train model too! And of course, the great BeaverTails shop! Calum (19 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Winterlude Photos
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| (...) There is something very wrong about a train display outdoors in winter in Canada! :-) Seriously, the snow effect is wonderful-- I totally buy it! Having it all out of doors is icicles on the cake;-) Great show, guys! JOHN (19 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Winterlude Photos
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| (...) YAY ParLUGment!!! Way to pull out the stops and put on awesome display. The "snow" looks wonderful, and YAY!!! to you all for braving the elements. Pulling off an outdoor display I am sure is no easy feat, but anyone can do it with style, and (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Winterlude Photos
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| It has been too long past, and I haven't renamed all the photos, so I just went ahead and did the batch resize in order to get these posted. So, finally, without further ado, here are my photo's from ParLUGment's display on the Rideau Canal in (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: LEGO Work Shop @ Plant Recreation Centre
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| (...) Sounds interesting. I wonder if there are some AFOLs buried in there. I don't think anyone in ParLUGment was aware of it, otherwise I'm sure they would have mentioned something. Too bad we'll be busy with the Winterlude show - I'll actually by (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | ParLUGment on Ice - Lego Trains at Winterlude!
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| Hi all, Just a friendly reminder if you're in the Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) area - come by and check out our LEGO train layout on the Rideau Canal for the Winterlude festivities. We will be operating from the Canal from 10am to 5pm tomorrow and (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | LEGO Work Shop @ Plant Recreation Centre
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| My wife saw this posted at the Plant Recreation Centre (Somerset @ Preston). Anybody know who's organizing this? *** Plant Recreation Centre is offering LEGO Work Shop Saturday February 5th 9:00am-12:00pm Cost $25.00 Age 8-12 Come build mechanical (...) (19 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment
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| (...) Have a great time everyone, stay warm, and take lots of pictures please. Wish I could be there! Janey "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, FTX)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment
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| (...) Just to add/clarify a couple of details... The display is on the weekend of February 5th and 6th, open to the public from 10:00am to 5:00pm both days. Hope to see some of you Ottawa lurkers there! J (19 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, FTX)
| | | | | ParLUGment
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| Working in conjunction with the National Capital Commission, ParLUGment will be participating in the opening weekend of Winterlude. At the north end of the world's longest skating rink, ParLUGment will be displaying a winter theme train layout, (...) (19 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Educational store in Bells Corners
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| G'day folks, I was wondering if anyone has ever checked out the Educational/Teachers store in Bells Corners, on Roberston west of Moodie (in mini-mall across from the Nissan stealership). The sign in the window claims they have LEGO. Regards KDJ (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment to Display at Railfair 27, Ottawa, Canada
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| Nope. I pretty much kept to myself, admiring the work in awe :-) I'm still a little shy about my little Lego obsession. Odd, isn't it? I'm trying to work up the courage to attend the next ParLUGment meeting. Oh, and I'm looking forward to seeing (...) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment to Display at Railfair 27, Ottawa, Canada
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| Hi Daniel, Glad you enjoyed it! I didn't get to meet you - did you introduce yourself to anyone else in the club? I'm guessing pictures should be posted within a few days or less. I know Tim probably took close to a 1000 picture :) Kevin (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment to Display at Railfair 27, Ottawa, Canada
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| Just got in from the show. The layout was fantastic! Absolutely amazing. Clearly the hit of the show. Great job to all who contributed. I wish my creations were so creative and well-build. Now I realize that I don't own nearly enough Lego :-) Daniel (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | sneak previews of ottawa train show
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| this saturday & sunday, oct 16, 17, parlugment participates in its second local train show. (URL) building all summer & into the fall, i've completed some mocs for the show. among them are an 18-hole mini-putt golf course, inspired by my 12-yr-old (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, FTX)
| | | | | ParLUGment to Display at Railfair 27, Ottawa, Canada
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| Hello, The Ottawa LEGO club ParLUGment is pleased to announce our second train layout showing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. On October 16th and 17th, we will be displaying a 25' x 16' LEGO Train layout at Railfair 27. This is double the size of last (...) (20 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment) !
| | | | | September ParLUGment Meeting
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| Well, it's that time again. We are meeting at Karl's home Thursday September 2, at 6pm for pizza, or 7:15pm just for the meeting. We will be splitting up several group orders from S@H and Bricklink, discussing/planning the October Train Show, and (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: Where in Ottawa sells trains?
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| (...) Hi Daniel, Welcome to the world of LEGO Trains. I got addicted about 5 years ago myself. Unfortunately, there are no stores in the Ottawa area that carry track to my knowledge. There are 3 LEGO Outlet Stores in southern Ontario that may still (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Where in Ottawa sells trains?
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| Hi, I'm new to the group and new to Lego train collecting. I'm wondering if there is anywhere in the city where I can pick up extra track, or that has good prices on sets. Any good tips would be appreciated. Thanks! D (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Star Wars Minis @ Sears
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| G'day folks, I've noticed that Sears has been putting the Star Wars minis on for $6.94, but they aren't consistent about which series of minis is on sale. However the store at St-Laurent seems to have put all of later/larger ones on sale: 4488 (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Shopping in Ottawa
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| I stopped at TRU today, and there are several things on sale, but none of them are very good sales. They do have the new Alpha Team arctic sets, and the new Knights Kingdom though. And Gail Meagher posted to .ca that they have some items on sale (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment May Meeting
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| Well, we had a record breaking turn-out for our May meeting. 14 people showed up, and that was without 2 regulars. We went around the circle to introduce ourselves and our favourite themes, so the new attendees were Deborah (architecture), Shirley (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| Have to agree with getting more Pick a brick stores, you have one in Windsor, down in the south of england, there should be one up north, say Manchester, so i can get the bits i need without resorting to bricklink :D (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | History
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| Don't know how I got the idea, but I was browsing LUGNET and got the idea to look up who were the oldest posters on LUGNET from ParLUGment. Interesting stuff. Here's their first posts to LUGNET, first posts to .ott, and rec.toys.lego/alt.toys.lego (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | ParLUGment May Meeting
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| Just to let everyone know, I will be hosting the May Meeting, on Tuesday May 4th, at 7pm. No dinner this time. It looks like we may have 14 attendees this time. Directions will be emailed directly to those interested in attending. Anyone wishing to (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Dear LEGO...
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| (cross-posting to Dear-LEGO) Jake, ...or whichever other LEGO representative that might be reading this... Why has Canada been left out of all these LEGO store openings?!?! Not to ignore other countries, but Canada actually had a LEGO S@H until a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: meeting in may?
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| (...) lol! Details two weeks before the meeting? That's unheard of for our group! In the past we've been pretty bad, as I'm sure you've noticed the lack of meeting postings on LUGNET. :) I guess we should try and change that since the group is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | meeting in may?
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| hi, tim strutt mentioned that this group might gather in may, the 1st monday and i was hoping to receive more info re details, if they've been decided. could someone please let me know if in fact details have been decided. i'd appreciate it very (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | Shopping Update
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| Stopped at TRU on Merivale today. They have ALL the X-Pods now. A bin full. And they have a LOT of stuff on sale, between 30-45% off on sports, racers, some new creator & town stuff, and of course Jack Stone. The 45% was mainly the extra-large (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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| (...) As far as I know, ParLUGment will meet next on Monday, May 3. Unfortunately, I may not be there, since it's my sons birthday. But if you are interested in attending, we will definitely email you the info on where it will be (once decided), (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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| (...) sharing my work with children is one thing, sharing with the afol community has turned out to be something completely different. you mentioned in a previous post that parlugment would be meeting the first monday of the month. will this be (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, FTX)
| | | | | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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| (...) before i break my creations, i bring them into work to show my students (i'm a teacher) so at least i get a chance to share the beauty of this hobby. they (aged 4-12) are in awe of the brick and i hope i incite them to build something, (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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| (...) <snip> (...) Some more beautiful MOC's again. The Cliffhouse is beautiful. Makes me want to build something just to include a waterfall. That waterfall is awesome. I can see why you'd have to tear it down. That's a lot of window packs. And (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Presumably Gatineau is part of the Ottawa Region, casino and all. :) (...) Well, it doesn't seem the way it used to be, I agree. While we don't miss anything our American friends get from S@H in the US. What we lost was: a) At exchange pricing (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Calum, According to your stats, we beat your tourism on a per capita basis. :-) Do not forget that with Ottawa you have Gatineau and a reasonable proximity to Montreal. Actually, I do not want to argue that LEGO do something here instead of (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) LEGO Imagination Centers, besides looking somewhat cooler on a whole, tend to end up with a whole lot of non-line merchandise and things like keychains and magnets and stuff. The Brand Stores are just that, and the Outlets carry a broader (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Imagination Centres", "LEGO Brand Stores", and "LEGO Outlets", from the point-of-view of buying selection. They sound the same as the 3 franchise stores we already have in Ontario (Windsor, Waterloo area, and north of Toronto). And compared to (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Don't forget the southern US, too(1)! Here in South Texas, I'm more than a 15 hour drive from any LEGO Outlet, probably a lot more than that. I mean, talk about pent up demand...(2) Texas(3)! It's a good place to have one, too! C'mon LEGO... (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) I know GTA would be a great spot in Canada economically for a new store, but you know I had to put in a plug for Ottawa. :-) (...) If they had outlet pricing for a small selection, we'd be there as least weekly to check for new items. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Niagara Falls of course. It is already a huge tourism hotspot, with large numbers of outlet style/specialty stores and attractions. 14 million people visit Niagara Falls annually. (URL) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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