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| (5 URLs) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.nj, FTX)
| | | | | Lego competition at the Puyallup Fair
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| The Puyallup Fair has a Lego competition. September 8-24, 2006 Entries required by 6pm on Sunday, August 27, 2006. category for AGES 15 AND UNDER category for AGES 16 AND OVER Details and rules on page 22 of (URL) (including "Entire piece may not (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.us.wa, FTX)
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 5/14
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| All, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday. (And yes, it *is* on Mother's Day. Show your Mom you love her by getting out of the house for a couple hours!) Particulars are below. If you have a creation to show, bring it. I'll (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Selling my whole Collection - 500lbs of LEGO !!! Please check it out.
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| I'm selling my whole collection!! Over 500 lbs of Lego boxed up in 30 boxes. 20 years worth of collecting. Please bid if you are interested. A Whole LOT-O-LEGO up for sale. Auction ends: Friday night, May-12-06 18:40:33 PDT (URL) in South Carolina (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.loc.us.sc)
| | | | | What are the full addresses to the Atlanta stores?
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| I'll be up in Atlanta in about 3 weeks for the weekend, but won't have much time to hit Lego. I'd like to have the 2 stores programmed into my NAV so I know which I might be closer to depending on where I am when I find the time. I have the (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl)
| | | | | Re: A show of hands please...
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| (...) I am on the southern border of Maricopa County in Chander. Still about 1.5 hours to Tucson, but am more than willing to drive. It is a nice drive along I-10. -Nate (20 years ago, 4-May-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az.tuc)
| | | | | Re: A show of hands please...
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| (...) We lived across the street from Sabino Canyon from '84-'91. I came out of my dark ages around '86. Some day we'll be back, although on the OTHER side of the Catalinas, near Oracle. The next time we are in Tucson, I will post a "heads up":-) (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az.tuc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: New Arizona Resident and Builder
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| (...) Hi, guys! Although I'm still in Minnesota, eventually we are going to end up in Arizona (recently purchased property north of Tucson). It may take 5 years or so, but that's the plan! Until then I will be with you guys in spirit:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A show of hands please...
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| (...) I'm WAY south of Maricopa County. Cochise in fact. But if you're having a get-together, I'll drive to Tucson, no prob. I think only Alaska has a lower AFOL per square mile ratio than Arizona. Aaron (20 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az.tuc)
| | | | | NWBrickCon Registration Reminder
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| (URL) Just a reminder. NWBrickCon registration will be increasing from $38 to $44 on Saturday May 6th. So register early at (URL) the website> and save yourself some money. We are working hard and the event looks to be shaping up for one of the best (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: New Arizona Resident and Builder
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| (...) Nate! Now I'm in Arizona too! Unfortunately, I'm way down in Sierra Vista, so I'm hardly any closer to you than I was in San Diego. But if we can find some Tucson ALEs, we might have a central gathering location. Hope we can pull some closet (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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| (...) The glory of fast-passes fix that for the more popular rides such as SM ;) But the rides at LLCA move slowww...www. They have very low per-hour capacity that brings everything to a very slow crawl. And it is only worse when LLCA cuts down on (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
| | | | | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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| (...) Standing in line is not my idea of a fun vacation - especially with short attention span 4-12 year olds. If Legoland purposely cuts off attendance each day to insure small lines, charge a high gate fee, and can still make a profit, I think (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
| | | | | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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| I think that a better spot in the midwest would be near the major population centers. That would be near the Great Lakes. I think an ideal location would be near Cedar Pointe Amusement Park near Sandusky Ohio on Lake Erie. It would be within a few (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | | | | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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| (...) I think there is a good chance for it to succeed in the Kansas City area. If your target attendance is 1.4M a year (which the other 4 Legoland parks average), that is well within the realm of reason if you include everything within a day's (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
| | | | | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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| (crossposting to .legoland) (...) To re-state what I posted on BL: I think these "tourism experts" need to find new jobs lol. LLCA has trouble getting people from as close as LA and SD to go to the park. The only reason out of towners go there is (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
| | | | | Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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| Exciting news for residents of the midwest United States! I read this in the 4/28/2006 Kansas City Star. "Joco" is the local shorthand for Johnson County KS: a very well-to-do, family oriented suburb on the western side of Kansas City,MO with (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
| | | | | San Diego Commission Looking for Artists
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| This was found in today's San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper: Commission seeks artists to design library's space VISUAL ARTS: The San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture is sending out a call for an artist or artist team to design a new educational (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, FTX)
| | | | | Lots of LEGO-words built for celebrity press event
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| Hi, everybody! I finsihed up another project a few weeks ago, and I'm finally around to posting about it now... The models I made weren't very intricate or complex, but they were fun to build nonetheless. On April 6, TLG held a press conference in (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO models on the cover of New York Family Magazine
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| Hi, everybody! Last month I built 2 two-foot apartment buildings that were photograhped and featured in New York Family Magazine. One of the buildings was used for the April 2006 (current) issue cover, and the other was printed alongside the table (...) (20 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !
| | | | | TexLUG Houston Meeting April 22, 2006
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| Howdy! TexLUG Houston will be having a meeting this Saturday the 22nd of April. Feel free to come on by and have some fun! Who: TexLUG Houston What: General Meeting When: Saturday, April 22, 2006 Where: 19525 Wied Road, Suite #106. Spring, TX 77379 (...) (20 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
| | | | | WAMALUG Display at the National Air and Space Museum, April 15 2006
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| Hi all, This was the second year that WAMALUG participated in Explore the Universe Day at the National Air and Space Museum. Museum visitors got to see a nice variety of Space and space related MOCs, and also were able to build in a free build space (...) (20 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX) !!
| | | | | TexLUG Austin robotic line-following contest 6/11/06
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| Folks, The Austin chapter of the Texas Lego Users Group (TexLUG) is holding a robotic line following contest on June 11, 2006. In this line following contest, robots attempt to complete a specified race course by following a black line on a white (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | HoB 2006, one month away
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| (URL) This is a friendly reminder that Chicago House of Bricks is rapidly approaching. Come join us May 12-14 in Downer’s Grove, Illinois! Please be sure to register soon if you plan to attend. (URL) Visit our website for more information.> We hope (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.ky, FTX) !!
| | | | | 300+ lb Lego garage sale
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| Selling over 300 lbs of Lego on Sunday. Garage sale will happen at Kobeys space G-46 ((URL) Admission to the meet is $1. Doors open at 7:00 am; I'll be packing up to leave about 10:00 am. Come by to visit, say hello, buy a part or a tub full. What (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
| | | | | Brickfest Bulletin 2
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| (URL) Badge, MOC Cards, and Brick Bazaar Forms are Now LIVE! I am happy to announce that registrants can now edit their badges on their BrickFest account. Unlike previous years, BrickFest 2006 has a new design: (URL) Attendees can edit their name, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.build, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 4/9
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| All, The next Austin TexLUG meeting will be this coming Sunday, April 9. Come on out and show off what you've been working on! If you have questions about Mindstorms NXT, come by and we'll see if we can help you with the answers. (The library's wifi (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 14: Going Batty
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula>PodCast, (URL) Episode 14: Going Batty>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the new Batman, Mindstorms NXT, V-Pods and more! Thanks for listening & have fun! --Mike & Dave (20 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX) !
| | | | | AFOL Named Sheldon?
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| Hi All- I'm trying to locate a gentleman who lives in the Portland, Oregon area named Sheldon who joined us for the NW TrainFest 2006 two weekends ago (03.25.06). Unfortunately I was not able to get his last name, or contact information during the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, FTX)
| | | | | LEGOPalooza Display at Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, NC April 1
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| NCLUG had its second LEGO event at Morehead Planetarium at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 1. The club had four dedicated display areas: (URL) a moonbase with modules from members Carin Proctor, Sam Cox, Adam Skelding, David (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.nc, FTX) !!
| | | | | NW TrainFest 2006 @ Other newsgroups...
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| Hi All- If you can make it to Portland, Oregon this weekend, please stop by the GPLR clubhouse on Saturday March 25 for a day of fun: (URL) Click for Details of the Event> We hope to see you there! -jeremy (URL) GPLR> (20 years ago, 22-Mar-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, FTX)
| | | | | NWBrickCon update
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| (2 URLs) nwbrickcon.org> is online Hey folks, we've got great news. (URL) nwbrickcon.org> is online. Online registration is available along with ordering your NWBrickCon tee shirt, commemorative model, and/or Brick Bazaar Space. Current registration (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, FTX) !!
| | | | | TexLUG Austin 3/12 meeting report
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| Folks, Attending the 3/12 TexLUG Austin meeting were: Louis Davis Lee Rahe Tim Rueger Ed Southerland Ed brought a few more of his custom minifigs, but most of his MOCs were really nice xpod-based spaceships. I really liked his stylings in various (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Monthly LEGO® Activities here in Minneapolis
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| We have been doing a Family Group called All About Family for about 2 years. We have started to do LEGO® activties on a monthly basis. This month we did LEGO kaleidoscopes which was a FABULOUS project. Next month we are doing a LEGO® Easter Bunny (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.us.mn)
| | | | | Michiana-LTC to display at the SJVRR Swap Meet - Sunday, March 19
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| To all, The Michiana LEGO Train Club is pleased to display at the upcoming SJVRR Swap Meet on Sunday, October 16. Event Details: 10:00AM - 3:00PM CST Address: Elks lodge 3535 East McKinley Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46615 Admission: Individual $4 (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Brickfest Bulletin
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| (URL) Keynote, Registration, Logo and Odds and Ends Keynote Speaker Confirmed I'm proud to announce that the keynote speaker this year is Tormud Askildsen of LEGO Community Development. He has been one of the many people in the LEGO Group (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
| | | | | House of Bricks, 2006!
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| (URL) Chicago House of Bricks will once again be held in conjunction with To Be Continued! A fine cut of LEGO will be served with savory science-fiction, buttered fantasy, and field-fresh gaming. But the ‘piece de resistance’ will be the fun (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.ky, FTX) !!
| | | | | PennLUG in the paper
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| Recently PennLUG was contacted by the York Dispatch newspaper to do an article on the LUG and on the hobby in general. We haven't seen the article yet ourselves but they asked a lot of questions and took a lot of pictures so we hope it will be an (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.us.pa)
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 3/12
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| All, The next Austin TexLUG meeting will be this Sunday, March 12. It's been a few months since we've gotten together, so come on out and show off what you've been working on! I'll be shortly announcing and posting rules for a line following and (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | March IndyLUG meeting
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| Jeramy has offered to host the March IndyLUG meeting at his house in Danville. The meeting will be on Sunday, March 12, and it will start at 2:00. Activities for March's meeting will include: • Planning for 500 Festival show (May) • Planning for (...) (20 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Biomechanical Bricks - Jama - Storming Robots - REPORT
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| (...) -Snip- What a great time! Day one March 3rd 2006 I just arrived home from the first day of the conference. The 15th Annual New Jersey Association for Gifted Children. Held at the Hilton in New Brunswick New Jersey. Day one. There were lot's of (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.people, FTX)
| | | | | Biomechanical Bricks - Jama - this weekend
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| Hey all, (URL) at Orion Robots wrote on his blog> about a show I am doing this weekend. Check it out, you might want to come if you are in the area. (2 URLs) The Jamocklaquat by: Eric Sophie>> We'll be using Robolab with the upper half of the robot. (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
| | | | | IDLE 2006 - Please join me in celebrating on 3/18
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| Dear Fellow LEGO-Lovin' Folk, Again this year, I'll be celebrating a holiday I made up just to celebrate a holiday. Just to explain, when I started at my current job, I found that we employees had available to us something called a "floating (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ne.oma, lugnet.loc.us.ne.lin)
| | | | | Condor Re: MINI LEGO Event in San Diego, CA March 3rd to 5th
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| A reminder about Condor this coming weekend. (...) One of the prizes will be the snack sized version of Serenity: (URL). (...) We're still on track for this. We'll have gaming most of the day Saturday and Sunday, and possibly some Friday night. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
| | | | | [Press Release] BayLTC at Santa Clara Convention Center
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| For Immediate Release Contact: Russell Clark rclark@telis.org 408.605.5412 (cell) SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA - The Bay Area LEGO Train Club (BayLTC) is pleased to announce that we will be displaying at the Train Collectors Association Cal-Stewart (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Michiana-LUG Meeting - Saturday, February 25, 2006
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| To All, We are having another meeting! We'll be planning for all of the upcoming events in the next few months. Here are the details: When: Saturday, February 25, 2006 Time: 11:00AM EST / 12:00PM EST - ? Place: Scott Sanburn's House Address: 55752 (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.in)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| "Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Iv3u6K.vu0@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I think is where the disconnect for me is. I find the "cup" aspect of P-a-B annoying. I have purchased quite a few (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| (...) I have to admit, it's not time-efficient or really very cost effective (yes, with careful packing you can fit more... but with the way many of us buy LEGO, would buying another cup really kill you?). It is, in some ways, an experiential or (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| "Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Iv2034.JDp@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ .. snipped ... ] I really don't understand doing this. Don't get me wrong, I am all for getting as much as you can in a cup. However, if you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| (...) I've wondered if they filled the grab bags from stuff swept up off the floor from the PAB area and partly with parts from damaged boxes. I bought a grab bag last trip... it had Bionicle parts in it. :P --Mike. (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| (...) Seeing as how I spend about an hour or two packing a single large cup, my wife is happier when I go at night when our kids are asleep :) (...) This time I had a cup packed so nicely the lady checking me out commented on it, and went and showed (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| (...) I found it a little disconcerting as well. I'd look up/down a few bins at a time, figuring out what I wanted to buy... then I'd jump to the next section & had to refigure what I wanted to stuff into a cup... then I'd jump to the next section & (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| (...) If you are looking for a particular brick or item, ask one of the sales people. I have found in dealing with the two outlets here in Virginia and the Orlando store that sometimes the bins are not refilled but there is an ample supply in the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| (...) That would be very interesting. I saw some turnover in the four days I was there. I suspect they would sell even better if they (the store) would link certain part together somehow. They had two kinds of wheels (larger ones that mount to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | NWBrickCon 2006 Coming This October!
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| NWBrickCon 2006 Coming This October! Mark your calendars October 6-8 for NWBrickCon. We're going back to the Seattle Center again with nearly double the space we had the year before. What's that mean for you? It means, more room for: *Moonbase (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or) !!
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| (...) November??? Bwahahahahahahahahhahahah! I'm going at the end of the week, it'll all be gone when I leave! No, seriously... Our last Disney vacation was about 5 days long. I talked my wife into letting me go into the store every day of our stay. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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| (...) Well, I just did that again, and found it's still a nice selection. First, a lot of things are still there, specificly: (...) In addition, there were some nice new things as well, like plant leaves 4x3: (URL) light grey quarter cylinder (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Central Florida Brick Day - March 4, 2006!
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| Once again it time for Central Florida Brick Day! This year it’s on Saturday, March 4th. The day starts at the Plant City Train Show in its new venue at Hillsborough Community College in Plant City, Florida with a display by the Greater Florida LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.gflug, lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.loc.us.fl.tam)
| | | | | House of Bricks (May 12 -14, 2006) is Coming Up!
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| I’m very happy to announce that registration for Chicago House of Bricks at To Be CONtinued 5: Legends is now online. Prices and information for registration can be accessed <https://2becontinue...conreg.php here>. Registration is not exclusive to (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.ky, FTX)
| | | | | It's meetin' time...
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| Looks like I will be hosting the next DixieLUG meeting at my home in Marietta, GA on Saturday March 4, 2006. DATE: Saturday, 4 March 2006 TIME: 1:00pm - 5:00pm (Eastern Standard Time, for those of you in AL) PLACE: Jason's House ((URL) Prince Howard (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.loc.us.tn.cha, lugnet.loc.us.al, lugnet.loc.us.sc, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO Gortons' Fisherman, coming to a supermarket near you
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| Hi, everybody! For the past 3 months, I've been working with folks from (URL) Seafood> on a sculpture of the Gortons' Fisherman (as seen in (URL) logo>.) Alone, he's not such a big model -- but I was asked to build EIGHT of them! (3 URLs) See photos (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nc.cha, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, FTX) !!
| | | | | GMLTC upcoming shows
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| (Cross-posted to a few relevant sections. I hope I haven't gone bonkers.) [The Greater Midwest Lego® Train Club] will be displaying its ever-expanding 18' x 30' town/train layout at two Midwest shows in the coming weeks. We've added some new (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.wi)
| | | | | Re: Best places to shop LEGO?
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| (...) No suggestions? Well, I took 14 days of vacation in SLC after BrainShare so there should be some time to look around for LEGO shops between the mountain biking I plan to do in the area. :) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
| | | | | New Arizona Resident and Builder
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| Hi all. I just moved to Chandler from New York State. I would very much like to join your effort to start a LTC/LUG here in the Phoenix area. I am a former member of WamaLTC, WAMALUG, and LUCNY. Plenty of experiance with train shows. Trains are my (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az, FTX)
| | | | | Any AFOL's in Charleston or Hilton Head, SC?
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| My wife and I will be visiting Charleston and Hilton Head next month and I'd like to meet up with any LEGO fans out there. Send me email if you're interested! (20 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.sc.cha, lugnet.loc.us.sc)
| | | | | Upcoming Events
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| All- I am working on possible COLUG events for this October. Two that are strong possibilities are Nan Desu Kan and Mile Hi Con. I'm trying to gauge interest in displaying for these events so that we can secure more/better space this year. Who is (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.co, lugnet.loc.us.co.cos, lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
| | | | | February IndyLUG meeting
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| The February IndyLUG meeting will be at the Clayton Library in Clayton Indiana on Sunday, February 12. The meeting will start at the usual time of 2:00. The primary focus of the meeting will be planning the layout for the Child & Parent Expo at the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
| | | | | COLTC 2006 Meetings
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| Here are the (URL) COLTC> meetings schedule for 2006: Sat. Feb. 4th, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. April 2nd, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. June 4th, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. Aug. 6th, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. Oct. 1st, 2006 from 2-5pm Sun. Dec. 3rd, 2006 from 2-5pm (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.akr, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cin, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.loc.us.oh.day, lugnet.loc.us.oh.tol, lugnet.loc.us.oh.you, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006!
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| I am privileged to officially announce the LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006! (3 URLs) For Immediate Release Contact: Julie Estrada (760)918-5377 news@legoland.com LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA EXPANSION CREATES OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME National (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: MINI LEGO Event in San Diego, CA March 3rd to 5th
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| (...) This should be a lot of fun. Especially since Mat has asked me to organize the gaming function of our little event. Consider this a request for suggestions, comments, etc. on running games at a Con. This will be my first time at GMing at a (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, FTX)
| | | | | MINI LEGO Event in San Diego, CA March 3rd to 5th
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| Sorry for the short notice. I've been asked by a local Science Fiction/gaming convention to organize a LEGO room for the con. Sort of a mini LEGO convention. The Convention is "Condor XIII" (URL) March 3rd-5th. Just over a month from now. There'll (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Day at the Owatonna Arts Center
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| The Minnesota state FLL tournament is at Benilde St. Margaret (a school in Hopkins) on January 28 from 8 am to 5 pm. For details and directions go to www.hightechkids.org. I'll be a design judge. Visitors are welcome, so stop by the technical (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Day at the Owatonna Arts Center
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| (...) Man you've got a long memory! I think it's been a long time since I've mentioned where I am, and I haven't been too active lately. Getting more active though, even the thought of a new Mindstorms is inspiring me to pull the old one out. So (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Day at the Owatonna Arts Center
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| (...) Will you be able to show off your NXT? JOHN (20 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Day at the Owatonna Arts Center
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| Kevin, Oooh, bad timing. That's the same day as the Minnesota State FLL tournament. You should come next year and display you MOC's at the tourney. We could have you, me, Doug Carlson and Benton Jackson. I wonder what other AFOL's we have in the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: ILTCO layout at the NMRA 2006 National Train Show in Philly
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| Hi All, Below is a list of the clubs that have indicated that they are participating in the Philly show this summer. I know many of the clubs at last year’s show talked about doing it again, so if your club is NOT listed below and you plan to be (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 13: Back to Life
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 13: Back to Life>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the new Exo-Force sets, new Star Wars sets, Mindstorms NXT, the Lego Museum, and more! Thanks for listening & have (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO Day at the Owatonna Arts Center
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| Hi, On Saturday January 28th I will be having a local showing of some of my MOCs at the Owatonna (indian name pronounced Oh-wah-tah-na) Arts Center in Owatonna Minnesota. I will be bringing mostly walkers made using RCX, micro-scouts, micro-motors, (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Anything Good at Nor.Cal. Lego Stores?
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| Anyone been to the Lego stores in San Mateo and Santa Clara recently? Is there anything good in PaB? Or on the shelves, that I can't think of? Or any good deals? I'm thinking about making a trip there this weekend, but don't want to waste the time (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Kellogg's sculptures at Williamsport, PA airport (September 2005)
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| (This article also appears as an (URL) on my blog>) My wife and I visited her family in Williamsport, PA last September. There is a very small airport there which just has one gate, served by US Airways Express turboprop planes. So imagine my (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.pa, FTX)
| | | | | COLTC at Great train EXpo, Columbus OH, Jan 14-15
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| This weekend, The Central Ohio Lego Train Club will have a ~30 by 30 foot area at the Great Train Expo Show. <www.greattrainexpo.com> We will have a large layout, with no less than 7 train loops. We'll have tall skyscrapers, a new bridge, and a (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | 4504 (MF) at Brooklyn Target
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| The Target at the Atlantic Center Mall had appx 15-20 of these last night at $27.24 per copy. The tag and sign reads $78 & change but upon scanning the barcode I discovered the lower cost. They are 75% off the orig $108. I bought two. Otherwise the (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
| | | | | Re: ILTCO layout at the NMRA 2006 National Train Show in Philly
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| There has been many questions sent in so I decided that I would answer them in this post for all to read. Sorry if this gets to your inbox more than once, once the mailing lists are in place there will be no more ILTCO NMRA NTS spam! Please send me (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Brikwars in Sacramento
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| Hi, I'm looking for someone to play Brikwars with around the Sacramento area, please email me at paulhaak@yahoo.com thanks, Paul (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac)
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 1/8
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| Folks, My wife and I will be traveling 12/29 to 1/9, so I won't be attending the TexLUG Austin meeting on Sunday, 1/8. (I tried to find an alternate venue and/or time, to no avail.) The procedure for the meeting room at the LWC library is very easy; (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | ILTCO layout at the NMRA 2006 National Train Show in Philly
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| Hi All, Well it’s that time again. We are delighted to announce that ILTCO has been invited to display at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) annual National Train Show (NTS) again! This year the NMRA 2006 NTS will be held in (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !!
| | | | | DelVaLUG at Philcon 2005
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| (URL) PHILCON> is a three-day science fiction convention held annually since 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. As an AFOL and operator of the con's Children's Program (since 2003), I initiated a LEGO sub-track in 2004. ((URL) Report to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, FTX)
| | | | | 93 year old volunteer
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| While doing some year-end reading, I came across an article of a 93 year old man who uses LEGO© bricks to teach gifted kids in school. Please see the following link to the article in this actuarial magazine. (URL) well, Andreas Stabno (URL) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
| | | | | TennLUG Meeting
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| Announcing the second meeting of TennLUG! Justin Harvey and I got together after Brickfest05 to set up a meeting for December 17th from 1pm - 4pm. The meeting will be at my house in Thompson Station (30 miles south of Nashville). We plan on (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.loc.us.tn)
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 12/11
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| All, The next Austin TexLUG meeting will be this Sunday, December 11. It's been a little quiet lately in TexLUG land, so come on out and show off what you've been working on! I'll be bringing photos of this Saturday's First Lego League meet in (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | GFLTC at the SMRC Train Show - Dec. 10-11, 2005
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| For Immediate Release Contact: Robin Werner robinw A_T gfltc D-O-T org MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA - The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) is proud to announce its participation in the Sarasota Model Railroad Club (SMRC) Holiday Train Show this (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting: Saturday 12/17/05
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests are always welcome, if you are interested in joining MichLUG or just want to hang out and talk about LEGO. (This month's club business (...) (20 years ago, 5-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Re: Curatorship of lugnet.org.us.michlug & lugnet.loc.us.mi
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| (...) I'll second that request. Peter having curator privileges would be great. As I recall, more than one person can be a curator for a group, so probably no need to remove me. -Jason Spears (20 years ago, 5-Dec-05, to lugnet.admin.curators, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | December IndyLUG meeting
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| Hello everyone. I would like to announce that the December IndyLUG meeting will be on Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 at Jeramy's house in Fishers. We were originally planning to have the meeting on the usual 2nd Sunday of the month, but the 18th worked (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
| | | | | Bug Build followup (was Re: Keynote presentation)
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| (...) (*ahem* and LUCNY too...) (...) *snip* As a followup to the Bug Build, there was this related press release today, an excerpt from (URL) Children's Medical Center together with LEGO Systems, officially opened the newly renovated waiting area (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
| | | | | NGLTC LEGO tree at the Festival of Trees
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| (URL) For the past 4 years the North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) has sponsored a display at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Festival of Trees. This is an event that consists of hundreds of decorated Christmas trees, wreaths, events, rides (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Lego Building Classes
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| (...) Very cool - sounds like great fun! Let us know how it goes. Mark (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.us.nj)
| | | | | GFLTC at the Scale Rail Train Show - Nov. 26-27, 2005
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| For Immediate Release Contact: Robin Werner robinw A-T gfltc D-O-T org FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) is proud to announce its participation in the Scale Rails Holiday Train Show this November 26-27, 2005 at the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
| | | | | Lego Building Classes
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| Lego Building Classes I teach Lego Building Classes in two locations in New Jersey. Lego Classes are designed to convey general building knowledge, promote positive social interaction by allowing students to share their ideas and creations. Classes (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
| | | | | SCLTC fourth annual winter show at SDMRRM starts Tuesday
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| SCLTC returns to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum for club's fourth annual winter show starting the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and running through Saturday January 14, 2006. The show will feature: A double tracked under and over cloverleaf Over (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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