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Re: NMRA show (the first of many?)
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Mon, 7 Aug 2000 06:35:47 GMT
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"David K. Z. Harris" <ba-lego@cinnamon.com> wrote in message
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> Well, the NMRA show is now behind us. Kudoes to GMLTC and PNLTC
> who paved the way for LEGO Train Clubs (even if they have set the
> bar *very high* for those that folllow them.;-). Many 'regulars'
> from the NMRA circuit remembered them, and commented how popular
> they are. Many folks also told us how much they enjoy the LEGO
> displays at the shows.
Looks like you guys had a great time. I didn't see any of Mike's modules in
the shots, I take it they weren't finished in time? I really wish more
could have been done on them. There's always the next show, though! :)
> As an example, I think that working the booth all day is hard on a
> person, and we should consider working in shifts. I also think that
> we should have had a few more folks around the booth. (With just two,
> it was too hard to talk to visitors, and still watch for trouble on
> all four sides of the layout...once 3-4 folks were there in the
> afternoon, things seemed to work better, in my opinion.) So, for
> future shows, we probably ought to have more involvement by other
> club members, signing up for booth duty. How many folks would be
> interested in general? How many folks could commit to the Hayward show?
Been there...done that. It'll be a while before I'll want to do that again.
Next summer at Legoland sounds like a good time :) Hopefully...
> The show pictures can be found at http://www.baylug.com/bayltc/. Look
> at the faces of the kids, and the families. We were never lonely. We
> could suddenly be surrounded, with 20 little hands grabbing, touching,
> reaching, while adults were asking questions. Mark Benz was right-on
> with the handouts he created for us (which were *all gone* by 3:30!),
> We also handed out more than 500 business cards. So many folks had
> no idea that LEGO made trains.
Cool pics. I would have liked to see more overview shots of the layout (if
they're there, I didn't see em cause I'm on dialup and there aren't
thumbnails). I also would have liked to see more people shots - I love
putting faces to names when it comes to Lugnuts.
Who were the 3 people on the members01.jpg pic??
> I have high hopes that we will find more members through our efforts
> at NMRA. We got one new member during the weekend (Hello Healdsburg! :-)
> There are a couple promising folks in S.F, and another in S.J., plus
> a possible person in Chico...and these are just train folks! (Do we want
> to consider setting up a display at another type of gathering, to look
> for LEGO fans in other communities? Maybe a Ninja display at the annual
> Japanese Festival, or taiko drumming competition?? :-)
Sounds great!!
> Food for thought. Please check out the picture. Those of us who worked
> the booth (inside and outside) had a great time. You can get a feel for
> the event through the pictures.
Looks like you guys had a good time. I wish I could make myself a regular
local appearance - being there twice in relatively a short time inbetween
kinda makes me feel like I should be able to go whenever I want.
Unfortunately not the case :\ But hopefully I can be back shortly - my
promising internet startup has its fearless leader attending Stanford, so
I'm sure I'll be there sometime. And then I can add that to the list of
flights-I-didn't-pay-for :)
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