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Re: Upper Midwest Lego Train Club
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Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:37:16 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
> 
> Gee Lar- I was going to do the shirts gratis.

well, sure, free is good. But is this a go or no, given the other
group's existence?

What is their charter? If they are MPLS only, that shuts a number of us
out. I have been on the PNLTC group's case about allowing "remote"
members, but no go yet.

> After a while we can sink in
> the serious coin for embroidery.  As for the logo -here is the Georgia dudes
> logo:  http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/9110/  a little too
> slick and webby pagey for my taste.

yes.

> I like the PNLTC's logo, but perhaps a
> little busy.

?? Seems simple to me.

> I'm working on some ideas... say, how do the colors red and
> orange grab everyone? (at least we could model our own engine in club
> colors:)

Kind of. But I'm not so keen on Daylight colors. How about red and
yellow?

> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> 
> > I have a bazillion tee shirts. I'd favor spending more and getting a
> > collared shirt with embroidery instead of a screened shirt. On a
> > previous project, we got some for in the 30s ballpark... 4 thread colors
> > on a small offset (over the heart) front logo and about 15 colors in a a
> > transfer print on the back (but that was just imaging, not embroidery)
> > 
> > But I think a shirt is premature, we need a logo first.
> > 
> > The <-O-> may be trade dress or a trademark of TLG. But if not, I'd
> > favor using it.
> > Note that PNLTC uses a different arrow (it kind of reminds me a bit of
> > BritRail's old logo).
> > 
> > Can we ask PNLTC if we can use their arrow, perhaps in a different color
> > (different color to show difference, same arrow for continuity). What
> > did the Georgia gang do?
> > 
> > John Neal wrote:
> > > 
> > > okay, I have contacted a few people who have expressed an interest in
> > > forming the UMLTC.  None, however, are in close proximity, so I figure
> > > we can start off in Cyberspace and go from there.  At the very least we
> > > can get us a logo and print some T-shirts & sit around online and chat
> > > about legos.  At the most we could (gasp) host events periodically , but
> > > I think at this point most of us are busy enough with other things that
> > > one more (huge) thing on the table isn't feasible:(
> > > So, first things first...T-shirts!  It is my occupation to design and
> > > print 'em, so I'm all over that.  We should come up with a logo, so any
> > > feedback is good.  I was thinking of something derivative of Railroads
> > > indiginous to our area- Milwaukee Road, BN, GN, Soo, etc.  I'm not
> > > decided one way or the other regarding the utilization of the lego
> > > double arrow in some way.  Other than that, I'm open for ideas.  I have
> > > been contemplating a club such as this for a while now, and since I have
> > > discovered RTL and Lugnet I am blown away to find people who are into
> > > Lego trains WAY more than I- tres cool!  So, no worries, and I'll
> > > continue to solicit support.
> > > -John



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  Re: Upper Midwest Lego Train Club
 
Very good questions, Lar- unfortunately, until I here from John Gerlach, I don't know anything really about their group at all. He said that they were working on a webpage...BTW is anyone here savvy enough to create a web page if we do proceed? (...) (28 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)

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  Re: Upper Midwest Lego Train Club
 
Gee Lar- I was going to do the shirts gratis. After a while we can sink in the serious coin for embroidery. As for the logo -here is the Georgia dudes logo: (URL) a little too slick and webby pagey for my taste. I like the PNLTC's logo, but perhaps (...) (28 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)

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