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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 (...) (18 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) !!
| | | | | 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 (...) (18 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)
| | | | | Re: World's Greatest Train Show:
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| (...) awareness. Is this show coming to Michigan? (maybe thats why you posted to michlug?) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.loc.us.mo.spr, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Worlds Greatest Hobby Show St. Louis, MO
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| The Gateway LEGO® User Group (GtwLUG) is going to be at the Worlds Greatest Hobby Show here in downtown Saint Louis, MO at the Americas Center from 10:00am to 8:00pm on the 8th and 10:00am to 5:00pm on the 9th of January. The show features vendors (...) (19 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mo, FTX)
| | | | | Re: GtwLUG to show at GATS on 20-21 March
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| (...) Cross posting (20 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.us.mo, FTX)
| | | | | Re: GATS Display
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| Good Morning, here is a link to pix of our 1st Great American Train Show this last weekend: (URL) you enjoy. We are planning to do 3 more this year. Our Layout is a 8' x 12' table and we have plans to increase it to 12' x 12' with a 4' x 4' open (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.loc.us.mo.spr, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Fwd: GATS
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| Thought MO newsgroup readers might be interested in this. --Jack AFOL, GtwLUG (St. Louis) (...) ___...___ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! (URL) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | GtwLUG to show at GATS Jan 31-1 Feb
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| GtwLUG (Gateway LEGO Users Group) is set to show at the (URL) in Wentzville MO> (Saint Louis) on the 31st of Jan. and the 1st of Feb. This is our 2nd major event, we will have an 8x12 foot layout with trains, town, castle, space, and anything more (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mo, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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| (...) Hi Chris, Impressing indeed!! But I must admit, I'm a little disappointed over the minifig scale Bethlehem. I mean, in Belleville, the scale should of course have been - Lego Belville!! Arne, Copenhagen (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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| Hi, Chris. Thanks for the great photos. That Bethlehem set is awesome. Great design on the houses, and very impressive landscaping. These scene is dear to my heart, being a Bible scene rendered at minifig scale. @8^) The nativity is wonderful, too. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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| (...) SNIP will you have more close-ups of the buildings, landscape, & (...) SNIP (...) nevermind, i forgot to hit 'next' on brickshelf for the rest of the pics. Jeff (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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| (...) SNIP (...) Snip (...) Beutiful setup. I've always likes the slopes on sculpted faces, and Mary's head is a perfect example. The town is AMAZING (the moonbase compatibity had me LOL! will you have more close-ups of the buildings, landscape, & (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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| In lugnet.announce, Chris Maddison wrote: Snip (...) Sounds like a great experience! Right on and congrats to all of you. e (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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| Yes, that landscape is really, really nice. Congrats on getting everything done, guys. eric (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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| (...) (URL) (...) Love the hood. Blocky, yet lots of character. And sheep! (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, FTX)
| | | | | Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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| Hey all, This past weekend (URL) Our Lady of the Snows Shrine> in Belleville, IL launched the Way of Lights event, so I'm free to post this now. Last weekend (October 7-9) I drove down to St. Louis from Ottumwa, IA to help Dan Parker and Gary (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: WWYM Roadshow in St. Louis
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| Here are my pics of the Road show. I still have some in my camera and sorry about the size. This guy was dressed up for Halloween Teaser: (URL) moderation: (URL) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.loc.us.mo.spr, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: Updated Sculpture pictures
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| (...) Check out www.snows.org and hit the events page - the actual event opens this weekend and runs thru January 6th (I think). If anyone is within driving distance, this one is worth seeing. I drove 5 hours (from IA) to help set up, and plan on (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: Updated Sculpture pictures
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| Chris, Where in St. Louis?! --Jack GtwLUG (St. Louis) (...) ___...___ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: WWYM Roadshow in St. Louis
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| I too have posted some pics from the event. Checkout them out at (URL) :: GtwLUG :: St. Louis (...) ___...___ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.loc.us.mo.spr, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | WWYM Roadshow in St. Louis
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| --- In roadShow2003@yahoogroups.com, "the1hugh" <the1hugh@y...> wrote: Whew, so I took time to rest up before I posted. The weekend was fantastic, I was not disappointed. I met Grant and his crew Thursday evening at our famous St. Louis Zoo, the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.loc.us.mo.spr, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | GtwLUG Meeting
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| Hey BrickHeads, I reserved a room for us at the Tesson-Ferry Library. The location is at 9920 S. Lindbergh (Lindbergh and Tesson Ferry in St. Louis County. The number there is 314 843-0560. All Lego AFOLS are welcome. The dates and times are: This (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: join us
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| (...) Paul, the date is October 24 to 26. Come on out and play. Where are you at? Don (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: join us
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| (...) When is it in October? I might be able to come. We might make it a small family trip. ;-) Paul (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | join us
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| We have the new Gateway Lego Users Group (GtwLUG) up and running. We were represented at Brickfest 2003 and particapated in their Container Swap for .trains. We will be participating in the Lego Road Show coming to St. Louis in October. This is an (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: New LUG in Saint Louis
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| (...) No not necessarily I had originaly set CMLUG up as MO wide but for right now we will go only by GtwLUG (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: New LUG in Saint Louis
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| (...) Yes This is the date. (...) For right now Saint Louis. (...) Thank You Andrew (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: New LUG in Saint Louis
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| (...) Hey, congratulations on the formation of your new group! For the record books, do you remember the official date of formation of GtwLUG? I've got you down as "2003/05/20(?)" for now: (URL) for the map, what city (roughly) do you consider to be (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: New LUG in Saint Louis
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| (...) Does this negate the CMLUG? JOHN (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | New LUG in Saint Louis
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| As a result of this post: (URL) we here in Saint Louis have started up a LUG called ..... (With great fan fare) Gateway LEGO Users Group or GtwLUG. We are about 6 members and are currently making plans to display at the 2003 LEGO Road Show (date and (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: lets get together
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| (...) Hi everyone, I might be in Saint Louis this summer and I am also interested in an AFOL meeting and/or the Lego Road Show. (Background info on me: I was born in Saint Louis and have lived their for about half of my life. I live and attend (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Lego Road Show
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| This is the 1st posting, can we in St. Louis get together for this event, please email me at the1hugh@yahoo.com --Don --- Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote: From: "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> To: lugnet.announce@lugnet.com, (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Stand up and be counted
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| --- Don Cox <the1hugh@yahoo.com> wrote: From: "Don Cox" <the1hugh@yahoo.com> To: lugnet.loc.us.mo@lugnet.com Subject: Stand up and be counted Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 03:16:34 GMT (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Stand up and be counted
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| I have been in email contact with Jake and I have recieved the following reply: (...) Ok, now it is up to you, if we of St. Louis, want to show Lego a good turnout and support and be considered in future Road Shows we need to stand up and be (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
| | | | | Lego Road show
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| We can not let Saint Louis go with a None. (URL) get going L. Andrew Reynolds Home: landrewr@charter.net Work: andrew_reynolds@uhc.com (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
| | | | | Re: lets get together
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| (...) I live in St. Charles right next to were the page Ave. is meeting 94 Andrew (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: meeting
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| Hugh, I was there by the double-doors near the meeting rooms (which were locked, btw) around 1:45, but I didn't see anybody hanging around. I wandered around the library, popping back by the doors every so often. I only had a short amount of time to (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | meeting
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| The day of the first meeting of AFOL-STL has come and gone, nobody showed but me. I read an interesting book on the beginnings of Lego. I will try to set up another meeting in a couple of weeks. After that... Hugh (Don) Lugnet #1239 (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: meeting
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| Don, I'll try to be there - no promises though. I'll bring a couple MOCs. See you (all) tomorrow by the meeting rooms. Jack Hawk AFOL, St. Louis (...) ___...___ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | meeting
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| I have contacted the St. Louis County Library at 1640 So. Lindbergh Blvd. and although all meeting rooms are closed on Sundays, they will allow us to use a table off to the side. We can bring items and do a show-n-tell for ourselves, and of course (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: lets get together
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| Hugh, As we discussed in a private thread, I'm interested too. Although, I'm not sure how much/long I'll be able to participate; my wife and I are expecting a future Lego fan this fall. :) Sunday afternoons are okay by me. I'm in the South City (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: lets get together
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| What part of STL do you live in? Any ideas on where we could possibly set up a meeting place? Don (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: lets get together
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| (...) Yes I would be. I have been trying off and on for some time to start some thing. Andrew (21 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | lets get together
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| Hi gang, I'm trying to get together fellow AFOL's in the St. Louis area. Possibly start monthly meetings on Sunday afternoons. Anyone interested? Hugh (21 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: K B Sale - 7201 Final Duel II
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| I think its chain-wide. Our KBs here in St. Louis have had the same deal for several months now. For whatever reason though, the Jedi Duel I (or was it II) was still marked at $9.99. I'm hoping it will change though. :) Jack Hawk AFOL, St. Louis (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: Target's MOT 75% off
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| (...) The Target stores I've been to here in Central Texas have told me that they don't know when the prices are going to be dropped. They said it's done by corporate headquarters and that there is a specified date assigned to the type of item being (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Target's MOT 75% off
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| Keep checking your local Target's train stock. I helped liberate a couple of Kansas City area stores that had moved their trains to the magical 75% off mark this week. Unlike last year's consistent markdowns by region, it seems as if each store's (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Anyone Around anymore?
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| Hiya. Haven't been around for a while. Anyone still here? (21 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | St. Louis Lego Store
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| I don't know if anybody has been to the Galleria Mall here in St. Louis lately, but a Lego store has moved in recently. It had all the new themes: Star Wars, Bionicle, Creator, Harry Potter, Extreme Sports, etc. The store did have some Lego (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Time to Meet ?
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| It is getting to be summer and now might be a good time to meet. L. Andrew Reynolds (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.loc.us.mo.spr, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: Any Lego Places to Visit in St. Louis, MO ?
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| Conrad, I wouldn't say there is anything special Lego-wise here in St. Louis. We have the standard stores: Wal-Marts, K-Marts, Targets, TRUs, KB and three KB Outlets sprinkled here and there. Last weekend the KB at the South County Mall (I55 & I270) (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) I'm guessing it's done by using technic 1x2 twin-hole bricks with half-pegs in, then fitting tiles to the side. If you look at the base, there could be one facing out to each side with a 1x2 tile on, then one at the front with a 1x4 tile (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) An elegant compromise! The SNOT glass awning is one of my favorite details of this all-around beautiful MOC. Forgive me for saying so, but I was relieved to see that your decorative and highly innovative roof at least has an ugly underneath. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) What an apt use of the term! LUGNET (or a club that gets together) at its best is just this, a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement. (22 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Thank you. Those are very high words of praise, and I am flattered by your "de-lurking" to let me know your thoughts. Around 4 years back, I was just starting out with my own MOC's, and was inspired (probably even intimidated?) by all the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Oops. No offense meant to any of the other memorials, or to the people that are memorialized therein. I misquoted, and I believe a more accurate statement would be that Liberty Memorial is the only "national monument" for WWI (URL) dedication (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| i don't respond to hardly any MOC posts, maybe 1 or 2 in all the time i've been lurking on lugnet. but this...... this is probably one of the most beautifully designed buildings made out of LEGO i have ever seen. even though it is modeled after the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Your definition of "memorial" must be a lot more restricted than mine, because lots of towns and cities have memorials to the local men and boys who died in the "Great War"... --Bill. (22 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Wow!
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| Wow! What an amazing model. At first I didn't believe my eyes when I opened the little thumbnail at brickshelf. I wish I had that many tiles. But the downpart is, that using this many tiles you don't see a lot of studs anymore, which should be (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Compression was one of the more challenging constraints. One of the most endearing traits of TLC official sets (to me) is their ability to suggest an actual structure without actually needing to model all of it in scale. (Their old passenger (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Unfortunately, I have never been on a train, and even worse, they have threatened to remove funding for the three Amtrak lines still in service near Union Station here in KC. I have until July to catch a train ride before they potentially go (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) There is still a lot of 2002 left, and "greatest", like beauty, is always in the eye of the beholder - but I sincerely appreciate the compliment! I really liked your Desert Express as well as the Riviera, so I had imagined them stopping at (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) I tried to change this on "Edit Profile" but nothing seems to happen. Can anyone help? Anyway, it's markhchan@comcast.net, or try markchan@sprintmail.com My ISP (@home) got bought out by Comcast and switched domains this month. Thanks! Mark (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Congratulations on the completion of such a magnificent model. I'm dazzled! (...) Good luck for this second part, Mark - I can't wait to see it done! Pedro (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) announce It was sure worth the time! (...) real (...) The winner I guess? The roof is something special, but I find the detailed walls with the big windows something amazing too. (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| Mark, Perfect station! Awesome. Brings back a flood of memories for me. This is the place that I fell in love with trains. 3 and 4 years old I was, took the Amtrak from Union Station to Texas when I was 3. Then, at age 4, took Amtrak's Chief (not (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| Mark, Is your e-mail address markhchan@home.com? I tried to send you mail and it bounced... SteveB (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Congratulations, Mark! You have created a very pleasing and innovative MOC here! Well done! Among your original techniques I noticed and enjoyed the most is your method of compression. I know that when constructing large buildings in the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) <snip> (...) The only word that comes to mind is "stunning!" Great details, great shape, great building techniques, great 'feel' for the real thing. Now, all you need is a vendor selling Kansas City BBQ, and it would be perfect! JohnG, GMLTC - (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) I'm very impressed with the level of detail and the cleanness of the non-90-degree construction. The roof is very cool, and threatens the uniquness of my "macro structures" building technique :-) Very nicely done! Amy (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Thanks for that! I have to confess that in this case a picture is worth 1000 words though, your explanation makes a lot more sense when viewed with the constructon detail pics. What a neat technique! Can you see the underside of the tiles that (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Droool.... Very nice! I think this is better than miniland b/c it is built with the same amt of detail in a much smaller scale. Congrats on a great model. Jonathan (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Mark, I am completely amazed at how your project turned out. Simply beautiful. I'd love to see this in person to "look under the hood" and learn from your techniques. Also, have you thought about contacting the promotion department of the NLUS (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| Hi Mark, absolutly stunning! Probably the greatest MOC of 2002? I really love this station, even if it is located in the US, my Riviera Express is looking for a stop at this fantastic station ;-) The SNOT roof is suberb build, thanks for the details (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Thanks for the comments! I posted some pictures in a construction folder that should give a good idea on how to build the roofs. (URL) think of it as a vertical wall of bricks, except that every 1 and 2/3 of a brick in height, you add a layer (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| Beautiful! Just beautiful! -- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Chan" <markhchan@home.com> wrote in message news:Gt58xn.F8M@lugnet.com... (...) announce (...) real (...) Chan (...) largest (...) build (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Thank you for the compliment! Miniland is IMO the highest standard of detailed construction, although they get to use things we mortals could never get our hands on, even with BrickLink. (like several hundred of those 4 scoop white ice cream (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| (...) Um... I'm speechless. Almost. :-) This minifig scale building rivals the detail and look of some of Miniland's finest. IIRC the KC US is still standing, not too far away from Crown Center, and is now a museum. The real station is kind of at a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| I find myself looking for adjectives to describe this model. Simply outstanding! Any detail you could give on the roof construction would be greatly appreciated. I am always looking for ways to build roofs without slopes. TIA, Robert Powell (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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| After 3 years of planning and 6 months of building, I am pleased to announce the completion of the main section of Union Station, modeled after the real building in Kansas City, MO. This is also my entry for the 2002 Town Building Contest C (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan) !!
| | | | | Re: Lego Train Club in Missouri/Kansas
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| Sorry I have been out on vacation and busy with the baby. (Interestingly he is already asking for Lego’s and at only 2 weeks old.) I am very willing to help start up a LUG or LTC or both. It has been my ambition to show St. Louis and Missouri what (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Lego Train Club in Missouri/Kansas
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| (...) True, and from all the posts I've read and websites I have seen, they are a friendly, sharing and creative group as well. Thanks for your support! (...) There is great BBQ on both sides of the state line. Jack's Stack (my favorite) has a site (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Lego Train Club in Missouri/Kansas
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| In lugnet.loc.us.ks, John Gerlach writes: <snip> Yes indeed the fine folks in trains.org are always happy to help! (...) Stop it, I haven't had dinner yet and I hate getting drool on the keyboard. (so does KC Mo or KC K have the better BBQ goods? I (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Lego Train Club in Missouri/Kansas
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| (...) And, be sure to post any questions to .trains.org - there will *always* be people happy to help! Great, now I'm thinking of Kansas City BBQ, and it's making me hungry... JohnG, GMLTC (former Kansas City resident...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Lego Train Club in Missouri/Kansas
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| (...) Ditto! The established train clubs certainly give us something to work towards. I've enjoyed much of the content on North Georgia's club web page. I plan on attending the Greenberg train show on February 16th and 17th, so I can see their (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo)
| | | | | Re: Lego Train Club in Missouri/Kansas
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| (...) Count me in. I have been so envious of the "coast" train clubs (and the MichLUG one) and would love to be a part of a MO/KS Lego Train Club (Notice how I've expanded the geographic reach?). Andrew Levering has already produced some cool logos (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: LTC in Missouri
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| Count me in, too. Organize well, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
| | | | | Re: LTC in Missouri
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| I would be very interested Andrew (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
| | | | | Railway Express @ Target
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| Just wondering if anybody here in the St. Louis area has been able to find the Railway Express (#4561) at Target for less than the 30% of price of $90.90. I'm hoping to find at least one set at 50% (or more) off so that I can start into the train (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | LTC in Missouri
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| I'm interested is being a part of, or helping form a LTC here in Missouri. Are there any others out there still interested? It only takes a few active individuals to get something started, and I'm willing to put a fair amount of effort into such a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
| | | | | Re: Hello
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| Hi Don, Good to hear from a fellow Missourian. I live on the other side of the state in the KC area, and we've struggled also to organize anything besides the occasional gettogether. I think the #54 that you refer to is actually the number of posts (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: Hello
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| Hi, I live in Saint Charles and have been trying to start something for some time. It would be nice to get together some time. I am interested in mostly trains but also castle, generally I like most of the themes. L. Andrew Reynolds CMLUG Central (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Hello
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| It says there are 54 listed in the St. Louis area, where are you? Can we get together and talk/play Lego? What are your themes, mine are Pirates, Castle, Ninja, Western, Space and Aquazone, with a touch of Star Wars... Come on folks, lets get this (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | CMLTC/CMLUG Calling all St. Louis area AFOL's
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| As before I am still trying to start a train/users group in Saint Louis area. Currently I am hampered (gratefully) by my wife’s Pregnancy problems. I am looking for a few good AFOL’s to help me start some thing mostly informal. I can host a meeting (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.org.us.cmlug)
| | | | | Re: Anyone still around?
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| Hello, I live in Olathe, Kansas. I am a Lego toy since 1973. I most playing on Lego trains, also with my children. I hope some day meet in person in the Kansas City area. I can be volunteer for display in the Kansas City area, also I can bring my (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
| | | | | Re: sale at TRU
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| the bulk tubs at chesterfield are on sale. i'm going to go back and get a few provided they stay on sale for a week. thanks for the announcement, Leef. (i was the kid in the brown hat and black jacket) "dryden" <dryden@makeshiftind...tries.com> (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: sale at TRU
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| Actually, I just went to the south county TRU last night to get a couple tubs and found out they don't go on sale till April 1st (according to the slick ad). --Jack (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | sale at TRU
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| starting thursday (29th ?) blue bulk tubs will be on sale at 14.99 also like most everywhere else rock raiders will be 30-50% off i werk at the chesterfield store and got a bunch hiding in the back, if yer interested just ask for: Leef (this is not (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Saint Louis Train/Users Group
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| Anyone in the Saint Louis area interested in starting a LTC or a LUG? I have been trying to start one but have not been very successful. There were two of us, but the other had to drop out. The only things we have done are to get a name CMLUG (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl) !
| | | | | Re: Anyone still around?
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| I'm still here, but have been very busy lately due to non-Lego pursuits. :( For great sales check out Target which should have their final markdown this Wednesday or possibly next week. My guess is that all clearance toys will be marked down 75% at (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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