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Re: Gats in St. Louis
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:33:51 GMT
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> > There is a Toy Show about six times a year in StL. Its at the Machinists
> > Hall on the Rock Road. Its more of a sales event, but I have been
> > considering including Lego in a future set up there. I have sold
> > collectible toys at this show, and have wanted to bring Lego. I think
> > having a setup would be conducive to selling some extra Lego at the show.
> > Regardless, table fees are very low, and getting a table gives us first
> > opportunity at other dealer's toys - I have bought Lego, in small amounts,
> > on lucky days at this show.
> > Thats one place I have thought about setting up for a while, and think we
> > could attract new members there. I don't know about June. I am poor at
> > scheduling, but if you guys think we can, lets get the show on the road!
> > In another Lugnet group, someone mentioned making flyers for Lugnet, to
> > distribute through local toy stores. I have also been pondering this idea.
> > We could make some flyers, and perhaps some MOCs, to display in local toy
> > shops. This could be good for attracting attention to our club and getting
> > more members, and getting people onto Lugnet, too, who may otherwise never
> > find it.
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> Sounds interesting. I've never heard of this before, but I'm not too • suprised.
> It definately sounds like a good opportunity. As far as a large layout, • June
> almost sounds a little bit too soon, as I am not sure what I can do before
> then. Until I move, my lego space is roughly limited to a 3x6ft table :(
I like this too. I think it would bring new members. And I don’t think we need
to big of a layout right a way it might be better to start small and work our
way up.
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> On another note, I did just get done building a test mock-up of a module piece
> :) (I couldn't resist) On a large grey baseplate, I did a corner of a • module.
> I centered 4x4 hollow collumns (made out of 1x4 and 1x2's, and 1x3's ) on 32
> stud centers with a 2x corner wall on the outside. Straight collumns up 20
> studs, then branch out up to 25 studs at the top. (which is solid) I'm • suprised
> at how strong this is. I can pick up the entire thing from the corner with no
> flex or anything. Its suprising light, but it takes up a _LOT_ of bricks. I
> had one of the old large buckets full of bricks, and used up the vast majority
> of it. (and for only the corner!!) I wish I had a digital camera to take a
> picture of what I built to show you guys. I don't know if we want to do 25
> bricks high or not, but it seems like it would give us plenty of room to work
> with. Some parts would be lower (of course), and some higher, so I guess it
> would give us enough room to work with. Room for a subway/metrolink type of
> thing, if we want to go that route.
This sounds like a plan.
Andrew Reynolds
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| (...) Either one works for me. I began my acent from my dark ages about a year and a half ago, and just got interested in trains about 6 months ago. I havn't made up any decent MOC's yet. (I'm still waiting to get a new place for my collection. I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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