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Sunday, April 28, 2002
The home of Scott Runyan. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Attended: Don Bruce, Robert Graff, Scott Runyan
Robert arrived first and was treated to a tour of Scott's vast LEGO collection.
Words really can't do it any justice except to say that Scott was not kidding
when he guessed at having over half a million pieces at the last meeting.
Don arrived soon after and although he had been there before, he got the tour
as well. Scott has many hundreds of sets and his home is decorated with many of
them as well as many MOC's including a 7-foot tall skyscraper. See this
brickshelf folder for more details:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=swrunyan
Don arrived shortly and although this wasn't his first visit, he was given the
"tour" also.
Robert brought out his "Blue 2x2" collection. It's a series of blue 2x2 bricks
stacked on top of each other in each of the available sizes: Soft, Primo,
Duplo, and System. Scott brought out a 2x2 Modulex brick which was even
smaller, unfortunately they are not compatible with standard LEGO.
Don had brought his trains and since Robert had never seen a LEGO rail layout
in person before, so Scott brought out his tracks and he and Don set up a large
layout on the kitchen floor. Robert wished he had brought his Santa Fe Super
Chief along so that he could se it come to life.
After the tracks were cleared away, Robert showed off the mosaic that he has
been working on. It is approximately 90% done and he is just waiting on more
1x1 bricks to arrive in the mail since the project had completely depleted his
entire collection of green and blue LEGO.
Don showed us his museum model consisting of an Egyptian and Aztec motif. Scott
brought out a Duplo playwall that had alphabet bricks on it spelling out a
welcome to Albuquerque and LEGO!
Scott and Don shared the story of how they met. They both happened to be making
purchases from the same Bricklink (then BrickBay) seller and she made them both
aware of each other.
On Scott's laptop computer, Robert pulled up some preview clips of the
stop-motion LEGO movie that he is working on. Robert also had a few LDraw pics
to show off from the movie. Most of the exterior shots will be done in CGI to
save on bricks. Robert also built of his sets in LDraw format so that he can
rebuild them if necessary at a later time.
Don had to leave to return home and Robert stayed for a few hours afterward
playing with a Technic set and idly grueschtling through a 3033 Blue Tub.
Next meeting was scheduled for the following Sunday at Bruce's house.
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Don, Scott, please let me know if I've forgotten something. Thanx!
Sunday, April 21, 2002
The Village Inn on Menaul Blvd. near University Blvd. in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, USA
Attended: Don Bruce, Robert Graff, Scott Runyan
Robert greeted Scott and Don in the parking lot and then walked in and found a
table. Don started things off by giving each of us a printout of our brickshelf
index page so that we could point out different models to talk about. Don began
by showing off one set of his French castles see this link:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=15775
The first was in a 1x1 scale, then 2x, then 4x each model growing in detail and
complexity. The plan is to create an entire French village. Robert mentioned
that he has done something similiar with representations of some Las Vegas
casino landmarks, but regretted that minifig scale casinos would literally be
10x the size of his own house. Scott's latest creation is a trashcan that is
designed to use plastic shopping bags as liners with a special place to hold
the handles secure. Robert talked briefly about his in-progress brick
stop-motion movie based on a Star Trek episode. Some of Don's stuff goes back
to the early 80's.
Scott mentioned that he knew one other AFOL in Santa Fe whom he will try again
to contact and have him join us at the next meeting. Robert discussed a few of
his models, particulary the minifig scale version of his workplace. The idea
came to him when he was at home bored on night. We talked about how curious it
is that certain brickshelf folders are more popular than others even within the
files of the same user. Looking at the counts really helps to determine what is
the most popular and what perhaps to stick with.
Scott estimated that his collection totalled over 1/2 million bricks, Don and
Robert both believe they have somewhere in the tens of thousands. We shared our
worst bricklink horror stories. Scott also has a shop, currently closed
however. Robert mentioned that according to the bricklink site, that there are
at least some 30 other people in New Mexico. So he decided to post a message to
the rec.toys.lego usenet newsgroup about NM LEGO meetings in a hope to increase
membership.
Robert talked about the minifig sculpture that he has, he built a small dog to
go with it. Scott owns the Statue of Liberty sculpture. Robert is also working
on a large-scale mosaic of a catholic saint, The Santo Nino de Atocha; it
should be finished soon and he is considering entering it into the annual state
fair.
A name for our newly started group was discussed. A few of the candidates:
Lobo LEGO Club
NMLUG
ZIALUG
Los ladrillitos (the little bricks in Spanish)
Albuquerque Brick Club
This will be discussed again next time.
It was decided that at the next meeting each person should bring a list of the
sets that they own, either intact or cannabalized for parts. Scott offered his
home for next time and gave directions. This meeting was scheduled for the
following Sunday afternoon.
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In lugnet.loc.us.nm, Robert Graff writes:
> OK!
>
> I'm going to send an e-mail to the other addresses that have posted in
> loc.us.nm to see if they're interested, point them toward this thread, and ask
> them to get any other Lego fans that they know to get involved.
>
> We'll need a meeting time, place, and some ideas on what to bring and what to
> do. Not to mention a name for our fledgling group.
>
> To start off with the time and place, I think it would make sense
> (convenience-wise) for the first meeting to be in Albuquerque. Probably during
> an afternoon weekend. (At least my preference anyway...)
>
> Other ideas, comments?
>
> -- Robert
Robert,
Can you email me?
I've tried to email you but I'm having serious problems with outlook and
can't get any mail out to you.
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OK!
I'm going to send an e-mail to the other addresses that have posted in
loc.us.nm to see if they're interested, point them toward this thread, and ask
them to get any other Lego fans that they know to get involved.
We'll need a meeting time, place, and some ideas on what to bring and what to
do. Not to mention a name for our fledgling group.
To start off with the time and place, I think it would make sense
(convenience-wise) for the first meeting to be in Albuquerque. Probably during
an afternoon weekend. (At least my preference anyway...)
Other ideas, comments?
-- Robert
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In lugnet.loc.us.nm, Robert Graff writes:
> Hello,
>
> Subject says it all. We know there's at least a few of us LEGO maniacs here in
> the Land of Enchantment, so I'd really like to see us get together. How about
> we start discussing it here or by email?
>
> -- Robert
Hello Robert,
Good to see this group getting put to use. I posted here about 2 years ago
but never got any real replies.
A meeting would be in our best interest, I think, The ideas would never stop.
Let's do discuss this more.
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Hello,
Subject says it all. We know there's at least a few of us LEGO maniacs here in
the Land of Enchantment, so I'd really like to see us get together. How about
we start discussing it here or by email?
-- Robert
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In lugnet.loc.us.nm, Kevin Morgan writes:
> Well, the last post was 10 months ago. Are there any Lego Maniacs in NM?
> Surely, there are. I'm up in Santa Fe and I had a Lego Sculpture on display
> in a linen store. Here's the sculpture:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=11890
>
> Any other AFOL's???
>
> Kevin Morgan
Hey Kevin,
Glad to see another maniac finally putting this group to use.
Saw your sculpture last month and am surprised to see something close to home.
I'm only aware of one other fan here in Albq. I know there's more just
haven't got hold of them.
Looking forward to getting together with more maniacs here in the land of
entrapment.
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Well, the last post was 10 months ago. Are there any Lego Maniacs in NM?
Surely, there are. I'm up in Santa Fe and I had a Lego Sculpture on display
in a linen store. Here's the sculpture:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=11890
Any other AFOL's???
Kevin Morgan
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I just finished entering a contest held by Southwest Airlines here in
Albuquerque. The idea is to build an airplane out of tortillas and the best
plane wins a free trip to Las Vegas, NV.
Well, one of the entries used LEGO wheels and Technic Shock Absorbers.
For those of you in the NM area, you can see this on Channel 13 KRQE News.
P.S. My plane did not win :-( If you're interested in checking it out though,
please visit http://w3.tvi.cc.nm.us/~mrgraff/gpi/tortilla.html
LMKWYT
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How's it going Ryan? Are you local here in Abq. or surrounding area? I'm
looking for locals to get together with.
Lego is not a toy, it's a way of life.
ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net
Ryan Smith <kyblue2@zoomnet.net> wrote in message
news:FItJMM.Mp@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.loc.us.nm.alb, Scott W. Runyan writes:
> > Wondering.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Lego is not a toy, it's a way of life.
> > ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net
>
>
> I'm out here
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In lugnet.loc.us.nm.alb, Scott W. Runyan writes:
> Wondering.
>
> --
>
> Lego is not a toy, it's a way of life.
> ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net
I'm out here
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Wondering.
--
Lego is not a toy, it's a way of life.
ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net
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