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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> Hey everybody!!
>
> Just had our Chicago Legofest today, and we had a blast!! In attendance
> were myself, Brandon Grifford, Jameson Gagnepain, Greg Howell, Jeff Rutt,
> Chris Leach, Chris's wife (my apologies, her name escapes me), and Zach
> Hanna.
No problem Tim, Sandys not mad(wink)
> I brought a lot of my space MOCs and quite a bit of stock space sets, mostly
> M:Tron, Futuron, BT1 and BT2. I also lugged along MIBO, my technic shuttle,
> misc. paraphanelia (sp?), and the Kidvention posters. I was also working on
> my space research vessel there, which unfortunately I was unable to complete
> before the fest.
>
> Brandon brought some of his MOCs, plus our Destroyer semi-capship model. A
> notable model from him is the Scorpion assault bomber - a great ship with a
> really sweet detailed cockpit :)
>
> Chris Leach brought with him a mockup of his airport project - he's building
> an airport with (10 or 20, I forgot which) terminals - its gonna be HUGE!!
> He also brought an office tower (stood between 3 and 4 feet tall), some
> various buildings, and a LOT of monorail track! Notable models from him are
> an Air Force One (on my brickshelf pictures), as well as a stock and a
> modified 17..something......hehe :) an airplane promo set.
It's an airport with 20 gates (building at fest is just the rough beginning of
one of the gates). Terminal will be made out of 3 century skyways and 2
international jetports.
> Greg Howell brought along his Illswich models, and his recent space
> creations, including an awesome mecha and a microfig scale carrier vessel
> thingy (he posted these in .space a couple days ago, but their names escape
> me).
>
> Jameson had a few of his creations including a very nice fighter/bomber
> plane with a very nice interior control room. Very sleek and stylish with
> slope bricks arranged masterfully. I believe he says an LDrawing of it will
> come sometime soon! :)
>
> The rest of the guys just came along to hang out with us. It was great
> meeting newly converted AFOL Jeff Rutt, and Zach Hanna is an old friend I
> ran into at another friend's party last night - a semi-AFOL as well. For
> those of you who don't know, Brandon Grifford is my best friend and the
> co-owner of Zacktron with me. Unfortunately he doesn't have a computer at
> home so he has been unable to participate here online like I have.
>
> Without further ado, the pictures are here:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/zacktron/chicagofest/
>
> Enjoy!! LMKWYT!!
>
> FYI - there was some mention of a Michigan fest, before and after this event
> today. It seems that there's in having something near Lansing. I'll be in
> Boston for college, but when I'm back on break I'm game. Thinking of having
> it there makes it central for the OH guys as well as the IN people. Plus,
> gives a greater chance of Michigan folk coming too! If anyone else is
> interested, post and we can try to work something out for it. We really
> need more activity in this part of the country. I was pleased at the event
> today, but it really could have been bigger. It was a bad weekend for a
> few, unfortunately. Keep this in mind!! Festing is a lot of fun and I
> think that if we tried we could get a pretty good group going.
>
> PS - missing from the fest were Tamy Teed, Joel Kuester, Mike Perri, and his
> friend. We were hoping to see you there, and we're sorry you couldn't make
> it!! Hopefully next time!!
> --
>
> Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
>
> http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
> http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance
>
> ICQ: 23951114
> AIM: TimCourtne
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| Hey everybody!! Just had our Chicago Legofest today, and we had a blast!! In attendance were myself, Brandon Grifford, Jameson Gagnepain, Greg Howell, Jeff Rutt, Chris Leach, Chris's wife (my apologies, her name escapes me), and Zach Hanna. I (...) (26 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.in)
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