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"Robin Sather" <robinsather@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3b704c92.124983...net.com... (...) That's awesome! Don't forget your tazer and cattle prod... ahem. heh heh. Charge lots! Speaking of $$$, we'll have to discuss fund raising for the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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It was awesome indeed. Comments and things: Mostly, people wanted to buy the following "kits": David's sky train, David's gondola, all Robin's Harry Potter stuff, and Dean's drive in. The question most asked, "what kit is (insert one of the above)?" (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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good for Xan and TFM. Xan -- Xandria's Lego Realm: (URL) Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B7959DD5.14CC5%...ink.com... (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Nothing is silly. All your points are extremely valid. I think we should pursue the discussion, decide, and make it happen. (...) We had been thinking of a 6 inch wall of plexi all around. Assuming our current layout, and some sort of wooden (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) One woman spent about half an hour around the Harry Potter corner, and took my name and number. She's having a HP themed birthday party for her son at the end of August, and will pay me to bring my portion of the layout for display at the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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How does September 14th sound to you Vancouver folks? ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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All very good points, Robin. I'll not add to this discussion any further for fear of endless banter about silly little things. Plexi would be in the lead for me provided there is some height to the plexi (not just 2 inches). And you can clean the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Robin Sather wrote in message <3b701f5a.920171@lugnet.com>... (...) Very quick comment - the rope would be lent, not donated, as I have other uses for it. However, it cost me $25 for 50m of used climbing rope so it would not be hard to buy more (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes, it was lots of fun working together! I must admit, it was quite hectic at times. But the feeling of satisfaction, and sense of accomplishment, is unparalleled. Here are some things that I heard and saw over the weekend: -One woman asked (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I just wanted to post a quick note to all who participated in putting together the weekend's show. You did a fantastic job! Thanks for all the sacrifices that each of you made, in time and money, to make it happen. When we all work together, great (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'm sorry that you got stuck with this, by default, but you should be taking names and numbers. If we do initiate some of the ideas that we tossed around at the show (workshops, etc.), those callers would be prime candidates. Robin (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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OK, here goes ... <Devil's advocate mode ON> (...) For most, I think. Most kids at our display were with parents, and even if the plexi wasn't a barrier for the kids, it would clue the parents in to keep the kids from reaching over the top, etc. Of (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) There was a crew from CTV (channel 8, cable 11), and then later, a crew from Global (channel 10, cable 13). Unfortunately, I missed all the stories. If David got it on tape, maybe we can get copies. Conversely, do you think we could get copies (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Hehe...It took David and I quite a while to figure how they fit together, and we still got it messed up! It was during tear-down that we noticed the labelled boxes! (...) A *lot* of pictures were taken, both by us and by the public. They will (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Dean Husby wrote in message <3B6CC1AA.42035511@a....bc.ca>... (...) we (...) I'm back! Looked at the pics of the first day, everything looks great, nice job guys... except my city block is not arranged as I designed it, so the best building is (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Okay, gang: One of several things we'll need to discuss soon -- rope and plexi barriers. I think we still need a barrier for shows. Following is a list of Pros and Cons for each -- please add your two cents as well because I doubt I got everything: (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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The e-mail and phone calls I've received about the VLC from our recent public show has been from young children. We want AFOLS. Hopefully they will still contact us. In any case, if the club is to perpetuate, we need to get together and discuss the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) No prob. As soon as I hit the lottery, your funding request is 270607th on my list. (...) I am fairly happy with my Nikon CoolPix 800, which is obsolete now and superceded by newer models. Including the 128MB memory card and reader I just got, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) That's basically what I was building mine as. Of course, I took quite a bit of liberty with making it look like I wanted it to! (...) Dean, That's great! I am glad you could build off my pics. Makes me feel good that I built something that (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I created the body and refinements from engines around my area. I did look at your pics to see how others had done the railings and made the couplers similar to yours. I'll be doing a web page on it soon and will give credit where credit is (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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The segment was about three to four minutes long, and had an interview with someone (Alexandria I think, though I'm not good with remembering names, I had to laugh at her little minifig line). They had lots of closeups of various displays, mostly of (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'm definitely considering, I really want to join, my folks are kind of iffy about it though, Are there any other members under 15? I'll get them to watch it tonight, I need to know when it comes on though. -Geordan- (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes, they taped tones. I heard the segment was 3 or 4 minutes! David taped it and will try to get Channel 6 tonight. (CTV) I REALLY hope we snag a few more members from this. YAHOO Dean (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) What time is the late news on at? I wanna see this! -Geordan- (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) DARN! I just got home and read your message! Do you remember how long our segment was? Hopefully they'll repeat it later tonight... There *was* another camera-person; I think he was from Channel 10? I remember one from 13, (which is Global, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Wow! Awesome! Congrats! What was the (interview?) about? -Shiri (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Just saw you guys on Global, nice setup! Oddly enough I just saw a bit about Lego on TLC a few minutes before. Although I kinda wished that someone (either from VLC or the reporter) mentioned Lugnet in the report (They probably did tape somebody (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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"Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GHL0Av.Dtv@lugnet.com... (...) we (...) have (...) But they're filled with Lego -- they don't count as part of a "mess". :-) Xan (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Hi, Larry. Tell you what -- you buy me a new $1000 digital camera, and I'll ensure all future images are not blurry. ;-) Seriously though, those were taken with an ancient Fuji DS-7 (that's only 640 X 480 resolution) without much control over (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yes, the mini-catalog is in my Mania Mag, and yes, free shipping only on items in that catalog. The catalog does have the my own train stuff, the new log car, caboose, and the guarded inn. Robin (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Hahaha I can actually hear you say that, Dean. Yes, one big mother-of-all-orders group order. Any idea when we're gonna put it in? Probably when the set is ready, which is... September? Gotta start saving my money... -Bryan (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) About a week? Yeah I guess that's ok. From what I've heard, don't you have enough boxes stacked all over your place already? :P -Bryan (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Great show and great pics! I am really impressed with the tram! Out of curiousity, who created this locomotive? (URL) looks just like mine, almost exactly! I am wondering whether it was based on my design or whether we both came up with the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looking like a great show. Lots of stuff to pore over to catch all the details. My one complaint, if it were a complaint, is that some of the foreground images seem blurry, but no big deal Is this the first time we've had two different shows (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) OH... So we CAN'T order our Metroliners then... ugg... Ok, so we go back to the original plan. Group order! Dean (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Ok I should be more specific. There's the big fat Summer 2001 S@H Catalogue, with the grey bridge and the blue My Own Train on the cover. I've seen Andrew with that one - no free shipping mentioned in this one. There is a much smaller (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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"Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GHKswB.LtD@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks. I'm trying hard to stay on top of things this time. I'm happy with some pics. But I'll probably take even more tomorrow!!!! Be warned. No fig is (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Kevin should be back soon. I think 1 week. Is that ok? Otherwise I'm sure we could store them in our living room if we had to for a week. Dean (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Can you verify that? If it's only for you maybe we can do a group order though you to save the cash. Dean (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Wow, great pictures Xan! I didn't know you took so many! Haven't looked through them all yet - slow connection! Just wait till the crowds come in tomorrow... -Bryan (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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