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(...) No I don't... darn, I never thought of keeping those. I do have a large pile of in-box Lego catalogs which I plan to bring. Does anyone have an extra of the latest S@H catalog that we could chain to the display :-) Kevin ---...--- Personal (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I have more then enough track for the show. I suggest that I alone bring the 9v train track. This way cleanup will be a snap in regards to them. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) We are currently using our PO box for all Net activities. We don't mind using it for the VLC. It's protected and no one can find out who owns it without a search warrant. heh heh. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I don't think we should have any URL's other then our own and perhaps Lugnet. Net savvy people can go to all the magic from a link from our site or Lugnet. Keep it simple, some of these people will be remembering the link all the way home. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'd forgo advertising other clubs and just add a link to our web site to show them off... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'd say forgo the "Train parts" bits flier. That's going to be too much to handle. Also, I don't want to run our costs up too much. The train bits are clearly detailed in the catalog.. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Kevin, do you have a stash of them "Mail in for a free S@H catalog" fliers they put in some sets? (Like the blue Box) I've got 4 or 5 of them I'll bring... Also any "join the lego club for free" ones would help too. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'll give a go at the Games people. I know one of the guys down there... It's a shot.. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Oh boy, the living room is filling up with MOCs :-) The section for the low folding table, with the water, is mostly done, I just have to complete the "ground level" in one corner and make the rest of the monorail track supports. It looks pretty (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) That was just to earmark that area for the airport building. Doesn't mean you have to build it on a blue baseplate, or make the building blue :-). BTW, we were talking about making the end with the monorail stn transparent, so the audience can (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I think you're right - it looks fine how it is. There may also be Seattle people at this show who might be interested in the PNLTC itself. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Got some more questions/comments... -Any particular reason why the airport & monorail station baseplates are blue (looking at v-d0017k.jpg)? -Do we have enough baseplates of the required size, shape, colour? I've got some 16x32 blue and some odd (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I don't think we should innundate people with too much at once. Lugnet is a portal to all the various fan oriented sites, and shop at home can answer the rest of the questions, so my opinion is to just include those two. Of course, we'd put (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes, after I posted this, I found an email addy for Steve. Although, upon reflection, it would be cool to just leave it as is, which lets people know that there are clubs like this all over the place. What do you think? The graphic (and .ppt (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) It's better than I expected, but it is still an iron on. I actually don't have any of my own. I've done them for gifts, but I've never had any complaints. Actually, the shirt is washed immediately after transferring it, as part of the process, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Very likely. I was thinking it would take up an inch or two depth of our 6' but the feet would stick out further than that. Also, it's one more thing to make... (...) How about outher train specific sites like Matt Bates Train Depot (now at (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) How do they wash? What's the longevity of the iron on? Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I should think you'll need to ask the PNLTC guys for this - Steve Barile probably if he wrote it. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Nice! A t-shirt for each of us who staffs the layout would be excellent - I was thinking of big pin-on buttons but a t-shirt would be much better. Or were you thinking of selling them? I suspect we can't sell anything since we are a non-vendor (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I've dl'ed this (the powerpoint file) from Brickshelf. Larry, if you are reading this, would it be OK if we replaced the PNLTC logo with our own? Robin (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'm tossing around the idea of doing something like this with the sign. Kinda cool to have a sign like that on the wall! (...) I think you should definitely email your list, and of course all the members. The worst that happens is that they (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Hand out Steve Barile's handout which shows the train specific lego parts. Only run a few off, put one in plastic and pin it to the skirting, then hand the rest out to the "serious" people who pass your initial screen ++Lar (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Just a thought. I've done a few of these at home, using good quality T's, an ink jet printer, and that T-shirt iron on transfer paper you can buy. The results are quite good. It would be fairly easy to print up a few with the logo, etc. Cost would (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I think we should be as prepared as possible for a big surprise when we arrive. At the very least, we should have table skirting around the entire table layout, not just the "front". We should also build with the possibility of 360 degree (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) A great idea, but I don't think we have room for it. My guess is that any space beyond our 16' x 6' is allocated for aisles and walkways, etc. Perhaps instead, we should allocate a corner of the layout for a small selection of lego train boxes (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Got it. Thanks. I'll work on it. (...) I'd recommend not having a street address. A post office box would be OK, however. A phone number is slightly less intrusive than a street address, especially a mobile one, since it's harder to track. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) By the time it gets to your mountain, the monorail track has jumped up another level and is at 22 bricks above ground level. You can just barely see on the .jpg or .gif file (I recommend printing the latest version out as big as you can get it (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes you're right - I just downloaded the latest jpg of the layout. I will start building on Monday! (This is gonna be fun...) (...) Oh yeah... the monorail track will be 12 bricks off the ground? What about the train track in the mountain (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) The layout pictures are pretty accurate as to where the track goes. But if you make your ledge for the track, a couple studs wider then the actual track, then we'll have some wiggle room. I'm having the same interesting time with the double (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I've written to Robin privately, asking where he lives. Hopefully he can lend me a few pieces of track so I can see how to fit them in (I've never seen a piece of track in person!). Also, how will I know WHERE to put the track? (i.e. top of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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My first impressions of the (1349) Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set. (As of this date there is no Newsgroup for this type of set. Cross posted to lugnet.robotics.vc) Purchased at Toys R Us for $250 Canadian. First, let me say that I used (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) That sounds good to me. Kevin (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I made a suggestion a while back that we have a freestanding display panel behind us (eg a 4x8 sheet of pegboard on a simple frame of 1x2's with plywood triangle "feet" to make it stand up). This would give us somehere to display signs, Lego (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Dean and I will aquire the fabric as we have wanted to do so for a while. We've no problem paying for this and retaining the fabric as ours but using it for the club as well. This should bring the communal cost down a tad. Unless the club wants its (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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An interim sign would be a good idea until we are firm on a logo. Robin, I agree you should be reimbursed for your supplies. Basic foamcore is available at Staples or Office Depot for relatively cheap. I'd offer to get some but my hands are (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Robin, I've sent you the word file with the early fliers. Rather than posting a phone number, I think we should have a mail in card, or the back of the flier (with our URL for those who have Internet access) basically saying: "Send $1 to cover cost (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) We really should put down a contact phone number. Not all Lego Fan's have Internet... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I will find out what this will cost us. If we wanted to go really cheap, I could simply print out sections of the logo on my inkjet on 8 1/2" x 11" sheets. I could then line them up and paste them onto foamcore. If we did this, I wouldn't mind (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'm not sure what you mean by this. What is the difference between a "Sign" and a "Display panel", or are you basically referring to having two "signs", one in front, one in back? (...) I would have no problem with this. However, even by your (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I think we ought to work out how much this is going to cost us... Sign $20 - $200 Fabric for table tops and skirts $20 - $40 Photocopying fliers etc $10 - $20 Display panel for behind layout (??) $20-$25 I have a suggestion. Lions Gate Models (me (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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