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(...) Yes, the one with the pentacle is my wife Xandria. I'll try to get snaps of my footage up tonight or this week at the latest. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Ahhh yes, that evil money thing. The skirting is paid for by Dean and I. Useable for any show, however, we needed some of our own. So, don't include the fabric. Xandria "Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) <snipped highlights> Bravo! Excellent! Kudos! Well done! And it sounds like you even had fun at the same time... <grin> Get used to having people 2 to 3 deep around your entire layout, because that's the way it will be at almost every show! (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hi people, Before I forget, how much money do we owe to "the club"? (For the banner, the table skirting, and the photocopying fees - am I leaving anything out?) Woohoo! Still proud of our award. :) Bryan (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Wow, what a surprise! <grin> A LEGO layout takes people's choice. Whodathunkit? Congratuations. Well done. That said, this seems to be the *usual* outcome. People LOVE our hobby. Next time, make sure they're paying you an appearance fee. You (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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Congratulations you guys, and I think I saw a glimpse of one of your VLC t-shirts in the background of one of the pics? -Adam (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Kevin Wilson writes: About 25 pictures are on brickshelf now. You can find them at: (URL) of these pictures are of individual scenes, with the later ones showing more of the general layout. Some of Kevin's highlights have been (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Oh yeah I had LOTS of fun - and winning that award made it even more special! (...) I had been collecting a pile of catalogs, but I *forgot* to bring them, so I'm kicking myself for that! (...) No, Mark's SO is Michelle, my SO is Cathy... She (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Gods that layout was fun! Though I almost fainted when we were awarded the "Best of the Show" award. I'll bet there will be grumblings about that for months from the "Real" Train guys. I guess we showed some of them with our "Not real trains (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Kevin Wilson wrote in message ... (...) How could I forget! Robin's lighthouse with the working, rotating light! And the whales.... with the whale watching boat about to tip over.... and the fishermen, one with an enormous catch and the other with (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Dean Husby wrote in message <3A0F4EE8.D4CE1750@a....bc.ca>... (...) <snip> (...) Well, we had a great time and lots of people LOVED the layout. Most of the time there were adults and kids packed 2 and 3 deep all the way round our three sides which (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Congratulations to all of you! I'm very glad your hard work paid off. So, when do we see pictures? ;-) Kevin Z #142 (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Well! Congratulations! ... make with the pictures! :) Cheers, KevinM (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Greetings! Today, November 12, 2000, a milestone was reached in the short history (so far) of the Vancouver Lego Club. Today, after a couple months of painstaking planning (as can be attested by the number of posts recently), we debuted at the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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Just finished up Santa's worskhop inside the big warehouse (the reindeer are cute!) and decided not to do the footbridge from the 9v station to the airport monorail. It was getting ridiculously fragile and complicated. Did 3 large trees (and I'll (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I just picked up the sign. It looks fantastic!! It also worked out to be less expensive than I had originally mentioned. WITH tax, it comes to $116. See you tonight, Robin (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Bryan Wong wrote in message ... (...) Hmmm. The airport hotel is 50 bricks high. We'll just have to see how things look! Kevin (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Oh-oh, my mountain is gonna look REAL funny now... :) It's only about 40 bricks high! Bryan (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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"Kevin Wilson" <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:G3tGCI.Jy3@lugnet.com... (...) FOR SHAME! heh chuckle... Can't wait to see what you've built. Xan (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) What the hell... true enough... maybe have a few black and white's just in case (you never know) Xan (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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