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Re: Contraption 2001 - MichLUG Space Colony Display a Sucess!
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Hey, all the creations on display look great, wow some of these buildings
and giant space ships ar very cool. I'd enjoy doing a display like this.
More to come in the future I hope. Some of the creations there I don't think
I've seen before! I'm a Sci-Fi kinda guy! Did other people from the public
enjoy or relate to the creations you folks had? One time I displayed my
Robots at a Comicon Convention, I think the people we'nt used to seeing the
Artist standing next to his Creations. You'd figure the folks there would be
into that sort of thing, it was a mixed crowd. Anyway, I've done exhibits
and shows for years, but I never showed my Robots with other Lego Builders.
You guys are lucky.
Maybe I could join in on a future show with a Sci-fi related theme?
We'll see.....any way congrats on your displays! Good job.
Eric
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Legomaster
In lugnet.announce, Scott Sanburn writes:
> To All,
>
> MichLUG did a new kind of event this weekend, called Contraption, held in
> Roseville Michigan at the Eastin Hotel. I am not sure if any club has ever
> done this before, but I think this might be a good way of having the space
> and castle people have a way to display items, much like the GATS shows do
> for trains. We had a great time, and are invited back for more! : )
>
> Here is the web site for Contraption:
>
> http://users.iglide.net/phoenix/contraption2001/contraption.htm
>
> Here is the Brickshelf account, I will highlight some pictures:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5191
>
> We decided to build a futuristic space colony, maybe somewhere nearby, or
> faraway, but we felt this was a good approach. We learned a lot from this
> display, and will make a better one next time!
>
> I am including what happened to me, so feel free to add thoughts, comments,
> etc. Amy will post it on the website soon.
>
> Friday – June 22, 2001:
>
> I spent most of the morning printing out pictures for the display, they came
> out real nice, and Rick Hallman did an excellent job with his models. I also
> want to thank James Davis, the Blacktron guy, his site is www.blacktron.net,
> and Austin, his site is http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/glengarry/ , and
> Trevor Pruden’s site, The Astro Lift Company (
> http://members.home.net/tpruden3/index.html ) for all of their submissions,
> thanks again gentlemen!
>
> I took half a day off to get there around 5:00PM, hopefully. I stopped by
> Marshall, Michigan, for a liquid refreshment break, and saw a Shell Station
> that looked a lot like mine! I would love to have a Coffee Beanery in it,
> but I might not have enough room for it. Here are the pictures of that!
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51056
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51057
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51058
>
> I drove up to Lansing, going through a whole bunch of construction zones,
> and got to Lansing around 4:00PM EST. I picked up Tony Hedglen first, and
> then Rick Hallman, and started back. We stopped by Staples to get some
> copies of our flyer made, and were on our way to Roseville. It took us about
> 3 hours to get there, with traffic and everything, and we ended up getting
> there around 7:00PM EST.
>
> We went in the main lobby, and went upstairs, we ran into Kai on the way up,
> and told us where to go. Unfortunately, we were in a deserted hallway, apart
> from the main floor, but we talked to the organizers, and we should have a
> much larger room next time, near the main part.
>
> Here is the hallway:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51059
>
> Here is our room, the Green Room:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51060
>
> When we arrived there, Chris Leach, Amy Hughes, Kai Brodersen, Trevor Pruden
> and his wife, Janet, were there already! They started going into my stuff to
> finish the display. As per typical Scott fashion, after accidentally putting
> shaving cream in my hair instead of gel that morning (I was tired after
> packing and loading the Suburban up) was walking back out to get something
> in the mighty Suburban, and walked full speed right into a glass plate
> window, luckily I did not break it, but everyone had a good chuckle at the
> interesting prints my face, my hands, and my watch and wedding ring made.
> Unfortunately, we forgot the stops in the Monorail track, so Chris had to
> get some and bring it in Saturday. We also met Amy’s friend, Rain, who
> seemed really nice. Rick and I made a food run to McDonalds, and had
> probably the worst and slowest service I have seen in many moons.
>
> Here are some pictures:
>
> Here is Chris holding up a MichLUG logo he made:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51089
>
> Trevor had his ships and various buildings there, here are pictures:
>
> Table of Ships: - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51077
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51085
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51087
>
> Most of the pictures are of Trevor’s items, so I will let him comment on
> some if he wants.
>
> Kai brought his awesome TIE fighter renditions:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51072
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51075
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51076
>
> Amy brought her massive office building:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51078
>
> This reminds me of SW: Episode 1
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51079
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51080
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51081
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51082
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51083
>
> Rick brought his hanger, a medical building, and other various vehicles,
> including his awesome Iron Eagle! Unfortunately, I don’t think I have many
> pictures of your stuff, Rick. Make sure you bug me about it! ; )
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51071
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51065
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51062
>
> I brought about everything else: My Octan tank, my Waste Processing Plant, a
> ton of vehicles and ships, pictures for the display. It appears I did not
> pictures of my stuff, either. =D’oh!
> Part of Octan tank:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51065
>
> Here is the ship Trevor, Tim Courtney, and myself worked on last weekend:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51084
>
> Here is my water process plant, in the middle:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51069
>
> I will add the stuff I built to my pages soon.
>
> Tony Hedglen brought his two great buildings, his red office towers and his
> black house with gardens. I did not get a good picture of that, either. I’m
> fired!!!
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51073
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51069
>
> Here are some overall pictures of the space colony:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51069
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51063
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51064
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51065
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51066
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51067
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51068
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51069
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51070
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51071
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51072
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51073
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51074
>
> Anyway, we had lots of fun getting things set up, we had to get some more
> tables, but with the small area, we could not have anymore. Another problem
> we had was the fact that we, the displayers, were in the way of the items,
> and there really wasn’t enough room to do anything about it, so it was a
> little tight.
>
> List of People on Friday:
> Chris Leach
> Rick Hallman
> Amy Hughes
> Kai Brodersen
> Tony Hedglen
> Trevor & Janet Pruden
> Scott Sanburn
>
> We adjourned for the night around 10:00~11:00PM, and left. Tony and I drove
> up to Flint, and slept at my parent’s house. We tried to get a hotel room,
> but it was 120.00 for one night!!, and only a single bed. No thanks!
>
> Saturday, June 23rd, 2001:
>
> Tony and I departed Flint around 8:30AM or so, and drove down. We stopped by
> the TRU nearby and got some 3033’s just in case. We arrived around 10:30AM,
> and started yet again. Rick, Amy, Trevor & Janet, Tony, Kai, and myself were
> there. Peter Guenther came, and brought his awesome Blacktron 2 ship.
>
> Here are some pictures of Peter’s Blacktron Ship:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51091
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51092
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51093
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51094
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51095
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?I=51096
>
> There were various people that came through throughout the weekend, nothing
> like a GATS display or anything, but I saw a gentleman with a white Star
> Trek Next Generation uniform, and he told me it was the Chaplin’s core
> uniform. I thought it was really cool! : ) Shortly after Peter arrived,
> there was a young girl who was our GOPHER, and she stayed in the room while
> we went to breakfast / lunch / whatever at IHOP (International House of
> Pancakes, I never heard of that acronym before, but oh well) We had a waiter
> there, it was his second day, and we were a handful. : ) The Coke machine
> broke down, but it was fun.
>
> We wondered back to the hotel, and worked on various things. Trevor started
> working on his ship, I started building a Futuron set I had, the Star
> Defender 200, http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6932 , Tony was building some
> various sets I received, Rick was setting up scenes in the colony. Spencer
> stopped by and saw the display. Trevor and Peter went to a TRU on 8 mile, I
> think Lindsay posted something about it last week, the 3552 Zsnap model for
> 3.90 and the Sith Infiltrator / Naboo Swamp set for 19.99. They bought some,
> and told us. Kai had to leave also, so Tony, Amy, and myself drove over
> there, I bought 5 of them, and Amy and Tony bought a few sets and the like
> as well, they had some really old sets, and most of them were still full
> price. Weird. We also went to Target, but there weren’t any good deals. We
> drove back, and went to Meijer nearby, we found A-Wings for 8.00 and 6520
> Arctic set for 15.00, so wee picked a few up, and went back to the hotel.
>
> We went to dinner soon afterward, and decided to shut the door for a little
> while. We went to Big Boy, and had some good discussions. : ) After a very
> weird transaction with me AMEX, we headed back. Our GOPHER came back with
> her friend and started building some stuff with the 3033’s, Rick and Chris
> were already, and here is a picture of that:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=51086
>
> We also flipped through my catalogs a lot, talked about anything and
> everything, and left around 11:00PM. Tony and I drove back to Lansing, since
> he had to go home that night, and I slept over there, I was too tired to
> drive to Flint.
>
> People there:
> Chris Leach
> J. Spencer Rezkalla
> Rick Hallman
> Peter Guenther
> Amy Hughes
> Kai Brodersen
> Tony Hedglen
> Trevor & Janet Pruden
> Scott Sanburn
>
> Sunday, June 24th, 2001:
>
> I drove from Lansing to Flint, and then onto Roseville after seeing my mom.
> The last day of the event was really quiet, we talked with one of the
> organizers, and packed up. There were not a lot of people, so I think we
> could have skipped Sunday, but oh well! We all talked extensively, and had
> fun packing up my Suburban. We departed around 3:30PM. I drove Rick Hallman
> back to Lansing, after getting lost trying to find the KB-Toys outlet, which
> had a minimal LEGO area, with nothing good. After dropping off Rick, I
> managed to get to South Bend around 9:30PM EST. It was along weekend for me!
>
> We had a lot of fun at this event, I think the next ones will be better! It
> was great event for MichLUG, and I am looking forward to more of them! : )
>
> Scott S.
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