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Re: Greenburg Show?
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 05:01:44 GMT
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Eric Kingsley wrote in message ...
Ideally I would love to do this but it really isn't realistic for our club.
We just don't have the resources unless someone is hiding a stash of LEGO
that >I don't know about.

Yes, true.

I think that the PNLTC, WAMALUG/LTC, NGLTC, GFLTC, etc. have done a great • job
with the tables.  Plus it is a differance in cost between $150-$200 and
several thousand dollars.

I know Mike Poindexter, who is building a 10-14?? module sized GMLTC style
layout himself has been purchasing 1200 pc tubs (he has about a thousand of
em) but has been in the process of paying for his Lego expenditures by
auctioning on ebay.  It would be a lot of work (just ask him), but if a club
did this jointly instead of one individual, it might be easier.  I might not
know what I'm talking about, but then again, it might be a valid idea.  Its
late :)

(By the way when do you get to Boston for school?)

Saturday, August 26th.  But I probably won't be available until the
following weekend.  Gotta figure out a weekday I'm free for a little field
trip as soon as I get there too.... ugg (but it'll be worth it :D)

-Tim



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(...) Well I think there is a reason why the GMLTC is the only group doing a layout like this. They are the only ones with 2.1 million bricks to work with. Personally I don't think we would come remotely close to that many if you took all of our (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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