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Re: Lego Day at the Library - A Smashing Success!
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Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:18:41 GMT
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Wow! (I had forgotten to ask how this was going :-)
...What a great idea and what a great write up on it. I hope that your
description encourages more clubs to do community things like this. It sounds
like you guys had a great time and I'm sure the kids had a great time too.
...Look forward to seeing the pics and sorry I had forgotten about it or I might
have planned another trip down south :-)
(IDEA for the LEGO Company: if/when we do things like this, give us some coupons
to hand out. You can track the coupon redemption to see if there's an impact on
sales tied to AFOL events... (I'm sure you have thought of this, but it's still
a good idea :-)
"Greg Perry" <supernerd23@yahoo.com> wrote:
> RichLUG's "LEGO Day at the Library" was a big success for us and the
> Tuchkahoe Library in Henrico County/Richmond, VA. The official count that
> was being kept at the door was around 375. From the time the library opened
> at 9:30 we had folks in attendance with the largest crowds being early in
> the day (10-12) and the last part the day (3-4). At those times there was
> probably about 50-70 people hanging out with us at any given time. Some
> folks stayed for a long time (couple of hours) and some even visited in the
> morning and came back later in the afternoon for more.
>
> The building tables were a big hit and we appreciate the LEGO Outlet Store
> at Potomac Mills (THANKS Dan) for loaning us the tub of bricks we used.
> Many a kid went gaga at seeing such a huge pile of LEGO bricks sitting there
> waiting for them to dive in. Quite a few parents joined in the fun too.
>
> During the day we ended up having 5 rounds of judging the creations that
> kids had built. With each round we gave out first, second and third place
> prizes (can you guess what the prizes were?). At the end of the day we had
> a Grand Prize judging from the 5 previous first place winners and gave away
> the LEGO Racers board game as the prize.
>
> It was really interesting seeing all the different creations that the kids
> (small and big) came up with during the day. We probably saw about 50
> different creations over the course of the day (some would get recycled back
> into the big pile occasionally). Building American flags was definitely a
> popular theme.
>
> Our train/town display was on the smallish side. We had an L-shaped set up
> with two big loops (approx. 8'x4' and 6'x4'). We piled a bunch of buildings
> inside the loops but didn't really knock ourselves out with accessorizing.
> We've got a pretty good collection of buildings (thanks primarily to Tim)
> and so folks were still very impressed with what they saw - but of course
> who isn't impressed by a LEGO display big or small?
>
> Of course, there were lots of folks who were getting their first look at
> LEGO trains so it was fun seeing their reactions and hearing their "oohs and
> ahhs". We had a couple of metroliners there, an extra long freight train,
> and a Christmas Train.
>
> That's about it except to say that it was both fun and gratifying to be able
> to share our hobby with others and provide an event for kids that they
> really enjoyed. I had several parents thank us and talk about how much they
> liked the fact that their children played with LEGO toys and the benefits
> they saw in that by way of the creations they build.
>
> So we'll definitely be doing something like this again in the future. The
> folks at the library have already said they want us back again next year for
> a similar event (probably more than once).
>
> We'll have pictures online soon - I couldn't wait though to do a little
> bragging about the great time we had!
>
> I'll shut up now. But only for now.
>
> Greg
>
> In lugnet.loc.us.va, Timothy D. Freshly writes:
> > On Saturday, December 1, RichLUG will be hosting a "LEGO Day" at the
> > Tuckahoe Library. Planned events include free building, building contests,
> > annimated (movie) features, and a Lego train display (along the lines of the
> > one shown here - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8226).
> > LEGO Day will being around 10:00 am and run until approximately 4:00/5:00
> > pm. All kids, young and old, are invited!
> >
> > We look forward to seeing you there!
> >
> > Tim
> > Member, Richmond Lego Users Group
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