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In lugnet.castle, Rick Clark writes:
> Aaron West wrote:
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> Hm. A better question might be "WHERE ARE the fan clubs for the other
> popular themes of CASTLE, PIRATE, and SPACE?" There are at least twelve
> organized LEGO train clubs in the US, plus clubs in the rest of the
> world as well. Each club holds regular, highly public shows each year,
> and directly inspires interest in the LEGO Trains line.
I see plenty of clubs: WAMALUG, NELUG, MICHLUG, etc. These cater to all Lego
fans.
As for Train Shows, virtually NONE are comprised of a single Lego Train layout,
and organized by said train club. They're invited to model railroading shows,
not as Lego bricks built into trains, but model trains built out of Lego.
There is no such thing as a National Model Castle Association or National Model
Spaceship Association, with regional shows. There just is not enough interest
to sustain such things. Lego is releasing a large number of train sets because
that is currently where they are getting free advertising (and consequently
increased sales): from the layouts at shows.
Jeff
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| (...) <snip> (...) Oh no, we here in the NGLTC often do stand alone shows that we are invited to do, or think up ourselves. We've done display at the Atlanta History Center during the Christmas holidays, the Festival of Trees (also Christmas (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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| (...) But there are plenty of local/regional opportunities. In MichLUG, we have done space and castle displays at science fiction conventions and some members have done a fundraiser for a local church with train, space, and castle. It's just a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, PNLTC is doing a good job of bucking this trend. I am slowly recovering from my first day at a PNLTC show. We have lined up a store front in a mall for the rest of the summer. Today was our first open house. We have been building the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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| Aaron West wrote: <snip> (...) Hm. A better question might be "WHERE ARE the fan clubs for the other popular themes of CASTLE, PIRATE, and SPACE?" There are at least twelve organized LEGO train clubs in the US, plus clubs in the rest of the world as (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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