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Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general
Followup-To: 
lugnet.general
Date: 
Sat, 6 Jul 2002 20:18:51 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Rick Clark writes:
> > Aaron West wrote:
> > 
> > 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.

> ...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.

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 matter of getting in touch with people with like
interests and doing some footwork in finding places to display.

Peter

FUT .general--maybe not the best place for this but we need to get this
discussion out of all the theme groups.



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  Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
 
(...) maybe lugnet.org? crossposted there since it does seem like a topic that might be of some interest to organizations everywhere (24 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org)

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  Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
 
(...) 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, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)

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