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Re: PNLTC festival of trees - LEGO in space
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains, lugnet.space
Date: 
Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:30:12 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes wrote:
> Lots of christmas trees this year.  Here is one with a twist - it has a LEGO
> space theme featuring sets from the LEGO Space/Discovery lineup.
> 
> PNLTC also had a 25' x 13' layout at the festival.
> 
> 
> The tree features:
> a large LEGO globe as a tree topper
> a space shuttle train with santa on top
> A 4' tall Saturn 5 rocket
> A memorial to the columbia astronauts
> 
> Pictures can be found at:
> 
> http://home.teleport.com/~bfleskes/festivaloftrees2003/page_01.htm
> 
> 
> The tree was auctioned off for $5000 with the proceeds going to the local
> children's hospital.


Nice job Ben. It's cool to see the LEGO clubs around the country taking part in
the various FoTs.

I'm guessing it was quite a task to get that globe to sit steady on top of the
tree.

jt

----------------------
James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org



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<snip> (...) <snip autosig> Lots of wire. Everything on the tree had to be wired to the tree for transportation to the winning bidders house (or wherever else they want it) The FoT is a really nice form factor for LEGO. Plus it gives a lot of LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)

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Lots of christmas trees this year. Here is one with a twist - it has a LEGO space theme featuring sets from the LEGO Space/Discovery lineup. PNLTC also had a 25' x 13' layout at the festival. The tree features: a large LEGO globe as a tree topper a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)

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