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Re: Ship Building Weekend at Scott Sanburn's - Trevor Pruden and Tim Courtney in Attendance
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lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:11:26 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Chris Leach writes:
> In lugnet.space, Scott Sanburn writes:
> > To All,
> >
> > Trevor Pruden, Tim Courtney, and myself had a ship building weekend at my
> > apartment in South Bend, Indiana this last weekend. It was a great deal of fun!
> >
> > We talked on and off about it for a few weeks, and it finally came about
> > this last weekend, at one point Tim did not know if he was coming or not.
> > Here are some minor pictures, they did not come out well, I will try to fix
> > them up a little later.
> >
> > Let me say it was an absolute pleasure to meet one of the legends of LUGNET,
> > Tim Courtney. Tim is a great guy, and it was great to finally meet him in
> > person and talk and build. Tim's building skills are phenomenal, and he gave
> > me tons of great ideas.
> Yep i met Tim last summer(and his little dog to.)<best wicked witch voice>
> Great guy.
>
> > It was also great to see Trevor again, his skill in shipbuilding is
> > excellent, and as time goes on, I am sure we will see those ships continue
> > to improve.
> >
> > Here is the Brickshelf directory:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5052
> >
> > Friday:
> > Friday, I tried to get everything ready, it was a hectic week as my wife was
> > home, without too much to do, and I did not have a lot of time to organize
> > my collection. My wife is in Chicago, as she starts her Osco Pharmacy
> > training, so it was a great weekend to do this.
> >
> > Trevor arrived around 8:00PM or so, after a "fun" drive through Detroit, and
> > told me Tim was coming, I did not know for sure, and he arrived shortly
> > after. He brought some amazing things, his TECHNIC Mindstorms Dog he got at
> > the Kidfest last year, and also his module for ships, which is great, and
> > his other transport.
> >
> > Our bird, Sammy, watched intently, as we did all this stuff, I took a
> > picture of him here:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50087
> >
> > He ended up staying in my bedroom on Saturday and Sunday, he was making
> > quite a racket!
> >
> > We started pulling out various parts, bins, and sets I had scattered
> > throughout my three rooms of stuff. Unfortunately, my personal collection
> > has suffered neglect as my business took all of my LEGO time. It was a
> > nightmare. We sorted for awhile, to get the parts needed for the ship.
> >
> > My friend Jared stopped by, from Flint, so I talked to him a little while,
> > and started working on the ship. We ordered some pizza from Domino’s, and
> > had that arrive sometime. We decided to use the inverted pyramid shape from
> > the Sith Infiltrator / TIE Fighter for the base, and use plates for the
> > bottom to shore it up. We also tore up the Millennium Falcon for the top and
> > bottom of the bridge, as Trevor worked on it. I was in the process of
> > sorting, and watching Tim and Trevor as they built the ship. We had
> > Spaceballs in the background at one point. : )
> >
> > Trevor finished the bridge sometime, and Tim working on a gigantic cannon
> > for the ship in front of the ship, complete with a neat system of pneumatic
> > tubes for power feeding. We quit around 3:30AM.
> >
> > SATURDAY:
> >
> > Saturday morning, around 9:30AM, we arose, and got ready for lunch /
> > breakfast / something. Unfortunately, Tim had his transport in his backseat,
> > and since it was a warm morning, the ship’s parts were very hot and loose,
> > so we took it back into the apartment. I don’t think it ever got back, so
> > Tim was understandably upset. We drove in the EVIL Back Suburban to
> > Applebee’s for a nice lunch.
> >
> > After lunch, we needed to do two things: Go to Meijer for supplies (Drinks,
> > etc.) and necessities, TRU, some sets we wanted. We went to the TRU in
> > Mishawaka, and took a stroll down the LEGO aisle. This LEGO aisle was really
> > nice, multiple huge minifigs, some very large TECHNIC beams with various
> > parts on it, lit up LEGO signs, etc. It had a lot of plates, which is
> > unusual nowadays.
> > Both Trevor and Tim were impressed. We ended up picking up 2 more 3033’s,
> > two AT-ST’s, the polar set 6320, with blue arctic walls, a few Large Gray
> > baseplates for my Shell Station, and a few Droid Escapes. The manager came
> > by and asked if we needed a cart to continue piling up sets, which was funny.
> >
> > The next stop was Meijer, we got some drinks, and Tim was amazed, for he has
> > not seen Meijer. It is a sight. And I went shopping on Saturday
> > afternoon!!!! We strolled down the LEGO aisle, and I pointed out several
> > Egyptian Adventurer sets, Extreme Team, TECHNIC sets, and Aquanauts sets
> > that should have been marked down many moons ago. We found a run over 6320
> > Arctic set and a crushed and opened Tie Interceptor for 79.99, and we got
> > both for 15% off, after some haggling. We went trough U-Scan and Trevor
> > thought it was cool! I love it!
> >
> > Here are the purchases:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50088
> >
> > We headed back, and started building again. Tim started watching Star Trek 6
> > for some conference room ideas, as Trevor and I continued to sort, and
> > build, Trevor got into the groove and built a majority of the walls, I
> > started building the warp core area, and some energy transformation
> > equipment. A few more movies were inserted, Star Trek: First Contact, and
> > then it was dinner, Tim got Subway, we ordered some hot subs from Marco’s.
> > We were kind of tired, so we ended up watching 6 days, which is a great
> > movie, the bad guy in there could give Larry P. a run for ego ; ), and I
> > started the warp nacelles. We sorted and built some more, and we had to
> > watch for a night cap one of the worst movies ever: Naked Space. We died
> > laughing. Cooking with Jon or the apes that were trying to take over
> > Philadelphia was just great.
> > We went to bed around 1:30AM, as Tim had to leave early.
> >
> > SUNDAY:
> >
> > We got up around 8:00AM, and talked a lot about anything and everything, and
> > Tim left around 11:00AM or so, and Trevor and I went to lunch at the Olive
> > Garden. We had a nice discussion,
> > and we went back to get Trevor’s purchases from my defunct store stock, and
> > he left. I took a nice Sunday afternoon nap, and cleaned up afterward,
> > although I have more to go!
> >
> > All in all, it was a blast, I hope we can do it again! I will have my
> > collection sorted better, but Trevor and Tim were able to cope!
> >
> > Misc: Pictures:
> >
> > Building Table with Tim working intently on the base of the ship:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50089
> >
> > Building table afterward:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50094
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50095
> >
> >
> >
> > Tim and Trevor taking a break for a picture:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50093
> >
> >
> >
> > Living room disaster:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50090
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50091
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50095
> >
> > Ach, ach, err… no, no.. oh it’s you Trevor! : )
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50092
> >
> > Bad Ship Pictures:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50097
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50098
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50099
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50100
> >
> >
> Wow some of those ships are really cool.This whole contraption thing may
> turn out to be alot of fun even for a former space guy.
I like your space craft. How many Lego bricks and plates did you use in the
space craft? Is "Naked Space" one of those motion pictures that the Mystery
Science Theater 3000 people forget to watch in their vault or is it
something worse than those types of motion pictures?
Jesse Long
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