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Subject: 
Seattle Road Show (whoops- a week late...)
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lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 6 Oct 2003 22:06:29 GMT
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The Road Show came to Seattle on the last weekend of September, running from the 26th to the 28th. PNLTC, SeaLUG, and SMART all shared the small space with a 3-layer layout in 4 sections.

You can check out a sampling of the pictures on the SeaLUG site here:
http://www.sealug.org/events/misc/tlc_roadshow_2003

...or you can browse the images in my BrickShelf gallery:

(folder root)

...and in David Schilling’s BrickShelf gallery:

(folder root)

PNLTC (Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club) had the top level, which consisted of two train loops on a small town layout. This section was directly above the SMART layout, with enough open space to below and enough space between to allow the whole SMART layout to be seen.

SeaLUG (Seattle area Lego Users Group) had the middle level, flanking the other parts of the layout on both sides. One side had a modest moonbase/space layout, and the other was half filled with a castle layout and half filled with various random MOCs.

SMART (Seattle Mindstorms And Robotics Techies) had the bottom layer. This was a roughly 5’ x 10’ area. It was covered with shiny white board with black tape markings for the robots to follow. Various robots transported soccer balls and crates of soccer balls around the area, via train, forklift, and various other methods.

Lego provided some stickers for us to hand out, and we gave the public a challenge- there were 15 AndroDan figs placed around the layout and we asked kids to find one per year of age. We provided a hint sheet that called out 10 of the figs to help them.


The event was a lot of work, but it went wonderfully and we all had fun working with the public and with the Lego folks.

I’d like to extend my personal thanks to Lego for allowing us to participate in this event. This is a relationship I’d like to see continued. And I would also like to extend my thanks to everyone who helped the Seattle stop go so well. Thank you to everyone who participated, whether it was providing MOCs, setting up tables, or being there to help staff the area. It could not have happened without all of you!

--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
http://www.pnltc.org
http://www.sealug.org

(Sorry for not posting earlier- I burned up all my energy in getting ready for the show and in prepping for NWBrickCon the following weekend! And then Brad goes and calls me out at the NWBC Q&A...)



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