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(...) GMLTC and WAMALUG reps have already described the two main modes, "one person plus", and "pooled with ownership known". At some point, perhaps, someday, some club will come into significant funds via some windfall or major activity to raise (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) So when you say K-8 you mean a K-8 sized box filled with random bricks. I should clarify what I said. I was a factory slob (material handler), so when I mean stored I mean that the bricks get molded placed in a box, and then the box is emptied (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) the way we do it is: most of the buildings and large structures are built beforehand... buildings, shops, bridges, trains, etc... trains of the same or very similar types are marked somehow.. either say.. a missing plate/grill/tile off the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) That's a good question. At the GMLTC, 99% of the bricks are owned by 1 guy, Conan, and we just play with his bricks. Since many of us have our own large collections, sometimes people bring their own MOCs to shows and they remain separate. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) was (...) These days, the playtables are usually stocked with K-8s that have been filled with parts from semi-recent sets. They don't seem to be complete sets, so I don't know if they are damaged sets, end of run leftovers, or what. Frank (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Just a reminder that I never read that email account anymore, just been too lazy to change my account here. K8 is roughly 24 inches by 18 inches by about 36 inches. LEGO was moving to a plastic bin for storage internally when I left. I'll have to (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) If you live near a LEGO store/imagination center/park ask the manager to loan you a K8 for the show. They keep a couple of them around to stock the play table in the store and for special events. Another alternative is to ask Lego Direct (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Besides being a box size that LEGO uses to store bricks (as I remember it, not that many bricks styles were actually stored in the K-8 size boxes, but that was 10 years ago) what is a K-8? Thanks, Chris (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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After looking at WAMALUG's most recent pictures I wondered who owned burp mountain? Does a member own it (no I am not looking for a name) or is it property of WAMALUG. A more general question is how do most groups handle this? I always assumed that (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I'd guess you'd contact an employee of TLC, probably in the LEGO Direct unit, and make a request. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:39C77BDA.4287@m...ing.com... (...) So has anyone figured out a way to have LEGO donate (or loan) a K-8 to support a LEGO exhibit at a train show? Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Another thing to do is if a kid gets abandoned for very long is to get the show staff (if you are displaying at a regular show) involved. It should not be the responsibility of vendors and demonstrators to police this. (...) That of course is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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(...) A loan of a K-8 would be a great way to stock a KRR. All you'd have to add then would be track, a few train motors, some train wheels and some couplers, and possibly some large plates. I would assume one would pre-stock the KRR with some (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Yeah. Unfortunately, we're having some technical difficulties with the domain name at the moment. We're working on it. In the mean time, you can access the page this way: (URL) the domain name will be back soon... Kim PNLTC Member -----Original (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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The Pacific Northwest LTC site doesn't seem to be responding. Steve (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Thanks John, I was thinking about taking it outside and doing just that. But first I'm debating on whether I should make up some KFC decals to go on the side of it. Most people around here know what it is with out the decals, but it just seems to be (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Awesome work, James! That is *exactly* what I like to see-- regional clubs exhibiting regional stuff! It is things like that which make particular train layouts memorable and unique. Hey, let's see some pics taken outside from the same camera (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Well actually - no. Our club (NALug) is all LEGO, not just trains, and we are having our first train show in a couple of weeks. Laura's feedback is very helpful and interesting, but I only read it because it was in lugnet.trains, which I read. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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[snipped lugnet.trains from newsgroups header, doesn't everyone who reads one, read the other?] In lugnet.trains.org, Laura Gjovaag wrote [about Kids areas in LTC displays]: (...) So, has anyone asked LEGO Direct to sponsor a Kids Railroad Area by (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) You build it very solidly, put gutters around the table to catch bricks, and have one or two members watching it. You don't include *any* personal stock or anything you care for dearly in the Kids Rail Road. They will take it apart. Even if (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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