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In reply to: Threadjacking
The new LEGO Disney Princess castle from FROZEN has white leaf elements. I did not see that on LUGbulk options for 2015 or 2106, however there were olive, purple and dark red “limb element, small” pieces.
In reply to: Threadjacking
Can’t you hear that? It is so empty on this site that the sound reverberates.
Thought that’s what you meant. I’ve been
busy
busy
busy
busyman!
….mostly trolling @paulamalu about The Force Awakens, but also spending time with family and friends, and LUGBULK…
Post Holiday stupor. LUGBulk will get things cranked up again.
Yeah… people keep messing up the spreadsheets and calling me for tech support… it’s exhausting.
In reply to: Threadjacking
In reply to: Greetings
However, I’m not entirely certain how this group rolls. Any advice?
Well, typically, we climb to the top of a hill, curl into a ball, and just kind of lean until gravity kicks in…
Sorry. But seriously, you’re off to a good start! Chat on the forums, keep an eye out for upcoming events (there are a LOT in the next month or so – every weekend there’s something going on), come out to something and meet people, bring a MOC (My Own Creation) if you have one handy, and you’re off to the races! We’re pretty easygoing (just don’t use knockoff bricks!) and participation is when, where, and how you want to. Check out the Barnes & Noble Architecture event this Saturday, Youngstown Library event next Sat 10/24, Castle Shannon Fire Department display on 11/1, and Greenberg Toy & Train show on 11/7-8! Then we have a short break before Santa Trolley rounds out our fall/holiday season.
Oh, and for those not doing a B&N event (or before / after it), people will be meeting at Josh’s house for a LUG workday this Saturday as well.
In reply to: Allegheny County Park's Lawrence mansion
The finishing touch will be the tan window frames, when our LUGbulk order arrives.
“When”, you say? I appreciate your positive outlook.
This looks rill nice. Especially that PENS in LEGO font! Can we get a full-on view of that in the proper thread?
Zach and I first built a prototype of this building. Then I decided that there were lots of things that would make it look better. In retrospect, if I do a big project like this again I should plan it first in LEGO Digital Designer. Having a virtual model would prevent all the changes I had to make and the mistakes which had to be corrected from building the roof and main building separately.
It was surprising to realize that in the last month I’ve spent 140 bucks and 80 Euros on bricklink … and I already had the vast majority of the parts that I needed for this house!
The finishing touch will be the tan window frames, when our LUGbulk order arrives.
In reply to: Baseplates!
I got a couple 48×48 light bley to expand my Project G base from four to six.
THEN I thought: “Hey, why not split the six into three for my custom United Earth Fleet faction and the other three for their rivals the Outer Colonies, and do a smaller prequel game to Project G with the two facing off?”
THEN I thought: “Hey, why not just build ONE baseplate each for each faction as rough terrain that they land on and build LEGO as I build the prequel game, bring able to evolve the build month to month for shows so it’s a constantly evolving attraction?”
I tore down the entire base yesterday.
Thank you, LUGBULK baseplates.
In reply to: Baseplates!
It looks like the ones we’re ordering for LUGBulk should be regular green, although I ended up not ordering any myself.
In reply to: long term projects?
Zach and I started this mansion project back in June. He did most of the building one night and then shortly after that he left for a semester in Australia. I only modified the outside to MILS level. With the possibility of LUGbulk offering tan window frames and tan masonry profile bricks, we are probably going to have to start over but I think we will have a much better outcome!
In reply to: THE BIG PICTURE!
Greg, definitely some great thoughts here.
Let me start by restating the purpose of LUGBULK in the eyes of LEGO. It’s for members of LUGs – Not for the direct improvement/addition to/starting of any LUG owned display, inventory, or ability. To that extent though, if members decided to give back to the LUG, that’s entirely acceptable.
I can see a desire to contribute to the greater goal and improving the LUG. While I think there is room for duality, I also recognize the LUG is still new, this is our first LUGBULK, and the majority of our members do not have basements full of parts. I think the LUG and the individual abilities are BOOMING, and LUGBULK will only act as an additional catalyst to that growth.
I think this is a question certainly worth people asking themselves, yearly, as we approach and enter LUGBULK. Do members, like Dan and Rich, or you and Zack, want to use LUGBULK to facilitate your own visions? DO IT. Any member with a desire for parts – this program is for you.
I can definitely see that there will be some members that don’t have a personalized goal or inspiration to buy and build. That’s OK. I’d first like to encourage them to pursue their own talents/ideas/skills/etc. If contributing to a LUG-centric big picture gets that rolling, that’s totally acceptable. I think you’re right to mention train/minifig scale displays as what we’re getting better at. Buildings, landscapes of water, fields, trees, and mountains, sidewalks, trains, brick-built roads, cars – all of these things could give those without direction a clearer path to begin their AFOL journey, and I would present that as the LUG goal, if personal goals did not naturally exist, for now.
Know that our growth plan does involve becoming more cohesive as a group, but I think we’ll see those relationships develop over time. I do plan to touch on some of this at Q4, but I think I remember you won’t be there, Greg. No worries, I’ll summarize for sure. For now – EVERYONE HAVE FUN AND ENJOY THE LEGO HOBBY AND LUGBULK!
Now, the second part of your question is something I really like. I have never thought about having a more permanent home for our displays…That would be a killer opportunity to get in with the children’s museum or some other outlet…Anyone want to seek out those opportunities?
Topic: THE BIG PICTURE!
I think before we collectively launch into investing FOUR THOUSAND dollars more into LEGO parts, we should step back and figure out what we ultimately want to accomplish.
When I was building on my own, I had my own reasons for making things ie. so my kids could play a city display, so I could take something to Brickfair, or so I could try out some idea.
Do we a vision or a design for what we want to accomplish? (Please taze me if this is has already been spelled out somewhere.) Obviously we are trying to become more efficient and effective at putting on large temporary train displays. We can continue to let that happen piecemeal with individuals making random MOC’s, but is it possible that we could develop an overall plan? Should we incorporate certain themes or set particular goals to make displays more interesting?
Also, a big part of me wants a place to be able to set everything up somewhere and leave it. This is partly because I am running out of space to store MOC’s … like the Pittsburgh bridge and the yellow castle and the alpine village … and no one is really seeing them in a box in my garage. I know that having our own display space seems far fetched, but does anyone suppose that Dan Brown could be persuaded to move some of his museum displays to the city that had Kidsfest two years in a row? He would have so much more exposure here. Could we get a room at the Children’s museum to set up a long term display? Should we approach the Western PA train museum? Is there room for long-term residence at the Trolley museum?
Sorry, I know yinz want to talk about the LUGbulk parts list, but it might really help people to decide what people should buy if we gave some consideration to long term goals.
