Steel City LUG | Jason Middaugh | Activity https://steelcitylug.com/members/twrt0es/activity/ Activity feed for Jason Middaugh. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:14:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7b97b2823c7e863fc035f521ffe9b4fe Jason Middaugh replied to the topic SteelCityLUG has a LEGO Ideas Fan Designer! in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/steelcitylug-has-a-lego-ideas-fan-designer/#post-69507 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:28:02 -0400 Unbelievable support in this group! Thank you all sooo much!!!

]]> 0 8a2df1688054bddf6c31cce01fc3f4dd Jason Middaugh replied to the topic SteelCityLUG has a LEGO Ideas Fan Designer! in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/steelcitylug-has-a-lego-ideas-fan-designer/#post-69445 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:14:56 -0400 They did reach out a few weeks ago, so it was the hardest secret that I have had to keep.

]]> 0 a7579e351dacb8d870846659fa81ad69 Jason Middaugh started the topic SteelCityLUG has a LEGO Ideas Fan Designer! in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/steelcitylug-has-a-lego-ideas-fan-designer/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:56:19 -0400 I can barely believe it, but after 10 years of trying to prove to my daughter that we could make something impossible happen, I am finally able to tell her that we did it! LEGO announced this morning that our tribute to National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is becoming an official LEGO set!!! This could not have happened without the LUG (and I t…Read more

]]> 0 ffb0d7fb1a887318b2da33ed52147136 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/64/#post-69441 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:36:40 -0400 No thunder stolen 🙂 I shall be posting shortly… I just am having a hard time believing that it is real

]]> 0 c782950b7190fb24212ccb423c26c5b8 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic what the heck is Greg doing? in the forum All Things LEGO! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/what-the-heck-is-greg-doing/page/15/#post-58584 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 15:48:35 -0400 Greg – that is a great job and a great idea! Would be perfect for the holiday giveaways!

I also have not really participated in the LEGO Ideas contests in the past, but I have been working on something for this one. I have it built in real bricks, and am just working on the Stud.i.o stuff now… a bit of a pain, since I have to disassemble to f…Read more

]]> 0 7cd889f9687df8df5c54428001086073 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic It's A Wonderful LEGO in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/its-a-wonderful-lego/#post-45981 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 12:50:25 -0400 Thanks. LEGO Ideas is just a tough process all around and just does not have very good odds of success. This is the second time that we have been in the review process, and it is probably my last attempt. We still did get a lot of great experiences out of it, and thanks to all that have helped to support our little endeavor.

]]> 0 a2b8f46bb059248a76cd3c335e7c7e49 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic It's A Wonderful LEGO in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/its-a-wonderful-lego/#post-45626 Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:44:25 -0400 Thank you my friend. I know that it is a bit of a long shot, but regardless of the outcome I have appreciated the experience and all of the support. Thank you again!

]]> 0 918b148a7f52795c7437b9339b6c94fa Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Blogged in the forum MOCs http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/blogged/page/5/?view=all#post-43396 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 01:19:09 -0500 Congrats Krista! That is really awesome!

]]> 0 a6e963c199d1e0f8c2f46298c2446252 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic what the heck is Greg doing? in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/what-the-heck-is-greg-doing/page/7/#post-42884 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 12:01:32 -0500 That is really cool!!! Now that color is perfect for that!

]]> 0 7a05d9446dee7538a3ae3418899f87de Jason Middaugh replied to the topic what the heck is Greg doing? in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/what-the-heck-is-greg-doing/page/7/#post-42500 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:05:10 -0500 Lol! You would be surprised. All you need is a bunny suit minifig and it will click instantly 🙂

]]> 0 a7a55896820afb1f60d9fd6d28003445 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic what the heck is Greg doing? in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/what-the-heck-is-greg-doing/page/7/#post-42496 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:09:05 -0500 Looking awesome! I originally used yellow because I really didn’t even know how to procure the other colors at that point. The real color is almost a dark mustard color… not sure if LEGO makes that.

]]> 0 3ea8d7a4a672586497cb9c98685f0d2b Jason Middaugh replied to the topic It's A Wonderful LEGO in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/its-a-wonderful-lego/#post-42301 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 03:45:42 -0500 Thanks so much! Now comes the hard part… waiting.

Not sure if you saw it, but my absolute favorite story that was done was from WTAE in Pittsburgh:
https://www.wtae.com/amp/article/its-a-wonderful-life-lego-set-indiana-pa/38348548

]]> 0 ee228f3786e1418a1913f0abf2cf061b Jason Middaugh replied to the topic It's A Wonderful LEGO in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/its-a-wonderful-lego/#post-42286 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 04:11:27 -0500 Thanks so much for the shout out! We can hardly believe it. Just hit that magic number last night. Thanks so much to the SteelCity LUG for all of the support! Most of the bricks in the prototype were purchased through the…Read more

]]> 0 8212ec369caf574faecee3dd9a1561c9 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Blogged in the forum MOCs http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/blogged/page/5/#post-41631 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:43:54 -0400 lol… my mom actually sent me that article without reading it last night. We were both surprised to learn that we got a mention! Too bad that they didn’t include the LEGO site link since it has been shared over 2K times. Oh well… trying to line up some media coverage this holiday season and there will be a story on WTAE later this month, so be su…Read more

]]> 0 fca88d94ca3fd179ef4cc3b6bbb31ec6 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Here I go again... in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/here-i-go-again/#post-37849 Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:28 -0500 It is a small world! Thanks so much. You will have to tell all of home town folks to vote too :)… We have copies of the prototypes in the movie museum in Seneca Falls, so if you are back in town you will have to stop in and check them out. Just did a couple of interviews with some news orgs over the past couple of days, so maybe it will get a…Read more

]]> 0 590387c6411de5b3caef6d89bcdd6b4c Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Here I go again... in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/here-i-go-again/#post-37828 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:36:51 -0500 Thanks so much! I actually considered doing all black and white (and grays), but LEGO Ideas just did that with the Steamboat Willie set. Just tried to keep the colors kind of muted. I guess LEGO would always have that option though. Thanks again… it is going to be a long process…

]]> 0 7fe2b6e9212f3244966e5cb6098cafa2 Jason Middaugh started the topic Here I go again... in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/here-i-go-again/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:37:56 -0500 Hi Friends… I told myself that I was not going to do this again… I blame LUGBULK 2020. LEGO Ideas is pretty much impossible, but a couple of years ago I was able to thread the needle with the A Christmas Story project (in at least getting it to 10K votes). As something fun, I created the Bailey Building and Loan from It’s A Wonderful Life and…Read more

]]> 0 1326b70cf2c1b4b4d4ed860e967f76ac Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Merry LEGO Christmas- and update in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/merry-lego-christmas-and-update/#post-35217 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 05:27:14 -0500 Thanks… I also found out that my local Syracuse paper picked up the story after a coworker told me about it!

]]> 0 80cb2450b08e5bb063a2ca5ef12e9aff Jason Middaugh started the topic Merry LEGO Christmas- and update in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/merry-lego-christmas-and-update/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 00:20:18 -0500 Hi everyone… Merry Christmas! I wanted to share a pretty cool story from Cleveland.com about our LEGO Ideas project. We have been able to get two of the original cast members to endorse our project! Still a long way to go though to get back to 10K. I also sent some feelers out to Pittsburgh news orgs today with my affiliation with the LUG… no…Read more

]]> 0 b2b8fc948e591eb6440025e685934e52 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic It's A Wonderful LEGO in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/its-a-wonderful-lego/#post-34601 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 02:53:25 -0500 Unfortunately it is in the museum, and I did not take pics prior. They did however, so I will ask them. This is their big It’s A Wonderful Life weekend, so I probably won’t get back to them until next week.

]]> 0 7d6043d5ef87944eda06d1de4c1adf40 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic It's A Wonderful LEGO in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/its-a-wonderful-lego/#post-34530 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:17:42 -0500 Thanks so much folks… I do like the way that this turned out. At some point I will get some better pics to show more of the detail. The top floor is furnished as well.

]]> 0 3deb5f173bd88b2d0bd90b3785956731 Jason Middaugh started the topic It's A Wonderful LEGO in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/its-a-wonderful-lego/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:59:53 -0500 Hi Friends,

So as many of you know, we are from Syracuse NY, and it turns out that the inspiration for the movie It’s A Wonderful Life is the town of Seneca Falls, which is only about 40 minutes from me. In fact, they have a museum dedicated to the movie, and I recently contacted them and paid them a visit this weekend to loan them my LEGO…Read more

]]> 0 84ee32accfa0038815a19c0fd787273f Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Hello from Syracuse NY! in the forum Introductions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-from-syracuse-ny/#post-33678 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:26:09 -0400 That is great! I heard this was coming, but this is actually my first official notification that it is open… guess I need to make a trip now.

]]> 0 d61ebf8af5a7d75585ce2f58855ad207 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic LEGO Masters US in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lego-masters-us/page/2/#post-33618 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:48:45 -0400 The show did end up reaching out to me and I went through the Skype process with the casting folks. Afterwards, they asked for me to send them a whole bunch of other stuff (videos, pics, etc.) I can confirm that it is up to a 7 week commitment in LA (if you make it that far). I think the application process is open for another couple of days, but…Read more

]]> 0 c34a2f630a68d81c2f224059cab12862 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Hello from Syracuse NY! in the forum Introductions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-from-syracuse-ny/#post-31823 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:49:37 -0400 Wow! Thanks so much for the warm welcome! I doubt that I will be able to make it back down for the Q3 meeting, but we are going to bring our models for the Fayette County Fair display with the LUG this weekend. It is a bit of a drive, so we will arrive after lunch. However, it should be a ton of fun and I hope that we can meet you and other…Read more

]]> 0 f57ec0a0e7f3795be6b6de26f35c5e86 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Share your MOC! in the forum MOCs http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/share-your-moc/page/2/#post-31447 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:52:37 -0400 OMG! You were in Paris at the time? My wife and I were there 5 years ago, and I feel lucky that we had a chance to see it.

]]> 0 7b59895958ba7ff5636e12a7ef205adf Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Share your MOC! in the forum MOCs http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/share-your-moc/page/2/#post-31441 Fri, 31 May 2019 20:09:17 -0400 It did not, but I cleverly made it completely from fire-resistant materials (or maybe that was just a coincidence). We’ll see what happens if I ever have to renovate it.

]]> 0 e22ac9a3dd13e6c09aafffc88621ef67 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Share your MOC! in the forum MOCs http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/share-your-moc/page/2/#post-31207 Wed, 08 May 2019 11:45:52 -0400 The winter stuff is absolutely amazing. Maybe I will have to try and make it to Brickfair too this year!

]]> 0 8f9d7120244448aef5efc7cef11edfff Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Share your MOC! in the forum MOCs http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/share-your-moc/page/2/#post-31197 Wed, 08 May 2019 01:19:52 -0400 Dude! Did you make all of those on the Flickr page? Unbelievable.

]]> 0 ef4e7938e178d996902875c52b580ad7 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Share your MOC! in the forum MOCs http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/share-your-moc/page/2/#post-31189 Tue, 07 May 2019 01:31:43 -0400 Guess it is time to take another pic (preferably smaller) 🙂

]]> 0 0e88c3728ad5b143fca98effbb8d5edc Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Share your MOC! in the forum MOCs http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/share-your-moc/page/2/#post-31179 Mon, 06 May 2019 13:34:30 -0400 That barn is really great. Love the winter theme… Nice job Greg.

]]> 0 b82f6c1c39b23da279de45d2ddb3b7fc Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Hello from Syracuse NY! in the forum Introductions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-from-syracuse-ny/#post-31174 Sat, 04 May 2019 02:44:56 -0400 Thanks Greg. You are correct. There is a Rochester LUG (and coincidentally I met some of them when we both were displaying at the Strong Museum). However, because I have a LEGO Ideas project, they seem hesitant and I just have never ultimately been able to get a definitive response from them. The Steel City LUG seems great, because it is truly ALL…Read more

]]> 0 22ed5ded035d3a474acd3927540f95a1 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Hello from Syracuse NY! in the forum Introductions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-from-syracuse-ny/#post-31165 Thu, 02 May 2019 20:00:29 -0400 Wow! Thanks so much! The family and I had a chance to visit Pittsburg last summer and we had a great time. We even were able to see a David Freese walk-off hit with the bases loaded @ P&C Park. This seems like a really close group, and reading through everything, it also seems to welcome all things LEGO, which is a great philosophy. I am sure that…Read more

]]> 0 7c3770d8a1473b48759108d9e82ecc58 Jason Middaugh replied to the topic Hello from Syracuse NY! in the forum Introductions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-from-syracuse-ny/#post-31162 Thu, 02 May 2019 17:25:24 -0400 You are correct! We will be able to make it work one way or another, and I would love to try an make the occasional event. Thank you for the welcome!

]]> 0 c88141985e9bd7003719aa842ab84c1e Jason Middaugh changed their profile picture https://steelcitylug.com/activity/p/26784/ Thu, 02 May 2019 14:15:29 -0400 0 61bc008c38d330f8fdfa7c7b9b9a3b59 Jason Middaugh started the topic Hello from Syracuse NY! in the forum Introductions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-from-syracuse-ny/ Thu, 02 May 2019 14:11:09 -0400 Hello everyone!

My family is actually from Syracuse, NY, but I did get the opportunity to meet several of you last year at Philly Brick Fest where we displayed our A LEGO Christmas Story models and gave a talk about the LEGO Ideas process. We do not have a local active LUG in Syracuse, and at this year’s event I met Krista K again, who suggested…Read more

]]> 0 3b291ee204c2d0e548cdec750e56f59d Jason Middaugh became a registered member https://steelcitylug.com/activity/p/26781/ Thu, 02 May 2019 12:51:30 -0400 0