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April 2008 BayLUG Meeting

April 23, 2026April 20, 2008 by Bill Ward

We had another meeting of the Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group (BayLUG) today at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto.

Yuri’s Night 2008

April 23, 2026April 14, 2008 by Bill Ward

The Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group (BayLUG) took part in Yuri’s Night Bay Area at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, on April 12 2008.

January 2008 BayLUG meeting

April 23, 2026April 14, 2008 by Bill Ward

I’ve fallen a bit behind blogging about recent BayLUG meetings, though I did post the pictures online. Here we have pics of the meeting in January at Dave Porter’s house in Woodside.

MoAH Exhibit 2008-01-05

April 23, 2026March 6, 2008 by Bill Ward

Exhibit of the Bay Area LEGO Users Group at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto, CA

Interview: Bjarne P. Tveskov, Classic LEGO Space Designer

April 23, 2026February 16, 2008 by Bill Ward

There’s a very interesting Interview on BoingBoing with Bjarne P. Tveskov, Classic LEGO Space Designer.

LEGO Braiding Machine

April 23, 2026January 7, 2008 by Bill Ward

Thomas Johnson has done it again.

My Track Geometry page translated to Italian

April 23, 2026January 7, 2008 by Bill Ward

My Track Layout Geometry page has been translated into Italian!

BayLUG Display at MoAH now through January 6

April 23, 2026December 26, 2007 by Bill Ward

The Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group has a display currently on view at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto, CA. The display was installed on December 8, and these photos were taken on December 15.

Modular 16×32 Buildings

April 23, 2026October 18, 2007 by Bill Ward

These two buildings, both built on 16×32 stud baseplates, have been featured in many BayLTC displays over the past couple of years. They were built in a modular fashion so that floors can be mixed and matched if desired, and taken apart for more compact storage and transport.

BayLUG Meeting on October 14, 2007

April 23, 2026October 15, 2007 by Bill Ward

Pictures from the October 14, 2007 BayLUG meeting.

Blackburn Hotel

April 23, 2026October 8, 2007 by Bill Ward

The Blackburn Hotel is a building that I have displayed may times as a part of the Bay Area LEGO Train Club layouts at train shows and meetings, but never blogged about.

RIP 9V Trains

April 23, 2026October 1, 2007 by Bill Ward

Well, LEGO has finally made up their mind on the future of trains. Steve Witt has announced that the 9V system will be discontinued, to be replaced by IR-controlled, battery-powered trains.

BayLUG at Chabot Space & Science Center, August 25, 2007

April 23, 2026August 29, 2007 by Bill Ward

On Saturday, August 25, 2007, members of the Bay Area LEGO Users Group converged at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, CA.

Yoda Build Event at Hillsdale Shopping Center

April 23, 2026August 16, 2007 by Bill Ward

LEGO has been doing these “Yoda build events” all around the country as promotions for their retail stores. We finally got a chance to participate in one!

Recent BayLUG Store Displays

April 23, 2026August 16, 2007 by Bill Ward

My LEGO club, BayLUG, has been honored to be able to display some of our work at the local LEGO stores.

Vintage Vehicles and Family Festival 2007

April 23, 2026August 14, 2007 by Bill Ward

BayLUG took part once again in the Museum of American Heritage‘s annual Vintage Vehicles and Family Festival in El Camino Park in Palo Alto, CA. We had a small booth with several models on display and lots of LEGO for sale.

December 29, 2001: Avenger

April 23, 2026July 24, 2007 by Bill Ward

Another repost. A fighter spacecraft.

December 29, 2001: SC-01 Prospector

April 23, 2026July 24, 2007 by Bill Ward

Here’s another old post from my old site, a small space MOC.

MeatSpace: LEGO Animation on TV!

April 23, 2026June 18, 2007 by Bill Ward

Have you seen MeatSpace yet? If you live in Australia, and watch the TV show “Good Game” (Tuesdays, 8:30pm, ABC2) then chances are you have. But for those of us in the rest of the world we have to wait until it goes up on the Internet.

Daniel Rojas’ Cable Car

April 23, 2026June 13, 2007 by Bill Ward

One of the more impressive LEGO robots I’ve seen lately is Daniel Rojas’s Cable Car. He came to one of the BayLUG meetings recently and met some of us, and told us about the project, and when he finally posted his finished product he was kind enough to email us about it.

USB Flash Drives in LEGO

April 23, 2026May 31, 2007 by Bill Ward

Every once in a while someone comes up with a new way to modify LEGO parts to do something unexpected. The latest example is a USB flash drive by an Australian company called Zip Zip. They are taking 2×2 LEGO bricks and installing USB connectors and flash memory. For about US$50 you can have 1GB of LEGO for your very own. As much as I generally dislike modifying LEGO, I have to make an exception here, this is just too darn cool. I gotta have one! Don’t you?