The next Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group meeting will be April 15, 2007 at Museum of American Heritage. Please come by and see what people have to display, as well as buy/sell/trade.
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Caltrain F40PH Locomotive
I keep building stuff and using it in BayLTC displays but not posting them online
Here’s another example. This locomotive was built a few years ago, not long after I first got the Super Chief, which sadly has long been discontinued. Like the Super Chief, the top lifts off and it has a control cab with prime mover motor modeled inside. I also added a head-end unit.
Another BayLUG LEGO Store Display
I forgot my camera, but Bruce took pictures which you can see on his Brickshelf Gallery.
BayLUG Meeting, February 2007 in Palo Alto
A meeting of the Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group on February 25, 2007 at the Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto, California.
Furniture
I know it was posted a while ago but I wanted to blog about this mainly so I could find it easily to copy some of these ideas shamelessly… Last August Janey “Red Brick” blogged about these amazing minifig-scaled furniture ideas which is really just a bunch of Brickshelf links to some amazing stuff.
BayLUG at MoAH
Each year for the past couple of years BayLUG has put on an exhibit at the Museum of American History in Palo Alto, CA.
Save 9V Trains Minfig Protest
In BayLUG‘s recent exhibit at the Museum of American Heritage (MoAH), Bruce Chamberlain set up a display of minifigs protesting to save the 9V trains line.
BrickFest PDX 2007
I’m very excited by the recent announcement that BrickFest PDX 2007 will be held next spring (March 30 – April 1) in Portland, OR.
Track Layout Geometry
Three years ago (on November 21, 2003) I wrote a page on my old site about Track Layout Geometry showing some of the interesting things you can do with LEGO train track, for example, this method for running track on the 22.5° diagonal:
United Air Lines DC-3
When my father left the Navy and joined United Air Lines in the late 1950’s, he flew this plane, the DC-3.
Lunar Mobile Lounge
My newest Space creation is the Lunar Mobile Lounge, which has actually been at several BayLUG meetings, even though I never posted about it here.
Micro Moonbase Monorail
At long last, here is the blog entry about my micro moonbase monorail
Last January, I got together with other members of BayLUG to install a “microscale space” display at the Valley Fair Mall LEGO store. I posted pictures and a description of that on my blog back then, but I always meant to post details about my model that was featured in the display. So here they are, eight months later – sorry!
Dresdner Frauenkirche by Holger Matthes
Holger “HoMa” Matthes raises the bar yet again.
This is a model of the Dresdner Frauenkirche (or “Church of Our Lady in Dresden” as you might say it in English), a Lutheran church in Dresden which was bombed out during World War II. It was left in ruins for decades and recently rebuilt to match the original. The parts modeled in dark grey represent the ruins that were incorporated into the new building; the tan parts are the new parts that were added to restore the church. The model is 1.45m or 4’9″ tall!
No NWBrickCon for Me
It’s official, I’m not going to Northwest BrickCon. Having just gone to BrickFest a month ago I really can’t justify another trip right now, and besides BayLUG is having a meeting that weekend.
Damaged in Transit
As you may recall, while we were back east for BrickFest I bought a bunch of LEGO and built two new models, the Scarlet Mayhem spaceship and Garden Gnome sculpture.Well it turns out I bought a lot of LEGO. Way too much in fact. So much that I had to buy a 5-piece luggage set (3 suitcases, a handbag, and a toiletries bag) and all 3 suitcases were basically packed full of LEGO.
BayLUG “Downtown” display at LEGO store
On Wednesday night, I got together with a few other members of the Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group (BayLUG) to set up a new display at the LEGO store in Valley Fair Mall, Santa Clara, CA.
Dragostea din Tei in LEGO??
The song “Dragostea din Tei” by the Moldovan band O-Zone, more widely known as “the Numa Numa song,” is probably the most widely recognized song in the Romanian language ever written. And now it has finally been done in LEGO! Do you remember Gary Brolsma’s famous “Numa Numa Dance” video? This LEGO animation is a remake of that dance using a LEGO minifig. The minifig’s mouth has been animated and the arms move in ways that LEGO just can’t do, unless you rip them off at the shoulders!! Muahahahahaha!!!! (sorry, lost control there for a moment). Anyway, here’s the video
Scarlet Mayhem
Studless, smooth, and sleek, this racer, known as “Scarlet Mayhem,” was the winner of the first annual Earth to Mars race, which tests a ship’s performance in atmosphere, interplanetary, and reentry situations. The two-man crew take turns flying the craft, similar to the Le Mans car race.
Poetry Vignettes
My latest models were unveiled at BrickFest yesterday: vignettes illustrating poetry by Robert Frost and A. E. Housman.
BayLUG Museum Show Wrap-Up
Last weekend we (members of BayLUG, the Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group) tore down our museum display, which had been on display at the Museum on Main Street in Pleasanton from June 18 to July 30, and before that in Danville at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley from June 6-17.
You’re never too old to get LEGO for your birthday
My birthday was Thursday, and we met last night with my mother for dinner to celebrate at the Willow St. Pizza in Los Gatos. Now as you might guess from the content of this blog, the thing I have always wanted most for birthday/Christmas/whatever gifts has always been LEGO. The fact that I’m now 35 years old doesn’t change that! My mother got me several sets that are full of great parts.
LEGO embraces Moonbase
The LEGO company has set a challenge to their own designers – create a moonbase module and present it at Brickfest!