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On 9/27/06, Jonathan Lopes <juanito11217@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward wrote:
> > > I was just poking through these . . . very nice!
> > >
> > > Is there another shot of the blue/gray/white trolley in this shot anywhere?
> > >
> > > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2043072>
> >
> > I don't have one, but you can see that same photo with a lot more detail here:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=252674936&size=o
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> Ah, that's great! Thanks!
>
> I may attempt one similar to that soon.
I think it's a James Mathis design, built by Bruce Chamberlain. But I
might have that mixed up with another trolley. If it is a Mathis then
you can probably get the plans from him.
http://www.brickbuilttrains.com/
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(Cross-posted from my blog, http://www.brickpile.com. Sorry about the delay -
I just now realized I never posted this on LUGNET...)
On Sunday, May 28, we (Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group)
installed our first-ever display at the LEGO Store in the Valley Fair Mall,
Santa Clara, CA. BayLUG Display at Valley Fair Mall Our display, changed out
about once a month, was previously at the Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton (such as
the
Microscale San Francisco in January and the
Aquarium
in February), but that LEGO store was closed in May and we were given permission
to have our display in Santa Clara instead.
The theme for this display was “micro-scale space.” Several of the contest
entries at the meeting on Saturday May 27 are featured along with a few others that were
built just for this display. Participating members include Russell, Bruce,
Charles, Adrienne, Jim, Justin, and myself.
We used several methods of displaying the flying models: some are taped to the
back wall, some hang from strings attached to magnets, which are stuck to the
underside of the shelf above, others hang from strings that are taped to said
shelf, and still others are attached by wire which is wrapped around the shelf
bracket above. Last time (the Aquarium) we used magnets and strings to suspend
models and many of them fell down, but that was probably due to the construction
in the shop next door. When this exhibit is over we’ll see which method(s)
worked best.
My contribution to this display was the monorail you can see in the foreground,
which commutes between an office building and a
micro moonbase compatible
station. The track continues off to the left out of the scene. When the display
is over I’ll post an entry highlighting just that model, with photos showing how
it was done, as I have done with entries from earlier store displays
(TransAmerica Pyramid,
Lombard
Street, and Fish). I also provided
the moon crater baseplates, which date back to the early 1980’s Classic Space
LEGO era.
View all the pictures
on Flickr or
on Brickshelf.
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The Brick Testament website has been updated
today with two new stories providing an illustrated account of the second and
third of Israel’s judges, Ehud and
Shamgar:
10,000 Moabites Killed
600 Philistines Killed
(NOTE: For anyone unfamiliar with The Brick Testament or the Bible, please take
note of the content warnings for the
stories before viewing.)
Also a note for any fans of The Brick Testament in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I will be doing an in-store book signing appearance tomorrow night, Friday March
18, at the
Borders
Books in Sunnyvale, CA, starting at 7pm. If anyone can make it, it would be
fun to see some friendly faces, so please stop by. And if you already have a
copy of The Ten Commandments (or Genesis or Story of Christmas) I’d be more than
happy to sign ‘em, so bring ‘em along!
Hope to see you there. :)
-The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
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Those who are able to get to Eastridge Mall in San Jose might want to go look at
the selection at the KB toys store which is closing. All Lego are 30% off the
lowest marked price (most sets are already marked off). Here are some sample
sets:
1350 Werewolf Ambush 3.50
7201 Final Duel II 2.33
4731 Dobby's Release 3.50
6740 Xtreme Tower 20.00
7134 Jedi Starfighter 8.70
Here are some other sets I saw but I dont remember the price
6735 Air Chase
3421 3 v 3 shoot out
4727 Aragog in the dark forest
Those are the sets I can remember, there are others which I have already
forgotten. The sets are mostly older sets, like from before 2003.
Happy Hunting!
-Alex
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OK, it ended up being delayed for a month, but the San Jose Mercury News is
finally going to be running their story on The Brick Testament on Saturday,
November 22nd. Look for it in the Family & Religion section.
This latest flurry of media attention for the book seems to have given sales a
boost, and I saw that it's Amazon sales rank was in the 300's for the first time
last night. 335 was the best I saw, which meant it was beating out such books
as the latest collection from The Onion, and probably several other books that,
you know, people have actually heard of and stuff!
Thanks to everyone who's given the book their support!
-The Rev, Brendan Powell Smith
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