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Globe Display at Hillsdale LEGO Store

Bill — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:55:28 +0000

Today, we set up a new BayLUG display at the Hillsdale LEGO store featuring a large globe, two aircraft, and a ferry, all built by Paul. The ferry and small airplane are old LEGO sets; the rest is original.

Ski Slope Display at Hillsdale LEGO Store

Bill — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:56:08 +0000

On June 1, 2008, we set up a display at the Hillsdale LEGO store featuring models by several members of BayLUG.

The base and the snowboarders were by Anne, with trees and a snowmobile by Bruce, a ski slope and concession stand added by Jim. I added several minifigs (skiers and snowshoers) and a snowmobile.

Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or you can view a slideshow of the photos.

Yoda Build Event at Hillsdale Shopping Center

Bill — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:08:37 +0000

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!

Members of BayLUG spent most of the weekend of July 20 and 21 helping out with this project. A Master Builder from LEGO, Stephen Gerling, was on hand to construct the giant LEGO sculpture of Yoda from Star Wars. It was based on a smaller model built almost entirely out of 2×4 bricks in brown, tan, and sand green colors.

To build the giant sculpture, kids were invited to come and construct giant LEGO bricks. Each brick was 8×16x4, or exactly 4x in each dimension the size of a standard 2×4 brick. Lots of 2×4 and 2×8 bricks in each of the three colors were on hand, and laminated instruction cards were set out for the kids to follow. We ended up with many many bins full of the giant bricks, which were used to construct the Yoda sculpture. In fact we had plenty of bricks left over, so at the end we took the instructions away and just let the kids build whatever they wanted.

The event was a lot of fun. We didn’t get paid, but we got some very special deals on bricks from the store to compensate for our time :-)

Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or view a slideshow of the photos.