Pictures from the October 14, 2007 BayLUG meeting.
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BayLUG at Chabot Space & Science Center, August 25, 2007
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
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!
Vintage Vehicles and Family Festival 2007
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.
Next BayLUG Meeting: April 15
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mindstorms NXT Presentation
Today we had a special Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group meeting featuring a presentation by Mark Edelman, founder of Playing at Learning, the Northern California FIRST LEGO League affiliate and a member of the Mindstorms Developer Program.
Maker Faire 2006
Maker Faire sure was a lot of fun! We (Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group) had a great time showing off our LEGO train layout to the public and other Makers at the event.
Halfway through Maker Faire
Wow, this has been a great show! It’s quite different from the train shows we (BayLTC) usually do. The Maker Faire crowd is a very diverse group of artists, geeks, and craftspeople. Plus, a lot of families with kids which is just like what we’re used to. One of my favorite things about the LEGO hobby is when little kids are staring through the “sneeze guards” at our layout with their eyes and mouths open, and just about the only thing they can say is “wooooaaahhh.” That’s fun.
Getting Ready for Maker Faire
Next weekend (April 22-23) is Maker Faire, an event featuring “the MythBusters, and thousands of tech DIY enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, science clubs, students, and authors,” put on by the publishers of MAKE Magazine. This event is kind of like a giant science fair for grownups, mixed with an art show and all kinds of stuff. I don’t really know what to expect but we’re planning to treat it pretty much the same way we do the train shows.
TCA Show – Sunday
I spent most of the day today at the 2006 Cal-Stewart Spring Meet of the Train Collectors Association (TCA) at the Santa Clara Convention Center. My LEGO club, Bay Area LEGO Users’ Group & Train Club, had a big train layout on display all weekend (see my previous entry with pictures of the setup on Friday).
Aquarium display at LEGO store
With other members of the Bay Area LEGO Users Group, I helped install a new aquarium-themed display at the Stoneridge Mall LEGO store in Pleasanton, CA on Feb 20, 2006. My contributions to this display were two fish and some seaweed.
BayLUG exhibit at MoAH
For the past few weeks (starting just before Christmas), we have been running a display at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto. It has been insanely popular, with more people coming to see the exhibit than the room could even hold at once.
BayLUG Pleasanton display featured in BOTB
Our display window at the Stoneridge Mall (one of only three in the country at the moment!) was mentioned on the Bricks on the Brain blog.
BayLUG mini-San Francisco display at Stoneridge LEGO Store
Today I met with other members of BayLUG to set up a new display at the Stoneridge mall LEGO store in Pleasanton, CA. We had a display there for the past month with a Christmas theme, but I wasn’t involved in that. The new theme is miniature models of San Francisco landmarks: I made Transamerica Pyramid and Lombard Street models, which are now on display along with a Coit Tower model from Russell Clark and a waterfront scene by Paul Sinasohn that included a tall ship and the car ferry Sausalito.
