Category Archives: NCLTC

LEGOPalooza 2012

March 6, 2012 – 12:08 am

Announcing: The 8th Annual LEGOPalooza Presented by: Morehead Planetarium and North Carolina LEGO Users Group Returning for the eighth year, LEGOPalooza is back and better than ever! This year brings dedicated rooms for MindStorms and Brickfilms, as well as hundreds of displays created by members of the North Carolina LEGO Users Group. Explore this FREE [...]

By Dan | Also posted in LEGO, LEGOPalooza, NCLUG, NCLUG Blog Post, News, Public Display | Comments (2)

Layout Planning with BlueBrick

January 30, 2010 – 10:24 pm

I have been using TrackDraw for layout planning for years. My friend and former NCLTC member Cary Clark wrote TrackDraw and I authored many of the parts in the TrackDraw library so I had a vested interest in using it.  Compared to TrackDesigner, TrackDraw was a huge improvement particularly if you were planning a [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in LEGOPalooza, Member Blogs, NCLUG Blog Post | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

LEGOPalooza in the N&O

February 3, 2009 – 11:11 am

The News and Observer had a brief write up on Friday’s (1/30) edition letting people know that LEGOPalooza was being held at Morehead Planetarium over the weekend.  The article featured a picture from the 2005 LEGOPalooza. Monday morning’s (2/2) edition of the N&O didn’t have an article but did have this picture from the show.  [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in Events, LEGOPalooza, Media Coverage, NCLUG | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

LEGOPalooza Photos

February 3, 2009 – 10:54 am

A plethora of photos taken at LEGOPalooza last weekend have been uploaded to various photo sharing sites.  To make it easier to keep track of them all, here is a list of links in no particular order. Photos Gareth Bowler’s photos on Brickshelf Joe Meno’s photos on Flickr Mike Walsh’s photos on Flickr (set #1) [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in Events, LEGOPalooza, NCLUG, Public Display | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Sunday was busy too!

February 2, 2009 – 12:02 pm

I got to Morehead just before the doors opened on Sunday afternoon to find a long line of people waiting to get in.  The word was out!  The crowd was heavy all day long until an announcement was made that the Chapel Hill Police were towing cars on Franklin Street!  From that point on the [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in Events, LEGOPalooza, Member Blogs, NCLUG, NCLUG Blog Post | Tagged , , | Comments (0)