Category Archives: LEGOPalooza

Layout Planning with BlueBrick

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 [...]

Converting the Emerald Night to 9v

I built the Emerald Night a while ago and it has sat in the box down in my basement ever since.  It is a beautiful train although it really does need additional passenger cars.  A month ago when I had the e-mail dialog with my Dad about the Emerald Night, he asked me how it [...]

Sports Illustrated Palooza ‘09 Blurb

Here’s an interesting blurb about a recent show of ours that appeared on the Sports Illustrated website:
Exhibit of the Week — “LEGO-palooza 2009,” UNC, 1 pm.: There will be robots, castles, and spaceships. The Blacktron and M:Tron galactic armies even agreed to a ceasefire in order to take part in the exhibit.

I’m interested in trying [...]

LEGOPalooza in the N&O

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.  As [...]

LEGOPalooza Photos

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)
Mike Walsh’s photos on Flickr [...]