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LEGO Store at Crabtree Valley Mall

Mike Walsh — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:53:29 +0000

Uh-oh. Looks like a LEGO Store will be coming to Crabtree Valley Mall in May. Wow – I never thought I’d see a LEGO store in this area, it seems like such a small market compared to the other locations where LEGO has stores (Northern Virginia, Northern California, North Jersey, Chicago, LA, London, Munich, etc.).

Joe Meno posted a note to the NCLUG mailing list with an article from the News & Observer. Pretty cool – I hope NCLUG can work out a rotating display opportunity like WamaLUG has at the Tyson’s store.

Update: The N&O has posted more details in another article today.

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LEGOPalooza Photos

Mike Walsh — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:54:42 +0000

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 (set #2)
Dan Larson’s photos (some good set up photos)
Will Stroh’s photos (also has some setup photos)
Richard Bryan’s photos on Flickr
David Eash’s photos on Picasa
Thomas Main’s photos on Brickshelf

Videos

We were also covered by some traditional media outlets.
Daily Tarheel’s report

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LEGOPalooza 2009

Mike Walsh — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:04:28 +0000

This weekend NCLUG will have a numerous LEGO exhibits on display at LEGOPalooza. LEGOPalooza is a joint effort between NCLUG and the Morehead Planetarium. Located on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, Morehead Planetarium has a large exhibition hall which will be filled with all sorts of LEGO exhibits.

Dates and Times

Saturday January 31st: 11 AM – 4 PM
Sunday February 1st: 1PM – 4PM

Location

Morehead Planetarium – Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Directions
Google Map

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LEGOPalooza 2009

Dan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:55:44 +0000

After this past year’s last-minute announcement, I’m thrilled to announce LEGOPalooza 2009 early! It will be held January 31st and February 1st at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, NC. Our display will be open to the public from 11 AM – 4 PM on Saturday the 31st, and from 1 PM to 4 PM on Sunday the 1st. This year will be bigger and better than ever – we have the whole room again, and we’re already planning a number of exciting new ideas.

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LEGO Exhibits at the NC State Fair

Mike Walsh — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:08:11 +0000

If you are going to the NC State Fair this year, make sure you swing by the Hobbies and Crafts building to check out the LEGO entries. There are two age groups (8 & Under, 9-18) and two categories (Original Creations and North Carolina themes) for a total of four categories which are judged. Joe Meno and I judged the entries for the 4th year this past Tuesday.

As it was last year, there are fewer NC theme entries than original creations and several of entries in original creations would have won a ribbon had they been entered in the NC theme. Unfortunately, when the NC State Fair went to a computerized registration process a couple years ago there isn’t any way to move entries from one category to another. We only disqualified one entry this year for being a kit which was a big improvement and much to my surprise, there were no K’Nex entries.

This entry was by far the best and would have won Best of Show were we able to award one. It features a really clever SNOT construction technique.

There is some information and a gallery in a post on my LEGO blog.

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