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Whoa!  Deja vu!

This weekend (March 24th - 251th) is our second show of the year, not to mention our second in two weeks!!!

We have a 44 foot linear display planned for this show!  Seven AFOL's built creations for this show and we're happy to show them off!  It should be pretty awesome!  Many different styles and themes will be represented, so there will be something for everyone to see!

We are happy to return to the Thunder Creek Model Train Show (our thrid time) which is hosted by the Western ...
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This past weekend (March 10th - 11th) SLUG took part in the ALL ABOARD Train Show at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon.  Our display measured 0ver 48' long and was 16' wide in some areas.  Eight of our members took part in this show, creating various aspects to the layout:

- Nathan and Ley brought there astounding Area 51 layout complete with it's hanger, HUGE spaceship and desert scene.
- Scott completed as city-square with stores and activity all over the place.
- Adam brought a West...
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This weekend (March 10th - 11th) is our first show of the year!

We've got a MASSIVE display planned for this show with over 338 square feet of member-created goodness!  Seven of our members are building towards this show, so there will be many different styles shown!  It's going to be GREAT!

The show is hosted by the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon and will be open from 9am - 5pm each day.  All of our members will be there to talk with about our display and to answer any questions someo...
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We are but ONE MONTH away from our first of 3 springtime shows!

Our Saskatoon show is first up on March 10th - 11th!  This will be our first official attendance as a group at the show!  This event will showcase the work of no less than 8 of our members!  We will have a large train layout, as well as a fairly substantial table full of other large or small creations!

Our next show follows two weeks later in Moose Jaw, March 24th - 25th.  7 builders will add their work during this show in a very l...
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Just something short...

This summer will mark the first solo show for the Saskatchewan Lego Users Group!  To us, it's a pretty big deal!  Our outlet so far has been as participants in other organizations Model Railroading shows (to which we are most grateful).  This http://www.tourismmoosejaw.ca/events/2012-07-28-Brickspo-2012-Saskatchewan-Lego-Users-Group-Show-at-WDM- marks the first REAL step towards our show!  We've advertised on our own with a poster at the last show, but this is a real, o...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!  It's 2012 and we're got a lot of things going on as a group this year!

We are taking part in FIVE shows this year (our most yet)!  The season kicks off for us in Saskatoon (Mar 10-11) and then Moose Jaw two weeks later (Mar. 24-25).  The hobby show in Prince Albert follows in May (5-6) and then our own show, BRICKSPO in the summer (July 28-29)!  Finally, our year closes with the Regina show in October (TBA).

It's going to be a busy year for our group!  It's also busy on the col...
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Just a quick wrap-up from our meeting yesterday.  Here's the run-down:

- planned the layout for the upcoming Saskatoon show in March

- planned the layout for the upcoming Moose Jaw show, as well in March

- used our draft set [8058 Guardian of the Deep] for two building competitions: a one-to-one challenge and a minifig flinging challenge (kudos to Ley for his fig's airtime!)

- held a parts draft with the above mentioned set

- ate a lot of pizza

- ran amuck in Nathan's building space

- had a great de...

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It's that time again...!

This Saturday (Nov. 19th) we'll be having a meeting in Saskatoon!  It'll be a nice chance to get together and talk about all things brick!

We'll be planning for upcoming shows (Saskatoon: Mar 10-11, Moose Jaw: Mar 24-25) as well as catching up on current builds and upcoming sets.  We might even have ourselves a parts draft, so bring your buckets!

All are welcome to attend!  If you are interested, please email for times and location at slug_regina.sk@hotmail.com.  Hope to...

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A big thank you to James Brotheridge of the Prairie Dog for putting some the shots from our Regina show up on the 'Prairie Dog Blog'.  They seem to have gotten a pretty good reaction! 

Any news is good news!  Check out the post at http://www.prairiedogmag.com/?p=32282

Keep building!

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