The Regina Model Train Show starts tomorrow!!!

Held (for this year) at the Saskatchewan Science Centre, the show runs during the operational hours of the centre itself.  Admission to the Science Centre should give you admission to the show!

Due to the limited nature of the space, we will be offereing a 12'x12' layout with train track running through various terrain and themes!  We'll also have a couple other creations on hand that don't quite fit into the layout (scale-wise, not awesome-wise!)....
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In just over a week, the Saskatchewan Lego Users Group will be participating in the Regina Model Train Show!  This show was cancelled last year, so we're happy to see it up an running once again!  There has been a change of venue for the show this year, with it being hosted at the Saskatchewan Science Center!  This will only be temporary as the show is assessing new venues for the future.

We will be showcasing a 12' x 12' layout of city, trains and what-not, with our regular humour and flair! ...
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Our second-annual BRICKSPO is a little over two months away!

This year's show promises to be bigger and better than last year's!  We'll have more attendees at the show with lots of creations to see!  Our builds will span many themes and many scales!

We have a lot of events planned for both attendees and visitors of the show!  There will be opportunities to learn new building techniques and opportunitites to win cool stuff!

Be sure to check out our show page for more details: http://sasklegousers...
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The Saskatchewan Lego Users Group has been invited to take part in Regina's first annual Geek Summit!

Hosted by the Regina Public Library, the Geek Summit is a trade show of various non-traditional hobbies found around the city.  This event will allow visitors access to these interests that are not always in the public eye.  It will be a time to ask questions and check out the various groups from the community.

We will be present with a number of creations as usual, and we'll be more than willi...
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It is with great disappointment that we've had to pull out of this years Thunder Creek Model Train Show in Moose Jaw.  It is being held this weekend at the Western Development Museum and since we've been attending, has become one of our favourite shows.

Our reasons for not going are due to the weather.  Over the past week the province has been hit with a great deal of snow and wind which has made parts of the trans-Canada highway (the main route from Regina to Moose Jaw) near-impassable.

We h...

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This past weekend, the Saskatchewan Lego Users Group took part in the Prairie Rail Workshop-hosted Saskatoon Model Train Show.  It was held at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon and had a very good turn-out by the public (numbers pending).

Eight of our members took part in the show creating a large 40'x8' train layout, as well as two display tables chalk-full of creations!  We were fortunate enough to earn the Best Non-Scale display award again for our efforts!

Take a look at a few pub...
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Since there are Lego Users Group (LUGs) all around the world, Lego has instituted a team of people to keep tabs on and support those groups.  They've got a blog to track their adventures ( http://ceeteamblog.com/ ) and while on it I stumbled upon the image and list below.  It's nothing all-important, but I found it neat enough to share:

CANADA

AbbyLUG – Abbotsford LEGO® Users Group
ALA – Adult LEGO® Alliance
CLTC – Calgary LEGO® Train Club
MBLUG – Manitoba LEGO® Users Group
NALUG ...

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This February S.L.U.G. will be taking part in the Prairie Rail Workshop Model Train Show in Sasaktoon (Feb 23rd - 24th).  A number of our members are taking part in the show this year either through the layout we are preparing, or by bringing various creations for display.

In addition to the display, our members will be taking part in a building challenge!  The public will be able to vote on their favourite creation from the challenge and have a chance to win a copy of the set being used, just...
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This past year was a busy one for our LUG!

We welcomed a number of new members this year bringing our group total up to fourteen members!  We did lose one of our members to re-location, but he is still with us in spirit!

We were also fortunate enough to take part in three model train / hobby shows.  We are always pleased to display our creations in whatever venue we can, and are privilaged to partner with other groups such as the Prairie Rail Workshop in Saskatoon, Thunder Creek Model Railroad ...

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Since the cancellation of the Regina Model Train Show this fall, it has been a bit of a continuing 'slow news day' for us as a group.  However, we are looking forward to a number of things we have planned in the next few months!  Here is a quick run-down of some of our upcoming events and programs for the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013!

Our next meeting!  This will be taking place mid-December in Meacham this year!  Our bi-monthly meetings are a chance to catch-up with one another, talk...
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Due to events out of our control, the Regina Model Train Show has been cancelled for this year.

The reasons for this have not been explained to us fully at this time.  The group that organizes the show, the Regina Model Railroaders, hope to have things in place for a show next year.  A new venue has been suggested for next year's show.

We are disappointed that we will be unable to showcase our work in Regina this fall.  Our next scheduled show is not until February 2013 in Saskatoon, but hopefu...
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We were very fortunate to have a good turn-out for BRCIKSPO this year (1435 people as previously mentioned).  However, we never expected to find ourselves posted on Youtube!

A big THANKS goes to user sasklegoboy on Youtube who posted two videos from the show!  In the first video, he takes a tour around some of the tables looking at the creations that interest him.  The second video is a collection of stills from the show set to a hip-hopin' soundtrack!  Check them out!

1 - http://www.youtube.co...
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Our BRICKSPO building challenge was a hit with seven... and then eight, entires!  Thoughts now turn to future challenges with the next one being for our Regina Train Show appearance (after that Saskatoon, and then BRICKSPO again).

This is going to be a SEED PART CHALLENGE!  The challenge: build something which features a specific Lego piece.  Your piece to use is: Lego brick seperator!

RULES:
- use the new, the old, or both brick seperators for your creation
- use as many or as little as you ne...

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This past weekend was BRICKSPO, our first solo showcase!

We had twelve builder's invovled in this year's show and over 270 creations!  It's difficult to say for sure, but hundreds of thousands of bricks were on display for everyone to see.

We weren't too sure how many people would come out to see us, frankly, we would've been pleased with a turnout of family and friends.  After the two day event, the Western Development Museum let us know that 1,435 people came through the door!

As well, we were...
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We're now just 45 days away from this summers BEST (and likely ONLY for that matter) local Lego event... BRICKSPO!

This show will feature the most number of our SLUG members to date!  There will be tons of creations spanning all of the known, and some unknown, LEGO themes!  From large to small, we've got it all!

See our BRICKSPO page for all the information!

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Ley and I had a GREAT time this past weekend at the Prince Albert Train and Hobby Show!

We had TWO train layouts and TWO other tables full of creations!

Check out the pictures on our flickr page here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sasklegousersgroup/sets/72157629645056152/
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This weekend, SLUG will be taking part in the Prince Albert Train and Hobby Show!  This is the show's second year, and our second year at it!

With this show being a "train AND hobby" show, we are able to further break away from a single, large, train-based layout and showcase more of our individual creations!  We will still have a couple of train loops represented of course, but there will be three other tables FULL of creations by our AFOL's!

Ley, Nathan, Adam and Ray J. will be representing t...
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Over the past little while I have been taking note of the visitors to our site.  The website-servive YOLA tracks this for us, but only for a week.  I have been recording these numbers for the past few months an would like to share them with you!

March and April seem like good months to do this because of the number of shows we attend during this time.  Below is the graphed data for these two months:



Keep building (and visiting) !


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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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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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