Tag Archives: Exhibit

Judging LEGO at the NC State Fair

October 12, 2011 – 1:52 pm

It is time once again for the annual North Carolina State Fair.  For the past few years (3?, 4?) Joe Meno and I have been judging the LEGO competition.  It is fun to help out and only takes a couple of hours to complete.  Yesterday Joe and I braved the rain and headed over to [...]

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Judging at the NC State Fair

October 12, 2010 – 11:14 am

This morning Joe Meno and I judged the LEGO exhibits at the 2010 North Carolina State Fair.  Overall I think the number of entries is down from last year but the quality of entries has gone up, particularly in the younger age group.  I’ll post some pictures later and I don’t want to give anything [...]

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Getting ready for Fox50 Family Fest

September 30, 2010 – 10:48 am

This weekend I will have my amusement park on display at Fox50′s Family Fest. It hasn’t been set up in quite a while so this will be interesting. I know the Ferris Wheel needs some attention, not sure about the other three rides. I think the last time I had it set up was at [...]

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LEGO Exhibit at 2010 NC State Fair

September 9, 2010 – 8:17 am

NCLUG will have a small exhibit on display as part of the LEGO area in the Hobbies and Crafts building at the 2010 NC State Fair.  For the past several years I have judged the LEGO competition (which is not open to adults) and we’ve asked about getting an Adult category.  This year we have [...]

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Vestas Display at Arlanda Airport

November 2, 2009 – 5:08 pm

Back in July of 2008 there was a lengthy thread on LUGNET about the 4999 Vestas Wind Turbine promotional set.  The thread was largely an appeal to release this set as a retail item.  The set was made of “unobtainium” as it was a promotional item made for Vestas and their customers.  It was rumored [...]

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