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Thank you to everyone for your participation, over the 4 weekends of the display nearly 9800 people got to enjoy it! Here are the final participation numbers for this event! Please let me know if this is incorrect.
Pete Display + 14 shifts = 8 cups
Laura Display + 10 shifts = 6 cups
John S. Display + 10 shifts = 6 cups
Jonathan Display + 4 shifts = 3 cups
Kerri Display + 4 shifts = 3 cups
Kristin 4 shifts = 2 cups
Josh Display + 2 shifts = 2 cups
Tim Display + 2 shifts = 2 cups
Pam Display + 2 shifts = 2 cups
Beau 3 shifts = 1.5 cups
Adam K. 3 shifts = 1.5 cups
Sarah K. 1 shift = .5 cup
Mike(not sure which Mike this is?) 1 shift = .5 cupsYes the tables and any other LUG supplies can stay at the Trolley Museum until someone comes to pick them up to take to CSC. We have a lot more storage at the new facility so we can store stuff for most events now. I strongly encourage anyone who has not subscribed to the Winter Trolley thread to check it out and sign up for a shift to not only check out the awesome display but also see the new building and get an idea of what we could do with an event there.
I bought stuff off eBay before and sold things. It’s usually pretty safe. Honestly, it’s probably more risky for a seller to get scammed. To your question Pamela I think he wanted to try and find a used one local if possible. If not I did see one on Bricklink for $40 new so I’m probably just going to point him at that.
@argonvesher do you have the big bin of LUG white brick? We have a lot of green space on the layout that needs covered and Josh thought you still had it. Thanks!
Here are the final numbers for Pumpkin/Trick or Trolley. Please let me know if there’s anyone or anything I missed.
Participation (1 Cup)
Adam K.
Jonah F.
Josh H.
Kerri A.
Laura W.
Patrick W.
Pete L.
Skipper Mike
Tom F.Staffing (.5 cups per shift)
Laura W. – 7 shifts = 3.5 cups
Pete L. – 4 Shifts = 2 cups
Tom F. – 3 Shifts = 1.5 cups
Jonah F. – 3 shifts = 1.5 cups
Josh H. – 3 Shifts = 1.5 cups
Kerri A. – 3 Shifts = 1.5 cups
Skipper Mike – 2 Shifts = 1 cup
Adam K. – 1 shift = .5 cups
Sarah K. – 1 shift = .5 cups
Beau M. – 1 shift = .5 cups@joshhall I cut the display down to 16 tables if we need, but you could bring the 48″ tables down (I had completely forgotten about those) and I could make them into 40″ tables if we want and go with 18 tables.
I have attached the latest bluebrick with a rough idea of where everything will be, all the unassigned space is available for the builds people were bringing but didn’t specify a specific amount of space for.
@joshhall after looking at the layout (oversight on my part) we are going to need more tables at the museum. As of right now I believe we have 9 in storage in the new building but the layout I drew up has 18 tables in it. Would it be possible to get more tables brought down or do I need to come pick them up?
Please make sure you sign up using the google sheet so I know who to expect on Saturday and Sunday!
@timf I posted the bluebrick for the layout, let me know where you think you want to be.
Morning all, I see I missed a bunch of stuff over the weekend but I’m going to try to catch up on questions now.
First of all HERE is the link to the google sheet for staffing. It is the same link as pumpkin to simplify things.
I do have a bluebrick layout completed but I have not added any details to it as I was waiting for info on what folks were willing to bring.
@greg sorry to hear you cannot make it, we’d love to have some of your builds!
@timf Cant wait to see what you have! How much room are you going to need?
@kacierno I’ll set aside a few baseplates for you
@howhardcoulditb Super cute peanuts build, I’m sure it will be a great addition to the display
@amplef0rth Very nice winter street, if you want to bring the 7×3 area, I think we will have trains running around the whole display.
@argonvesher I’m not opposed to the hoth display again, but I do want to change it up a bit from last year to make it fresh. I’m thinking we can do a scaled down version of Hoth? Do we still have all of the stuff from last year?
@schaup I’m very excited for you to be able to display at your first Santa Trolley event! Any items you want to bring to display will be welcome, though we do want to lean toward winter/holiday themed builds.@timf I forgot to take photos but I will try and get some up as soon as I do.
So after some discussion with staff at the museum the final decision is that we will be in the Exhibit area with a wrap around display, per my original post. I will have a layout drawn up once I am down there to see exactly how much space there is in the area, which will hopefully be later today.
@kacierno I fixed the link, it should work now.
@tfdesigns I’d go for some pizza
@bengood921 the extensions are 10”x40” pieces to add 1 more baseplate width to the back of a table, I think I’ve made 4 so far. They’ve been at Josh’s and yes, They do come in very handy!Here’s the area I was thinking for the display, 9 tables with 3 extensions. HERE IS the link for the sign up sheet
I think we’re going to push setup to Friday as I still need to get the tables from Josh and it will be easier for more people (including myself)
I am throwing the layout together at the last minute, it’s been a rough few weeks. If Friday evening would work better for set up we can swap to that. Please let me know asap if that’s what you want to do. As for tables @joshhall yes we will need to arrange something, I can possibly come pick them up with my mom’s van at some point this week.
Thursday night setup is adjustable. If it doesn’t work for everyone we can do it on Friday instead. And as to Tim’s question, yes the events room will be open.
@philmatt24 I agree, I always inspect sets before bidding. They do have a return policy you can buy but it costs extra. Also keep in mind that they will sell things as “Like New” and if the set is not actually “like new” I believe you can return it on the spot.
What I was originally questioning was the fact that the Power Function trains use IR for remote control and have 4 channels I believe. So I think that is the practical limit for running those types of trains in close proximity.
So you can technically run 8 Power functions trains at the same time because while there are only 4 channels you also have a blue and red side on the receiver and a blue and red side on the remote, allowing you to control 2 trains on 1 channel. Not that we’re going to need to run 8 PF trains.
Well I talked to Joselyn and she said that if we’re interested in participating we can do it in basically whatever capacity we wanted. I mentioned how the LUG has run the children’s festival activities and thought that might be something we could do. She said we’re also welcome to set up displays, my thought was something like they’ve had at the LEGO events where you have a set area and the people that come build things and fill in the display. These are just some ideas, if anyone has any thought on what they would want to do feel free to say so! Thank you all for your attention!
Total PAB numbers for this event (Contributors = 1 Cup; Staffing = .5 cup per shift) Please let me know if there are any issues with this count!
Display Credit – 1 Cup
Bob G.
Greg S.
Josh H.
Kerri A.
Krista K.
Laura W.
Matt R.
Mike B.
Pete L.
Renee L.
Tim B.
Tim F.
Tom F.Staffing – .5 cup each shift
Laura – 5
Pete – 5
Mike – 2
Tim F. – 1.5
Bob – 1
Josh – 1
Kerri – 1
Renee – 1
Tim B. – .5Here are some photos I took the other day, along with the link to the scavenger hunt website. I apologize because I was trying to get the whole thing but then got distracted and didn’t finish so there are no pictures of the Harry Potter area. I will get them another day.
