  Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2006 |
My version done in Lego for upcoming shows. http://www.brickshelf.com/gall ery/CWL/DPM/hpim0565.jpg Member of the Michigan Lego Train club www.michlug.org | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 946 Registered: 01-2004 |
That looks pretty sweet, how much work goes into making a Lego People Mover (Pieces, hours, etc)? | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2006 |
There is a couple of hundred parts in each car.Design to a couple of afternoons.Track will be in 15 inch sections about 200 parts per(will have about 30 section counting curves).I will be displaying this at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra next week as part of my clubs display for the holiday shows there.Will have a huge loop for the NMRA show at cobo hall next july. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 678 Registered: 02-2006 |
That's hilarious. You should have used the little lego wheels to make it movable. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2006 |
It is movable.Itruns on a 9 volt track like my version of the EL seen in this picture http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi- bin/gallery.cgi?i=2156266 | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3187 Registered: 08-2004 |
Did someone say LEGO..... Welcome to the forum Cwl704!!! Nice model!!! It's nice to have several AFOLs on this forum (Adult Fan Of Lego). And by the way, this model does have train wheels (part of the 9 volt LEGO Train System). I suppose you know Jim Garrett who did the Fisher Building and David Stott Building models. Are his models going to be there as well? GISTOK | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3188 Registered: 08-2004 |
Your not the only forumer to have a Brickshelf gallery!  www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gal lery.cgi?f=140015 | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2006 |
Hey Gary..we know each other from about 5 years ago(we talked via email when you worked at UofM.I'm Chris Leach))Jim is bringing the david Stott but not Fisher as our layout won't be that large(5x15 feet layout).He is also building the Penobscot building http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi- bin/gallery.cgi?f=217992 for NMRA. I will be doing another version of the Dime Building and perhaps cobohall or something(Along with a large/longer version of the Peoplemover ,my version of the Flatiron building and other stuff..alot of which can be seen in this picture http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi- bin/gallery.cgi?i=1322246 Chris | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1125 Registered: 12-2005 |
Welcome, Cwl704! I like your other stuff too: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi- bin/gallery.cgi?m=CWL . Nice Flatiron building! | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3189 Registered: 08-2004 |
Hi Chris! I've been busy with the 1,000 page LEGO SETS/PARTS COLLECTORS GUDE, which will be going out this weekend on CD. Everything you ever wanted to know about LEGO going back to 1949. No one has ever written a collectors guide for LEGO, until now. I worked on this for 3 grueling years, with help from folks in 9 countries, and also from the Lego Archives in Denmark. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 6 Registered: 12-2006 |
Hey Gary..ya I remember seeing this on LugNET.When you coming to a MichLUG meeting!!:-)We have one in a couple of days in fact... | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3190 Registered: 08-2004 |
I will come to your January meeting. I am way too busy right now for anything except proofreading and final cut/pasting. Send me an EMAIL at istokg AT earthlink DOT net. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 7 Registered: 12-2006 |
Alright sonds good. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 8 Registered: 12-2006 |
Alright sonds good. | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1186 Registered: 12-2004 |
This is so nerdy, but I love it! Where do you guys get all the legos? Is there, a buylotsofolegos.com? Is there an average cost per brick? | ||
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal Post Number: 965 Registered: 09-2004 |
I think we have a nerd love connection. Just Kidding! I also like the Flat Iron Building. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1128 Registered: 12-2005 |
It's not Legos™, but folks interested in this might also be interested in http://www.activeworlds.com/ . There, you can build stuff like this in 3D virtual reality. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 488 Registered: 04-2006 |
"umm you boys ain't right" Hank Hill | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2006 |
LOL..Nerd isn't something I hear considering I work construcion for a living(Fire protection and my labor includes 6 months at comerica park,1 year at Northwest term,6 months at Ford field + 6 other downtown projects in the 9 years I have worked construction) As for the best place go to www.bricklink.com almost 60,000,000 parts to buy from.Chris | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 10 Registered: 12-2006 |
PS I have sold over $600 in old parts on that site to fund the peoplemover project.Chris | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 8 Registered: 10-2006 |
I also am an AFOL. Small world. A while back I consulted Jim Garrett about his method as i was interested in doing a recreation of MCS as lego fans are especially train oriented. Alas I did many mock ups and the price would ahve been more than I can handle right now. I have a brickshelf gallery also but it is out of date. Ill see you guys at the DSO show | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3192 Registered: 08-2004 |
You non-LEGO noobs need to get with the program. There's 300,000,000 people worldwide (adult and children) that have played with LEGO. There's a whole world of at least 50,000 or more AFOLs out there! There's conventions, shows, train shows, you name it. And it all started in Billund Denmark in 1949 when Ole Kirk Christiansen installed the first plastic injection mold for "Automatic Binding Bricks". Today their family is one of 2 billionaire families in Denmark (the other owns Maersk shipping). I personally have 3/4 million bricks in my collection. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 491 Registered: 04-2006 |
Geez I was just kidding too.. these lego people are sensitive. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 11 Registered: 12-2006 |
Mdoyle The DSO show will be for ticket holding people only..however we are doing a display to help FIRST LEGO LEAGUE at the Rock in Novi this weekend.It is free to general public but 5 bucks to park.Display there will be 7.5 x15 feet or so(still planning it). http://www.michlug.org/events/ | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 1794 Registered: 02-2006 |
This thread conjures up images of what personal ads in the LEGO trade magazine would look like ... | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 12 Registered: 12-2006 |
LOL Nice guy but a bit of a "blockhead" | ||
Mcpd1300 Member Username: Mcpd1300 Post Number: 136 Registered: 01-2006 |
Cwl704, I work for the DSO, so I'll see you at Orchestra Hall. Is this for the Home For The Holidays concert on 12/14 - 12/17? | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 13 Registered: 12-2006 |
1300 Yes it is.I will be there wednesday evening to setup.What do you do there? | ||
Mcpd1300 Member Username: Mcpd1300 Post Number: 137 Registered: 01-2006 |
I work in subscription sales (nothin really glamorous) I'll be there for the performance on Thursday morning. If yer there, look for me with spikey hair at a table next to the coat check. | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 1796 Registered: 02-2006 |
Is this a date? | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2006 |
wow Hysteria..you seem hungup on guys perhaps your the one looking for male??? LOL | ||
Mcpd1300 Member Username: Mcpd1300 Post Number: 138 Registered: 01-2006 |
nope, sorry, happily partnered here. :-) | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 15 Registered: 12-2006 |
1300..I may not be ther thursday morning unless I get the day off from work..right now the plan is to have Rebbeka the intern to watch our display on thursday morning for us.I will be there thurs. night then for the rest of the shows. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 16 Registered: 12-2006 |
LOL yes as am I.Husband and father of 3(which is how I got back into Lego..building with my sons) | ||
Mcpd1300 Member Username: Mcpd1300 Post Number: 139 Registered: 01-2006 |
well i generally work day shift, but there is a slim possibility that i'll work a few more shows. so we'll see. But i look forward to seeing the displays. Any idea where they are putting you all? (Message edited by mcpd1300 on December 05, 2006) | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 17 Registered: 12-2006 |
3rd floor lobby near the window. | ||
Mcpd1300 Member Username: Mcpd1300 Post Number: 140 Registered: 01-2006 |
cool. I'll look for it! :-) it's not often i venture up to that level, but i'll definitely check it out! | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3195 Registered: 08-2004 |
As Cwl704 just mentioned, lots of people who played with LEGO as a kid, and then have kids of their own, find a "renewal" of their interest in building with LEGO. That period between being a LEGO building teenager and a LEGO building adult is humorously known as "the Dark Ages"! There are even LEGO acronyms.... BURP... "Big Ugly Rock Piece" SNOT.... "Studs Not On Top" MOC... "My Own Creation" | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 18 Registered: 12-2006 |
LOL That reminds me of the time I did a small display at the Westland Library at a"Lego day".I gave a speech to the kids about building and mentioned SNOT they liked that one.:-) | ||
Roaringmouse Member Username: Roaringmouse Post Number: 8 Registered: 09-2006 |
These are all awesome. What you need now is good lighting and a good photographer to make these buildings look real. I just happen to know one... | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 19 Registered: 12-2006 |
Yep I'm not much of a photographer. | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 213 Registered: 05-2006 |
A bit off topic but...has anyone here seen the life size Steve Yzerman at JLA made out of Legos? It draws quite the crowd at every game. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 3714 Registered: 10-2003 |
I LOVED Legos. I went nuts for them really. I used to build replicas of major league stadiums to scale. They looked really good, but never did get any pictures taken. My favorite was the Pirates of The Caribbean set they had. Wow, the memories have some back. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 20 Registered: 12-2006 |
I have heard about Stevie Y in Lego.Wish I had built it..I have done a 5 foot version of Kellogs froot loop box http://www.miltontrainworks.co m/MTW/services/KCC/images/FL_i nPlace2.jpg (along with helping with a 6 foot tall tony the tiger) for kelloggs Cereal City http://www.miltontrainworks.co m/MTW/services/KCC/index.php | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1141 Registered: 12-2005 |
Cwl704, do you create things like that froot loop box by just eyeballing it or is there software that can convert a digital photo to a Lego construction plan? It might be possible to design a robot to do the construction work from the plan. Then you could do Lego portraits of people on the spot! Has someone already designed such a system? | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2006 |
A system allready excists to do portraits of people.Not sure if they still do it it but at one time you could go to Lego.com upload a picture and they would send you instructions and the parts.As for the froot loop box I did that somewhat on the computer http://www.miltontrainworks.co m/MTW/services/KCC/images/FL_w orking_thePlan1.jpg but made hundreds of changes as I built. | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 79 Registered: 04-2006 |
I like the subliminal message on the board behind the DPM. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1143 Registered: 12-2005 |
Now that is really cool! I'd still like to see a robot build it though. It could compose maybe two courses at a time then eject that strip onto a plate where it's pressed onto previously accumulated courses, kind of like a linotype machine or a Jacquard loom. Imagine an enormous Random dot stereogram produced with such a beast! | ||
Busterwmu Member Username: Busterwmu Post Number: 314 Registered: 09-2004 |
Now you need a recording of the official People Mover chimes and the subsequent accelleration noise, and you'll be all set! | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 22 Registered: 12-2006 |
Bearinabox LOL My daughter was using that section of plywood to work on her Neal Amrstrong project for school. | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 28 Registered: 12-2006 |
waitaminnit...I'm just getting up to speed here so bear with me.......you dudes still play with Legos??? | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 736 Registered: 11-2005 |
So what if they do? Sounds like a nice, constructive hobby. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3209 Registered: 08-2004 |
To quote those annoying Amway commercials... You got a problem with that?? LEGO is a multi-billion dollar a year hobby. And yes adults do still "play with Legos" (although "LEGO" is singular and plural). And there is a growing market of LEGO builders, collectors, and collectibles out there, just like with all other toy collectibles. Only this one still gets used! And there are LEGO collectibles out there worth hundreds of dollars. Some LEGO Bionicle masks have sold for thousands. Ditto for some LEGO sets (I recently saw one sell on EBAY for $2700!). LEGO is a growing hobby... there are probably 50-100 thousand Adults Fans Of Lego (AFOLs), as well as millions of children. LEGO it ain't just for kids anymore!! | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 23 Registered: 12-2006 |
Um the kelloggs cereal city project may be made with a "toy" but it was a 5 figure payday..so yes I "still play with legos" :-) | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 31 Registered: 12-2006 |
no kidding, "5 figures" you say? How much does that work out to per hour? Hey, whatever floats your boat...just sounded like some pretty high nerd content, but even the chicks like Pam are mackin' on it, so there's obviously some action to be had there. | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 737 Registered: 11-2005 |
Who said anything about action? | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 40 Registered: 12-2006 |
Hey...not that there's anything wrong with getting down with the LEGO scene. Just reading between the blocks here....that's cool. |
