Registration is now open for the first annual Bricks Cascade LEGO convention.

Bricks Cascade
June 1-3, 2012
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
http://www.brickscascade.com/afol.html

Hope to see a couple Canucks come down to Oregon for the show.

This is more of an FYI to everyone. Registration is now open for the Private
BrickCon 2011 Convention.
http://afol.brickcon.org/

Also, exhibitor hall tables are now available.
http://www.brickcon.org/

This message was passed along the PortLUG mailing list in Portland to all who wish to lend assistance to BrickCon. I'm just passing along this message, nothing more. Cheers Isaac --------------------------------------- I talked to Wayne recently, and there are still many things folks can help out wi...

Thanks for the quick reply Tim.

I see that VLC has started a group page on Facebook. Any plans to add a link to that from the front page of the VLC website?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=207424315429

Also, do the members here like to use Twitter at all to talk about LEGO?

Cheers

Isaac

Is there anyone planning to promote VLC and LEGO at other conventions or events in Greater Vancouver? I maintain a page devoted towards fan conventions in the Pacific Northwest. http://nwsfssub02.blogspot.com/2010/12/upcoming-events-january-2011-beyond.html One convention that's coming up in June is...

Funny you mention the driving part about going to LEGO stores. There's quite a few people in Seattle, that save up and go 2-3 times a year down to the Portland Area LEGO store so they don't have to pay sales tax, even though they have the store in Bellevue. If Vancouver can support two Ikea stores n...

Hi Dave Yes I've been to a couple SeaLUG meetings and went to BrickCon for the first time last year. While I can't speak for SeaLUG, from my observations is that a single mailing list just works best for them. Just like a forum format works well for your club, a single mailing list works for them. T...

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There's been a couple programming updates for BrickCon 2011 courtesy of Brothers Brick. PythonScape at BrickCon http://www.brothers-brick.com/2011/04/19/announcing-pythonscape-at-brickcon-2011-news/ "Numereji 2421" at BrickCon http://www.brothers-brick.com/2011/04/17/announcing-numereji-2421-at-bric...

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