First Lebgo Event

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As some of you might probably know, our Bulgarian LUG's first event took place over the course of three days last weekend. We had decided to combine the timing and location of our event with an international piano contest in order to reach maximum exposure - with the drawback of that decision being the fact that we only had very limited space for our Town layout. Of course, we tried to make the most of the situation without having our layout look too squeezed down - here is the outcome:

The presence of TLG's official modulars limited the opportunity to display some of our MOC buildings - which is something we'll definitely try and avoid in our next event, even though in all honesty there were few visitors who had already seen one (or more) of those modulars live in person, so they were definitely a nice surprise.

Our LUG's signature minifigs also made their first public appearance and were not only to be seen roaming our town, but also distributed among the visitors as prizes for their participation - or as gifts for the curious ones who tried out the Technic minifig dispenser machine, built specifically for the event. Georgi (a.k.a. georgivar)'s modern modulars provided a wonderful opportunity for kids and adults to see some more "modern" modulars, boosting their own elevators, A/C systems and even skyscraper lights.

Talking about kids, over the three days we organized a number of competitions for children between 5 and 14 and gave away many awards. Here are some of the happy winners:

All in all, our first event was a wonderful experience which wouldn't have been anywhere as successful as it has turned out to be without the help of TLG. We are already planning ahead for the future and hoping to organize another event with an improved and enlarged layout soon. In the meantime, it's back to the drawing board as we're currently busy building more buildings and MOCs for our newly found fans and friends to enjoy. Any comments and tips regarding future events or layouts would be greatly appreciated :)