OzBen Posted June 15, 2014 Posted June 15, 2014 Hi All, On the long weekend June 7-9 my LUG "Brisbricks" held their annual Pine Rivers Lego expo at Strathpine in Brisbane. so i dusted off the crawler course and set up for another busy long weekend. I learnt a lot from our first expo in october last year and made a number of changes/improvements, they are lowered the structure to a more kid friendly height, so instead of sitting on tables i set up the course on sturdy plastic crates that raise it up only 30cm from the ground. built a "see-saw" to add a bit of excitement piled up some pavers and rocks to make a high platform at the rear to drive over built a new Lego bridge that was about 6 studs wider than the previous one to make it a bit easier to drive over (doesn't look as cool as Doc-Brown's though) set up a queue system with entry and exit points with easy to follow signs. put up Lego set and MOC info posters on the wall near the entry. The layout I used this time made a more natural path so the kids drove the whole course without being shown. Up the ramp, across the Lego bridge and wood/rope bridge, down the ramp, over the see saw, across the green bumps, over the rock/paver pile, around the raised orange path and back to the logs at the front. Unfortunately Doc_brown couldn't make it this time so my wife, Emily and I ran it with 3 crawlers. This show was not as busy as the one last October so 3 crawlers was just enough, i hope you can make it to the october show Doc......... Massive thanks need to go to my wife, Emily, for helping me run the course for 3 days as well as setting up and packing up and to my LUG "Brisbricks" for supplying the batteries (235 AA's and 70 AAA's) I hope i got the kids and parents talking about the Technic theme, but most importantly i think the kids had a lot of fun playing on our course, i know i did... some photos Cheers Ben Quote
Doc_Brown Posted June 15, 2014 Posted June 15, 2014 Excellent job Ben! Fantastic design improvements. I can only imagine how much more fun it would have been for the kids not to have to reach up high just to get a signal to the IR. hehe. I think your bridge looks great! And being wider sure would have its benefits. That seesaw looks like a lot of fun too, I bet it caused some great crashes! Many thanks to Em for your help too!!! Only we know how darn hard it is to monitor a stand like this with kids crawling left right and center. haha I'm very sorry I couldn't make it, I sure will be there in October tho! How is thos L motors now? Quote
piterx Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 keeps lookin great ahah...i want that test course xD Quote
skriblez Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 Great work again :) Are we getting some accident pictures this time to? :P Quote
Doc_Brown Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Great work again :) Are we getting some accident pictures this time to? :P Not sure about this year, but reminds me of last years! :( DSC_0905 copy by Doc_brown1, on Flickr Quote
sixseventeens Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) good info,Not sure about this year, but reminds me of last years!thanks Edited June 17, 2014 by sixseventeens Quote
skriblez Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Not sure about this year, but reminds me of last years! :( [/url]DSC_0905 copy by Doc_brown1, on Flickr Many tears in AFOL's eyes when you postet that picture the first time :) Quote
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