Brick Miner Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 ok, im finally getting settled in from being away from the office and workshop (two weeks later !!!). my convention had lots of ups and downs. i mean, it was profitable yes, but lots and lots of work... im just now catching up on emails, commissions(drawings), even errands (like going to the grocery and doing laundry) and yes... the new History & Adventure Forum skin !!! however, there were lots of peaceful times, and flat out FUN ones too... most of my LegoLand trip was the later !!! the trip to LegoLand: California was very motivational. it was good to see lots and lots of kids and parents enjoying the Lego system of toys. it painted a very different picture than what i see when i go to my local TRU (small selections and little space reserved for LEGO products). it really turned some of my negative conceptualizations about the company around. actually, the convention i attended had a large LEGO presence too. there was a giant display featuring all the current lines, and i saw lots of people walking around with LEGO bags (which meant they bought stuff) !!! and it was a lot of people, like 1 in every 10 !!! it was really encouraging... although, with the batman line, it was pretty understandable for high sales at a comic convention. see, sometimes the licensed products move faster than the actual comics. this is probably why LEGO opted for such a large booth space at a COMIC convention. in any case, here are some photos of the LEGO booth at the comic convention. these maybe more interesting than my photos of LEGOLAND, as many more of you have probably been to LEGOLAND than to COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2006... the convention has over 100 thousand attendees (size of a medium-sized city !!!), so this big cub was great advertisement !!! a master-builder batman... SW stuff... nothing to my interest *sad* *sad* *sad* ;-) giant exo-force... this was the coolest set up. it was a mini-fig scale batman city/display. VERY detailed, just look at those buildings !!! 8- Quote
optimus-convoy Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Great photos Brickminer, I like what they did with the Star Wars display, splitting it in all... And that Batman display is just amazing. 8- Quote
snefroe Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 thanks for the photos! *sweet* i'm just wondering if you actually see all that much of the miniland settings , like the the second row of buildings, streets.... Several sections seem very large scaled to me, but maybe that's just an impression Quote
xwingyoda Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Tks for the pics and for your trip insight BM ;-) That was really a cool trip !! I'm sure we all would love a leave of absence to do the tour you did :-D And that Food of the Gods pic is hilarious X-D See, where is Scarecrow when we need him (damn you Batman !!) :-D *yoda* Quote
Brick Miner Posted July 31, 2006 Author Posted July 31, 2006 thanks for the photos! *sweet* i'm just wondering if you actually see all that much of the miniland settings , like the second row of buildings, streets.... Several sections seem very large scaled to me, but maybe that's just an impression there is very limited access to some of the miniland. and your right, some of the second and third streets in are not viewable from the designated viewing areas.washington dc was cool for that reason, none of the building were too big and you could see most of the detail... while new york (with its tall skyscrapers) and san fransico (with its sloped and hilly terrain) made it hard to see everything. where is Scarecrow when we need him (damn you Batman !!)HA !!! we should make a suggestion to LEGOLAND... i master-builder size scarecrow !!!- BM Quote
Jipay Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Miniland is in miniland scale for 2 main reasons : - It has always been like this, even when MF didn't exist - Some people say it is because miniland allows a greater level of detail But some of the latest MOCs at Billund diplay MFs (ie : the football stadium), so this might change a bit in the near future ! Quote
JoeMI6 Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 I went to Legoland Windsor with Lord Thrawn today, we had a great time. I'm gonna put up some pics and a description of what we did later in the week. Quote
Brick Miner Posted August 2, 2006 Author Posted August 2, 2006 Miniland is in miniland scale for 2 main reasons :- It has always been like this, even when MF didn't exist - Some people say it is because miniland allows a greater level of detail But some of the latest MOCs at Billund diplay MFs (ie : the football stadium), so this might change a bit in the near future ! i was under the impression that LEGOLAND (and therefor miniland) were a pretty recent development... however, the minifig design and scale are decads old. can you explain your comment jipay ???i'll definetely make a trip back if the switch is made to minifig scale. i could relate to miniland so much more, because it would be in prespective of all my MOCs !!! and to me, minifig scale is the LEGO scale !!! - BM BTW, KhoRne... your signature has caught my attention. its kinda dark in the lower right corner, but im curious what is going on ??? looks like an interesting story there !!! EDIT: ok , i followed the link in your signature to answer my own question !!! Quote
prateek Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 AWESOME pics!! *y* i wish i could go to legoland Quote
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