PICS & notes, 04/04/09: LEGOLAND, miniatures, etc.

Sorry this is so late.... The week after this was busy as we had family in town for a cousin's wedding on April 11 ... and I didn't have any time to visit forums. So, hopefully this is better late than never...!


Eight ( gathered Saturday, April 4, 2009, for a wonderful afternoon at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre. Too bad more members didn't join us; I still had to pay for 10 people. Cost was only $6 per person, versus the regular charge of $19 per person.

MY favorite part is the Legoland city (Chicago) in the beginning room. Kinda wish we could've spent more time in that area. The detail is just ... tremendous. One could conceivably spend a few hours looking at that display ... and still not catch all of the details.


I took ~30 pics, 10 of which I'm posting here (start with the second post)...
http://www.valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30464
...to give an overview of what all we saw. Keep in mind ... these are built entirely out of legos.... Enjoy!

Batman

Bridge at night

Burning rubber in a parking lot

City and diamond

John Hancock Building

John Hancock details

R2D2

Street and Buckingham Fountain

Train tracks / EL

The group that attended, L to R:
Carol (VR)
Amy (MCF) and her fiance
Carol (ACHA) and her daughter [Carol's husband took the pic]
Lorraine (VR)
me


The Legoland City reminded me of this miniature wonderland, the link for which was posted on Carnuts.us by Roopull:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_oDdGmKyA&feature=player_embedded



Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...Chitown #2 = 07/25/09
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"Nothing can take the place of being there" ... Marvin Gaye ... 'Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing'

Glad to see you are finding some great places to visit. I never get out anymore, just an old homebody. JB

*nods*

Thanks, JB!

Ah, you should get out more, ya know?! It does a person good (imho, anyway) .



Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09
WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"I never back down and I love a good challenge" ... Hank Williams Jr ... 'Born To Boogie'