Tucson Toy Train Meet & Show

Cactus Brick will have a Lego train layout at the Tucson Toy Train Meet & Show in Tucson, AZ on Jan 10th-11th, 2013. The hours are on Friday: 2PM – 7PM and on Saturday 9AM – 2PM.

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December 2013 Meeting

We had 14 people attend our December 21st meeting (3 new people). The main big event was the gift exchange (white elephant or dirty brickster), but we had a few things that people brought in to show:

Arizona Toy Train Show – Dec 7, 2013

We were at the Arizona Toy Train Show on Dec 7th, 2013 in Glendale, AZ. We had a great city/train layout and a play area for kids to build with either normal Lego bricks or with Duplo. Here’s some pictures of the event:

Tempe History Museum – Band Night – Dec 6th, 2013

We were at the Tempe History Museum’s Band Night on Dec 6th, 2013. In addition to 5 static displays that are going to be at the Tempe History Museum for the entire month of December, we also brought displays for their Band Night on Dec 6th. There was also a play brick area that was very busy most of the night. Here’s the pictures of our display:

November 2013 Meeting

We had 20 people attend our November 16th meeting. We were planning out our toy train layout. Here’s a few things people brought in to show:

October 2013 Meeting

We had 15 people attend our October 19th, 2013 meeting. We had a show and tell with 5 club members talking about how they do their building.

September 2013 Meeting

We had 16 people attend our September 21st, 2013 meeting. We held the Medieval contest with a 1st place prize of a Lego set. Here are pictures of the non contest items people brought in:

The contest entries were:

The winner was Corey’s Micro Castle Middleham with Motley’s Python and the Holy Grail and Nate’s The Battle tied for a very close second.

Corey's Micro Castle Middleham
Corey’s Micro Castle Middleham

Scottsdale Historical Museum Display – Sept/Oct 2013

We have a display at the Scottsdale Historical Museum (7333 E Scottsdale Mall, Scottsdale, AZ) during September and October 2013. The contributors of the display were Corey, Stephanie, GenYus, Nate and Joe. Here’s some pictures of the display: