Oooh, minivan, that’s huge (literally and figuratively).
If you guys wanna put Greg’s bridge in your car, that would be awesome. I still may need your car for some modulars as well, and whatever else we decide to take.
Chris on the Dollar told me the tables are 8’x30″. I have a table like that in my house for reference. So I’ve been thinking about how to fill them. Originally I thought we’d just do two, but with the bridge, we’ll have three. Chris otD said they’d already reserved us a ‘small island’ of tables and that worst case scenario is they remove some of them. So I figure that gives us four tables at our disposal, so we’re covered there.
So Ben’s plan as of right now:
Table 1 – Town/Train
I still need people to donate motorized 9V trains if I’m gonna have an actual running loop of train going. Either way, I plan to have track as part of the layout, and with modulars and roads from Susie, Joe, and Tim, plus the park, I think I have enough to cover most of the table, if not all of it. But if you have a 16-wide or 32-wide original modular you want to send, I’m pretty sure I can work it in. I’ll know more before Saturday, I thought I’d have a temporary layout set up by now, but I’ve been slowed down by:
Table 2 – GBC & Micah Sci-Fi
So it turns out that ‘minor improvements’ to the GBC have turned into ‘major headaches’, so I’m still working on it. Once I get it running again (tonight? maybe, but I said that yesterday too and it didn’t happen) I’ll take a photo of it on my 8′ table so Micah can see how much space he has remaining for his layout.
– If it’s more than he expected and he wants to expand, I say go for it.
– If it’s more than he expected and we think we need something else on the table, we can talk about our options.
– If it’s less than he expected and he needs more room, we’ll figure something out, but I’m thinking this is unlikely based on his earlier description; the GBC will take up less than half the table.
Table 3 – Pgh Bridge ‘Nat
So it’s been more than 3 years since I’ve seen the bridge in person, although I’ve seen plenty of photos, and I’m thinking that despite its size, there will still be room for other stuff on the ends.
So, additional stuff. Options, off the top of my head – the QR code, the Lego Movie sign, Mr. Rogers, Harry Potter, the Cathedral of Learning, Penguins logo, Penguins player, robots, what else? We’re especially looking for stuff that magically takes up more space on the table but less space in the car. Plus we should have our new sign holders by then. I have a good supply of business cards but you can always send more along.
We’ll definitely need the big sign and the tablecloths. I’d say at most we only need one additional dolly, cause after David told us at TangIers that the place to go is Harbor Freight, I went out and bought myself one and I’m psyched to try it out, so I’ll have that along.
That’s all I can think of right now.