Meeting at Greg Kramer’s house on July 6, 2002
We got together at the home of host Greg Kramer on Saturday, July 6, 2002. Participants in attendance: Abe Friedman, Greg Kramer, Roy Gal, Claudia Coles, Constantine Hannaher.
We assembled a set of containers to swap with other LTCs in a program inspired by an international organization of LEGO® train clubs using bulk brick from the LEGO® Shop At Home Service and some parts supplied at the last minute by Roy and Claudia. We applied stickers designed and printed by Constantine. Because of the different grades of paper involved, this was no simple matter. We packed up the containers and an ambassador/envoy car previously built by Constantine, and these were to be sent to KK Quah of the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club who would display them at “Bricks in the Sand” [a riff on the “Tracks in the Sand” name of the National Model Railroaders Association convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida held later that month].
Update:
Following is the disposition of our containers, to the best of our knowledge. Yes, we did number them individually. Our containers need no “fixing” regarding their top surface. Just always make sure to put them on top . ;-)
| Unique container number | Current disposition of container |
|---|---|
| 4500 | personal prototype using bricks and plates available from the “LEGO® Shop at Home Service” retained by sticker designer |
| 4501 | Reported and confirmed: in the possession of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area LEGO® Train Club (WamaLTC); returned to us as part of the swap |
| 4502 | Unknown |
| 4503 | Reported: in the possession of the Low Country LEGO® Train Club (LCLTC) of South Carolina |
| 4504 | Reported and confirmed: in the possession of the Greater Florida LEGO® Train Club (GFLTC) |
| 4505 | Reported and confirmed: in the possession of the North Carolina LEGO® Train Club (NCLTC) |
| 4506 | Reported: in the possession of the North Georgia LEGO® Train Club (NGLTC) |
| 4507 | spotted at BricksWest 2003 :-) |
| 4508 | Reported and confirmed: in the possession of the Michigan LEGO® Train Club (MichLTC) |
| 4509 | Unknown |
| 4510 | Reported and confirmed: in the possession of the Bay Area LEGO® Train Club (BayLTC) |
| 4511 | Unknown |
| 4512 | Unknown |
| 4513 | spotted at LEGO® WORLD 2003 in Zwolle, The Netherlands :-) |
| 4514 | Unknown |
| 4515 | Unknown |
| 4516 | prepared to make up for a lost container, sent to Vancouver LEGO® Club |
| 4517 | Reported and confirmed: in the possession of the LEGO® Users of Central New York (LUCNY) |
| 4518 | Reported: in the possession of the Gateway LEGO® Users Group (GtwLUG) |
| 4519 | Reported: in the possession of the Indianapolis LEGO® Users Group (IndyLUG) |
| 4520 | Reported: in the possession of the Mid-South LEGO® Train Club (MS-LTC) |
| 4521 | Reported: in the possession of the Greater Midwest LEGO® Train Club (GMLTC) |
| 4522 | Reported: in the possession of the HAmpton RoaDs LEGO® User Group (HARDLUG) |
| 4523 | Reported: in the possession of the rtlToronto |
| 4575 | our first prototype used 6576 Plate 4×8 with Studs in Center on the top like the original design from LEGO® set 4549 |
| Feel free to let us know which one your club received and point us to photograph(s) we might link to. A second run of containers in the name of WAMALUG continued the numerical sequence. | |
