Rails In The Rockies 2017
By Lester: Greetings to all, We had another successful Estes Park Train Show a few weekends ago, and I would like to thank all those who came up and helped with it. A total of 12 people had something to do with the show; some couldn’t make it, but sent their items with someone else. […]
Denver Comic Con 2016
The 2016 Denver Comic Con was a unique experiance. We were not on the main convention floor this year, but in the lobby of the BellCo Theater downstairs. There were carpeted floors, and a reduced area for our display which made for some challenges. All the builders helped and we made it work. We chose […]
CoWLUG Celebrates 10 Years!
April 2016 marked 10 years since the founding of the Colorado Wyoming LEGO Users Group. There was a wonderful turnout of CoWLUG members for a special celebration to honor the 10 years CoWLUG has been gathering and displaying unique LEGO MOCs across the Colorado and Wyoming region. A huge thank you goes out to Abby […]
Estes Park: Rails on The Rockies 2016
Rails on The Rockies 2016 February 13th and 14th The Rails on The Rockies held annually over President’s Day Weekend in Estes Park was another fun filled weekend of model trains, LEGO, and Lester coming up with an idea out of the box. This year’s display theme was “Islands”. A train track was laidout out […]
NoCo MiniMaker Faire: 2015
NoCo Mini-Maker Faire 2015 About 10 builders made the trek up to Loveland for the NoCo Mini Maker Faire over the October 10th and 11th weekend. The display was filled with a large variety of builds. Being a Mini Maker Faire, creativity and making things was full on with the builds not only from CoWLUG […]
IFMA Trade Show
IFMA World Workplace Confrence and ExpoOctober 7th and 8th at the Colorado Convention Center IFMA, International Facility Management Association, www.ifma.org if you want to learn more. Members of CoWLug and DenLUG were invited by Darin, who is a member of the local IFMA organization that put on this event and is a member of DenLUG […]
First Annual Fort Collins Comic Con!
Many CoWLUG members have been part of “the larger Comic Con” in Colorado for several years in a row. Distill all the goodness of that event down into a single day and you have Fort Collins Comic Con. The Aztlan Community Center just north of the main part of town was transformed into a […]
Brick Fest Live! 2015 Denver
Potentially our largest display this year, Brick Fest Live! 2015 was a great success! With about 30 CoWLUG members displaying creations and supplying parts for the displays (including new members, Steven Lopez and Kathy Nicolai), we spread the LEGO love over 1180 square feet….that’s 59 8’x30” tables!! Up front we had the Modular Town, featuring […]
If CoWLUG had a summer camp!
CoWLUG doesn’t have a summer camp. But if we did, this month’s meeting had just about everything we’d all want – a case of LEGO sets, build challenges (including alt builds and blind building,) set drafts, pizza, lugbulk, part swapping, moc sharing, plenty of friendly jibing, and loads of builders who play well together. First […]
Denver Comic Con 2015!
DCC has grown substantially from it’s first launch several years ago. So has CoWLUG! Just six members displayed LEGO builds on six small tables at that first event in 2012. This year there are over 20 members exhibiting work across dozens of tables arranged in configurations across enough floor space that one can no longer […]
MOCs & Elves Parts Draft @ CoWLUG Member’s Meeting
If you’re lurking on the CoWLUG YahooGroups list and wonder what happens at the meetings, here’s a little sampling of activity around the MOCs table from the March 2015 meeting. Lots of great stuff being built and planned by members who have been with CoWLUG for years, but also by a slew of brand new […]
Estes Park – Rails in the Rockies – 2015
For the Estes Park Train Show, we took a gamble and tried to do Las Vegas. The numbers were against us: We had 13 builders for the show and we were setting up on Friday the 13th. But I guess the odds were in our favor and we hit the jackpot! Las Vegas was a […]