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    Welcome to the home of the Kenosha LEGO User Group! The Kenosha LEGO Users Group is a gathering of LEGO Lovers from Kenosha, Wisconsin and the surrounding areas. Working together to share their passion for LEGO not only with one another, but with children of all ages in our communities.

The Battle of Hampton Roads

posted Feb 16, 2012 10:20 AM by Jameson Gagnepain

At the last club meeting, KLUG members put some of the finishing touches on a diorama of The Battle of Hampton Roads (a.k.a. The Battle of The Monitor and The Merrimack), to be installed soon at the Kenosha Civil War Museum. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle, the model will be on display throughout the month of March. Come by and see it in person!
KLUG - Battle of Hampton Roads diorama
KLUG - Battle of Hampton Roads diorama
KLUG - Battle of Hampton Roads diorama
KLUG - Battle of Hampton Roads diorama

Meeting February 11th, 2012 - Microscale Challenge!

posted Feb 12, 2012 8:17 AM by Jameson Gagnepain   [ updated Feb 12, 2012 8:19 AM ]

We had our bi-monthly meeting last night at our new location. There were a couple new faces, some great looking MOCs, and we finished the details on our diorama for the Kenosha Civil War Museum - more details to come on that soon!

This meeting's challenge build was to build a Kenosha County landmark, in microscale (anything smaller than scale for a minifigure), on a 16x16 stud baseplate. There were a number of great entries:

 

 


Voting was done with 1x1 round studs in Styrofoam cups. After the tally, the winners were:
1st place - Dave's Simmons Library
2nd place - John Wolfe's house in wintertime

KLUG at the Kenosha Public Library!

posted Jan 24, 2012 10:06 AM by Jameson Gagnepain   [ updated Feb 12, 2012 8:00 AM ]

Are you ready for our first Kenosha area show? Set your calendars, folks! We will be at the Kenosha Public Library Southwest Branch on May 19-20 this year. Come on down and see us!

Meeting December 10th, 2011 - Parts Usage Challenge!

posted Dec 15, 2011 7:24 PM by Jameson Gagnepain

Our December meeting was a lot of fun. Everyone enjoyed Dirty Brickster, and we voted on the entries for the Parts Usage Challenge.  First place was Jameson's "Kung Fu Clown" -
Kung Fu Clown

Also there was Johnny's jet -
KLUG Challenge Build - John's Entry 1

, Dave's Roller Girl -
Roller Girl - KLUG Challenge 04

, and Tyler's bumper cars (not pictured).

Paul was not there, but sent in photos of his building -
New Building.

... and of course Dave had to go and show off - 
Just Goofing Around 1

December Meeting - Saturday Dec. 10th 6:00pm

posted Dec 2, 2011 8:13 AM by Chris Eyerly

Our December meeting will be at Chris' house again.  

- Civil war diorama planning
- Dirty Brickster
- Challenge Build "judging"

Meeting October 15th, 2011 - LEGO Car Derby!

posted Oct 16, 2011 8:47 AM by Jameson Gagnepain

We had a meeting last night, addressing some possible upcoming shows, and we had our LEGO Car Derby race! The rules were as follows:
  1. Only LEGO elements
  2. No lubricants
  3. NO WEIGHTED PIECES
  4. Size is to be no larger than 8 studs wide, 18 studs long and 7 bricks high (excluding antenna)
  5. Wheels must be 4 studs apart - across the chassis.
You can watch a couple videos of the races below:

 

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