Community Corner
Saturday: Touch-A-LEGO(R)-Truck
The Long Beach LEGO® User group is rolling into the Long Beach Touch a Truck event with its motorized LEGO® trucks.
The Long Beach LEGO® User Group (LBLUG) is readying 5 motorized trucks for display at the Long Beach Touch-A-Truck event on Saturday, May 16th, 2015.
The event is a collaboration between 3rd District City Councilwoman Suzie Price and Long Beach’s Justin Rudd, and will be held at the beach parking lot at 1 Granada Ave. Starts at 9:30, ends at 12:30. Priority time to Autistic youth and members of the Boys and Girls’ Club between 9:00 and 9:30 AM.
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At last count, over 50 trucks will be rolling in for poking, prodding and yes, even sitting in the drivers’ seat. Over fifty five, if you count the LBLUG’s 5 LEGO® Technics trucks.
Long Beach has amazing resources for this sort of event. The Port of Long Beach is bringing a mobile crane. You get to sit in the driver’s seat! The Long Beach Firefighter’s Museum is bringing some olde fire trucks. There are army vehicles and big rigs... You get to sit in the driver’s seat! Antique truck owners are finally going to let you touch their trucks and... sit in the driver’s seat!
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And yes, if you’re looking to check out the LEGO® Technics Unimog (8110), the Logging Truck (9397), Fred’s Garage (9395) and the Container Truck (42024)... They’ll be there too! Bring your minifig avatar... All minifigs present are invited to... sit in the driver’s seat!
It comes to mind that Long Beach has an airport with very cool boarding ramps that get pulled up to planes. I wonder...
You are invited to join the Long Beach LEGO® User Group at one of its monthly gatherings. All youth and High School + meeting formats. All meetings are announced on our facebook page. Please register for the group to keep updated on events!