Nov 3 and 4, see ya there!
THIS time I WILL come by and say hi!
Missed you at Costa Mesa…
Greg
$9 parking !
Do they now charge for parking if you are going to the railway museum ?
According to their website museum & parking is free ! http://www.trainweb.org/rlhs/visit/visit.html Although these are supposedly their “archived pages” aka olde. The Fairplex maybe charging for all venues on their grounds !? Shucks the ‘Stampede’ grounds board in this city charges $11/car as of 3 yrs ago …
IF they don’t charge, ya would think that the swgrs could get the same consideration being a railway attraction, or maybe when you’re driving into the gates just say you’re going to the museum exhibit … and stray over to the SWGRS venue 
imho
Museum is a good walk across a huge open area… I stay at the hotel, never paid for parking.
Greg
Okay I want you guys to get hung up at the museum when the gates open so I can quickly run through looking for deals.
Reminder shows coming up fast this weekend.
What trains to bring? Oh that’s always the toughest part 
Vic’s Pizza Layout was in full glory at the front of the event.
Attendance when the doors opened was light, and it seemed usual resale vendors had reduced the amount of inventory they brought in. Had a good time, picked up a few items.
I had a lot of fun. Saturday was pretty good turnout,it picked up mid day, Sunday was less but it usually always is. The trouble is that an all large scale show by its very nature is not going to have as much draw as an all scale show, but depending on which vendor you talked to, some had good sales, some didn’t, I suspect that is true even at the all-scale shows. As for the pizza, I had more inquiries and questions on Sunday than I did on Saturday even though the turnout was a bit less than Saturday. I think this is due to the dynamic of train show attendance. Saturday always brings out the more die-hard train types, who are more likely to be looking for specific things for their layouts. Sundays always bring out more families who are much more likely to non-train people who are there because their kids love Thomas. I set out with this layout to build a mobile demonstration layout that you don’t need a big yard or a full basement to still have fun in LS, and I did achieve that based on the comments, but an unintended side effect is that I also created something that kids just go ape over. I got alot of kids who just went plain giddy at the layout. They would keep coming back time and again and would love to follow the trains around the pizza. One parent just pulled up a chair and sat down and waiting for his kid to get tired. I think its small size is something easier for them to take in all at once. All I know is that for good or bad, its a big hit with kids. The organizer told me he intends to be back in 2013, If the Earth isn’t blown up on Dec 21 to make way for a Hyperspace Bypass, I’ll be there.
Victor Smith said:If even one of those kids bugs his parents enough to get the little guy a starter set, I think all the time and effort you put into it would be well worth it................;)
I set out with this layout to build a mobile demonstration layout that you don't need a big yard or a full basement to still have fun in LS, and I did achieve that based on the comments, but an unintended side effect is that I also created something that kids just go ape over. I got alot of kids who just went plain giddy at the layout. They would keep coming back time and again and would love to follow the trains around the pizza. One parent just pulled up a chair and sat down and waiting for his kid to get tired. I think its small size is something easier for them to take in all at once. All I know is that for good or bad, its a big hit with kids.
Ken I’m sure it didn’t help them poor parents that I was right next door to the Bachmann booth chuck full of Lil Big Haulers :lol:
Sounds like the proper location to me Victor