ABOUT GFLUG: Content

Shelley currently serves the membership as the President of GFLUG. Located in Pinellas County, Shelley is the family Uber and cat wrangler. She is a longtime FIRST Robotics Coach and Mentor for Jr. FLL, First LEGO League, and FTC. Outside of LEGO, Shelley is active with the Tampa Hackerspace and LGBT Welcome Center in St. Petersburg. LEGO building interests include: Interiors, Minifigure Habitats, GBC, Harry Potter, and making things move or light up. In our LUG, Shelley serves as our LEGO Ambassador.

Thomas currently serves the membership as the Vice President of GLFUG.
Primary interests include Lego City, architecture and Space.  Thomas is a long-time comedic performer, is new to LEGO and GFLUG.  When Covid shut the world down he was looking for somewhere to funnel his creative energy. On a whim he ordered the Medium Creative Brick box and it was love at first build. He loves the unlimited creative possibilities LEGO  provides and is thankful to be part of this community.

David currently serves the membership as the Secretary/Treasurer for GFLUG.
Primary interests include Lego City/Trains, Lego Moonbase, Star Wars, Batman, and Architecture.
About me: During the day, I work my real job as a licensed Architect, in Florida and an assortment of other states and have two teenagers that keep me busy. With the remainder of my free time, in addition to the LEGO hobby, I enjoy building and operating N-scale model railroads, Star wars cosplay with the Rebel Legion, and participate in American Civil War and Seminole Indian War reenacting.

Todd is the longest serving member of GFLUG and currently serves as one of our elected Trustees.  He runs his LEGO empire out of Polk County.  By day, he is a high school Technology Teacher and coaches one of the most successful Electron race teams in Florida. His LEGO interests include Town & Train, Robotics, Modulars and he is most known for his large-scale mosaic builds.  When not focused on LEGO projects, you can find him working on a project at the Orlando Makerspace, engaged with his Star Wars cosplay build or any DIY project with his students.  

Tolga has grown up in our LUG, becoming one of our most reliable members and serves as one of our elected Trustees. He is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Particle Physics at Florida International University. He has been into LEGO since 1999 when he built a small city as kid. He going GFLUG in 2008. His primary LEGO interests are Town & Train, Creator and some licensed themes.  Outside of LEGO he is a avid railfan, so a lot of what he builds is what he sees trackside!

From Riverview, Tom is one of our most active Club builders.  By day, he is a a software engineer and analyst, who also teachers Python and Data Analytics.  He also leads an AWS DeepRacer Robotics League at his employer.  Tom's LEGO interests include Space themes, Marvel Super Heroes.  He is the first member to focus on LED lighting of LEGO MOCx and specialize on incorporating lights across a large display area.

Eleanor is a college student living and working in the Tampa Bay area. She has been involved with LEGO since attending her first fan convention at age eight and participating in FIRST Robotics. Eleanor has been a part of several special LEGO projects including Moonbots Google X Prize and Build The Future NASA Launch. Outside of LEGO, Eleanor is an avid PC Gamer and D&D GM. LEGO Building interests include: Technic builds, Mindstorms, Trains, and Modulars.

Erika hails from Orlando and works in software implementation for a payroll company. She brings a unique perspective to our Club, focusing primarily video games and  pop culture displays.  In her free time, Erika enjoys cooking, board games, online gaming, comics, knitting, festivals, finding and trying out new and unusual foods. 

Humberto is currently Show Producer in the theme park industry.  He got back into LEGO through his son's interest in the sets.  "I am a former Brickfilmer and LEGO train noob. and I got into filming through a LEGO contest because at the time, I couldn't imagine spending over a hundred dollars on toy! Bawahahaha." His primary LEGO interests include the licensed themes Harry Potter, Disney, Star Wars, and DC/Marvel Super Heroes.

Barrett is one of our more long-time GLFUG members. Currently in Ft. Myers, he gets to attend our local events when he's not busy working. His interests include building more of his custom Moonbase monorail system and anything LEGO train related. 

Mark came to GLFUG via the New Jersey and Georgia route. When mark builds something, it's gotta be BIG!  If you've been to our train shows, then you've seen his LEGO creation of various New Jersey landmarks and trains from where he grew up.  Once here in the Tampa area, he created a mini-figure scale replica of Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home for a MLB team. At the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Cons, you may have spotted his large sized "Phoenix" model from G-Force. 

Eric is currently enjoying his retirement and expanding his LEGO MOC's. His main focus has been on creating some interesting train displays, including an underground train. He also recreates architectural buildings to compliment his train layouts.   

Chuck is a current member of the armed forces and working on retiring from the military, splitting his time between Tampa and San Antonio, TX. He has a love for LEGO trains and has jumped head first into custom modular buildings. 

Anthony is another new GFLUG members who has displayed his numerous Castle MOC Creations. You can learn something new by looking at all of the hidden LEGO details and clever building techniques that he uses.  Paying attention to detail and having an artistic talent serves him well in the real world too.  You can find him plying his trade during the day as a tattoo artist. 

Johnny is a former U.S. Marine (Though, once a Marine, always a Marine) turned farmer. (He has chickens and goats to prove it.) He has been obsessed with Lego bricks since he was kid. Johnny got back into building with LEGO sets in 2011 and really started collecting again in 2015 when he met his charming wife. He loves to build and create whatever comes to mind. That's the beauty of the Lego system. The possibilities are endless. Play well my friends! 

 Brian is a long time AFOL located in the Jacksonville area. One of his favorite interests is power function use and building numerous modules as part of a much larger LEGO GBC (Great Ball Contraption) machine.  Look for a GBC display at upcoming events. 

Alex is one of our younger members, but isn't new to helping with the GFLUG group.  He's been helping his dad set up his displays and talking to the crowds for several years.  His favorite LEGO themes are the various Speed Champion and Technic cars and anything Star Wars or City Trains. He's a chip off the old block. (Pun intended.) 

Marcus has been a lurker for quite some time and has finally joined the GFLUG organization.  His LEGO interests are varied but includes Star Wars, Trains, GBC machine, and more.  In his spare time, you can find Marcus and his wife portraying a variety of Star Wars characters (Cos-play) as a member of the Rebel Legion and the 501st costuming groups at local events and Sci-fi/fantasy conventions.  

Dale is one of our more seasoned members.  He lives in Leesburg, but originally hails from Nebraska.  Dale has been married to his lovely wife for 47 years and is  retired after working at sears for 45 years. It was a fun ride. In his spare time, he also likes to fly RC airplanes and  has had his amateur radio license for 30 years. But, LEGO is his real "go to" hobby addiction. 

 Karla has been a LEGO fan since she received her first LEGOat the age of 6; King's Mountain Fortress. When not building, she is busy traveling the world as an Ocean Engineer/Naval Architect working on large vessels. Karla’s favorite sets are Star Wars and any Lego ships that Lego creates. She also loves to collect minifigures. 

NIki is one of our newest members.  She spends time with her family living on the road in an RV and managing to squeeze her LEGO hobby into here limited space. 

Nick is one of our newer members.  Despite staying busy with all of his endeavors, he still finds time to display at our events. His custom cityscape is coming along nicely.