Odds & Ends

I suppose it was only a matter of time before she was caught. http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-me-lego-worker-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-thousands-of-dollars-in-merchandiese-20140728,0,5572581.story

I am planning on a reorganization of my storage room. I was wondering if anyone is aware of the storage rack that will hold exclusives on all of the racks, say 3 or 4 levels high? The plastic racks I have are good, but they are more suited for non exclusives. I am also noticing that these plastic racks are bowing under the weight and I do not want 4 years from now to have misshaped sets. I have the plastic racks from Home depot, forgot the name, I think is starts with an X.

http://www.supercompressor.com/home/photo-tour-of-lego-s-factory-and-design-headquarters-in-denmark?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thrillist

I did a search across the forums but didn't find a topic on this. My family is going to SD Legoland for the first time. We are staying at the hotel for one night. Of course every polybag I see has a free child ticket coupon on it. What is the best strategy for buying tickets? Anyone go recently and have any tips? Right now I am just planning on my wife and I each buying a ticket for one kid each using a coupon. Any thoughts appreciated.

Well, pretty quiet around here today. I finished updating the portfolio and the piece count crossed the 7 figure mark. Now just need to get the value to the same place, haha. Sets to do it 1089 i think. Doesn't really matter and is noteall important but what the heck. Carry on.

No clue where this info comes from and why the large gap in the estimations but interesting nonetheless. I have always enjoyed Evantube HD that kid is going places!! http://brickultra.com/top-10-highest-paid-lego-youtubers%e2%80%8f/

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/68194

It's on Netflix and only about 20 minutes long. Has some interesting info about the origins of the company as well as a little tour of the factory. One item I found pretty interesting was this: If Lego Minifigures were real people, there would be enought to populate Asia. I roughly translate that to be about 3 Billion minifigures out there!

From BBC News: The Cornish beaches where Lego keeps washing up

As a former special effects artist and current Lego fan, I appreciate this on many levels. Excellent work! http://www.nerdist.com/2014/07/lego-boba-fett-costume/

I was wondering how many of you actually have submitted/taken this survey and if anybody on here has ever won? I have taken it several times, but I haven't won. Basically you go to the web address indicated on the back of the instructions, (I've attached a picture of it.), then you fill out the survey about the set. After finishing they ask for your email so they can contact you if you won. The prize is worth $80 USD. I've heard the odds of winning are anywhere from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 50 so does anyone know the exact odds? Thanks.

This is a pretty old clip, but Dwight Howard was on the Ellen Show 2 years ago, and he mentioned his love for LEGO's. Skip to 6:34: How cool would it be to have TLG do that for you?!

What do you think about the 06826 Mega Bloks Zombie Horde? Is it worth to invest in the Zombies before of halloween and mix it up with the Monster Fighter collections?

The World Cup excitement is growing so let's have a contest to predict the final 2 teams and winner! I will send the winner of this contest a 75021 Republic Gunship!!! To enter, post in this thread with the following: 1. The winning country 2. The runner up 3. Final score of the final match (tie breaker) 4. Pick the matchup of the third place game (last tie breaker) Example: 1. Iran 2. Nigeria 3. 5-4 4. Russia versus Algeria I'll paste everyone's answer in here in the first post as I get time. You'll be required to send me your name and address if you win but I'll keep it private. The final game is Sunday, July 13. …

I just got a samsung smart tv for my room. I think I have everything setup correctly but I am not getting any channels to work. I have comcast and one of those digital receivers they sell you to get their signal. This particular tv is not connected to the main big cable box. Here is my setup: I have the coaxial cable from the wall plugged into the digital adapter then I have another cord from the digital adapter to the tv coaxial input. When I scan the channels I only get one. Using the remote to change channels, I just get static. The channel that works is set to channel 3 but it isn't really channel three. Do I have to setup the remote a special w…

A neighborhood near me had a garage sale last weekend. No toys that were worth buying but I did pick up some plastic storage drawer units for $10. There was some random computer cables in the large bin that I gave back to the seller but he said what ever is left in there I can have. I was cleaning them to put my Lego in and found 4 complete books of Forever stamps. Nice! At $0.49 cents I got $39 of stamps and two big storage drawer units for $10. Not bad.

I'm putting my life in great peril by posting this, but the truth must be exposed. I came home early from work today and witnessed this dark event. I quickly grabbed my camera and snapped these shots. I think they were so caught up in their blood lust they didn't notice me and...wait...I think I heard something....AAaaaggghhh....they're on me! Tiny axes and claw hands ripping my flesh.....just...enough...strength...to click...post...

I figured with 65 days to go, now is a good time to start a thread for the real Football fans on BP (j/k). Anything related to WC preparations, squads, players, coaches,, and ultimately games can be discussed here . Things will probably heat up as we closer to June but why not start a bit early . Please make sure any discussion is civil, respectful, and no trolling. So, who do think will win? which team are you cheering? who will be the dark horse? will the USA make it out of the first round?

Finally getting a chance to go to Brick Fest this year. Anyone else going? My sister and I ( both lego enthusiasts) are taking our families. Any advice or must sees? Hoping to find some sets and pieces I have been looking for at a reasonable price or at least save the shipping:)

Is the brickshow still doing reviews? I use to get emails when they would post new ones but now I only get "news" emails.

Happy Independence Day to everyone regardless of background, country, race, Lego investing opinions, etc... At one point, we all have earned our "independence" in one way or another (e.g. The Master Builders from Lord Business, various countries from the British ) and remember to "Crush it like Quint this holiday weekend" and BE SAFE .

I have been pretty active on Instagram over the past few years. I just started a new one for Lego related posts. My names are: @LegoBrick27 @Amato27 (Personal) @AppleFixDFW (Side Business) Feel free to post your so that we can follow eachother.

Hello, recently one my closest friends dogs was involved in a hit and run that severely injured her. She will require extensive surgery and a long recovery period for her to start working normally again. I will just post the link over here to see if anyone in the forum is interested in donating even $5 or so, they are getting close to the goal, so every little bit helps. https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/gc05/willow-s-surgery-fund?utm_source=facebook

Are there anyone participating in the Everything is awesome contest for the Emmet awards. I am under 18 so I have a chance for winning a bunch of sets as a prize. It would be cool if we could share and like our videos using our Lego accounts. Here is mine http://www.lego.com/en-us/movie/mvb/46a9028c457745e2ba5c1e129917e83f-wsh3hg Feel free to share yours if you made one!

So my move into toys made it inevitable I was going to come across other stuff like this. It has happened. I am now hooked on board games. There is a board game flipping, investing market - Much smaller and mostly about promos, etc. But I was curious if anyone else has looked out there and found the insane amount of awesome board games coming out almost daily. There are some really awesome simple ones I have and have played a lot: Munchkin - card game. Close to 1 million expansions. Ticket to Ride - great and simple family game thats not cheesy. King of Tokyo - Giant monsters battling each other Smash-up - Similar to that, but a card game D…