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I'm kidding of course but a train model 140C will stay a couple of hours in my train-station to have some technical testing. (not this one but nearly the same model) I'm curious to see this thing for real. I'll take some pictures if it's nice looking.

hmm, now where is that 96mm medium gray tube. i could only imagine the wife's face if this was my son's room. ha anyway, happy friday and have a safe holiday weekend. disclaimer: since i'm not a fan of random kids in pics, i cropped him out.

Poking around the amazing Internet Archive, I happened on this bad boy. Vintage Lego galore and a... erm.... good message. https://archive.org/details/drugs_are_like_that

The team of CrazyBricks is planning on bringing The World of Munchkin to Lego with this kickstarter project! via The Brick Fan

PASS THE WORD AROUND!!! Does your child love LEGO? Join us... Brickf

Ran across one of these at a local thrift store and was wondering if anyone had ever built/sold one of the sets. They look like a fun, if somewhat repetitive build. http://www.uberstix.com/UberARC.html

Hello all, hereby I want to share my happiness and announce the birth of my daughter today. Her name is Medea. Mother and daughter are doing fine.

I need 20 more shipping boxes for the rest of my SSD, so the Best Box to get is 24"X8"X20" Its a perfect box, Now Uline has then 20 to a bundle for $51.80 plus $20.58 shipping so thats $72.38. And then we have Staples.com same box 24"X8"X20" 20 to a bundle $52.78 and the key is "FREE SHIPPING" So Staples it is, be sure and sign up for an a account and they are always sending codes and coupons. So Lets get these babies boxed up. Ed

I live in Seattle, so I got a chance to see the second showing of the new LEGO documentary. It is a fun film, and shows off a lot of the great things that LEGO fans are building around the world. If you want to learn more, I've put together a detailed review on my blog which calls out my highlights from the film. LINK Sincerely, ---tom

16 Bit Bar & Arcade - Columbus, OH HEAD OF BEER... NOW AVAILABLE!!! $3 Basic Brews: HEAD OF 6 = $15 $5 Specialty Cans: HEAD OF 6 = $25 Who's ready for some "HEAD"!?! (this was in the ad, not my words)

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/kids-logic-transformersage-of-extinction-ls009-3-meter-optimus-prime/30235/

Anyone here play this? Maybe there would be enough to get a BP clan.

title asks it all

Oh, god! Apparently, rude Lego sales clerks were onto something! http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/15/news/companies/luxury-shopping-rude/index.html?iid=HP_LN

LEGOLAND evacuated LEGOLAND California was evacuated today, because of the fires in San Diego. The park was threatened by the fires in Carlsbad, and power was shut down to the park. My biggest question - I wonder if they're going to have a fire sale? (I was one of many people evacuated in San Diego today).

Any tips on moving a short distance (~15 miles) with a fairly large collection of displayed sets? Not worried about my new sets, those are already packed up well enough to move easily... but suddenly my army of displayed pieces seems much more difficult to maneuver than I expected. This has literally been the most daunting part of moving to a new house, I don't want to take apart the sets only to rebuild after the trip but I don't want to lose pieces in the move either. Anyone have any tips or horror stories that I should know about? HELP!

I don't know if you've watched the song contest, but Austria has won it! Conchita Wurst, the bearded lady made it. Here are two pictures:

Got off night shift, early in the morning, cleaned up the house and put out some flowers for my wife to find in the morning when she wakes up. Seemed bland. Took a few extras and spiced it up a bit. Im sure my little boys will be amused too (Mother's day is May in the U.S. for the Euro readers. That gives me time to prep for a cooler gift for the mother in law in EU. )

Creative & Cool article on how to use Legos. http://gma.yahoo.com/college-student-snaps-internship-clever-legos-175608201.html

I pretty consistently seem to see some Lego deals on slickdeals that make me laugh... Here's another: http://slickdeals.net/f/6916482-lego-city-great-vehicles-camper-van-building-set-60057-for-15-99-it-s-back?src=pdw This deal is getting love somehow over there. Don't get it. SD has seemingly become a place where the force feed deals to pad their pockets. I don't know how many people remember what it was like 6 or 7 years ago... but it has definitely changed.

I believe this is an original printing press / stamp used for LEGO advertisements or something? From my research i would say it dates back to 1950s or 1960s because the format of the "O" in the word "LEGO" changed to the more modern style after this time. It is metal on wood and measures approximately 4" x 3.5" Any information regarding this item would be great! Thanks.

So I've noticed recently that LEGO has been making several changes. Some may be good, some may be bad, but they don't exactly hurt us as investors, except for maybe #3 which is could technically. But let me know if you have some more to add to the list, or is it just me that these things are happening? 1) Condensed boxes. It seems like that the most recent sets I got were almost bigger. This may be because the boxes themselves were smaller to actually fit the set better. I'm not POSITIVE, but I am pretty sure that boxes for most sets (except for battlepacks or $13 sets) have gotten smaller and are a better fit with the set you buy. A couple years ago, I remember buyi…

Has anyone ever watched any of these? They appear to be made by a French married couple, and the choice of music and humor is always enjoyable. They have such a passion for building...smelling each bag after they open them lol.

Fascinating article hitting my eBay sellers groups this morning: http://www.businessinsider.com/ebay-the-fbi-shawn-hogan-and-brian-dunning-2013-4

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/star-wars-boba-fett-sideshow-collectibles-400111/?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+Boba+Fett+Life-Size+Figure&utm_content=Image+-+Boba+Fett+Life-Size+Figure&utm_campaign=050114news