Odds & Ends

Some may say this is a monstrosity, but I think it's hilarious and awesome. I'm surprised I didn't try this when I was a kid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAK8HDP1NnA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Are you guys noticing the Lego isles are looking pretty pathetic in the past 2 weeks? I've been to several Walmarts in Canada and half to 3/4 of the shelves are empty! The only thing that seems to be in-stock are the new Star Wars, City and Friends sets. TRU have decent amount of stock, but then Nov/Dec is their bread and butter so I assume they arranged to make sure to have lots of inventory on hand. Kind of frustrating when I cannot even find small sets like the Minecraft The Dungeon in 5 Walmarts! Nearest TRU is OOS.

Do you know if any structural damage happens to Lego bricks if exposed to something like -11 F temperatures (-24 Celcius)? Any chance they become brittle?

Think I didn't see any similar topic, just posts here and there. Seems like many people came back to LEGO when they became parents. I understand many teens are interested in LEGO as an investment, so it's not about that I'm curious what do your kids (friends, relatives) PLAY with or assemble and proudly display mostly? How early they started showing interest in LEGO, what is their favorite theme and how it became favorite among all of themes? Let me put it down as a little questionnaire: 1. male or female; 2. age; 3. theme or themes (or a set); 4. why? 5. you feel it's gonna be a long-lasting-love or just a short term interest in LEGO?

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!

does anyone own any good non kiddi lego shirts or any really coolones that you have seen? theres a few standouts on ebay.

I saw this MOC on Gizmodo and I thought it looked pretty good. The pictures of the Lego computer and the real computer are below. Did any of you guys/gals use this computer back when it came out? Link.

Check this interesting article I found on forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/micahsolomon/2013/12/14/legos-expert-path-to-customer-loyalty-consulting-their-brick-by-brick-approach/ Talks about the CSR response, someone gets when missing brick pieces in their sets, and I could truly relate to that. Amazing read,

Well, I was wandering around the interwebs earlier today and bumped into this article from Yahoo! Not going to get too much into the details of the article but what made me put this over here is that the hospital where the man is rehab-ing has a Maersk ship - 10241 or 10155 - available as a form of occupational therapy. The pic was taken on 08/01/2013. It's number 13 of 33 on the slideshow. http://news.yahoo.com/photos/after-afghanistan-learning-to-walk-again-a-brave-soldier-fights-a-new-battle-1385072358-slideshow/ Do you think it is the new Triple E or the previous Container Ship? I know that there's another BP member that used Lego during his re…

Ha! Lego really is the answer to the world's important engineering problems. http://online.wsj.com/articles/keurigs-new-coffee-brewer-is-test-for-ceo-1408658445 Now, can it help us get around the DRM on these K-cups?

I think it would be really fun to have lego battle packs from the following themes: Ninjago: stone warriors battle pack Lord of the Rings/Hobbit: Mordor & Moria Orcs, Uruk-Hai, Ringwraiths, and goblins, don't forget Hunter Orcs. Ninja Turtles: Foot soldiers I haven't seen any battle packs since 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. Building armies with each individual mini-figure can be expensive. Like the goblins range from $6-11 USD for 1 figure. Who else thinks Lego should have more battle packs?

So we're having a Lego Birthday Party for my son's 6th birthday next month. We've come up with some games and activities, and I wanted to run it by you guys to see if anyone had other ideas that might be fun. This could be a good reference source as well, I know a number of you also have young kids! 1. Lego Scavenger Hunt- I'll hide a bunch of bricks and other pieces around our back yard, and the kids can hunt for them until they are all found. 2. Lego Relay Race- The kids will split into two teams, and have to move as many bricks from one bucket to another using only a spoon, and then using a straw to hold a brick with suction and move it from one side to the other. 3.…

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/

Sorry if this has brought up before. I am wondering what is the best box for lego. Looking for one that has dividers for smaller pieces. Not just one big compartment. Any advice would be wonderful.

Does Lego not do this anymore? I found a link to the Lego.com page where you can subscribe but all I got was one of those ''oops page not found". Does anyone know when they discontinued this?

Meant to post this earlier. From Saturday's NY Times: Lego Builds an Empire, Brick by Brick The Lego Group

Just an interesting article on making money from selling used LEGO bricks. Funny, I never really heard of the company.

Did you guys see this? Company created a Lego Calendar for employees to use. Pretty interesting stuff. Sorry if this has already been on here as I did not take the time to look. Lego Calendar for business

Maybe you have already seen this : http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.nl&sandbox=0&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/21780673/__Drugsdealer_betaald_met_Lego__.html&usg=ALkJrhgX0Of3XQkizz4XPkGL_OvELx_J6g ...A drug dealer has discovered a very unusual method of payment. If his junkies have no money for drugs, he also accepts Lego... original dutch version: http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/21780673/__Drugsdealer_betaald_met_Lego__.html (from Eurobricks)

Just wondering if any of you received your Spring Lego Catalogs yet? Today, I received my JANUARY one and am kind of upset since it took so long. I am guessing that the Spring one is coming out soon if it isn't out yet, and I have seen a couple threads mentioning already-received catalogs... I hope my Spring one doesn't take 3 months to get to me... BTW Just saw a new little tips for before posting a new forum topic. Here is the direct quote:

Lego released a new game for the Wii U called Lego City Undercover. It is generally receiving good reviews. Do any of you gals/guys plan on buying the game? I personally don't own a Wii U so I won't be getting this game. A link to a review is below. Link.

Hi All, My daughter and I just posted a new video update for our basement lego city. A few of the latest updates include Haunted house, Brickcitydepot's consulate, maersk train, emerald night, diagon alley. hit the subscribe button if you want to be notified of updates. still lots of work to do but it is getting there. Hope you like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fq6Megdvcs&feature=youtu.be

Want. I'm sure someone on here could MOC a laptop.

'Lego Bandit' gets more jail time after court outburst