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http://www.instructables.com/id/Adorable-Owl/ I like it when there is a Lego related article on Instructable.com or Lifehacker.com

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/paul-walker-fast-furious-star-reportedly-dead-40-025930737.html

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/11/canadians-lego-interpretation-50-united-states/7728/

I personally like this one. Get a $100 Apple iTunes gift card for $85. That $15 is like getting a free movie, album or a bunch of apps.

Ok, so I got my Jedi Defender-class Cruiser two months ago, and while building it was impressed with the number of lughtsabers included. The amazing part though, was that out of the thirteen lightsabers in the set, only ONE had air bubbles in it. Could this be coincidence or has Lego finally solved the problem of air bubbles? Has anyone else seen less air bubbles in their lightsabers recently?

Hi Everyone, I've written a preview for The LEGO Movie Video Game. Feel free to read the preview. http://killstreakmedia.com/pre-view/the-lego-movie-video-game/ Tree16

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…

Wanted to share this with you guys since you have helped me so much in the last year and you're the people to take advantage of this. Bitcoin is obviously out of control right now, I'm the idiot who sold too soon. However, as discussed in another thread, there is a newer system called "Ripple" with some major national funding and increased attention. The price right now on www.ripplecharts.com is 48 xrp per dollar. Might be something to keep an eye on...getting them is a little tricky but you guys are savvy enough to do it.

Ok so I admit it's kinda weird that I spend so much time here and haven't put a set together in well over 25 years. What's even funnier is I have had about 10k worth of LEGO sets go through my hand in the 6 month and have about 130(ish) sets right now... I figure if I am going to do a set for the first time in forever, why not make it a good one!!! I want to build a set and I am going to let the Brickpicker community decide. It is going to go as a display piece somewhere in my house or office. i would like for it to be something that near EOL. As much as I want to build a set, I am in it for the $$ so I would like to find something that you guys think wil…

Not sure if this is allowed here, but I entered a video to win a trip to the Sochi Olympics and was wondering if I could get you guys to vote for my video? Trying to get as many votes as possible until deadline. Just click on "Vote for This" underneath the video on the left. You can vote daily until November 27th. Thanks, I appreciate it! https://www.youtube.com/samsungcanada?x=ca-en_youtuberesponsive_92_

I am starting to get a lot of discount promotions. This is not Lego related, but maybe someone wants to buy a new Lego game, or new supplies for the PS4 or XBOX One. This is a one day special today November 21st. If you buy online and do local pickup, you will get $10 off any order of $50 or more. Xmas time is here too, so its a way to save a few bucks that will be spending most likely anyhow. Click here!

http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/11/17/1512248/blue-light-of-death-plagues-playstation-4 And we have the winner of the first problematic next gen system award. Might affect you if you are flipping them and this happens to someone pretty early. Sony will fix it, but it could cause you problems.

I could not believe what this raggedy company was able to get away with from a Paypal purchase! http://news.yahoo.com/woman-gets--3-500-fine-and-bad-credit-score-for-writing-negative-review-of-business-233833012.html Customer gets a refund, but then fined 3,500 and a negative credit score due to merchandise that was never shipped. This crap is just nuts.

Anyone? I have one on the way today. Debating between playing it and selling it?

Some of you may know that I've undertaken a "30 day Lego challenge" where I'm trying to build a model or do a project to better understand the Lego system nearly every day for 30 days... In this project I did some experiments to better understand the relative proportions of the width of a brick to it's height, the width of a stud, the thickness of the wall of a brick and other relevant proportions. Overall, the system works well, but it is a bit weird. (ex: Why did they decide to make bricks taller than they are wide anyways!?) As such, I decided to "redesign" the Lego brick to eliminate some of the quirks of the system while making building techniques whi…

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/14/jean-claude-van-damme-does-splits-between-volvo-trucks-video/

It's an old movie, but I think this will make a lot of people jealous! http://lego.gizmodo.com/5018990/lego-secret-vault-contains-all-sets-in-history

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303460004579193901642418812

Today we have a very special item for sale. Exciter1 happens to be one of the most valuable members of the entire community and is, along other secondary players, the major ruler of the Daily Deals Thread. Even though he seems to be a little bit angry most of the time, we can guarantee that he's a very friendly human being, and will gladly perform ANY service you want from him with a smile on his face (yes, he does smile sometimes). Auction starts for $7.99, please click this link to join the bidding. Good luck! exciter1 Auction Note: All proceeds will be donated to the "Save a kid's life foundation" whose mission is to capture prominent resellers,…

CONGRATS TO KINGCABOOTLE FOR BEING MEMBER # 20,000!!!

Im moving and I have to decide if i want to keep all my boxes and instructions. What would you do? Im having a hard time letting them go =)

Let's say I was planning to post images for some of my own creations, I would like to get some feedback from fellow members that have used or still use any one of these image uploading type of sites. Aside from being a "Which is better or worst?" question, I am trying to find out a list of pros & cons. I have added a poll in case you do not feel like leaving a response. flickr - Brickshelf - MOCpages If you know of another similiar site or sites, please let me know.

hey everyone, i went to http://www.designercon.com this past weekend and once again they had an amazingly impressive showing of some really awesome lego built creations! check the video out here...

It took a long time of searching the net (as well as technology itself progressing) but I finally found a program which will allow you to create your own video games without needing to write a single line of code! It is called Arcade Game Studio created by Bruno R. Marcos and became available just last year. Although you cannot exactly make every type of game there is (mainly 3D and a few specific titles), you can create just about anything similar to arcade titles from the 80's like Ghosts 'n' Goblins, Commando, Galaga, Contra, or Pac-Man, to the 90's like Black Tiger, Operation Varth, Batrider, R-Type, or Metal Slug. Oh, and did I mention the program is free? …

Anyone? I have thought about picking it up, but didn't know what people thought about it. Was kind of wondering what story line it would follow.