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I like target display very much and thinking how to get one...and will be really cool co convert it to moving BB8 droid....

Good news fellow Michiganders : http://m.clickondetroit.com/family/legoland-coming-to-great-lakes-corssing/31822492

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…

Any of you guys use any sort of cart or handtruck to move large amounts of boxes from your vehicle up/down stairs? Something a tad more efficient than just hauling in bags o boxes? if so, please link me some suggestions! Thanks! -Ach

I assembled this from the 42008 Service Truck. I'm putting it on ebay. I just have no idea what to title the listing. Any thoughts for you Technic fans.

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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

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!

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If Google made their own Lego, what would they call it? What would they make? Perhaps this, that I came across at a tech conference...

Strong performance of product lines, such as LEGO City, LEGO Creator as well as THE LEGO MOVIE products contributed to sales growth in all regions of the world and led to a highly satisfactory annual result for the LEGO Group with sales increasing to 28.6 billion DKK.

They are going to be near me in Feb. I am not sure if this of any interest to anyone. i will be going to the one in Richmond with my nephew so i will let everyone know how it is. http://www.legokidsfest.com/upcoming/

I didn't see this posted on here yet, so I wanted to post a link to it. I thought this was very creative of LEGO to do and taught me a bit about the history.

I'll get the ball rolling... My biggest clientele on CraigsList has been soccer moms, soccer moms, and more soccer moms... O_O One even pulled up in a beautiful ducati motorcycle once to pick up my Helm's Deep + Uruk Hai army!

I saw this machine on Youtube and I thought it was pretty sweet. It takes awhile to make a simple Mindstorm program much less do this and build the whole machine. Amazing in so many ways and it even shoots the paper airplane at the end. Link. What do guys/gals think?

Courious to what members here that have large inventory or collections on display do when they list their house for sale and do open houses/showings. Or when there's 'strangers' in the house like repair guys or hosting a large party. Do you declutter a bit and pack most things away...put your most valuable pieces away? Or maybe you don't care. Not that I'm moving or selling my house anytime soon but just wonder if members had experience of some jerk or kids grabbing minifigs or a set while viewing. My only experience is having a SW moc in the basement last year...a landscape type with lots of minifigs and small sets, after an event...I noticed Mace Windu and Yod…

What is a paypal eCheck and why are they used? Paypal eChecks are used when the buyer doesn't have a a credit card or alternate funding source attached to their PayPal account. An eCheck works like a normal paper check. When the buyer sends payment the funds are transferred from the buyers bank account into the sellers paypal account. Paypal says you should expect the echeck to clear in 3-4 working days. The funds are not available to the seller until cleared. A echeck is just like writing a paper check and has to wait til it clears. Now this is still a problem with first time sellers and even sellers who been selling for a number a years. The Problem is alot of Bu…

Got this today in the mail from Spirit its the Bump and Go Chucky, no stores in Maryland have them yet. There are $110, so with coupon and free shipping paid about $85.00, and for that price its great, He talks phrases from the movie. Takes 4 AA batteries, you do have to put him together which only takes 15 minutes. Check Video below. https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=bump+and+go+chucky#id=1&vid=e096209c6bbb20639c7ccce0a9857ad6&action=click

I been waiting a year for this trailer, for anyone who hasn't seen part 1 and 2, best action movies of all time

Just wondering if someone can help me out on this one... How do you figure out is something is an exclusive set to any store besides looking on all the sites to see which ones have them in stock? Examples of stores that sets might be exclusive to: LEGO Shop at Home, Walmart, TRU, Target. Thanks everyone!

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I picked up a SW advent calendar on sale today and I am torn between Opening it to add the figs to my collection or to keep it for winter resale. Same deal with my Tc-14 polybag. Help me sort it out in the polls!

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