Odds & Ends

I just was approved to be a member on Brickset. Anyone else a member? I kind of checked out the forums, but nothing was that interesting to me, after reading through stuff here at BP. would be curious to hear everyone else's thoughts on the forums. Please don't get me wrong, I love Brickset as a resource for set info, but maybe I'll stick to commenting and posting here.

Hey guys, I'm trying to go to brickset.com but every time it takes kind of long to load, then when its done loading the whole page goes white! Anybody else having this problem?

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

I didn't like their style of presenting, but as of yesterday YouTube has taken down The BrickShow's channel: The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. Word on the street is that this is due to several videos showing confidential images and set news in the recent past. They have 450k subscribers - I do hope their account gets reinstated at some point because they did cover older sets that Jang doesn't review. On the subject of Jang, he recently detailed why he doesn't review everything. Reason #1 was surprising to me: Eyyy I haven't forgotten about LEGO Friends…

I enjoy watching the brichshow for lego reviews but I have noticed that Jason doesn't review sets anymore or at least I have not seen one in a long time. Am I missing something here? Anyone have any insight about this? Just curious as a brickshow fan.

Hi everyone! I have not posted much here before but have been lurking in the forums almost daily since I came across this site last December. I have recently published an ebook with KDP Amazon entitled: Brickvesting: How to Make Money Selling Lego

via The Brick Fan & Beyond the Brick (Run Time: 1 hour, 28 minutes)

Anyone at BrickWorld Chicago today (Sat Jun 15) and willing to meet up? Sent from my SM-A326U1 using Tapatalk

I was able to make it to Brickworld Fort Wayne this year and interview many of the builders there. If you have never made it to a LEGO convention this is a great way to see what it's like. You can see all of the interviews here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BeyondTheBrickTV?feature=watch

Pretty cool marketing campaign by LEGO https://www.behance.net/gallery/54239313/Build-the-future

Hello Everyone! Lunchbot by littlegreenfroggy, on Flickr Backlunchbot by littlegreenfroggy, on Flickr We are Lunchbox Electronics and we wanted to reach out to the amazing community of LEGO lovers everywhere! We have just launched a kickstarter to hopefully fund our dream into a reality. We are a small start up in Boulder, CO and have created Light Up bricks that will be compatible with LEGO sets! We wanted to get rid of all the pesky wires and make nice elegant bricks that will be able to pass power and ground to then light up our LED bricks! We are doing this with custom bricks molded with metal inside! We are trying to spread the word about our kickstarter a…

I was just looking on Craigslist and found a listing by a supposed former Lego employee. Here is his description: Lol! Burn the Mega Blocks! I love this guy! Not really interested in the actual item, but it was too funny to not share... ;)

I have bought some bulk lots of used Lego for our eBay and Bricklink business. I'm not thrilled with how well (they don't) sell on eBay for the price I want, and I would rather keep our Bricklink store 99% or better new parts. I have noticed when buying bulk lots from the sources I'm using that I end up with a lot of what look to me like mostly-complete or perhaps even complete sets. What I would like to do, pending further research and cups of coffee, is to clean and sort these incoming Lego, make a nice big friendly spreadsheet of all the parts I glean from these bulk lots, and enter all those parts into a special dazzling Lego database of happiness which wi…

I thought it would be interesting to see what other things people may buy sell and or trade beyond Lego. I personally collect and resell Star Wars action figures and other vintage toys, old school pc games, vintage NES games, and comics occasionally, all around nerdy stuff. It's been helpful when I go to things like flea markets to recognize other things that are being sold for potential resale value and increase the amount of funding my primary hobby, Lego, receives. Anyone else do collecting on the side beyond Lego?

I have been trying to find warehouse space near me for a couple years now. Most locations are a 30 minute drive on a good day. Rent runs 1500$ for 1200-2000 sq ft. I live in a medium size metropolitan city which doesn't have very much commercial space. Without going too much into the details I haven't been impressed with the warehouse options available to me. I am now considering purchasing a home near me in a lower cost area of town and using it as a Lego warehouse/shipment location. With current interest rates I could snag a 1300-1600$ mortgage and have a 2000sq ft place to run my business. I could always rent it out if I found a better option. My financial situati…

Hi! Most of my Lego sets come from Target, Walmart, or the older sets, from ebay. This May, Lego is introducing a new version of the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter. According to the Lego site, the MSRP for this will be $199.00 Some ebay vendors are actually pre-selling it at $249.00? Now comes the question. I obviously want this new model, but do I pay the MSRP of $199.00, thereby getting it quickly (it is to be a Christmas present for my grandson), or do I wait a while and hope for a sale at Target, Walmart, etc. What has been your experience when Lego introduces a new model? This will actually be the first time that I care about such an event? Grandpa

Finally I was granted permission to buy and build a set. I have some limitations as I don't have a large space where to put this set once it's built. Also I must not exceed 150

I would love to get some feedback from those of you who are parents and also invest in Lego products. My son, who is 5, is Lego-obsessed. He got his first set a little more than a year ago and he has a ton more now, mostly polybags, minifigs and smaller City, Creator, Lego Movie, and Star Wars sets under $50 RRP. He is now asking for larger, more expensive sets and I want to start stocking up for Christmas. My question is, do you apply the same criteria towards buying for your kids - clearance deals, TRUTH/TRU coupons, using VIP points, etc. - as you do for investing? Or do you just say, I'm going to get them what they want and not worry as much about getting the lowest p…

A friend who knows I am a huge Lego Fan sent me this and I thought it was too good not to share. www.xkcd.com/1281/ After I saw it my first thought was I wonder what the curves for People who are Lego collectors and People who are Lego investors would look like on this graph.

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'm working on an article that explores how to better understand and apply the concepts of "scale" to create better LEGO models. This raises a pretty fundamental question which I do not feel has been adequately answered within the LEGO community - what is the "scale" for the common LEGO figures we use in our models. Minifig / Minidoll Naturally, we want to start with the classic "minifigure", as well as the newer "minidoll" which has similar width and height. I calculated a value of 1:42 for the classic minifigure, and a value of 1:38 for the Minidoll. The minidoll has fairly realistic proportions, so I feel pretty good about that value. What do you think …

Kid is coming soon (!!!) and I need to buy a camcorder for obvious reasons. Anyone have any suggestions? I have zero knowledge about cameras, etc. and need some basic help.

Not sure when and where the term EOL began, but for some reason it just doesn't sound as good as just saying a set is or has been retired. Saying "that set is EOL" doesn't even sound like proper English(that set is end of line). Can't we just say it's been retired? Anyone else feel the same?

Ed and I received an e-mail today from Josh at FutureAdvisor.com about getting some of our more creative LEGO builders here to build a better piggy bank. Here is the actual e-mail we received from him. If some of you are looking for a few extra bucks and think you design something that can win, it may be worth your time. I was wondering if you'd be interested in giving us a post to help promote our contest. We're offering over $2000 in prizes for a new and novel take on the old fashioned piggy bank. Naturally, we want the most creative entries possible, so we're reaching out to the Lego community since they have some of the most creative people. You can check out the …

Thought i'd post this up since its Lego related thought someone would have posted it Full article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384049/Dean-West--Nathan-Sawaya-add-Lego-photos-American-West.html Heres some of the pictures