Really Non LEGO Stuff

Jeff and I would like to thank all BrickPicker members for joining our site and spending some quality time on it. We will do our best to provide all of you a resource that is second to none in the field of LEGO set values and investing. Get ready for a very busy Holiday season.

Anyone on here already a member with invites to give on myspleen.org? I was looking to get the Star Wars "Despecialized" Edtions. PM me and I can give you my email address for the invite if you have one. Thanks!

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harrison-ford-injured-plane-crash-n318301 I don't usually post this kind of stuff but I make exceptions for Han and Indy. Hopefully he gets through this ok.

Just me curiously asking who all plays this trading card game or while I am it any of the others available? Depending on how this conversation goes, I may just form a singular topic for all trading card game discussion whether physical or digital form.

I typically don't give these their own topic but this stop-motion short is really friggin' good! Forgot to mention, probably should turn on closed captions/subtitles if they are not already.

Here are the two I'm wearing (tonight and tomorrow). Which one to wear tonight? Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Ha Post your sweater pics

This could really change LEGO Ideas. It would be great to build virtual lego sets with any piece imaginable as a hologram.

I....love....COOKING! ....But I hate the cleanup. I used to cook so much with my mother growing up until around middle school I think where the desire just waned. I have concocted the odd dish over the years but nothing that intensive really outside a random burrito or pizza (or random leftovers). Anyway, since last year about when I got back into some actual fitness and eating better overall, I started cooking again and rekindled a sort of passion forgotten to time. Granted the meals thus far have been straightforward with nigh a handful of ingredients. Still, I am becoming more comfortable in mixing, experimenting, substituting, and ultimately eating signifi…

Ok so my question is simple but not simple. So 10188 has 3800+ peices in its set as printed on box. What i wanna know is how many of the little "dots"(and i use this term cause idk what theyre called but im sure they have a name) that connect legos to each other does that consist of? And i dont expect anyone to sit there and count them so some mathamatical expertise would be helpful with all the ratios and estimates and cool math stuff that would go into figuring that out. The rest is up to you.....

Sorry this isn't lego related, so I'll try to be brief, but I'm not sure where else to turn for advice. My friend's dad just passed away and my friend inherited 30+ containers full of unopened model trains, tracks and accessories. I'm guessing over $10,000 retail worth of train stuff. But trains aren't as popular as lego, so does anybody have any advice how we could unload this huge lot, other than parting it out and selling it on ebay and craigslist? I already looked on facebook and couldn't find any train groups here in houston, and there's only one local train collector hobby shop.... thanks in advance guys!

I know this is not really Lego related at all, but I am in Suzhou, China right now for work. I've never been here before and will be here until the 22nd. Already checked out the Lego store, interesting to see their offerings, nothing was different! But they still had some SW BHz's, (Lots of Princess Leia) Anyways, i'll have the weekend open and was wondering if anyone might have any suggestions on things to do. I know it's a long shot but thought I would ask. It's a very interesting city, already tried some Durian. Really nice people all around and it is interesting to get a Chinese nationals perspective on things happening around the world. It really has chang…

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/12/david-blaine-magic-tricks-jimmy-fallon The Hour Special is 10-11 EST on ABC

I'd offer to buy George Lucas's company from him. Nah just kidding, I don't know if I could deal with him calling me a white slaver. Just curious what some of the people's big dreams on this site were.

What are your thoughts about this fighting game that have DC characters duking it out. The Injustice: Gods Among Us Roster https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/01/25/the-injustice-gods-among-us-roster.aspx Injustice: Gods Among Us - Announcement Trailer Since its not a LEGO game, I can't say if it will affect the price of the Super Hero theme.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=28881896&camp=CME:TRU:EM100214A_ThursdayDynamic&csep=d53761d9-e942-4424-be55-8e5884a1471e#goto-top-of-page My anniversary is coming up and my wife always wanted an iPad. Is this model worth getting for $300. I never knew TRU sold ipads and I still have a ton of giftcards paid for @ 90% face value. Or should I just get her the newest version? She will bascially be playing games and doing Facebook. Thanks for any input on the topic. Cheers, LD

James Bond Villain Richard Kiel Dies at 74 Richard Kiel, the 7-foot-2 actor who most famously played the villainous Jaws in two James Bond films starring Roger Moore, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, and also appeared in Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore, died Wednesday afternoon in a hospital in Fresno, Calif., three days shy of his 75th birthday. TMZ first reported the news. The actor had broken his leg earlier in the week, but it is not clear if that event is tied to his death. Kiel had lent his voice to a James Bond videogame in 2003 but more recently had voiced Vlad for the animated film Tangled in 2010. Before his appearances in the Bond film in the mid to l…

Hi folks, does somebody know what the text on the shirt below means? Thank you!

"I have died in so many spectacular ways, and I remember shooting them all, too. I imagine all those deaths will flash in front of me when I’m on my death bed, faced with the real thing."

I'm in the market for a new laptop or chromebook and looking for a bit of advice from my fellow brickpickers. Too much backstory: I grew up using Macs in the 90s because my dad was an elementary school teacher spearheading the use of computers in education in his district. I used an iBook in college that had so many problems, it was awful, but it was mine, then I got a real nice Macbook Pro with my first paycheck after college and it was quite good, only had it's logic board replaced once! All this time I was using Windows workstations for GIS and I became disillusioned with Apple as a megacorporation. My current laptop is a 2016 Razer Blade because I wanted a nice A…

Did anybody else get an invite to the early screenings of the Lego Batman Movie on Saturday, Feb. 4th? Lego VIP gave me up to four seats to a screening at 10:30AM on Saturday. Pretty cool, going to take my buddy and his son.

Lego ends advertising with Daily Mail after calls for companies to 'Stop Funding Hate' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lego-ends-advertising-daily-mail-stop-funding-hate-campaign-a7413361.html

im an engineer and this blows my mind on so many levels, hopefully you to! excellent idea with the lego technic pins to create the dropping of the marbles.

I have a Lego dream today! I have a dream that one day, i will find this shelf! I found this picture today and it was like a dream vision! Just had to share it