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    WhiteFang
    By WhiteFang,

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    Dear Eurobricks Community,

    It has been a year since the Eurobricks Reviewers Academy was established, and today we are here to celebrate our first anniversary.

    The Reviewers Academy started off with 11 teachers, each using their unique expertise to help new recruits develop and improve their reviewing skills in the key areas of photography, structure and textual discussion. Those students who have completed the program by producing 9 reviews of distinction themselves have joined the ranks of the teachers; in all, 13 additional graduates have become teachers, swelling the total rank of teachers to an impressive 24.

    These teachers help to guide students who want to learn the many aspects of making a LEGO set review excel, in turn greatly benefiting the LEGO community as a whole by providing detailed insights into sets in a concerted effort that is without precedent in the AFOL community. To date, more than 200 members are part of The Reviewers Academy whom have contributed a vast amount of their time in producing more than 350 LEGO set reviews, an average of 1 new LEGO set review appearing in Eurobricks each day, sharing their insights and the love of their hobby.

    Therefore, on behalf of The Reviewers Academy, we would like to show our appreciation and thanks to these groups of people, and encourage them to continue keeping their reviewing spirit alive.

    Below is a selection of some the best reviews done by the many outstanding reviewers The Reviewers Academy has on staff and has trained. Come inside, and have your thoughts and questions shared with us, and the teachers will be glad to be there to assist you. You could even drop a congratulations note to let us know how you feel. Don't be shy, come on down.

    Thanks to all for a fantastic year of reviews!

    Sincerely,

    The Reviewers Academy Teachers

    LEGO Licensed

    LEGO Star Wars

    LEGO Historic Themes

    LEGO Action Themes

    LEGO Pirates

    LEGO Sci-Fi

    LEGO Trains & Town

    Technic, Mindstorms & Model Team

    Bionicle

    Other Themes

    ***

    Want to learn how to make the most awesome set reviews? Join the Eurobricks Reviewers Academy.

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    Opening at TLG as Graphic Designer

    CopMike
    By CopMike,

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    Work at TLG designing stuff - how cool is that :laugh:?!!

    Read all about it here!


    Don't Miss Train Month!

    WesternOutlaw
    By WesternOutlaw,

    DON'T LET TRAIN MONTH PASS YOU ON THE RAILS!

    What's happening in the Trains & Town forum that has EB members "train-ifying their avatars"?

    It's Train Month! Yes, Train Month!

    Eurobricks members are celebrating the month of August by enjoying the new Train Tech Forum, building great contest entries for the Train Tech Building Contest (excited that they might win an official Lego Emerald Night train set), and sharing many interesting topics related to trains.

    What are you waiting for? Grab some blue and white striped overalls and a red scarf, and head over to Train Tech for the fun.

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    Cloud City - Masterpiece

    KimT
    By KimT,

    Kaitan has updated his topic on his Cloud City MOC. :wub:

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    Click the picture to check out this massive white Diorama and it's progress.


    After the civil war...

    SlyOwl
    By SlyOwl,

    New member Ezechielle bursts onto the scene with his MOC entitled After the civil war...

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    Click to see more!


    Frosty!

    KimT
    By KimT,

    "Shadow Lurker" is a frosty little MOC presented by

    Black Rabbit

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    Click the picture to check it out and comment on it.


    Minifig Customization Workshop Special Prize Winner

    LuxorV
    By LuxorV,

    The winner of the Special Prize of the first Minifig Customization Workshop Contest is revealed!

    Click here to see who he is and to compliment him on winning the exclusive Eurobricks Stormtrooper custom minifigure.

    Check the Minifig Customization Workshop Forum for the latest news and updates on this contest and on the Customization world.


    LUGBULK - New concept for the AFOL community

    CopMike
    By CopMike,

    From Jan Beyer:

    LEGO User Group Bulk Order Program

    The “LEGO User Group Bulk Order Program” (LUGBULK) will be offered to LEGO User Groups as a pilot/test program from August 2009 and possibly going into 2010. Due to new legislation in the USA, we will unfortunately not be able to offer the program to USA based LEGO User Groups until we implement some additional processes. We expect to open up the program to US LEGO User Groups at a later date.

    This document explains to you how to get access to and use the program to order smaller amounts of LEGO bricks from the whole LEGO assortment directly at the LEGO Group.

    Please notice again that this is a pilot project and it may be terminated on short notice at any time.

    Sounds interesting :wink:? Read more and discuss here!

    Update from Jan B:

    • 200 DKK is the amount per registered member - if 50 members submit their data then the LUG can order for 10.000 DKK max, but if only 20 out of the 50 order they can still order up to 10.000 DKK.
    • The focus right now is to help people who are doing shows get bricks to build more and thus help them build new stuff for their shows.
    • A 2x4 brick in white is 0,45 DKK without VAT.

    Update 16/8 from Tormod on why this is not upon for the US:

    Explanation from our Quality Department:

    We are awaiting clarification on the testing and certification demands for elements that are not sold as part of a finished good. The complexity of the US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) has left many unanswered questions and until we are certain that we can meet the requirements of the law, we must withhold sales of loose elements, outside of the PAB assortment, in the US market. Be assured that the elements themselves are fully compliant and safe; we simply need to have clarity as to what process we must use to ensure the elements meet the test and certification demands.


    Sang Royale - 64 Guns

    Bonaparte
    By Bonaparte,

    I doesn't happen often, but sometimes a LEGO ship is made that looks like a real scale model. To achieve this, several techniques can be used to give the ship the right shape (not an easy thing to do with LEGO), real rope rigging has to be added and the sails should be made out of canvas with an authentic look. The 64-gun Sang Royal of our member Admiral Bejaune has it all.

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    Visit the discussion thread for more pictures of this beauty.


    Two Great New Additions to the Staff

    Shadows
    By Shadows,

    New Staff Members

    EuroBricks continues to experience impressive growth in members, visitors and posting. As a result, two of our most active forums have grown to need additional staff presence to keep them operating at the level that the community has grown to expect.

    Therefore, I am pleased to announce the addition of a pair of new regulators to help in that capacity.

    First, helping to man the decks of our favourite pirate forum, we have Erdbeereis, our new regulator_pirate.gif. Please take a moment to stop by his congratulations thread and post a little comment.

    Next, joining the ranks in the exciting Star Wars forum, we have Stash2Sixx, our new regulator_star_wars.gif. Why don't you drop in on his congratulations thread and send him some good wishes as well?

    Congratulations to Erdbeereis and Stash2Sixx for earning and accepting this awesome responsibility and helping to keep the EuroBricks community happy and thriving.

    Welcome to the staff, guys!


    8258 Crane Truck Review

    Siegfried
    By Siegfried,

    starstreak has finished a very detailed review of the 2009 Technic Flagship model, 8258 Crane Truck. It even includes a 100 photo assembly process video!

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    Find the review here!


    NEWS UPDATE: 10199 Winter Toy Shop

    WhiteFang
    By WhiteFang,

    Eurobricks members, Alywin and legomilk have both shared new set images of the 10199 Winter Toy Shop, together discovered by HKLUG members. It appears that this new exclusive Christmas set has a piece count of 815 pieces plus a surprising light brick. Find out more in

    Eurobricks Trains & Town forum.

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    Click here to join this discussion.


    Steampunk MOC

    KimT
    By KimT,

    optimus-convoy shows us a neat Steampunk MOC he's done.

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    Picture is link to topic.


    Cyclic

    KimT
    By KimT,

    Meber

    pe668 just posted this great Brick Flick named "Cyclic"

    Go here to discuss and check some of the tricks used to make it.


    Build a frigate with Captain Green Hair

    Bonaparte
    By Bonaparte,

    Captain Green Hair, one of the best all time ship builders, is building a new frigate and shares detailed pictures of every step he adds. This means you can just follow the master's lead and build your own awesome frigate. If you like to participate, now is your chance.

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    Go here for all details (part list, etc...) and get started. Enjoy!


    Train Tech Building Contest

    WesternOutlaw
    By WesternOutlaw,

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    Lego train fans gather around the tracks for this exciting announcement regarding Eurobricks' latest contest! In honor of TRAIN MONTH in August and the grand opening of the Train Tech train forum, Eurobricks and RailBricks have combined efforts to bring you the Train Tech Building Contest. Three separate categories allow train enthusiasts to build a Complete Train, a Single Train Car, or Trackside Structure. The grand prize will be an official Lego Emerald Night train set (from Eurobricks), as well as two custom train sets provided by RailBricks as 2nd and 3rd place winners. The contest ends September 30, 2009. Make sure you don't pass on this great train contest!

    Click HERE for contest details.


    Minifig Customization Workshop Winners!

    LuxorV
    By LuxorV,

    The winners of the first Minifig Customization Workshop Contest are now officially announced!

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    Visit the MCW Winners’ topic to see which are the three best entries of each category and to compliment the Customizers.

    Check the Minifig Customization Workshop Forum for the latest news and updates on this contest and on the Customization world.


    Introducing Train Tech!

    WesternOutlaw
    By WesternOutlaw,

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    ALL ABOARD!

    TRAIN TECH

    Eurobricks is proud to announce the new comprehensive Train Forum, TRAIN TECH! Due to the overwhelming interest in train topics and the large number of train fans joining Eurobricks, the Trains & Town forum is now being split into two separate forums. In honor of the new forum, Eurobricks has declared August 2009 as Train Month. Train Tech will have a number of new and exciting topics as well as a special building contest in which participants have an opportunity to win an Emerald Night, as well as two other prizes sponsored by RailBricks e-Magazine for Lego Trains. Check out Train Tech today!


    REVIEW: 8265 Wheel Loader

    Siegfried
    By Siegfried,

    Does this picture excite you?

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    If so you need to see the full 8265 review by Blakbird... if not you're obviously looking at it wrong. Look again and click anyway. :grin:


    NEWS: More new 2009 LEGO sets

    WhiteFang
    By WhiteFang,

    Believe it or not, there are more unexpected new LEGO sets coming to our way. Both Eurobricks Members, Alywin and whung have shared this wonderful news all the way from

    Minifigs.net. New sets include latest 852753 Vintage Minifigures Volume 4 including the first generation Classic Castle Soldier from 1978, more Classic Spacemen, a Forestmen and your very own Santa Claus, while 852747 Pirates Battle Pack is able to provide more expansion plans for your Pirate armies. Head onto to Eurobricks General Discussion and News forum to check out the rest of the LEGO Lifestyle products.

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    Click here to join this discussion.


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