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LEGO Life of George Build. Compete. Awesome! Official Site Interesting. A puzzle game, by Lego, using bricks and an iOS app in a Tangram-type game http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/29/life-of-george-melds-legos-with-ios-for-digital-to-physical-ga/

Hi all, Was surprised to see the Joker Funhouse http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Dynamic-Duo-Funhouse-Escape-6857 at the Lego store. Is this the first time Lego has released narrow gauge rails? I searched Bricklink but didn't see any.

Extra numbers on the sticker sheet so you can expand with a second set. Oh...how they tempt! PURE EVIL!

Had to dig through the shelves but found one Red Cargo Train at my local TRU. Was $25 off today!

Saw this on Reddit and came here to discuss its origins but did not see any discussion. Am I late to the party on this one? The Reddit discussion is here.

HA! Wow, I am late to the party! Hilarious. Thanks!

Perhaps I missed this feature on Bricklink? I assumed they would have a way of tracking which sets you own. Any other sites that would allow me to keep a running inventory of which sets I've purchased? I recently bought a set, went to stash it to build later and realized I had purchased the same set a few months earlier. EDIT: Sorry, this can be closed. Finally found the site I had been thinking of. Brickset. And Lugnet. Unless anyone knows of more.

Paintbrush and a dustbuster with a course screen on it. But my other method works the best: Keep them in a case.

I think some folks underestimate the playability of the Friends sets. My daughter is 3. Her favorite Lego to play with used to be the Star Wars mini ships from the Advent calendar. In other words, not a real "dolly" type of girl. Some cousins bought her a few Friends sets and now it is all she plays with. We give the animals baths, we use the bazillions of accessories those sets include (one set has a syringe!) and even the vehicles get more use than any of her (my) other sets. She still finds wonderful ways of tying in my other sets to the Friends but those Friends and their pets are the constant.

Got two bags at the Valley Fair, CA store last week (the only two they had). Both were 400+ pieces, bulging at the ziploc. The first was spectacular, obviously a series of broken down sets. Very few multiples, lots of weird purple pieces, clear pieces, etc. that I've never owned before. The second, while still fantastic, also included about thirty white doors.

I can't connect to the Eurobricks forums using McDonalds WiFi. If I disconnect from their WiFi I can use 3G no problem but always time out on McDs. I am assuming it's McDs network backbone because I've tried it in three McDs. It's odd because I can play the MMO Order and Chaos from McDs and don't have this issue with any other website. Weird, eh?

Every once in a while I'll see a pic and wonder if I could make an MOC that does the picture justice. http://imgur.com/ZZnpU Me? Right now? Probably not. Maybe one of you can.

They are great as dirty-laundry bags on trips! Our local store is no longer handing them out due to local anti-bag ordinances. They will be missed!

Kind of brings to light the different cultures that they market to.

I appreciate the numbered bags but I have to admit that when the bags are NOT numbered it is a peculiar form of delicious torture. I complain and whine about it the whole time I am searching for a small part but at the same time I am having the time of my life. Lego masochist, I guess.

The Santa Clara store seems pretty consistent in putting out grab bags when they get new display models. Will be interesting when the current Star Destroyer gets disassembled. I was hoping the new Marvel models would push out some of the older displays into Grab Bags but if they did I missed them.

I think the question is how you would lock it in to the other modulars without the track either going straight out the front or through the other interconnected buildings.

Next modular being a Train Station would be great! Two birds with one stone!!!!

I attended Bricks by the Bay yesterday as my first ever Lego show. I was absolutely blown away by the masses of people there. We pre-paid for tickets so we got to go in right away but there was an enormous line (2-300 people?) waiting to buy tickets at the door. Inside there was plenty to look at and plenty of vendor booths which looked to be doing very good business. I couldn't even get close enough to take pictures of what they were selling because of the large mob of customers at each. The local Lego store was assembling the new R2-D2 and had a Ninjago arena set up but otherwise was very quiet. Maybe because they weren't selling anything. The Lord of the Rings Tower was there (8 feet tall or so?) with the Ent Battle around it. It was definitely the star of the show although a Medieval Castle gave it a run for it's money. Again, the thing that blew me away was the volume of people. I went to this event thinking it was gonna be a few tables of models and 20 to 30 people looking and instead it was what I have always imagined a real Lego Official show to be like. Now I have to upgrade what my vision of one of THOSE is like. I can only imagine.

For me it was the building. I enjoy the process and learning the tricks to achieve specific shapes and patterns. I originally restarted to introduce my daughter to Duplo. But when I bought a set for myself she was drawn to it. At two she started playing with the big sets (under supervision -- and luckily she's not an eater) and never looked back. I am now doing conversions on sets to add playability. She's three and when I removed the back wall of the Firehouse she started using it like a dollhouse. Been a lot of fun and I am enjoying building the advanced sets myself as I prepare for my first big MOC.

Wow, captured it perfectly! Beautiful work. And that pic in the first post is driving me nuts. I just want to snap down that orange roof piece SO badly!

I have a great deal of respect for those who do MOCs. All that LDD design, brick-ordering, etc. So I named this a QMOC just to signify that I slapped this together from parts I had available. My three-year-old daughter has a large collection of Lego Cars and the other day she was enjoying the part in Cars 1 when Mater takes Lightning out to tip cows (in their case, Tractors). So I ran into the other room, slapped this together and she has fallen in love with it. This poor little guy gets tipped over a lot.

I am eager to read your Blog about it. I once signed up for a HOLOGRAM introduction course at a Museum and when I arrived I found out that I was the only adult with about 25 10-year-olds. I had fun, but geez, I was feeling mighty CREEPY during the class. That experience has stopped me from signing up for ANYTHING remotely kid-related. So I am eager to hear what the Friday and Saturday consist of.

Beautifully done.

I wonder how much it would cost to rent a small commercial space just for my train layout...