tomdobs55
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We all love the great discussions, MOC's, and news here on Eurobricks, but I'm wondering what are some other favorite sites/blogs for Lego? My 2 personal favorites happen to be brickset.com and the new elementary blog. Brickset always seems to have great news and is a fantastic resource for looking up old sets and parts. I'm not part of the forums over there so I can't speak for the discussions they have, but I'm definitely a fan of the site. The new elementary is a fantastic blog detailing new parts and some old ones aswell. It goes into uses and is just generally a good resource for all things Lego elements. So guys what's your favorites? I can think of a few more but I'll see where this post goes.
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Special Lego VIP Shopping Event 2015
tomdobs55 replied to mediumsnowman's topic in General LEGO Discussion
That makes sense if it's a managers invite as I am pretty friendly with the manager of the store I got invited to -
Special Lego VIP Shopping Event 2015
tomdobs55 replied to mediumsnowman's topic in General LEGO Discussion
I don't think it has to do with how much you spent. Last year I spent a fair amount of money at my main store and got an invite to that store. This year I got an invite to a store I barely go to and haven't spent a dime in this year. I haven't spent much on Lego this year at all actually -
Special Lego VIP Shopping Event 2015
tomdobs55 replied to mediumsnowman's topic in General LEGO Discussion
I got one from a store I barely go to as well. Unfortunately I was rather underwhelmed last year so probably won't be going. Finances also have something to do with it as well. -
LEGO Ideas Discussion
tomdobs55 replied to The Real Indiana Jones's topic in General LEGO Discussion
I'm surprised the ISS didn't pass. Most of them seemed like rediculous long shots. -
Disney Collectible Minifigures Series 1 Discussion
tomdobs55 replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Licensed
Sounds pretty cool, I'd love to see something from The Incredibles! -
Advice on displaying a layout at a local train show
tomdobs55 replied to ecmo47's topic in LEGO Train Tech
That's pretty impressive. Does that include the tables? That's such an important part of running a layout. You could have the greatest possible layout, but if 6+not working the crowd, especially the wide eyed kiddos, you're not doing it right. What a great piece! It chops it up a little bit, but 1x2 jumpers combined with 1x2 tiles work very well too. Great layout too by the way! I'm big fan of the corner hardware store. -
It was 65 degrees in Boston today, I begrudgingly put the lights up before Thanksgiving because who knows how many more decent days to do it we will have.
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
tomdobs55 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
I doubt it would be a police precient, the Detective Office pretty much has that. I honestly don't know what the next one could be. It seems like Jamie wants to go story driven, and I'm not sure what the next building could be. Maybe a bakery with an apartment upstairs that has a child's birthday going on and needs a cake. Who knows! -
holiday characters Expand the Winter Village Contest V
tomdobs55 replied to Hinckley's topic in LEGO Town
The Kwanza-bot perhaps? -
I got the ornament too but no calender...
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So just left the event...very underwhelming. No special discount, but we did get a goodie bag with a S@H catalog, gift wrap and the holiday turkey set. At checkout everyone got the new holiday skating rink set and got to choose between the snowman and reindeer. Overall, not really worth it. At least I only had a 15 minute drive. I did get double points though and a sweet little badge.
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If anyone is at the Burlington MA. Store I'm in the red and black jacket and red hat. I generally answer to Tom
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
tomdobs55 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
So is it too early to start thinking about what the next modular is going to be -
Wow I love the design! Those stairs are great looking.
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It seems to me that a few people may be going to the Burlington, MA store. I'll be there, would anyone want to meet up before or after?
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The creator bike shop or any friends set
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I've noticed that, but it seems to damage itself when trying to pry up tiles.
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In the US we generally wait til the end of November
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Let's get through November first. It's too early for me right now.
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
tomdobs55 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
I'm thinking it will be fairly close to the pet shop in size. That's just a guess though. -
I got an invite and there's no way I spent that much. More like $500-$700
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
tomdobs55 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
My conspiracy theory is that we got two sets out of Ideas this time because Lego knew that the next review sets won't ever pass -
I live in the US, Boston area to be specific, and haven't gotten a chance to travel much, but here goes! U.S.: Massachusetts (I live here and I think I've driven every inch of highway in this state) New Hampshire (family has a summer house here so it's basically my second home) Maine(my company's based in Maine so here mainly for work) Vermont(my LUG does a train show up there and several members are from there) Rhide Island(spent many drunken nights there in college) New York(both upstate and the City) Connecticut(the land of book sales in my area) Florida(been to Disney and Red Sox spring training) International: Bahamas(stayed at Atlantis on Paradise Island. Great trip!)
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Always go for engineer. I miss TF2 and gerry's mod.