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many thanks! Will definitely check this out!

Hey all. Ive bought the clock tower and the astronomy tower recently and because you can combine them, i thought would it be possible to combine them as well with the new chamber of secrets? I know the new anniversary "castle" sets are more modular, so it should be possible, but because of the chamber of secrets have an underground section as well, would it connect via the technic pins that are already in the clock and astronomy tower? Or would it be better for me to try and grab the old great hall and the other castle sets, and then later buy the new anniversary sets, and then combine the older sets with the older sets, and the anniversary ones with the anniversary ones? Does anyone have some advice for me? Thanks in advance! Cheers, Mara

Also working here as we speak. But i do know that some websites that use custom software that saw them build, can give errors over time, but not for everyone. Take game debate for example. A friend of mine that lives a couple of blocks away and has the same provider as me had a 403 error some time back, and my brother (who lives 40km away with a different provider) as well, while i could reach game-debate with no problem at all. I dont know if bricklink had used custom software, but it could be something like i described.

Might do that, but even then, there is a hole in the door too, and to use the hose for other rooms in the best way possible, i have make a hole in the outer doors of them rooms too. Maybe i could figure something out and make something out of wood, so i can use the opening/closing windows. But that is not a top priority, as what you said is true, couple of weeks per year its above 30c here, and ofcourse I will close the curtains when its hotter outside than inside, and also ofcourse, I will open the curtains and open all doors and windows (as long as im home anyway) when its colder outside than inside. So all in all, its not so bad. I also strongly consider to persuade my housing association so that i could build in an AC that covers all rooms. I do rent the appartment though, but that is not an issue for me, as i see myself not moving out soon. And because i detest heat, and like cold, even the expensive cost of a built in AC is worth it to me. But it is a long term plan, and also the housing association is not giving in yet. So we will see what the future brings in this case. I only needed to know if lego can stain some heat for a couple of weeks per year, cause otherwise, i had to think of something where i then could showcase my collection. Speaking about the collection, it is slowly growing at the moment. I have finished the hogwarts express, am close to finishing the big hogwarts castle, last weekend I bought attack on the burrow on sale on the other side of the country, tomorrow the quidditch match is to expect to land at my doorstep, and in a month from now i'm planning to buy Diagon Alley, while in the summer I want to purchase Hogsmeade and other stuff, also non harry potter:) I was not sure about the system used in other countries. But to keep it simple, there are 2 more floors (and a small attic) above me. So even while the showcase room is facing west (which means full sun in summer in the afternoon) I dont think it doesnt matter that much, because of blackout curtains, trees that are full in leave that are blocking the window a bit, a fan (or later ac) in the room, and the fact that LEGO is (i think) premium quality, so it should withstand some heat as long as its not continiously. Any idea what method i could use to try to determine the parts that may become rare? For me it would be very hard, as I've "just started" with LEGO. And speaking about bricklink. Is that a site that sells "new" sets, or is it like an Amazon, ebay (or Marktplaats in dutch) for LEGO where people easily can sell their LEGO as second hand products? And lastly, im quite curious which parts that were. And what they had cost back in the days and what they cost now :) Thank you btw, for your extensive reply. I really appreciate that :) Cheers, Mara

Ive tried to read through this topic, and also tried the search both here and @google, but still couldnt find what the new $250 d2c set this year would be. There was a rumor about a chess set, but as far as i could find, that is no longer the $250 one as the chess board that comes out this year is lots cheaper. So, does anyone know what it would be? I've read elsewere that it might be an extension for Diagon Alley, in the form of Gringott's bank... So again, does anyone know more? Thanks in advance :)

I Already have an AC. But its for my sleeping room only as the drain hose broke in half and now it isnt long enough anymore to be functional in the other rooms. Indeed, couple o weeks in the summer only. Last year, i didnt had blackout curtains yet, and the maximum temp i had in my whole appartment, it was only 30 degree celcius (86F) and then only after it was heating up outside so much, so that at night it couldnt go down fast enough. So even with that extreme heatstroke we had, it was only 30 degrees :) So i presume now with my blackout curtains, it should go lower than that isnt it? And my west facing window is in a room on the second floor. In dutch we call that first floor because we call the ground level begane grond (ground floor) but in english it is the second floor :) So basicly (lol) i have to go up one stairway when i enter the hall of the appartment complex to reach my appartment. But besides using an AC, is there anything else that i can do to preseve my LEGO?

The window thats lighning the room is on the west. So only later afternoon and early evening sunlight. But yes, A good lightning system is mandatory, especially if i want to expand my collection and put em all together. Thank you VERY much for this warning. Would blackout curtains and a fan make sure that my LEGO won't get damaged over time? Or should i take extra measures? Indeed, that would a good option! Thank you as well :D And now, back to building... Ive started with the hogwarts express, as Harry travels with it, before entering the castle. I also made some pictures while building, and tried to create a different scene every time a major compartment was added to the "whole picture". So I would probally share them later when i've finished builing for the time being :) So like I said, back to building (as I really love it!)

Hey all. As of today im in the posession of the hogwarts castle, and the hogwarts express. But in the room where i wanna showcase them is no light switch. Only natural light via a big window. And because its getting dark here now, i still wanna start building tonight. So would it be easy to move the sets to the other room? Or would you advice me to get a portable light to that room and start building there instead of the living room? Thanks in advance for thinking with me. Cheers, Mara

Also a warm welcome from me Alan!

Thank you both :) Ive have given my ideal picture some thought. And what would be my ideal plan is to have at one side of the room a medieval fantasy world with harry potter/lord of the rings, etc, and then buy the hogwarts express set, which has platform 9 3/4. And when that station is ofcourse in london, maybe i would buy the tower bridge, or other buildings to have both a fantasy world and a normal world in one room with a train line which is the bridge between these worlds. I think with a bit of imagination i can realise this isnt it?

Hello all, I'm Martijn, nicknamed Mara or Maramsp, and was born in 85' in Zwolle, the Netherlands. I switched towns 3-4 times, before eventually arriving in my "new" hometown Almelo. True in hart though, I will always feel myself to be a blauwvinger (bluefinger) which is the nickname of people that are from Zwolle. Before I continue, it might be interesting to know (as this is an introduce yourself sub forum) that i love everything that has to do with computers, funfairs, themeparks, slides in swimming pools, and that i love to make music (im a (metal) drummer, i play keyboard, and a little guitar) Especially my love for funfairs is huge. F.e, in 2019 i visited 76 of them across the netherlands and western germany close to the dutch border. But i've not only visted them. I also took pictures, and put them into trip reports, and uploaded them to sites related to them. When you google for maramsp kermis (tested this on google.nl and google.com) you find lots of pictures. Ive scrolled myself for a while and found out that actually most of the pictures on the google images are actually mine. When you click em, you go to the webpage i've posted the trip reports on. I write my reports in both dutch and german, so the sites on the google images sections that have .nl as extension are ofcourse dutch, and there is actually one german site where i post too, so if you click the picture with the .de extension, my report will be in dutch. All in all, i think these pictures along with reports, shows the love and passion i have for the funfairs. Yes, all in all, i might say that them funfairs is my biggest hobby/addiction. Also during the 35 years that I live as of today (almost 36 btw), i also find myself to have a creative sense. F.e, I've builded computers, played with k'nex and lego much when i was a kid and teenager, and as of late, because of the dutch seasons of the tv show "lego masters" the love that i had for lego as a child now is coming back to me, and because of that, i've decided to search for a lego forum, and thats where i've found Eurobricks :) Back when i was a little kid, we had lots of normal lego bricks, these were however nothing special, just a lot of 1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 2x8, base plates, little doors and windows, some trees, some wheels, some 2x2 that were round which of the inner part could rotate, and etc etc. Then when i was a few years older, my parents gave my the lego harbor for my birthday. That was my first set actually. I really liked it, and played with it a lot, and so for sinterklaas (a dutch holiday) my parents got me and my brother the police station. Later, when i aged again, i asked money for my birthday telling everyone it was to buy electrical lego train. Ofcourse i wanted the passenger train, but i remember that one actually was too expensive, so i had to settle for the freight train. It might be, because i wanted some extra track pieces and some pieces which let my train be able to switch tracks, and therefor i bought the fright train. Alongside these other bricks we already had, at one point i had build a small town with a harbor, a train station, and lots of colorful buildings that ive desinged myself. There were also some cars that i could move when i wanted to play, that i could move myself. But all of these bricks and these 2 sets were either lost when we moved homes, and also around the time that i turned 18, my little nephew asked me if he could have the train, which i gave to him. But the situation of the little town, thats one i want back, but then a more adult version, without funky colorful buildings made of color patterns that ive chosen randomly without looking what color, what brick had. And because of the 2 series of the tv show lego masters we had/have here in the netherlands, i thought it would be amazing to start to get in love with lego again. Ive thought about what my first big set would be, cause i want to start of with a big one. In the years i always liked complex things, so also with lego i want a challenge. Technic is not really my thing though, as well as starwars. And also for example the colliseum looks complex enough to build, but i dont like the color scheme that much so i think i skip that one, though on the other hand the architecture series looks like fun to build and own so i might in the end ending up with one of these too. If i have to choose, then stuff like lego harry potter, lego the hobbit, lego city, lego friends, and such kind of styles would be more my preference. So now im thinking of getting the big 450 euro hogwarts castle as a start, and build my (fantasy) village from there. I would first start with sets, and then later maybe i will let my imagination run free and build my own buildings as well. Over the upcoming years, i hope that my love (again) for lego stays true, and that i could expand my lego collection now and then. And then, here we are, if you made it this far, I really appreciate that you've read all this. It might have been a wall of text, which I tend to find myself typing more often than I initially want, but sometimes this happens to me, and therefor I understand that not always everyone will read untill this very end. Warm greetings from Martijn aka Mara. p.s Normally I will end with: cheers, mara. So, :) Cheers, Mara