Legogal

Lovely! Somebody must like you a lot!

There definitely is no one fits all solution for storing LEGO. We were using about 40 or so 18 Gallon Roughneck containers by Rubbermaid until these became too heavy for me to lift when they were filled with bricks. I have been looking for the smaller sizes in this brand, but no one carries them in our town. Today I found the 10 Gallon size in a WalMart in Asheville, NC, and bought 27 of them (6USD each) for my heaviest bricks. Will leave the lighter weight stuff in the larger containers when the shelves are filled. They had a 3 Gallon size as well, but I prefer to use smaller containers that are transparent saving me from opening them to find the less common pieces. The stores around us are going to cheaper brands of containers that are not capable of storing heavier items like solid bricks, so it is getting harder to find decent containers that will hold up over time. If you find a decent container that you can afford, it is a good idea to pick up what you will need because the quality seems to be going downhill fast.

I regret not having started building much while our sons were young and playing w LEGO a. lot. Most moms just buy and sort them instead getting into building for themselves and enjoying the hobby.

Hahahaha ditto! Hubby is cracking up, too!

Just in case anyone wants to buy some entire new Fabuland sets to collect the figures, there are 13 new sets for sale on US eBay ending in 34 hours. Good luck!

Coffee, thanks for the tips for visiting L Malaysia. It seems to be the Park least visited by EBers, so it is great to hear from someone who has been there more than once. Guess it is time to count the coins in our piggy banks and figure out how much more dough it will take to visit the next Park or store on our lists, if there are any. We in the US have Craigslist, an online place to list things for sale locally, and I have sold lots of stuff we don't need any more. A rototiller, a small fridge, a bed, some extra lumber, etc. Time to empty those closets! Cheers!

Am trying to build Robie House over the long holiday weekend, and am running into some problems with horizontal scratches on all of the fourteen 1x8 black tiles that form the outer row of the base. Has anyone seen this problem in new sets? The scratches are about 2to3 studs long originating on both ends of the tiles almost in the middle. Will try to post a photo once I find my camera. Also has anyone come up with a more substantial and solid plate base to keep it from twisting? Unfortunately all of my parts are at home; only the Robie kit came to the mountains with us, so it will remain unbuilt. I will call customer service next week to see if they can find me some tiles without scratches because these are placed on the outer row and are quite visible. Sad for a set that is priced at $200US. The moral of this tale is to take at least three large sets to build if you have three days free. Meanwhile I get to help hubby build his many Faller N scale train buildings! Woohoo....

Loved the story and the facial poses....along with the ACTION!

Hahaha! Right on!

I would make the argument that LEGO is for adults, not kids. Kids just destroy them, and LEGO are works of beauty, so that seems to be a crime in my books. Of course I have just spent what seems like three days sorting used parts looking for 100 pieces to use for building #2011 The Duck. Most of our parts were mistreated by my sons when they were young, and can't be used to make the outside of anything that I would want to own. So forget the kids, raise the age limits to 16plus for every set, and let us adults play LEGO without interruption!

Wow see! Those teeth are scary! And some lovely water for sure! Way to go!

Welcome aboard, pb! Glad to hear your fiancee is into LEGO! Maybe she will build some of the sets with you. It is a great family activity because you can look at the build afterwards and remember the good time putting it together with others. We especially enjoy building together the Creator and Architecture sets, and own many Technics as well. Folks are quite helpful on this forum, so feel free to post your questions. Cheers!

Hi! So did you build the duck in your avatar from a set or from scratch? It looks so cute!

coffeeandcake, Thanks for the info about Legoland Malaysia. A water park sounds like a lovely idea for a place that is so hot year round...sometimes you just want to jump in the water when your body overheats...unless it is hot water like the pools in the US Southwest during the summer. Maybe they will add more shady areas in the future, especially for folks from colder climates and for the elderly, who seem to suffer from heat stroke more often. The bus info is helpful because one does have to go through customs between Singapore and Malaysia, and this can eat up a lot of time making you arrive at the Park later in the heat. How long does the total bus trip from the Orchard Road shopping areas of Singapore? Questions EB-ers may have about the Park: Have you noticed any local discount coupons for adult admission at the Park? Is there a discount for a two day pass? And how good is the LEGO parts store inventory selection? Have you seen any interesting/rare parts there on your last few visits? Is the weekend Saturday and Sunday like in Singapore or on the Moslem calendar like in Saudi? (Just trying to figure out when the number of children would be higher in the Park. Many of us AFFOLs enjoy emptier Parks and avoid weekend or school holiday visits.) Thanks for the info about L Malaysia. It is so new that there is little written on the travel blogs. Cheers!

Hubby wants to do this, too. Is there a way to make it a covered railway to protect the track? I know that this would limit the view and height of the cars, but maybe it would keep most of the ice and sun off the tracks. Not sure which is worse...sun or ice/snow. And dirt and tree junk has to be right up there as our trees shed all kinds of sloppy things that could ruin train tracks. Birds love our yard and seem to poop all over everything, including us when we are outside. Not sure what this would do to your tracks. Maybe some very kind, extremely kind, heaven bless them person from one of the Parks could share with us how they keep their railroads running most of the year. They may use some kind of industrial grade tracks made out of cement or something else. Good luck with your plans and thanks for keeping us posted.

I VOTE FOR THIS ONE!!!!

Maybe we should throw in the towel, send all our bricks to you, and watch what you build. This one leaves me speechless!

Yup, understand your feelings, Shay! It is hard to look at a box that beautiful and not tear it open and pour out the bags. But clearing off a table to work on is taking longer than I had hoped, and it will have to wait one more day. Aaaargh! And we all need that beauty rest, don't we!

Having four brothers, I resorted to enjoying my one or two treasures of an entire lifetime in a dark closet. Have you ever tried keeping your LEGO in a dark closet? You have to remember to never talk about it either. (At least I never owned anything as nice as LEGO that I had to keep secret in order for it not to get torn up.) On another note, we did have an incredibly spoiled neighbor kid who entered our house one day while we all were away, and used our baseball bat to destroy several of the cherished model airplanes my brothers had carefully built and hung from the ceiling with string. All I can reveal is that my brothers were experts at turning dirt into deep pits of quicksand. And that our neighbor had no brothers or anyone else to rescue him for many hours....we timed just how long it took his parents to figure out where he was. Nope, he didn't try anything that dumb again. So I guess you just have to figure out how to keep your *&^$#%&*())&^% brothers out of your home. Are you experienced with quicksand pits?

WOW! Very, maybe... too, realistic???! With the state of our infrastructure, all of the US will look like this soon. You will have to teach us how to build rundown/falling down buildings for sure.

One new Sydney Opera House 10234! Can't wait to see it built...counting on the family to do some of the work! Then I am going to pose my favorite Legogal in front of it and take a self portrait because I did not have a camera with me in 1972 when visiting there.

We just picked it up at the Raleigh LEGO Store. It looks wonderful from the box, which is huge. Hubby schlepped it to the car from the store. No bonuses with it because they have run out of this month's special, so I bought one Friends set to get the free Friends bonus, which now is limited to one set per family. We are excited about building this set, and probably will do it as a family over a week or two....once we clear the dining room table of my Duplo, which seem to have multiplied over the summer. I pour a few parts bags into small containers and set up the instructions, and wait for someone to begin building. If they don't, I will sit down for an hour and get it started. Then anyone can build for as long as they want, and it eventually gets done. I often sort a lot of the parts by color to make it easier on the others. A great hobby for sure!

We rushed into our local LEGO store in Raleigh this morning to pick up the new large Sydney Opera House set because they received a few last night, and we definitely wanted one to build. $319. plus tax is a large chunk of money regardless of what is in the box. But I am sure that we will adore the build just as much as the Taj and Cafe Corner and many other large sets. It does seem a shame that resellers have been able to pick up multiples (often at discounts) during the first month a set comes out, and jack up the price on eBay and elsewhere before others who want a copy to build get a hold of a set. I know that this is capitalism and blah, blah, blah, but capitalism stinks sometimes. Maybe the ending of discounts is not the end of the world for most of LEGO's customers, those who build for their own use. And maybe the decrease in discounts will level the playing field a bit for those of us who do pay full price most of the time. But I do know that it is impossible to stop resellers from picking up as many copies as they can afford. Is it okay anyway to frown on too much greed, and where should the line be drawn? I know that these topics have been discussed ad nauseum elsewhere, but they do tie in with the end of LUG discounts.

Wow! So much gray is lovely! This is an incredible build and story with so many fine details! Gray rocks!

Thanks for the quick review of the box and contents! Many of us are waiting in awe to buy this set today in US stores when they open in a few hours. We received the LEGO VIP announcement by email last night. Happy building!