Matija

It's just beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Safety reasons indeed, I guess it wouldn't be allowed to stand there (for 4 days) otherwise.

It does have a support in the very middle, but (as far as I recall) it's loose, and serves only as protection from the wind. The modules are hammered on top of each other and it's the studs who do the job. Speaking of which... just as everyone was watching the young fella going up to put the last piece, a strong wind came causing the top of the tower wingling around... it was a looong minute :)

So, today the world record has been beaten. The new record is 30.22 m, about 500000 bricks were used during 4 days. The Danish ambassador, together with a representative from the Guinness book of world records and the local police (dunno why?) did the final measurement. The tower will be demolished tomorrow, so if you're in the vicinity, be quick :) Here are some pictures from the last hour of the event:

Sweet, very sweet indeed. I'm a sucker for oldtimers :) Hm... he took a picture with some background reflection involved? :)

Here is another crucial part of Brikkelauget's layout-to-be: (click the image to see the description on MOCpages)

Just a week or so ago I remembered about this beauty and asked CGH about it... it was nice seeing that she's alive & kicking! Good work!

I can always make you a copy - if you're really interested, send me a PM :)

Ah, THAT side door... and now for the next question - what arcades? ;) If you are talking about those "below" the building (there is a road between these two), worry not my friend, they are coming soon as well!

Here's a building i made for Brikkelauget's layout-to-be: (click the image to see the description on MOCpages)

Hm... you do know about the brick separator, right? Or did I misunderstand your problem?

Hello guys. It seems that Rickard forgot to mention it, but I need to have all the bricks in place by April 9th latest, in order to be able to engrave them on time. So far, only 2 out of 8 persons took contact, and Easter holidays (which also are valid for the postal service) are just around the corner.

You should ask LEGO about that. But EuroBricks is definitely not such a place. As for whom exactly you can talk to, my personal(!) guess is that talking to people who play it is safe. That does not include people who only have keys but haven't used them, as they haven't agreed to the NDA (yet).

Guys... just to remind you that we are NOT allowed to talk about the beta outside the approved LEGO channels. There have been several breaches already and LEGO is not very happy

Oh... never found these to be a problem. But the ones before, totally.

Yeah, I guess it will be either that, or they will give it away.

No no... considering that the highest bidder was the producer of the very same boat we were building, and it was them who purchased the bricks (not sure, but I think even LEGO donated some), the selling price is the net amount going to the charity. And yes, it was an internet auction, also covered on one of the major radio programs. If we're asked again to do something like this, I'm sure we will say yes. After all, it was a lot of fun And the feedback from the public was extremely positive, which was nice. We weren't hoping for any particular price, but if it were about the double or more, I think we wouldn't have been disappointed.

So... the boat is now finished and has been sold for 6800 NOK, approx. 800-850 EUR... a bit disappointing that not more people wanted to bid

No, please read again exactly what I wrote and why I said 4.

Just a side note - since I still don't have a stock full of 1x8s in (m)any colours, I would encourage everyone to send 4x instead of 2x, in case something goes wrong. If everything goes well (which IS like 98% of the cases), you'll just get those 2 extras back together with the name tags :)

Ehm... wrong club and wrong Matija ;)

Well, actually, it didn't quite go in the same order you mentioned. We first got the bricks (about 1,5 months after placing the order), then after another month or so we got a reminder that we hadn't paid for the bricks yet, and then a few days later we got the invoice

When we moved to the new apartment, I noticed that the key locker's door was damaged. I checked the dimensions and it was perfect, I could do everything directly out of plain system (and technic for the rotating part). The colours matched as well :) Also, I used a rigid hose to fix the program-dial on my camera :)

We have a self-designed ordering clickety-click-system on our club's web pages, as seen below: - So far, we have ordered only for individual collections. - Every person puts down what they are interested in (in prioritized order), and every person can see all the other elements on the list added by other people, in order to increse the probability that they will choose some elements that already exist on the list. If the element has been ordered in previous rounds, the old price is shown for orientation. - We DO allow for non 50-amounts in the first round, so that anyone can fill up to the next 50-limit. This has indeed proven to be very useful for relatively expensive elements. - Then this is exported into excel to reduce the number to the first limit, by looking at who has most elements that are "loners" (i.e., nobody else wants them), which elements are non-sense to order (like, 50 round 1x1 plates that cost so little that there's no point in LUGBULKing them, or 6 cows which is not probable will come up to 50), etc. - Then, when we get back the list with prices, I punch them in and let people decide by themselves what they want to remove further. A few of us check a bit BrickLink prices to find potential further nonsensers and give a suggestion (something like "either you remove it yourself or I'll do it later anyway) :) - After the list is reduced further, we give a few days for everyone to fill their "basket" up to the limit (total amount divided by the number of people actually ordering in the particular round) - Then the list is sent to LEGO. - I create "invoices" in the database to make sure I have the money before I get the real invoice from LEGO - We wait :) When the bricks arrive, we see which lots can be delivered in person, the rest is sent around either individually or in groups (for people living close to each other, in order to minimize further shipping costs)

Nice tip for the panels to take off handle bases, thanks! My worst combination (I think someone already mentioned it) is a 4L "lightsabre" bar put into something like a technic half-pin. Once it took me really a lot of time, nerves, and force to take it out :/ The problem is that those bars (and possibly pins also) are made of the same material as transparent bricks (polycarbonate?), and taking apart 2 parts with that material is a hell...