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  1. midelburgo
    I expect Lego will be sold to Disney any day now...
  2. midelburgo
    A couple of years ago I opened a 9v 4551 crocodile locomotive I had bought in 1996. The motor would not run for half an hour, then slowly started making short lengths, and finally, it worked perfectly. I suppose the engine had the lubricant congealed until it warmed up from the motor resistance itself.
  3. midelburgo
    The first time when I had a backlog was in 1995, although maybe that was some sort of MISB collecting (finding 12 years and older and I did not wanted to open them too fast). Since then I had two "grey ages" only buying, not building. My backlog is over 30.000 pieces by now.
  4. midelburgo
    Just for some ideas. Great Equestrian Armorial of the Golden Fleece http://www.photo.rmn.fr/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&ALID=2C6NU0DRIESO&LANGSWI=1&LANG=English
  5. midelburgo
    In January I got four orders cancelled at SH. I made them in the first hour the New Year sale was on, as soon as I had decided on something above the shipping-free minimum I was sending the order. Mostly castle, the Santa workshop and some LOTR. I talked with the representative (this was Europe) and he said they were cancelling hundreds of orders because they did not have enough sets to cover them. Some of the items were still on sale one week after I ordered them, so if true this was a huge blunder. The guy said he would give me some points on my VIP card. I did not see any increase, maybe was something negligible if any. The only good point is that I got four copies of the bonus flower wagon they were giving at the time for free.
  6. midelburgo
    I do not like flesh color minifigs. It completed the dollyfication, when minfigs became more important than bulding.
  7. midelburgo
    IIRC the shed was on sale at the online shop for about a month (2005 or 2006?). But those were other days (that was also the case with 10183). When I picked the second one it had bley bricks!
  8. midelburgo
    Social services should take into custody those poor trains and give them a better home. I volunteer.
  9. midelburgo
    I think I have had two dark ages 1980-1992 and 2000-2003, and a grey age (only buying, not building) 2006-2011. Luckily I could find a lot of sets from the first period laying in outdated toy stores, and the second coincided with the juniorization, so I did not miss too much.
  10. midelburgo
    Umm. It seems like it can be converted easily into a train station...
  11. midelburgo
    Let me think... ¿What themes were there in the 70s? .... Ok I will say "Legoland", including 4.5v train.
  12. midelburgo
    Mixels also have them.
  13. midelburgo
    I supose it is worthy if you make the time investment for going through the lot piece by piece, selecting and cleaning, the guts to stand badly misstreated Lego and the willpower to send Lego parts to the rubbish bin.
  14. midelburgo
    I think 8 of 8. Cheers.
  15. midelburgo
    I think nobody mentioned the Griffin yet... but fantastic animals would be a category by itself.
  16. midelburgo
    The witch from the Castle theme Fright Knights. In all those other castle themes where there is a queen, you do not know really who is in charge..., as with the orc sorceress. And sure a woman is leading Paradisa... And the Wildstyle one from Lego Movie (or maybe you thought it was Emmet...).
  17. midelburgo
    Well somehow in 1980 the apparition of minifigures two years before was a reason for my first Dark Ages. Suddenly all sets were having them, and then they looked childish next to my figureless sets, so I avoided them and I did not have any minifigure. In 1992 I bought the Black Knight out of curiosity, and that meant my first minifigure and the end of Dark Ages. Actually I do not know which one is the first, because I have something like 10 of them, all in AFOL condition. I have not made a census for a while, but their total number shall be approaching the 1500s.
  18. midelburgo
    Some 30 years ago, during my first dark-ages I used my lego to build the frames for making silicone moulds for casting of tin miniatures (soldiers and ships).
  19. midelburgo
    You may not believe it, but after 40 years of Lego and above 100.000 pieces I got my first brick separator last month with the Constitution train!
  20. midelburgo
    Hello. I am a new member from Spain. I got my first Lego train (170) in 1973. I have had several Dark Ages and Grey Ages (only buying). Finally this year I could establish a Lego room, and next will be a layout (9v) in the attic. My main line is probably castle. I do not do train MOCs yet , but I want to. Playing with the bit maps I put together some images of my rolling stock (no 12v, difficult to get in Spain). See you. I have a lot to read!
  21. midelburgo
    Hey! I have been working on something like that, a 2x7937 plus a 2150 plus a 4556 to close the 2150 at the back. It will include also a 4555 (cargo station), and a pair of sheds, all in red. It is on my table, I will take some pictures. I was thinking about a roof for the platform. I am also busy melting a 4554 and a more modern yellow one. I like your upper passage! Cheers, this is my first post! PS
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