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This castle still breads the spirit of the original Black Falcon castles, only bigger and better. Nice work, really like this

I finally had a close look at all the pics in your gallery Doc, and it brings back so many fantastic memories Especially on a rainy working day like today I wish I was still at the event...

LEGO Exclusive 10221 - Super Star Destroyer Click the picture for all the info

10221 Super Star Destroyer (Star Wars) Ages 16+. 3,152 pieces. US $399.99 CA $499.99 DE 399.99 € UK 349.99 £ The Super Star Destroyer Executor has arrived! This jaw-dropping vessel served as command ship at the Battle of Endor and as the personal flagship of Darth Vader in the classic Star Wars movies. With its classic dagger-shaped design, the Executor is among the largest and most powerful vessels in the Star Wars galaxy. With over 3,000 pieces, measuring nearly 50" (124.5 cm) long and weighing nearly 8 pounds (3.5 kg), every aspect of this fantastic LEGO® Star Wars™ model impresses. Includes 4 minifigures: Darth Vader, Admiral Piett, Dengar, Bossk and IG-88. Includes 4 minifigures: Darth Vader, Admiral Piett, Dengar and Bossk! Also includes IG-88 figure! Features over 3,000 pieces! Measures nearly 50 inches (124.5 cm) long and weighs nearly 8 pounds (3.5kg)! Includes display stand and data sheet label! Center section lifts off to reveal command center! The Super Star Destroyer is on sale from September 1, 2011 More info from the press release: Darth Vader gets a LEGO® flagship The 10221 Super Star Destroyer™ Executor is the latest and longest LEGO Exclusive model to join the LEGO Star Wars™ fleet. BILLUND, Denmark – One of the largest and most powerful vessels in the Star Wars™ universe has been created as a LEGO® Exclusive model. The Super Star Destroyer™ Executor served as command ship at the Battle of Endor and as the personal flagship of Darth Vader. It is the first time that the classic dagger-shaped design has been produced as an official LEGO model. "The thing I was trying to accomplish with this model was to get as close as possible to the original, both with angles and the whole profile of the model from the side," says LEGO senior designer Kurt Kristiansen. His biggest challenge with this model was the sheer size. It is the longest Star Wars model made in LEGO bricks, measuring 124.4 centimetres (50 inches). It consists of 3,152 elements and weighs 3.5kg (8 pounds). "When I was first given this challenge, my first thought was 'this is going to be a tough one'," he said. He planned the model by dividing it into separate sections before beginning to build at all. The build also posed a few problems, though: "When you are developing a model, if you change something at one end of, you have to change it all the way down to make it fit. That's a challenge on something this big. "I think Star Wars fans will love this model because it is the first time ever that the Super Star Destroyer has been made as an official model. The thing that makes this model authentic with the movies is the shape, but also the detail on the top. It is like a small city with streets and alleys." A section of the top of the model can be removed to show a representation of the command bridge where Darth Vader and the other minifigures can be displayed. The model includes four minifigures: Darth Vader, Admiral Piett, Dengar, Bossk and an extra figure, IG-88. The Super Star Destroyer is on sale from September 1, 2011 via http://shop.lego.com/ or LEGO Brand Retail Stores. Find your nearest store here: http://stores.lego.com Movie by the designer:

Hope you can still make it on Friday or Saturday. It was so nice having you around the previous time we were in Billund!

This is an AFOL community and your statement makes me think you didn't read our site guidelines when signing up, so let's talk in private.

I had to post something, even though I'm not a hard-core LEGO Star Wars fan, since this Sandcrawler is simply amazing. Not only does it look great on the exterior (I like it better than the one you show in your first post because the sides aren't build of plates), it also drives, has a fantastic interior and all the lights you've put into it make it look very real!

Thanks Doc I'm also volunteering for being a 'cabin responsible' when the time comes. As long as there are no snoring people in my cabin I'm fine

Thanks KimT! I gave the camping a call and it seems like the right place to stay (cheaper and nicer than the village!). So here's an update after my call with the camping (also added to the first post): We will stay in Billund FDM Camping where they have very nice wooden chalets (5 beds per chalet) with bathroom. The price per night/chalet is around 100 Euro's (725 Danish Krone). Our cabins will be the Type L5 - Comfort and they have around 40 of those in total. Payments: We will (later) need to make a list of people per cabin and have one responsible for each cabin. This cabin responsible will get the full bill (to be paid in advance, max 14 days after booking) and will collect the money from his roommates. For each cabin responsible we'll need: name, address, email, tel nr, number of people in the cabin.

I certainly hope so

The Eurobricks Event 2012 will be in Billund (Denmark) and while it's still far away we'd like to fix the dates so people can start planning and block those dates in their agendas. The suggested dates are 10-11-12 May 2012. Have a look via the link below for more details and tell us if you might be coming Details and discussion are here.

The one stop place for all your event info! 1/ Where, when, what: Get ready for our next event, this time in the heart of the LEGO universe: Billund, Denmark. The event is Thursday 10th of May, Friday 11th of May and Saturday 12th of May, so most of us will arrive on Wednesday late afternoon and go travel back on Sunday morning. The program will be a mixture of visiting LEGOLAND, fun contests, visiting interesting places at Billund, presentation/discussion about Eurobricks and the online community (always on Friday evening) and much more. The full program will only be revealed in Billund, but those who have already been to our events know it'll be awesome. 2/ Accommodation We stay in comfortable wooden chalets in a lovely camping near a lake at 5 min walk from LEGO. The L5-chalets all have living room/kitchen, a bathroom (shower/toilet), and 2 bed rooms (one with 2 box mattresses and one with a cot and one bunk bed (two beds over/under each other)), so 5 beds per chalet. Prices: Chalet (L5): 765 DKK/night (normal price is 850 DKK, Eurobricks gets 10% discount) Camping card (one needed per chalet): 110 DKK Breakfast: 70 DKK/day (optional, but I assume everyone will want breakfast) Bed Linen/Towels: 65 DKK (optional, you can also bring this yourself) I've added an example a bit later in this post so you'll see how to calculate your total cost for the stay. Booking and payment: To make this practical we'll do this in a decentralized way. Per chalet one person needs to be the 'chalet responsible'. This person will collect the money from the other people in the chalet and will be responsible for the reservation and payment of the chalet to the camping. Payment is to be done shortly after reservation (you pay directly to the camping, not to us!). Each 'chalet responsible' should send an e-mail to the Camping containing: name, address, telephone number, how many persons there are in the chalet, the type of chalet (=L5-Chalet) and refer to "Eurobricks LEGO Event 2012" – then you get the discount of 10% on the price of the chalet. Also state the number of people in your chalet who want to hire bedlinen/towels and take breakfast. The camping will send back a confirmation of the reservation and a link for online payment. Chalet responsible: We'll work out who'll be the chalet responsibles in the sign-up thread. Please indicated in the sign-up thread if you'd be OK to be a chalet responsible or rather not. We prefer people who already came to past events to take the role of chalet responsible over people who we've never met before. Also in that thread you can work out with whom you'd like to share a chalet. If you become chalet responsible you should get in touch with the other people in your chalet (by Personal Messenger) and give instructions on how they can send you the money. Once you have collected all the money you can make the reservation and payment to the camping. Ultimately it's up to you how you do this, as long as you agree with the people in your chalet. To make life easy I've made an example email for booking a chalet. Find it below in this post. Address and Contact: Billund FDM Camping Ellehammers Allé 2 DK-7190 Billund Tel.: +45 75 33 15 21 Fax: +45 75 35 37 36 E-mail: c-billund@fdm.dk Website: http://www.billundcamping.dk 3/ Sign-up for the event: Go here to sign-up for the event. 4/ Some examples: Example calculation of the total cost for your stay (assuming a full chalet): I'll take myself as an example: I'll stay the entire event, so 4 nights, in a chalet with 4 other people (so full chalet, 5 people in total), that makes (765 DKK x 4)/5 = 612 DKK. I'll also take breakfast each day, making the total 612 DKK + (70 x 4) = 900 DKK. Also I'll take the bedlinen and towels, so 900 DKK + 65 DKK = 965 DKK. Now I only need to pay my share of the camping card (one needed per chalet), so 965 DKK + (110 /5) = 987 DKK. That makes my grand total 987 DKK, or after conversion (using xe.com) that makes roughly 133 EUR. Pretty cheap considering all that's included Example email for booking a chalet (only for 'chalet responsibles'): To: c-billund@fdm.dk Title: Eurobricks LEGO Event 2012 Dear, I'd like to book a L5-chalet for the Eurobricks LEGO event 2012. We will arrive late afternoon Wednesday 9th of May and leave on the morning of Sunday 13th of May, so 4 nights in total. There will be a total of 5 persons in the chalet. All 5 of us take breakfast while bedlinen/towels are needed for 3 persons only. We'll pay everything in advance, so please send me the total bill (including chalet, breakfast, bedlinen/towels and one camping card). My contact info: Joe Smith Forestlane 210, 3020 UK Mobile: +49-45.66.44 Best Regards, Joe Here are a few pictures to give you an impression of the place where we'll stay: More pictures are here.

I had a fantastic time last week, which I'll remember for a long time. I met a lot of old and new eventees and really enjoyed hanging out with all of you. I'm already missing the morning and evening swims I had with some of you daily in our amazingly nice hotel. I'm already looking forward to next year's event (nooo, not a full year ) but I'm sure I'll meet some of you before that time (maybe at LEGO World in Zwolle in October). Thanks for being the best people to hang out with

On Saturday 20/08/2011 there'll the first Belgian LEGO outdoor Truck Trial contest. Participation is allowed for anyone who builds a vehicle. Should you have questions you can address them here on the BeLUG forum. Rules are available here. In case of rain on 20/08 the contest will be moved to 27/08. Should it also rain on 27/08 it will be moved to 03/09

Are you saying the hotel in which we stay is fully booked? It's a rather big complex so I would be surprised (but it's possible of course).

Happy Birthday Siegfried I love that picture with the cake, and your kids also seem to love it

We have arrived at the hotel a few hours ago Some info: - Towels are available in the room - There's free WiFi in the rooms and it's super fast - There's a HEATED outside pool , so bring your swimming gear - Good restaurant, nice pub to hang out, ... - It's situated in the nice green countryside, with a nice lake on the huge hotel terrain. - Rooms are clean, with bath, hairdryer available, ... Couldn't be better, I could stay here forever!

Time to leave for the UK (we're going a bit earlier to visit the HMS Victory at Portsmouth). See you all soon!

Only 4 days until the start of the 7th Eurobricks event (this year in UK, Windsor). Myself, Captain Green Hair, Pally and his brother will already leave for the UK tomorrow for visiting some places before the event starts on Thursday. All UK members are still very welcome to join us for part of the program which you find here.days to Eurobricks' event # 7 in Windsor!

I'm not sure we have a plan I guess local transport for those who don't fit in the available cars. Your offer to use your car to transport some is very welcome!

REVIEW: 853195 Brick Calendar by our member Mariann Asanuma picture is link

Question: Can anyone bring a pair of external PC speakers that can be connected to my laptop? For the Friday presentation we'll need them for playing some short video's and I don't have any it seems. Edit: Pally confirmed he has speakers and will bring them along

Nice work on the hull and the many details you included in this little ship. Maybe it's time for another small ship contest.

On Friday we'll not go to the LEGO offices, Copmike has been the one arranging that, so I'm not sure of the exact address. It might be close to the park or not, let's see what Copmike says. In any case you have my number so you can get in touch.

That's such a big coincidence, thanks for sharing Btw, did you post this from your A1200? I guess there's no way to have it go on the Internet, or is there?