Author Archives: Mike Walsh

Judging LEGO at the NC State Fair

October 12, 2011 – 1:52 pm

It is time once again for the annual North Carolina State Fair.  For the past few years (3?, 4?) Joe Meno and I have been judging the LEGO competition.  It is fun to help out and only takes a couple of hours to complete.  Yesterday Joe and I braved the rain and headed over to [...]

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First BrickLink negative feedback

September 6, 2011 – 9:51 am

I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later.  After 600+ transactions, I picked up my first negative feedback on BrickLink recently.  It isn’t the end of the world but it would have been nice to know there was a problem so I could do something about it.  I’ve made mistakes before and will [...]

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NCLUG exhibit at the NC State Fair

August 30, 2011 – 7:45 am

NCLUG has been asked to provide a display for the NC State Fair.  The exhibit will be on display in the same location as the LEGO entries.  The LEGO exhibits have historically been located on the north end of the Hobbies and Handicrafts building which is near the NC State Ice Cream shop (which is [...]

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Judging at 2011 NC State Fair

August 25, 2011 – 1:38 pm

Joe Meno and I have been asked to judge the LEGO category again at the 2011 North Carolina State Fair.  If you’re interested in competing this year, the State Fair Premium Book is available online.  The LEGO categories fall under Handy Crafts and Hobbies in section EE.  We had suggested they add an adult division [...]

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More Service Packs found

April 26, 2011 – 2:15 pm

Last night I went through another box of old goodies and found some more Service Packs from about 10 years ago when I was buying LEGO regularly. I think that the fact that these Services Packs have been in a box for the last 10 years is a pretty good indication that I don’t really [...]

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