Category Archives: Shopping

New Trains for 2010 but limitations persist

January 21, 2010 – 5:10 pm

New Trains!
When I first saw some links to the 2010 trains I was excited.  These would be the first trains to be based on the Power Functions and in my opinion, the first train sets to come from LEGO since the decision to drop the 9v line.  One could argue that there were two RC [...]

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WITC display for January – Arrrggh! Pirates

January 8, 2010 – 1:07 pm

I was asked if I could put something together on short notice for the Window into the Community (aka WITC) for the Raleigh LEGO Store.  I have a lot of the things I use for NCLTC layouts in boxes in my basement but several of them that I’d like to use (e.g. my church or [...]

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2010 LEGO Train Sets

December 24, 2009 – 11:13 am

I saw a link to this image on the WamaLUG mailing list.

You can read a bit more about 2010 LEGO Trains in this article on BrickSet.  A couple of initial thoughts:

It is nice to see LEGO Trains coming back and as expected, they are Power Function based.
I really wish LEGO would release individual train [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in Caught My Eye, LEGO, LEGO Hobby Train | Tagged , , , , | Comments (4)

LEGO needs more $10 sets

December 16, 2009 – 9:19 pm

Yesterday I was out doing some Christmas shopping and Wal-Mart was one of my stops.  On my way out of the store I checked out the LEGO aisle.  There were lots of sets in the $30+ prices range on the shelves but nothing in the sub-$30 range.
I don’t understand why LEGO continues to ignore a [...]

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Raleigh LEGO Store December WITC Display

December 4, 2009 – 6:45 pm

Yesterday afternoon Renee and Isabelle helped me set up the “Window Into The Community”, aka WITC, display at the Raleigh LEGO Store at Crabtree Valley Mall.
I ended up going with a street scene featuring a Christmas parade.  Lots of nice comments were made by other patrons while we were setting it up.  If you are [...]

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