Tag Archives: 2010

I am looking for an FLL team in Apex or Cary

May 28, 2010 – 11:42 am

My daughter is interested in FLL so I’d like to get her hooked up with an existing team as opposed to starting one from scratch. If you have a community team and are looking for new members as well as mentoring assistance (me), please contact me. I can also offer a pretty extensive [...]

By Mike Walsh | Posted in Robotics | Also tagged , , , | Comments (3)

AFOL A Blocumentary

February 21, 2010 – 8:45 am

While I dislike (despise?) the term AFOL, this video (direct link here) is very well done and worth 25-30 minutes of your time to watch.

AFOL A Blocumentary from AFOL on Vimeo.
What is it about the term AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) that I don’t like? It is hard to put it into words but it [...]

By Mike Walsh | Posted in Caught My Eye, LEGO, Odd and Ends | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

Toy Fair 2010 Pictures

February 15, 2010 – 4:36 pm

A few years ago I found a link to a site called Altered States Magazine.  ASM had very good Toy Fair coverage, particularly of LEGO.  These days pictures from Toy Fair are pretty prevalent but ASM still has very good coverage.

Unfortunately there are no pictures of the 2010 trains.  At least none that I [...]

By Mike Walsh | Posted in Caught My Eye, LEGO, Media Coverage | Also tagged , | Comments (1)

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 | Posted in Caught My Eye, LEGO, LEGO Hobby Train, Shopping | Also tagged , , , | Comments (5)