LEGO Store at Crabtree Valley Mall

Mike Walsh — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:51:47 +0000

Uh-oh. Looks like a LEGO Store will be coming to Crabtree Valley Mall in May. Wow! I never thought I’d see a LEGO store in this area, it seems like such a small market compared to the other locations where LEGO has stores (Northern Virginia, Northern California, North Jersey, Chicago, LA, London, Munich, etc.).

Joe Meno posted a note to the NCLUG mailing list with an article from the News & Observer. Pretty cool. I hope NCLUG can work out a rotating display opportunity like WamaLUG has at the Tyson’s store.

Recent Pick-a-Brick experience

Mike Walsh — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:41:46 +0000

I have mentioned before that I have had the opportunity to visit several of
the LEGO Stores and partake of their Pick-a-Brick offering. The last couple
times I have been to Chicago, they haven�t had anything which interested me
so I have walked out without buying anything.

Yesterday I was in New Jersey for work and and had a chance to visit the
LEGO Store at BridgeWater Commons. Conveniently, it is less than 10 minutes
from our NJ office. Much to my surprise, the Pick-a-Brick selection was
pretty good and even better, included a bunch of parts (mostly tiles) which
didn�t require packing to make them a good deal. So I picked up a cup full
($13.75) which included the following elements:

- clear 1�1 plates (oddly I don�t have many of these)
- yellow 1�1 round plates
- white 1�2 tiles
- new dark grey 1�2 tiles
- dark red 1�4 tiles
- yellow 2�2 tiles
- red arch 1 x 3 x 2 with curved top

There were some other interesting parts which I passed on (namely 1�3 lime
green bricks). I would say this was the best pick-a-brick selection I have
seen in a long time.

Mike

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LEGO Store at Crabtree Valley Mall

Recent Pick-a-Brick experience