Tag Archives: Shopping

New Maersk Train?

January 26, 2011 – 7:35 am

There is some information leaking out (see this thread on EuroBricks) about a possible new LEGO Train. It is supposedly set 10219.  This is the first set in a while that I have been excited about.  There is something about the Maersk sets that I really like – maybe it is the rare blue color. [...]

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My LEGO Vault “For Sale” list

September 5, 2010 – 3:45 pm

Update: 9/11/2010 All items are no longer available.  As of tonight I received an offer for the whole lot which I have accepted. So unless something happens and the deal falls through, I have sold entire contents of my vault! As I noted in a post yesterday, I am planning to part with a fair [...]

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Going through my LEGO vault

September 4, 2010 – 12:51 pm

A while back I mentioned on the NCLUG mailing list that we were doing some renovation work on our house and when it was complete, I would moving my office and LEGO room out of the basement up to what used to be a bedroom.  When the time came, I mentioned I plan to go [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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