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nice to hear that the push tabs are gone...my boy last year thought those were fun to do like popping bubble wrap...unfortunately for me, they were the Emmet and Wildstyle boxes.

It's a trap!

The Bearded Builders It's so wierd watching Boone (from The Bearded Builders) because I'm familiar with him from Beyond The Brick on YouTube and the interview he did with Jang a month or two back. I'm slowly attempting to building an amusement park right now at home so when the first challenge was a theme park I hoped I would be more inspired than discouraged (given they have way more experience than I do and millions of bricks at their disposal). I really liked Boone's idea for the coaster lift and I had been considering how I could accomplish something similar. Does anyone know if he was allowed to use Mindstorms or not? I recall Boone mentioning the coaster would wait three seconds before the next step, and while timing can be managed with gears and switches, it would seem to be more commonly managed with Mindstorms and some level of programming. I think The Bearded Builders would have won had they been slower moving their section back to the main group. It looked like part of an assembly fell off and I wonder if that caused the coaster lift to jam at the end. They're talented though and will come back stronger. The Eccentrics How did this team even get on the show? From what I read in the interview with them on BrickSet, those two have never built togehter and appeared to have communication problems from the beginning. Jessica states in the interview she prepared for the show by studying Lego BOOST and technic, yet on the first challenge had next to no idea how to motorize anything, didn't know how to gear down (complains to the effect 'this is spinning too fast'...). I did laugh quite a bit, however, when she finally got the bumper cars motorized and one flies off. Safety hazard!!! The Unicorns I laughed the hardest when, for a moment, there was a shot of the team of two younger women showing off their display, and the chair swings were spinning insanely fast! My wife and I bust out laughing imaginging how sick we'd be on that ride! Father and Son BFFs Totally surprised when Jamie gives advice on the rollercoaster needing to actually complete the loop and not just fall off the edge, and the son says, nah, we're good. Disregarding a judge's feedback is not adviseable. The Newly Weds From what I understand is Tyler is effectively the Lego fan and Amy just in love with him and will go wherever he does. He's the technical/design focal of the duo and she's essentially good at sorting, landscapes and making duplicates of things. I think that will be their weakness as it doesn't seem like she provides much in terms of idea creation and design. As seen on the show last night, they used a lot of time planning and planning and I think Tyler was the chokepoint as Amy waited to be told what to do. I think teams that have two people good at designing in different ways, and can communicate properly to create synergy, are what bring home trophies. Host/Judges Jamie is a legendary designer. He did a good job, though his discomfort at the publicity/visibility of being a judge was evident. I'm glad both judges provided some firm expectations. Will is an all right host. The one-liners and looking up at the camera out of the corner of his eye to show his surprise or see if we got the punchline got old pretty fast. The best thing Will said was to the lady with the huge hair, to the effect, no no the hair is high enough LOL. Sweepstakes Don't forget there's a sweepstakes going on. For every $10 you spend (between 2/1 and 4/30) on Lego sets (from an authorized retailer - resellers explicitly excluded, of course) you upload your receipt and get a chance to win. There's a weekly prize of $500 of Lego sets (12 chances to win). On or about 2/17/20, 2/24/20, 3/2/20, 3/9/20, 3/16/20, 3/23/20, 3/30/20, 4/6/20, 4/13/20, 4/20/20, 4/27/20 and 5/11/20, one (1) weekly prize winner shall be randomly selected. There's also a trip for 4 to Legoland New York Resort, and a grand prize of a year supply of Lego sets ($3,000 value). Many of us here would argue that is not even close to a year supply. https://legomasterssweeps.com/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Overall, we knew the show would be high on drama and backstory. I too would have appreciated more highlights of building techniques. I guess perhaps since it's a national audience they have to start slow and engage more people than to get too technical and turn off newbies that decide they can't do it. I am very curious what this show will do to the Lego market, with people getting inspired and wanting to go out and either start buying Lego or buy more of it.

A friend of mine was telling me why he loves The Great British Bake Off, and this was basically it. No drama, contestants rooting for one another, honest competition.

I'll watch it soon, I know my son is interested. It would be pretty hard to be worse than that putt putt golf show they had on for a short period last year. It was terrible...

Marin & Tarin's Home by speedyhead

Modern Library by Lukasz Libuszewski

10196 Grand Carousel Classic Space Redux by justin_m_winn

sold my last Minecraft The Wither 21126 for $199.99 fba. buyin was $19. only 2 sellers left on the listing .

got mine order today. The box material (paper) is different from all other brickets so far. I would say less "attactive" - kind of "matte" instead of "glossy surface" up til now. I dont like it. It looks cheap new is also protection of the box from opening - no "press thumb here" sign anymore, standard "see-through seals" as from any other costly LEGO set with a production date.. mine reads 5109

My family and I enjoyed the show....taken at face value, it was an entertaining show that did a decent job of at least introducing some of the possibilities of what you can do with LEGO to many people who just aren't aware. I know the casting of the show is questionable....however I at least like the fact that they had many age groups and personality types to show the general public that anyone of any age can still build and enjoy LEGO without a negative stigma. Looking at it through our over-critical eyes...yes the show does not get into the details that we want to see. But looking at it through the eyes of the general public, I think they did a good job bringing LEGO into primetime. I would expect to see a slight bump in sales over the next few months because of this show. We are looking forward to future episodes!

I think for people really into LEGO there is about 10 minutes worth. The rest is just drawn up drama.

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I wish I still had all my monorail!

WIN ONE!!! https://stpaulbrl.rallyup.com/2020legoraffle

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Ronald Vs. The Colonel

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This past Sunday my son and I went up to New Jersey to meet Ed Mack and to pick up the Kingdoms castle display case you he had for sale. It was well worth the three-hour drive to meet one of the founders of the BrickPicker community and to spend time with a fellow Lego fan/enthusiast. He showed me his collection and we share a passion for many of the same themes (Star War, Space, and Castle). I am still in awe! It was so nice to meet Ed, who along with his brother Jeff has done so much for Lego community and through the raffle for his beloved St. Paul School. As part of the deal for the display case, I am donating to the BrickPicker Lego raffle. I am glad I can support his cause. With Ed’s permission, I am posting a picture of us. He is the more handsome one!

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I may have mentioned this before - they heavily courted the SoCal AFOLs then passed over all the folks with LEGO talent and went with personalities that would make good TV. So don’t expect the show to be about amazing MOCs or build technique. It’s about competition and drama. And a smashed LEGO creation or two. Interestingly, Jamie Berard is one of the judges (see interview on BrickSet) and he is one of the uber-talented formerly AFOL now Master Builder and also has a great personality. I do know a couple of the contestants (I don’t know who won though) so I will definitely be watching. Should be pretty entertaining.

This finally took off in the US due to the new movie. I just sold through about 8 in ~48hours at $29.99. Buy in was in the ~$9.50 range, so it finally paid off.

Futuron Moonbase by Neil Radow

I am Spartacus