The 8 Stud Brick

Sweet Silverware!

2009-01-07T19:53:00.000-08:00

My wife was reading her Real Simple magazine today and found some "Lego" silverware. Fredflare.com has a great knife, fork and spoon set with handles that look like Lego pieces. They even stack together! They sell for $20 and at the moment there are only five left. Bummer.
-Update: It looks like they have them back in stock!

Lego Site I Love: a Lego a day...

2009-01-05T15:57:00.000-08:00

One Lego site I love to visit now and then is a Lego a day.... The author takes a picture of Lego minifigures doing various things each day and writes great comments under each. His goal is a year and currently he is at day 217. Go check it out! Here is one of my favorite pics:

Set Review: 7335 Japanese Basic Bucket

2009-01-04T16:50:00.000-08:00

My sister, the world traveler, was recently in Japan and I asked her to pick up a set I couldn't purchase in America. While she was home for Christmas she gave me what she picked up. Since my Japanese is a little rusty (Ok I don't know any Japanese, but I think their writing is pretty), I'll call the set- 7335 Japanese Basic Bucket.

Theme: Basic
Set Name: 7335 Foundation Set, Blue Bucket (according to Lugnet)
Piece Count: 466 (according to Lugnet)
Price: Unknown, my sister gave it to me. With the exchange rate I would guess a bit more than a set of the similar size in the US.

Review: What you get is basic bricks. Honestly, building cities and buildings sets like this are a great way to build up your collection. One thing I like is they included two small base plates. I can always use more of these, they should do more of this in US basic sets. It also came with two "sets of instructions." One came in the bucket and consisted of a one sided sheet with building ideas, the other was banded to the outside- a two sided instructions; one side for this set (the blue bucket) and the other for the Red Bucket (which looks like it is for a younger age group).

7335 Foundation Set, Blue Bucket
+: Two base plates
-: Not really anything out of the ordinary
Value: I really couldn't give a true value on the price, I don't know what it cost. But if it cost the same as comparable sets in the US I would say it has Average Value

A Short Hiatus...On A Bigger Scale

2009-01-04T16:37:00.000-08:00

Well, it has been awhile since I posted. Bummer. About the time I stopped posting I got sick, and after work and spending time with the kids I just felt like going to bed. Then when I was feeling better the kids got sick and my wife needed help with all the sleep loss and such. Then the holidays...Really this is all excuses designed to make me feel better about my delinquent posting. So with the New Year comes New Posts, hopefully with less sickness and excuses.

Toys R Us Lego Sale

2008-11-02T12:41:00.000-08:00

Toys R Us has 25% off a few Lego sets. Belville, Duplo Ville, and Lego Racer sets are included in the sale.

Colossal Castle Contest VI

2008-11-01T18:32:00.000-07:00

Classic Castle.com announced this year's Colossal Castle Contest. The categories look good, and the prizes look great. Two great new sets donated by Lego and some old used sets, like 6075 Wolfpack Tower, make up the prizes. With a Master Builder prize like that I'm sure the competition will be fierce. Go check it out!

Toys R Us Lego Sale

2008-10-19T06:58:00.000-07:00

Toys R Us is having a great sale on a few Lego sets. 40% off of two different Bionicle sets -$7.19-$17.99, and 40% off of three Aqua Raiders sets -$11.99-$23.98.

A Bit of Room

2008-10-18T19:37:00.000-07:00

My collection finally has a bit of room to spread out. This week was a bit crazy so I moved it all this Saturday. Not as much room as I would like, but it is more than I had in the basement. I'm not sure how much of the stuff in the giant tubs will get taken apart and organized. Getting rid of a tub or 2 would give me a lot more room to move about in there. At least now I can start building again, that was the goal.

My Poor Lego Collection

2008-10-13T20:46:00.000-07:00

This last summer we bought a new house and my poor Lego collection has suffered because of it. In the end I'm sure my collection will be happier though. Our new house has a walk-up attic that, once it is finished off, will house my collection quite nicely. But, alas, it is regulated to confinement in boxes and tubs in the basement. Well, no longer! Soon it will be moving to a warmer place. My wife and I cleared out a space in the spare bedroom/laundry room so I can once again create! Hopefully over the course of this week I can slowly drag the boxes and tubs up and see how many sets that I had built stayed that way.

Toys R Us Lego Sale

2008-10-05T11:22:00.000-07:00

Toys R Us has a few Lego sets on sale this week. October 5th through the 11th you can find the 7666 Star Wars Hoth Rebel Base for $10 off, as well as 20% off all Lego City sets and a Bucket of Pink Legos. Here is a scan of the good parts of the ad.

News from BrickCon 08!

2008-10-04T08:55:00.000-07:00

I found some awesome news from BrickCon 08 at The Brothers Brick! Lego showed off a new Castle set to be released later. Go Check it out!

The Journey Begins

2008-09-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

I have been toying with the idea of creating a Blog about Lego for some time. Well, I finally took the plunge and started. I intend to bring interesting, fun, and creative content about one of my favorite things- Lego! The things you can create are endless; it only takes a few minutes on Google or Brickshelf to see the incredible things people have made in the 50 years Lego has been around. As for myself, I have only been collecting Legos for about half that time. I cannot remember a time in my childhood before Lego (or Star Wars for that matter). My collection has grown in size each year, and now it takes over any room I keep them in. I have spent countless hours building and enjoying Lego, and hope to share my excitement with others. Enter the Blog.
Ideas keep popping into my head of things I would love to write about, but that will all come in time. So, let the journey begin...