VicLUG Forum Archives

Update for all, but especially Spencer -

After a meeting yesterday, bookings for our room block at the hotel should be available imminently. Stay tuned!

-John.

Hello VicLUG'ers!

We're super excited to announce BrickCan today. Check us out on facebook, and also at the BrickCan Website!

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-John.

Outstanding! I love it. Glad all those masonry bricks are going to good use.

The garbage bin is a really nice touch, not seen one done that way before. It looks a lot like what "real" ones do.

-John.

Dear LEGO® fan community, We surveyed over 4500 AFOL and over 500 TFOL in May 2014 as part of an ongoing initiative to better understand the Adult Fan of LEGO community motivations and activities. Nearly a quarter of AFOL respondents hailed from Asia and an additional quarter from North America. Ot...

From Reuters: Mattel Inc (MAT.O), the world's No. 1 toymaker, said it agreed to buy Canada's Mega Brands Inc (MB.TO) for about $460 million, including debt, to expand its construction and arts and crafts offerings. Mattel, known for its Barbie and Hot Wheels brands, offered C$17.75 per Mega Brands ...

Hi everyone - Today at the New York Toyfair LEGO officially unveiled 70810, MetalBeard's Sea Cow from the LEGO Movie. [img:223:180]http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/small/70810-1.jpg[/img] 70810 MetalBeard’s Sea Cow, Ages 14+ 2,741 Pieces US $249.99, CA $299.99, DE 249.99€, UK £169.99, DK 2,199.00 ...

Pictures of the Movie Collectible Minifig Series (S12?) has been shown:

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See details here.

-John.

I find the parts about the community being perhaps too complex and/or lacking a general source to hold it all together to be interesting. It has definitely become increasingly fragmented over the past few years, as it's grown.

-John.

Hi all - LEGO has sent out the results of the last survey they issued to the community. Dear LEGO Fan community, In June and July 2013, we ran an installation of our quarterly LEGO Fan Survey, and we would like to share the results with you. Over 4,000 LEGO fans over the age of 13 participated from ...

With regards to spelling mistakes:

https://legocuusoo.uservoice.com/knowle ... -set-flux-

-John.

Huw wrote a great review, found here, and Andrew wrote another excellent review, which can be found here.

I love how "sheild" is spelled...


-John.

Hi, the CEE Team asked for this to be passed on, as promised at the time of the last survey! Dear LEGO Fan community, In April 2013, we ran an installation of our quarterly LEGO Fan Survey, and we would like to share the results with you. Over 5,000 LEGO fans over the age of 13 participated from Afg...

I'm sure you've all seen it by now since it's gone viral this morning, but in case you live under a rock: CLICK HERE! [img:970:546]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18nvouofdzbhbjpg/k-bigpic.jpg[/img] Erik, pictured, (who many of you probably know!) helped work on it, along a team of other builders! -...

Hi everyone - As usual LEGO is conducting quarterly surveys this year. Please take the time to fill it out here: http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/david-cooperman/lego-fan-quarterly-survey-q1-2013/?l=en It should take about 10 minutes, and LEGO promises the results (hopefully implications?) will be sh...

Has everyone taken a moment to do this? It closes in 4 days!

Thanks,
-John.