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In lugnet.general, John Cooper wrote:
> The March 2005 issue of LEGO life Company Newspaper has an article on this
> wonderful model. Here are some excerpts:
>
>
> Naturally, this special illumination had to be recreated in the LEGO model - but
> that's when the problems began to crop up.
>
> ...None of the existing LEGO elements could do the job. We tried with
> transparent bricks - but the stadium model would have ended up looking like a
> glorified greenhouse. ...we received special permission to develop a brand new
> element: a milky-white brick. Only 160,000 elements will be produced, and these
> will be used to build the roof of the model. In addition, we had to find special
> lamps which will create the right lighting affect as accurately as possible.
>
>
> We'll all look forward to some night-time photos of the model!
>
> Now, if only I could get a milky-white 2 x 4 brick (or two 2 x 2 bricks) for my
> collection of LEGO brick colors.....
Finally I came across some night-time photos of the model! The size of this
thing really blows me away...
http://itrocks.biteus.org/lego-sports-arena/
-Bryan
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Maarten Steurbaut wrote:
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From July 1 until July 11, 2005 we stayed in Germany. With our seasonpasses
we paid several visits to LegoLand Günzburg (nine to be exact: we had planned
many other excursions in the area but the kids didnt like to sit in the car
for hours every day). Let me be a little bit critical of the park:
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Oh boy, sorry you had some many issues with the park, Maarten. Thats a bummer.
Ive routed your notes to the General Manager of the LLD park. Im not sure what
the follow-up will be, but rest assured that your comments are in his inbox.
Thanks for taking the time to write all of this up.
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Team
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From July 1 until July 11, 2005 we stayed in Germany. With our seasonpasses we
paid several visits to LegoLand Günzburg (nine to be exact: we had planned many
other excursions in the area but the kids didnt like to sit in the car for
hours every day). Let me be a little bit critical of the park:
First a
general remark about the behaviour of the people visiting the park: all over the
park you find garbage-bins and ashtrays. All the garbage-bins are damaged
because people put out their cigarettes on the lids of the garbage-bins before
throwing their cigarette-ends in them. Dont they know the difference between a
garbage-bin and an ashtray?? And theres more: inside the buildings, the
attractions and queues smoking is not allowed. The playgrounds all have special
soft floorings with many, many holes in them; holes caused by hot cigarette-ends
(I cant say one good word about people who smoke; the further the stay away
from me, the better). The park is pretty much a copy of Billund: many similar
creations (buildings, vehicles, sculptures and even entire attractions). The
attraction Project X is an exact copy of the one in Billund (the only
difference: its mirrored). We were rather dissapointed in our search for new
things... Rides are closed one hour before the park closes. This does not
mean that you have to leave the park one hour before closing time; you can still
walk around in miniland, have a snack (ice-cream) or visit one of the
restaurants or shops. What happens: they start cleaning the ladies rooms one
hour before closing time. My daughter had to go, my wife ran half around the
park to find a toilet but she ended up in one of the toilets for the
handicapped, because the ladies rooms were not accessible (every day!). When
we visited a restaurant we also noticed that the staff doesnt bother too much
when new guests arrive: they only take away the glasses and plates from the
previous guests, but they dont always clean the tables. Bon appetit! What
about the language? In LegoLand Billund you can hear at least three different
languages: they usually speak Danish, but towards foreign visitors they are
always capable of speaking English or German. In Germany they simply refuse to
speak another language: if you cant say it in German, then you are simply
ignored (in the restaurant an Israelian family tried to get the attention of a
waitress in English, but unsuccesfully). This is a very misplaced form of
chauvinism. As Lego is a very international product, the LegoLand parks may
attract a very international public, but they are clearly not prepared to do
so. More about the language: Günzburg is in the south of Germany, rather
close to Austria. In that area many people even speak a very strange dialect (I
am capable of having a conversation in German, but it gets very difficult if you
can hardly understand what the others say...). The correct word for three
(3) in German is drei. On two different occasions I ordered three things
(three ice-creams in one restaurant, three kids-meals in another). Even when I
showed three fingers, I received only one on both occasions!?! I have an
unlimited seasonpass. This gives me 10% discount on everything I buy (if at
least I show my pass), and I also get points for every euro I spend (later I can
exchange these points for nice items, e.g. 50 points give me a reduction of 50
grams in the Pick-a-Brick). The first day we bought ice-creams for the children
(in one of the stands outside), but I didnt get 10% discount, nor the points
I had a right to. Only a couple of days later I realized that I could have
bought these very same ice-creams in one of the restaurants (inside one of the
buildings), where I would have received my points and my discount. The ice-cream
stands outside dont have an electronic system to run my card through and that
was the reason why I didnt get discount or points the first time. Why on earth
dont they tell the people to go pay inside: I showed my seasonpass. Are the
employees not well trained or are they doing this on purpose? In the
Pick-a-Brick you can buy pieces by weight at 7 euro/100 gram. This is getting
pretty expensive compared to two years ago. In the Bau und Test Center you can
have some fun building (e.g. when it rains) and if you really want it, you can
buy your creations. The price: 7 euro/100 gram!! They sell second-hand bricks
at the same price of new elements!! Something that really bothered me
concerning the behaviour of other visitors: when we were queuing for a ride on
one of the attractions it often happened that kids just climbed over the fence
to pass other people who wanted to go on that ride too. Apparently they dont
like to wait for their turn and this clearly is one of the main disadvantages of
the zigzagging of the queuing line. The employees see it happen but they never
said anything about it. Even worse: kids that just got out of a ride (and
wanting a second ride) dont leave the attraction through the exit, but they
immediately climb over the fence again passing lots of other people who are
nicely waiting for their turn. And again, the employees see it happen and didnt
say a word. We were nine days in the park and Ive only seen one employee
(!) who told the kids who wanted a second ride to leave the attraction and go
back in the queuing line. It sometimes even happened that people just stayed in
their seats refusing to get out, when you could clearly see many others waiting
for their turn. And again, the employees never said anything about it. I have
three children: the first one is eight years old and measures 1.40m, the
second one is six years old and measures 1.20m, the youngest one will be four
years old soon and measures 1.00m. Their lengths are crucial because they are
exactly the minimal required lengths to be allowed on certain rides. According
to the Germans their age is also crucial to be accepted on certain rides. I
dont agree with this point of view: my daughters are much wiser than many
stupid twelve year old boys (e.g. if I tell my children to stay in their seats
during the ride, theyll listen to me). I have seen kids clearly much smaller
than 1.00m even wearing a diaper going on rides were 4 years was the minimal age
to be accepted on it. The employees never said anything about it. On certain
rides the company of an adult is required under a certain age or length. Many
kids (clearly not big enough to go alone) go on those rides without the company
of an adult. And again, the employees never said anything about it. And
theres more: we even saw kids approximately 0.20m smaller than the minimal
required length going on rides (without the company of an adult). And again, the
employees never said anything about it. But: if my children wanted to go on
a ride (even when I was accompanying them), they were always measured!! (nine
days!) They were never measured when we were waiting for our turn; every time we
were already sitting in our seats waiting for the ride to start, they took my
children out of the vehicle (making the waiting queues unnecessarily longer) to
measure them before accepting them. And if I said something about it they even
got mad at me because I wouldnt let them do their job properly! My wife has
seen one child being sent away for not being tall enough (in nine days!), I
havent seen a single one being sent away, but Ive seen hundreds of children
that should have been sent away for not being tall enough. Only for security
reasons. Did you know that there is also a maximum length of 1.95m on certain
rides (because tall adults wont fit in the seats anymore)? They didnt check
this either! Most of the vehicles are two-seaters: only two people can sit
next to each other. Two large adults or two very small children: theres no
difference. Even if three children would take up less space than two adults, it
is not allowed! But: at least once a day I saw two adults with their child in
between them sitting on a ride. And the employees never said anything about it
(Im referring to the attractions Dschungel X-pedition and Drachenjagd). And
if I wanted to sit on one row with two of my children, we had to leave the
attraction because that was not allowed! Amazing!!
Ive seen way too many
irregularities! Amazing, because I was told that German safety rules are one of
the most severe in Europe.
One more general remark on the location of the
fourth LegoLand park: it is located in the south of Germany, rather close to the
mountains which affect the weather seriously. Sun shining one minute, heavy
thunder and lightning the next. Every time it started to rain (it rains hard in
this area) many attractions were closed. They didnt care if you were the next
to go on the ride or if you were already queuing for one hour: they simply close
down and they tell you to come back once it stopped raining! We had our
seasonpasses, so it wasnt such a big issue for us. But I can understand all
those people who bought a one day ticket: they paid for it and they couldnt do
a bloody thing (I assume they didnt get a refund). Ive never seen attractions
being closed because of the rain in a Belgian theme park (or in LegoLand
Billund). I dont know if they considered these heavy weather changes in
choosing this location.
To finish I should say something positive about the
park: when I was making an inventory of the Pick-a-Brick shop (the Fabrik) one
of the employees came to me and asked me what I was doing. I explained that I
was doing this for the AFOL community and I showed her a couple of pictures of
my own creations. In the end a couple of Lego designers (currently working on a
new model in the Fabrik) got to see my pictures. They were very impressed with
my Level 42-mosaic. One
of them even asked me if I hadnt applied for a job at TLC!
Maarten
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In lugnet.general, Maarten Steurbaut wrote:
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Hi all,
We just got back from Germany where we mainly visited LegoLand Günzburg (with
our seasonpasses). Last year I made an inventory of the Pick-a-Brick section
in Billund, now I did the same in the Fabrik.
You can download the
Word-document from my webpage:
http://users.skynet.be/maarten.steurbaut/GunzburgInventory070705.doc.
The
bad news: the price is now 7 euro / 100 gram :-(
Play well
Maarten
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Maarten, Thanks for the info.
If anyone out there lives close to a store/Legoland with Pick-a-Brick
I am interested in buying some parts
that arent available in Bricklink in quantity.
Previously Ive had to buy direct from Lego Shop@Home
but thats very expensive.
I am after:
1. Brick 2x8, Green, Qty 50 - 100
2. Plate 2x2 Corner, Green, Qty 100-200
I hope someone out there can help me out.
Thanks,
dave
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Hi all,
We just got back from Germany where we mainly visited LegoLand Günzburg (with
our seasonpasses). Last year I made an inventory of the Pick-a-Brick section in
Billund, now I did the same in the Fabrik.
You can download the
Word-document from my webpage:
http://users.skynet.be/maarten.steurbaut/GunzburgInventory070705.doc.
The
bad news: the price is now 7 euro / 100 gram :-(
Play well
Maarten
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In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
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It has just been announced on the Danish news, that LEGO sold 70% of the
shares in the four Legoland Parks to American investment company Blackstone.
They will now be placed in Merlin Entertainment Group, together with the parks
Sea Life, Earth Explorer and Dungeons.
Arne, Copenhagen
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(crossposting to the various Legoland groups)
This looks like it will be good news - by reading this article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4678213.stm
it looks like there may be new parks in the future and they want to make the
park destination resorts - so this is good news.
The offical Lego PR can be found here:
http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=15584&countrycode=2057
but hey - as long as they keep the Commemorative Brick program at LLCA and FIX
the fabrik machine at LLD I will be a happy man ;)
Mark P
http://www.promobricks.com
(FUT .legoland)
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All I can say is ummmmmmm... what?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10126875
Dubai bids for Legolands as it seeks home for oil wealth
23.05.05
JORDAN - Dubai's Government buyout fund is bidding for Lego's Legoland amusement
parks two months after acquiring London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum as the
emirate uses its oil wealth to invest in Europe's entertainment industry.
"We will look to consolidate in the theme park sector in Europe through
Tussauds," Dubai International Capital chief executive officer Sameer al-Ansari
said in an interview in Jordan.
"We can't comment on how much we bid for Lego's parks," he said
Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates, which is using a windfall profit from
record oil prices last year to double revenue from tourism in the next decade.
Billund Lego, based in Denmark, put its amusement parks up for sale in October
as it tried to revive its business making toys such as Duplo building blocks.
The company had its third annual loss in five years last year.
The Dubai fund in March paid 800 million ($2 billion) for Tussauds Group, whose
London waxworks includes models of celebrities including David Beckham, Brad
Pitt and Kylie Minogue.
The Chessington (England) company also runs theme parks such as Alton Towers and
Chessington World of Adventures.
Legoland runs four parks in Denmark, Germany, England and California. The parks'
attractions include lifesize Lego models of giraffes and hippopotami.
Buyout firms including Blackstone Group, Palamon Capital Partners, Spectrum
Equity Investors and Apollo Management may make offers for Legoland worth more
than 400 million, the Financial Times reported last month, without saying where
it got the information.
"We expect the sale to be completed in the summer," Lego spokeswoman Charlotte
Simonsen said. She declined to give details about specific bids the company had
received.
Dubai may spend US$3 billion ($4.2 billion) to US$5 billion a year over the next
five years to buy assets around the world, al-Ansari said. In January the
emirate bought a US$1 billion stake in the German carmaker DaimlerChrysler AG.
- BLOOMBERG
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In lugnet.general, Luca Giannitti wrote:
>
> The original building is very nice by night, when the lights can color the
> stadium with red, white and blue. Here you can see some pictures:
> http://www.allianz-arena.de/de/news/foto/index.php?datum=0410
> (at: "Beleuchtungstest in Bildschirmgröße")
> I think the most beautiful is the one with the color of the Bayern flag
> (white&blue)!
>
> Regards,
> Luca Giannitti
The March 2005 issue of LEGO life Company Newspaper has an article on this
wonderful model. Here are some excerpts:
Naturally, this special illumination had to be recreated in the LEGO model - but
that's when the problems began to crop up.
...None of the existing LEGO elements could do the job. We tried with
transparent bricks - but the stadium model would have ended up looking like a
glorified greenhouse. ...we received special permission to develop a brand new
element: a milky-white brick. Only 160,000 elements will be produced, and these
will be used to build the roof of the model. In addition, we had to find special
lamps which will create the right lighting affect as accurately as possible.
We'll all look forward to some night-time photos of the model!
Now, if only I could get a milky-white 2 x 4 brick (or two 2 x 2 bricks) for my
collection of LEGO brick colors.....
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> > Kelly McKiernan wrote in message ...
> > > I'd seen earlier pix and was duly impressed, this is pretty spectacular. I found
> > > some images and closeups on a German web site, try this:
> >
> > Wow. Apart from the greatness of the model, that is a truly mind-boggling
> > number of minifigs.
> >
> > When I did my (by comparison tiny, but 40" x 30") stadium it was amazing how
> > many figs it took to fill even quite a small area. I could only fill one end
> > of mine with my whole minifig collection.
> >
> > Kevin
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Classic Red Barn kit: http://www.lionsgatemodels.com/cat-barn.htm
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Get FREE Hospital instructions: http://www.lionsgatemodels.com
> > BrickLink Lego parts store: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=Kevinw1
> > The Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): http://www.bricksmiths.com
>
> While I do like the model, the outside of original building looks like a giant
> white tire with a huge chunk missing.
>
> Gary Istok
The original building is very nice by night, when the lights can color the
stadium with red, white and blue. Here you can see some pictures:
http://www.allianz-arena.de/de/news/foto/index.php?datum=0410
(at: "Beleuchtungstest in Bildschirmgröße")
I think the most beautiful is the one with the color of the Bayern flag
(white&blue)!
And here you can find some pictures of the design of Lego model:
http://www.allianz-arena.de/de/news/foto/index.php?datum=0502
(at: "Die Allianz Arena im LEGO Format")
The Allianz Arena in Günzburg is the second European stadium made of Lego
visible in one Legoland park. The first one was the "Parken" of Copenhagen,
built in the year 2000 (for the Euro2000 Football Cup) in Billund.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lucajuventino/Billund2003/07210037.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lucajuventino/Billund2003/07210038.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lucajuventino/Billund2003/07210040.jpg
Regards,
Luca Giannitti
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In lugnet.general, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Kelly McKiernan wrote in message ...
> > I'd seen earlier pix and was duly impressed, this is pretty spectacular. I found
> > some images and closeups on a German web site, try this:
>
> Wow. Apart from the greatness of the model, that is a truly mind-boggling
> number of minifigs.
>
> When I did my (by comparison tiny, but 40" x 30") stadium it was amazing how
> many figs it took to fill even quite a small area. I could only fill one end
> of mine with my whole minifig collection.
>
> Kevin
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Classic Red Barn kit: http://www.lionsgatemodels.com/cat-barn.htm
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Get FREE Hospital instructions: http://www.lionsgatemodels.com
> BrickLink Lego parts store: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=Kevinw1
> The Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): http://www.bricksmiths.com
While I do like the model, the outside of original building looks like a giant
white tire with a huge chunk missing.
Gary Istok
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Kelly McKiernan wrote in message ...
> I'd seen earlier pix and was duly impressed, this is pretty spectacular. I found
> some images and closeups on a German web site, try this:
Wow. Apart from the greatness of the model, that is a truly mind-boggling
number of minifigs.
When I did my (by comparison tiny, but 40" x 30") stadium it was amazing how
many figs it took to fill even quite a small area. I could only fill one end
of mine with my whole minifig collection.
Kevin
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Classic Red Barn kit: http://www.lionsgatemodels.com/cat-barn.htm
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Get FREE Hospital instructions: http://www.lionsgatemodels.com
BrickLink Lego parts store: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=Kevinw1
The Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): http://www.bricksmiths.com
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hello,
can anybody tell me if they sell seperate rcx bricks or sensors in legoland
germany ??
i was planning to go there in the summer.
grtn woenderik
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Hello collectors of promo bricks!
I have some bricks Jahr der Technik 2004 for exchange with other promo bricks.
Followings stones are in search: - Lego Store Chicago 2000
- Imagination Center (Disney Anaheim)
- Distribution Center
- Brick or Treat 2000 with Lego Logo on the backside
- Boston Red Sox (plain back)
- Imagination Center (Disney Orlando)
- Lego Human Resources Open House 1993
- Startup Decoration Lego System Inc. May 1993
- Lego Maniacs 1998 First Competition
- E3 May 1996, Mindscape Sout Hall 6801
- Lego Store California, Hillsdale, Valley Fair 2004
- Open Day 1995
Besides I have to exchange Club 2003 Günzburg;
Club 2004 Günzburg
Fabrik 2002 Günzburg
Fabrik 2003 Günzburg
Fabrik 2004 Günzburg
Winter 2003/2004 Günzburg
2. Geburtstag 17. Mai 2004 Günzburg
I hope, we can help us together
best regards from AUSTRIA
Gerhard
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Hello all my German friends,
I was wondering if anybody knows anything about the Jahr Der Technik 2004
Brick that was made at LLD. Here is a picture of it:
The only thing I know about it was it was made at LLD. I would like to find out
where it was given out and what it was given out for. I assume it has something
to do with this website.
I would like to put the information about this brick up on my database for the
promotional bricks - PromoBricks.
Thanks for any help!
Mark P
PromoBricks
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In lugnet.announce, Mark Papenfuss wrote:
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I am pleased to announce the opening of my new website
PromoBricks.com! As many of you know, I have
had a list of my collection of the bricks up on Land Of Bricks - but with the re-design and re-focusing of LoB (more on this
later) and my collection getting rather large, I wanted to have a site just
for them so they can shine like they deserve to.
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Hey Mark. The new website looks great! You have single-handedly created a
buy/sell/trade market for promo bricks. I had wondered why the LoB promo brick
section wasnt being updated as regularly. Ill look forward to updates on
PromoBricks.com, as well as LoB updates.
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I am pleased to announce the opening of my new website
PromoBricks.com! As many of you know, I have had
a list of my collection of the bricks up on Land
Of Bricks - but with the re-design and re-focusing of LoB (more on this later)
and my collection getting rather large, I wanted to have a site just for them so
they can shine like they deserve to.
What is the point of PromoBricks.com you ask?
Well, this is a complete(1) database of the Commemorative bricks complete with
scans and the story behind each brick. When I first started collecting the
promotional bricks there was no place to find out about them and what was out
there to collect. This was a very frusterating thing to deal with - this was
really one of the very few areas of Lego that was not well documented by the
various Lego fan sites. PromoBricks.com fills
that need and will serve as the place to go for information to new collectors
and seasoned collectors alike.
With the very much expanded Commemorative Brick programs at Legoland California
and even at Legoland Deutschland, in addition to the increasing Lego store
openings many new people are being exposed to these wonderful and fun to collect
bricks. I hope this site helps to draw more people into the ever growing group
of promotional brick collectors, the more people that are involved with
collecting these the more information can be shared within the community!
PromoBricks.com is still growing! Soon there
will be a section for the 4 known non 1x2x2 bricks as well as the non-Fabrik
system bricks. Keep checking back for more details on this.
Mark P
<--
feel free to use this button to link to PromoBricks.com
(1)Complete as it is known. I am always looking for info on bricks that may not
be included in my database!
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In lugnet.general, Simon Bennett wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Richard Morton wrote:
> > Speaking of PaB - I hear that Legoland Windsor now has a greater selection
> > of items compared to last year.
> > Does anyone have any up to date photos yet?
>
>
> I've put photos from the opening day here:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/legoland/windsor/pickabrick
I called them today and talked to the supply folks.
They state that an order is being placed this week
for new PaB parts, to be fulfilled sometime after
mid-June. So nothing new will probably be in the
mix until then, according to LLW.
best
LFB
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In lugnet.general, Richard Morton wrote:
> Speaking of PaB - I hear that Legoland Windsor now has a greater selection
> of items compared to last year.
> Does anyone have any up to date photos yet?
I've put photos from the opening day here:
http://news.lugnet.com/legoland/windsor/pickabrick
Psi
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In lugnet.general, Huw Millington wrote:
> Macaroni, eh? That's the first sighting of that there, AFAIK. Did you leave
> any? :-)
>
> The shop has been decimated since the opening weekend, and the last time I
> was there, mid April, it hadn't been restocked. Consequently, the useful
> stuff like tan, dark orange, dark grey etc. had been depleted.
Did they have the pearl light grey colors at that time?
The macaroni: I only took two cups, less than half; should have grabbed
four or five, if I'd had my wits about me, but when I went back to
the PaB shop at 4:30pm all the macaroni were gone, gone, gone.
They had yellow macaroni too, of which I got about 1/4 cup. Dark
orange still seemed apparent, but tan and dark grey were hurting
pretty badly. They had loads of 2x2x2 trans slopes, though, which
were pretty nice, and I'm hoping to see (oh hope, hope!) 3x3 light grey
corner slopes appear--I know they were appearing in Billund--and maybe
some of the stuff showing up at LL CA now, too.
Maybe I should go on Friday, before the weekend rush. Definitely get
there right at opening (1pm) of the PaB shop. Look for the drooling
American.
all best
LFB
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