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Subject: 
Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:57:36 GMT
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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


Subject: 
Re: Being critical of LegoLand Günzburg
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland
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Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:24:45 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Maarten Steurbaut wrote:
   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 didn’t like to sit in the car for hours every day). Let me be a little bit critical of the park:

Oh boy, sorry you had some many issues with the park, Maarten. That’s a bummer.

I’ve routed your notes to the General Manager of the LLD park. I’m 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
---
Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Team


Subject: 
Being critical of LegoLand Günzburg
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Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:26:02 GMT
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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 didn’t 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. Don’t they know the difference between a garbage-bin and an ashtray??
• And there’s 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 can’t 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: it’s 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 doesn’t bother too much when new guests arrive: they only take away the glasses and plates from the previous guests, but they don’t 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 can’t 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 didn’t 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 don’t have an electronic system to run my card through and that was the reason why I didn’t get discount or points the first time. Why on earth don’t 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 don’t 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) don’t 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 didn’t say a word. We were nine days in the park and I’ve 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 don’t 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, they’ll 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 there’s 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 wouldn’t let them do their job properly!
• My wife has seen one child being sent away for not being tall enough (in nine days!), I haven’t seen a single one being sent away, but I’ve 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 won’t fit in the seats anymore)? They didn’t 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: there’s 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 (I’m 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!!

I’ve 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 didn’t 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 wasn’t 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 couldn’t do a bloody thing (I assume they didn’t get a refund). I’ve never seen attractions being closed because of the rain in a Belgian theme park (or in LegoLand Billund). I don’t 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 hadn’t applied for a job at TLC!

Maarten


Subject: 
Re: Pick-a-Brick inventory
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lugnet.general, lugnet.inv, lugnet.legoland.deutschland
Date: 
Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:02:33 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Maarten Steurbaut wrote:
   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

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 aren’t available in Bricklink in quantity. Previously I’ve had to buy direct from Lego Shop@Home but that’s 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


Subject: 
Pick-a-Brick inventory
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lugnet.general, lugnet.inv, lugnet.legoland.deutschland
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Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:23:05 GMT
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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


Subject: 
Re: LEGOLAND sold to Blackstone
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.billund, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.mediawatch
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Date: 
Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:04:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
   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

(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)


Subject: 
Dubai bids for Legolands as it seeks home for oil wealth
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.billund, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.legoland.windsor
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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


Subject: 
Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland
Date: 
Sun, 15 May 2005 13:37:20 GMT
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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.....


Subject: 
Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland
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Sat, 14 May 2005 13:00:49 GMT
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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
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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


Subject: 
Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
Newsgroups: 
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Sat, 14 May 2005 00:17:46 GMT
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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
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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


Subject: 
Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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


Subject: 
Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland
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In lugnet.general, Eric Strand wrote:
Just saw this photo:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/photo/050512/482/gbg10105121612

1 million pieces+ Wow. If anyone has seen links to higher res
photos/details I'd love to see them.

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:

http://www.ganz-muenchen.de/freizeitfitness/parks/legoland/das_allianz_arena_modell.html

There are image gallery links about halfway down, where it says "Fotogalerie zur
Stadioneröffnung am 12.05.2005 , Teil 1, 2 ,3, 4, 5".

- Kelly


Subject: 
rcx bricks
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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


Subject: 
Re: Info needed on 'Jahr Der Technik 2004 Brick'
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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


Subject: 
Info needed on 'Jahr Der Technik 2004 Brick'
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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


Subject: 
Re: Announcing the opening of PromoBricks.com
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.promo, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.deutschland
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Sat, 11 Sep 2004 02:27:33 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Mark Papenfuss wrote:
   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.

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 wasn’t being updated as regularly. I’ll look forward to updates on PromoBricks.com, as well as LoB updates.


Subject: 
Announcing the opening of PromoBricks.com
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.announce, lugnet.promo, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.general
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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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Talked to the PaB people today at LLW
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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:

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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Re: Any Photos of PaB Windsor? (Was - Re: Where in the world?)
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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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Re: Any Photos of PaB Windsor? (Was - Re: Where in the world?)
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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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