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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 wasn’t being updated as regularly. I’ll 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
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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:
>
> 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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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.
I wonder if kids or AFOLs or both are attracted to this resource? Either way,
why doesn't TLG get the message that people want to buy stuff in this free form
manner. How can you open a shop, watch its stock levels deplete, and not bother
to restock. Especially as they should be actively investigating ways of
generating revenue.
JB
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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.
Huw
"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
news:Hx51G4.13AD@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Richard Morton wrote:
> >
> > "Teddy Welsh" <ewelsh@wsc.ma.edu> wrote in message
> > news:HwxzBy.1EuM@lugnet.com...
> > > Can anyone tell me where this marvelous place is?
> > >
> > > <http://www.malug.hu/gallery/album21/aab>
> > >
> > > Is it in a park, or freestanding retail? I see pricing in Euro and • what might
> > > be German on some signs, but I'm not even sure photos in this directory • are all
> > > from the same place.
> > >
> > > -Teddy
> >
> > 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'm going to be there next • month
> > and would love to know what they have...
>
> Well, I can tell you that they have a load of pearl light grey (like
> the grille bricks on the Santa Fe cars) that are supposed to be "LL
> Windsor Exclusive" (Don't know about other LLs, though); they do indeed
> have a TON of PaB boxes now; I was there not 8 days ago, and there are
> 4 major sections in different corners of the PaB shop. Unfortunately
> the selection was not quite what I'd hoped, in part because it was a
> weekend; however, I still got two large cups of light grey (old) 2x2
> macaroni for UKP22 (it's 11 quid a cup). Not too bad.
>
> By the way, it seems LL CA has the "new classic space jacket" torsos
> in their PaB mix; I wonder if Windsor will get them.
>
> No photos, sadly; I may take the camera if I go later this week (the
> best day, I think, is probably a Thursday to go--though Huw or others
> may wish to correct me on this).
>
> all best
>
> LFB
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In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
> it's 11 quid a cup
If you buy more than a kilo its also sold by weight at £22.50 / kilo. Although
you may have to point the small print on the signs out to the shop staff as not
all of them seem to be aware of this!
William
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In lugnet.general, Richard Morton wrote:
>
> "Teddy Welsh" <ewelsh@wsc.ma.edu> wrote in message
> news:HwxzBy.1EuM@lugnet.com...
> > Can anyone tell me where this marvelous place is?
> >
> > <http://www.malug.hu/gallery/album21/aab>
> >
> > Is it in a park, or freestanding retail? I see pricing in Euro and what might
> > be German on some signs, but I'm not even sure photos in this directory are all
> > from the same place.
> >
> > -Teddy
>
> 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'm going to be there next month
> and would love to know what they have...
Well, I can tell you that they have a load of pearl light grey (like
the grille bricks on the Santa Fe cars) that are supposed to be "LL
Windsor Exclusive" (Don't know about other LLs, though); they do indeed
have a TON of PaB boxes now; I was there not 8 days ago, and there are
4 major sections in different corners of the PaB shop. Unfortunately
the selection was not quite what I'd hoped, in part because it was a
weekend; however, I still got two large cups of light grey (old) 2x2
macaroni for UKP22 (it's 11 quid a cup). Not too bad.
By the way, it seems LL CA has the "new classic space jacket" torsos
in their PaB mix; I wonder if Windsor will get them.
No photos, sadly; I may take the camera if I go later this week (the
best day, I think, is probably a Thursday to go--though Huw or others
may wish to correct me on this).
all best
LFB
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