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I went to one of my favorite toy stores today, and they had Pick-a-Brick!
 
The store is called Be Beep, and aside from
having Pick-a-Brick, they also have a LEGO Expo every year (April 27th - May
11th this year), where you can display a model in their front window. And the
staff is great!
The PaB bags come in
two sizes,
a $3.95 size and a $6.95 size. I filled both size bags up with 1x4 plates, and
the smaller size was a little more cost-effective - 2.67 cents per piece versus
3.44 cents per piece in the bigger bag (or 148 plates versus 203 in the big
bag).
The part selection is similar to the
Tysons Corner Brand Retail store, albeit not as extensive. I got 1x4 plates in
sand blue, as well as 2x4 plates in green.
All in all, very cool, and I hope PaB in independent stores catches on. Of
course, now I’ll never be able to leave without making at least one purchase...
Marc Nelson Jr.
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Date: Saturday, September 11, 2004 Time: 12:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: GMU Arlington Campus
3401 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22201
Room: 115
If you're in the area and you have a chance just stop in, join us!
What to expect;
Show and tell of MOCs and all things LEGO
Building challenge
Lots of new people
Items picked up at the Pick A Brick, a report about the NEW LEGO store.. for
those of you that have not yet had a chance to visit.
News from the LEGO Outlet.
Bring stuff to trade and or sell.
Planning for the Fall for Fairfax Event on October 2nd and for other things for
AFOls to get involved in.
Fall for Fairfax is an event WAMALUG has participated in for several years and
this year they are giving us a much bigger space where we can display so much
more. We will be using our Make and Create kit for the play area and this show
is a really great opportunity to bring any and all kinds of LEGO creations to
share with those that attend.
http://www.fallforfairfax.com/
Pictures form past years (this year we will be outside)
http://www.wamalug.org/event_20031004.html
http://www.wamalug.org/event_20021005.html
http://www.wamalug.org/event_20010929.html
WAMALUG meeting are held at GMU in the Arlington Original building
http://coyote.gmu.edu/map/arling.html
We hope to see you there.
Christina Hitchcock
WAMALUG
http://www.wamalug.org
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There was an article in last Sunday's Baltimore Sun about the Brick Testament
book and website. It was the 30 Novemver 2003 issue, and the feature was titled
"Building a colorful, accessible Bible, brick by Lego brick".
There is a version of the article on the paper's website (you have to register
to read it), but I don't have an actual physical copy of it.
I wasn't given advance warning of the publication date for this one, so I'm left
posting here to see if anyone who lives in that area might just happen to still
have their Sunday paper around, and see if they woudln't mind sending me a copy
of the article. It would be most appreciated.
I'll try to get at least the text of the article up on the Brick Testament press
page soon, but I'm away from home right now and can't update it just yet.
-The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
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Adam --
I find it hard to believe that the Kingston MA TRU store had run out, because I
was there the same day, June 30th 1999, and they had 9 sets (8 after I left the
store 8-) The price was about $138 ($129.99 plus tax).
There were 3 sets on the bottom shelf, and 6 more (in two different places) on
the top-top shelf where the store keeps their "overstock". That's a total of 8
8480 Space Shuttle sets in 3 separate locations. I was there at about 8:30 PM
and the store closed at 9:30 and the odds of 8 other people buying that set in
an hour are too low for me to believe.
Sorry to bother you Baltimore folks with this but that's where Adam and Rob
Doucette were when they started this discussion <: I've put followup-to the
Boston group.
- Robert
In lugnet.loc.us.md.bal, Adam Payne writes:
> Well, I was only visiting Baltimore, I'm actually living up in Boston
> (I found your message b/c it mentioned the Contruction Site). I tried
> to get a shuttle from the Kingston, MA TRU, but they were gone. [...]
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