Ah, each year we get questions of "what will you do for Thanksgiving (or Christmas)?" And its been the same for the past several years (2018, 2017 Christmas, 2017 Thanksgiving). We celebrate, we feast, and we do LEGO shopping for LEGO sets on clearance! Black Friday LEGO Creative Boxes Yes, the Black Friday sales got us a big number of the creative boxes. We "hired" … [Read more...] about Black Friday and Post-Christmas Haul LEGO sets
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What do you do with 108K LEGO elements? Part 5
Yes! We have finally finished this task! You can find the other parts of this series here. The End of this Task We did it. We got 108k LEGO® elements parted out and uploaded into the store. It took us... 7 months, but it is done. This was the final day of working on this set. Timer lets one keep track of time, laptop for uploading into the store, and caffeine for … [Read more...] about What do you do with 108K LEGO elements? Part 5
LEGO® set 42090 Getaway Truck
Not long ago, Little Man decided to spend a bit of money on getting his own LEGO® set. Of course, he wants something that will move and isn't too hard to build. He chose LEGO® set 42090 Getaway Truck. He told me later he picked that one over the Police Car because it had fewer parts. This set is in the Technic line, and more specifically, it is a pull-back vehicle. … [Read more...] about LEGO® set 42090 Getaway Truck
Inventory Update
Even as life gets busy, the LEGO® element inventory update must happen. LEGO Movie 2 We have not seen this movie yet. Yeah, we missed the theater run, but movies in the theater tend to be overwhelming to more than 1 in this family. So, we usually wait for the movie to come out on video. In the mean time, we did pick up this set: This set is full of bricks, which isn't … [Read more...] about Inventory Update
What do you do with 108k LEGO® elements? Part 4.2
Previously, I shared what one theoretically does with the 108K LEGO® elements once they are sorted by color. This time, I can share what actually is happening! We normally have 20 or so copies of a set that we part out. But with these creative towers, we have 100. Thus, approaching this set with some strategy. First we had to get it home, then we sorted each box by color. … [Read more...] about What do you do with 108k LEGO® elements? Part 4.2
