Downtown Tampa Display

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Just to plug my LUG... GFLUG has a LEGO display of Downtown Tampa at 100 North Tampa Street (that's in downtown Tampa, btw). from May 18th to May 29th. A quote from the Downtown Tampa Memo: "Buildings featured include 100 North Tampa, Bank of America Plaza, One Tampa City Center, SunTrust Financial Center, Park Tower, Rivergate Tower, Tampa City Hall and other buildings all detailed with roads and traffic signals. Members of The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will begin setup Monday, May 18th at 9 am and will be available to answer questions most weekdays from 11 am to 1 pm and 6-7 pm. This event is a fundraiser for the Glazer Children’s Museum and Museum representatives will be on hand to answer questions about their facility currently under construction in downtown Tampa."

Update: Now on MyFoxTampa.

LEGO on Craig's List

It's no secret, I occasionally look for LEGO deals on Craig's List. Every once in awhile find a deal, either for myself or my LEGO club-mates, but lately I've been running into things like this -- Watto's Junk Yard for $185. It's used... the Aldar Beedo fig is crap... it's not that great of a set for parts... and I find this quote "No lowballers Price is $185.00 CASH" just incredible. Obviously a LEGO Star Wars profiteer. I can buy one on Bricklink MISB for $145... the seller needs to get a clue.

And this Yoda figure is a great find for $50, part of a Target promotion from years ago. Looks like it's in great shape; be nice to have, but I'm passing on it. If someone buys it because of my post, please let me know and send pictures.

Now here's one of the scariest Craig's List items. They want you to get in on the ground floor of a franchise business called BRICKS 4 KIDZ. Either running after school class, summer camps, or birthday parties. The up-front investment is $25-75K; they're expecting your return to be up to $3M. It seems like a very shaky investment idea... especially considering the B4K web-site. Personally, I think Beth Weis does a better job -- her creations at Brickworld is just amazing.

LEGO #10196 Merry-Go-Round

Just saw this today over on the LEGO GosSIP blog.  The picture is actually good quality to make out a few details (I was a little surprised at that).  One of the things that made me laugh out loud was the jester heads and the gold bricks -- 'cause you know everyone will want jester heads!  If LEGO keeps the price around the same as the #4957 Ferris Wheel, I think we'll have a winner... Otherwise, my guess is around $250 with minifigs as shown, or $150 without.  What you'r guess?

LEGO Sunglasses

My cousin sent me this link about LEGO Sunglasses. They look neat, but after reading the blog about them, they're probably expensive.  I think they'd be cool for kids, but anything over $10, I think would be a waste of money.  But super LEGO geekiness points if you have them!