Comments on: 2009 Advent Calendars http://www.brickpile.com/2009/12/24/lego-advent-calendars/ Building a brighter tomorrow with LEGO® bricks Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Brian Carlstrom http://www.brickpile.com/2009/12/24/lego-advent-calendars/comment-page-1/#comment-53818 Brian Carlstrom Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:55:10 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=551#comment-53818 Hello Bill, I didn't bother any friends in Europe for my Pirate advent calendar. I just bought my mine on Bricklink. I wanted to suggest that to anyone who finds this in the future years. (But I see now you have a Bricklink store, maybe next year you can import some for us from your friend in Germany :) ) Your site was recommended to me by Google Reader but I see you are probably local to me in Palo Alto. If you haven't recycled those boxes yet, I'd love to take them apart to scan the "instructions" for Peeron. I don't want to take my own boxes apart but I've seen in previous years others have scanned the box images for later reference. In any case, I'm glad I found your Bay Area LEGO blog. I'll have to take my kids to the BayLUG Museum Show, I hadn't heard about it until I saw it here. My own LEGO life story can be found here: http://carlstrom.com/lego/ I also have the Spirit of St Louis from my youth: http://carlstrom.com/lego/inventory/set/456/ I would have sworn those were not stickers myself! -bri Hello Bill,

I didn’t bother any friends in Europe for my Pirate advent calendar. I just bought my mine on Bricklink. I wanted to suggest that to anyone who finds this in the future years. (But I see now you have a Bricklink store, maybe next year you can import some for us from your friend in Germany :) )

Your site was recommended to me by Google Reader but I see you are probably local to me in Palo Alto. If you haven’t recycled those boxes yet, I’d love to take them apart to scan the “instructions” for Peeron. I don’t want to take my own boxes apart but I’ve seen in previous years others have scanned the box images for later reference.

In any case, I’m glad I found your Bay Area LEGO blog. I’ll have to take my kids to the BayLUG Museum Show, I hadn’t heard about it until I saw it here. My own LEGO life story can be found here: http://carlstrom.com/lego/

I also have the Spirit of St Louis from my youth:
http://carlstrom.com/lego/inventory/set/456/
I would have sworn those were not stickers myself!

-bri

]]> By: Bill http://www.brickpile.com/2009/12/24/lego-advent-calendars/comment-page-1/#comment-53486 Bill Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:02:37 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=551#comment-53486 The instructions are really just pictures of the models, so there's not much to borrow. But I haven't yet put the boxes into the recycling, so you can have them if you want.... The instructions are really just pictures of the models, so there’s not much to borrow. But I haven’t yet put the boxes into the recycling, so you can have them if you want….

]]> By: Paul Sinasohn http://www.brickpile.com/2009/12/24/lego-advent-calendars/comment-page-1/#comment-53485 Paul Sinasohn Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:57:51 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=551#comment-53485 I like the bench on day 15, fountain on day 18, and Xmas tree on day 23 of the City calendar. Can I borrow those instruction sheets? I like the bench on day 15, fountain on day 18, and Xmas tree on day 23 of the City calendar. Can I borrow those instruction sheets?

]]> By: Bill http://www.brickpile.com/2009/12/24/lego-advent-calendars/comment-page-1/#comment-53464 Bill Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:43:17 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=551#comment-53464 I agree, last year's Castle calendar was much better, especially in terms of the minifigs. Still, I enjoyed the Pirates one. I agree, last year’s Castle calendar was much better, especially in terms of the minifigs. Still, I enjoyed the Pirates one.

]]> By: RichardAM http://www.brickpile.com/2009/12/24/lego-advent-calendars/comment-page-1/#comment-53463 RichardAM Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:33:44 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/?p=551#comment-53463 Like last year I bought both of them, and multiples of the Euro exclusive- I sent quite a lot to both friends and customers across the Atlantic pond! I don't think for a second though that the Pirate calendar is anywhere as good as the Castle one the previous year. A lot of the pieces and elements in it were already pretty readily available, compared to the witch/jester/peasant figs of the Castle calendar. That said, I think it was still a lot better than the City iteration, which I feel has been getting worse every year. Merry Christmas! Like last year I bought both of them, and multiples of the Euro exclusive- I sent quite a lot to both friends and customers across the Atlantic pond!

I don’t think for a second though that the Pirate calendar is anywhere as good as the Castle one the previous year. A lot of the pieces and elements in it were already pretty readily available, compared to the witch/jester/peasant figs of the Castle calendar. That said, I think it was still a lot better than the City iteration, which I feel has been getting worse every year.

Merry Christmas!

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