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Oops. I said check back in a few days for the Tetons and (thought) it was scheduled to publish the update. But I guess I didn't something wrong, so it never got posted. Well its posted now. The Grand Tetons Steve

Oh, guess I'm missed this. Thanks for the Birthday wishes all. My wife got me the Kingdoms Joust and took me to Death Valley for the weekend! Steve

I'd like to see how those frosting globs look as mushrooms... or even better onion domes. Steve

On the National Geographic Lego Factory show, one of the designers indicated the TB in the license plate in the car from the police station were (I think he said) his initials. Also, the designer of the City Hall set said on the video that the year on the top is her birth year backwards. Steve

The only part I'd change, is "what my family thinks I do", I would put a guy with a wheelbarrow of money flinging it at a toy salesman. At least that's what my family thinks I do... Steve

Blech. I don't like Gollum much at all. I love the hobbit clothes. And Boromir is spot on. The Nazgul is pretty dull. And I'm not sure about the Uruk-Hai. The orcs look good though. I think they will mix well with the Castle trolls. Steve

Guess I'm on the wrong side of this... But my two year old daughter loves hearing the bell ring and the dog bark. Steve

I'm usually a sucker for ship sets, but the pictures of one in the catalog makes me think it isn't going to do anything for me at all. And your review has more than confirmed that. Thanks for saving me $100.00 or so. Steve

Wow, it looks terrible. It looks more like a super sarlaac than the opera house. Steve

After doing some complaining in my last post, I thought I'd try something a bit more positive: I just finished putting together the Hillside House, which I received for an Xmas gift. I thought the sound brick was a really neat touch (although I'm not sure I like the dog barking after the bell). I would like to request that Lego make more of these. Some suggestions for sounds: -Church Bells -Animal Sounds (for a farm set) -Foghorn (should have been in the lighthouse set) Steve

I hadn't noticed that bit before. But on the US site, only the express delivery options say no PO Boxes. Standard delivery, and though I don't personally know I am sure my mother selected, does not say no PO boxes, which means they should be ok. Steve

Having been ordering Lego for over 25 years now, I have pretty distinct memories of picking up deliveries from my mother's PO Box as a boy. But, after reading a couple of comments about how my mother made the mistake by trying to ship to a PO Box and/or not knowing about the "rule", I decided to see if I was maybe overlooking my family's fault and blaming Lego unfairly. So I placed an order and went through the process up until the actual final step of placing the order. I put in the shipping address as: PO Box 1234 Town, State 67890 Here is what I found. Nothing in the process says anything about PO Boxes not being acceptable. In fact, beyond merely not saying that they cannot deliver to a PO Box, the site actually suggests further suggests a "better" address of: PO Box 1234 Town, State 67890-1234 So, not only was there nothing saying PO Boxes were not deliverable, they all but explicitly said PO Boxes were fine. And in fact suggested a PO Box. So, I'm now even less pleased with S@H... Steve

No Spartan? No Zombie? I think this is probably the most reasonable explanation. Steve

My mother ordered the Ninjago Fire Temple for me as an Xmas gift on the 27th of November from S@H. She ordered it that day, so that she could also give me the 2nd Xmas promotional set. A few weeks later, however, the order had not arrived, so my mother contacted S@H and was told they could not deliver the item to a Post Office box and that she would have to place the order again with another address. She did so and when the package arrived, the Xmas promotional set was not included. So, so contacted S@H again to find out what happened and was told the Xmas set was all sold out and there was nothing they could do. Now she had ordered from S@H, specifically to get the Xmas set, when she could have ordered from amazon for cheaper. So I then emailed customer service about it and explained the situation: A few days later we got the following response: I am disappointed in the handling of this matter. I feel that having spent $120 plus shipping and having a significant portion of the order not having been received, we are due more than a simple form letter. I understand that the set was a small promotional item, but it was the motivation for the purchase in the first place. Without that item, the purchased would have been made through amazon. I am not a huge fan of S@H in the first place, due to, what I feel are high shipping costs, which make any purchases significantly more expensive than going to almost any retail store. Now based on this, I'm even less impressed by S@H. Given that the money is going directly to Lego and not shared with other retailers, I would expect the customer service to be much better than this. As my mother suggested, the least they could have done was offered to send a comparable set to replace the one that was sold out. Steve

This comment was the highlight of the review. Steve

I delayed in picking up this set and now it is getting hard to find. Can anyone supply one for me? PM with your asking price. Steve

Maybe he could, in lieu of taxes, press some of thoe peasants into services with brooms? Steve

Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do! We do! That's a lot of corner slopes... Instantly recognizable. Steve

Yay, I won. Anyone want to trade for the figures I won? The only one I'm really attached to is the horned guy. So, if someone is dying to trade for the other two, I'd be open to trading. *EDIT* Never mind. I've decided to just keep the three figures I won. Thanks for organizing such a fun contest. Steve

I was supposed to be at night, since they were following a star. But making the photo dark obscured the details. Maybe I'll repopulate it and post some more pictures later. Steve

All you 'old-timers' with your 4 digit member numbers. Let a real old-timer, with only a double-digit number explain. Well, since its been 7 years since I joined, I can't really remember joining. So I can't say why I joined, I can tell you that I've stayed for the shenanigans, irreverence and the leaks. One thing I do remember that, as an American, I really debated whether I should join Eurobricks and whether or not I'd be welcome. I'm glad I took the plunge. Hooray for eurobricks. Steve

This didn't start out as an Xmas MOC, but rather just a mid-east village scene, but since Xmas rolled around, I thought I'd convert it. The picture is a link to the flickr gallery. Or if you prefer brickshelf, you can click here. Steve

That is one creepy picture... Steve

It looks like Cleopatra has horns... Steve