Blatent Disregard (...but kinda funny)

Raiders of the lost...Giant Lego Ball?

Complete and blatant disregard for the illustrious Lego brick is not in my DNA, but it can be kinda funny once in a while. I hope the Minivan owner had 'Really Stupid Stuff that would Never Happen to Anyone on the Planet' insurance coverage.

Here's whata bunch of San Franciscans thought of

And here's the way it should be...

Life with Lego Lunatics

Living with a Lego Lunatic

Just in case you think about Marrying a guy with a Lego addiction (having two young Jedi apprentices), here are some tips.

1. Have a Spare Room. A man needs a shed—a place his tools can call home, and where he can potter about in undisturbed for hours and hours. Since we're still waiting for LEGO to bring out its life-sized LEGO Shed kit (estimated completion time 4-6 weeks), settle for the extra bedroom
2. Occupy the Dog with Plastic Chew Toys. I haven't yet noticed primary colored bricks in the dog's poop, but when I do, I know that it's time to hit the petsmart again.
3. Never Dyson within 50 feet of the play area
4. Always Wear Shoes In the House. Have you ever stepped on a LEGO brick?
5. Should a trip to the LEGO factory in Denmark be coming up soon (JUNE !!) remember that someone has to look after the dog.
6. Regular Visits to the Local Toy Shop are innevitable. Oh look at that cool glass monkey head, let's just go in and 'Look'
7. Laugh Every Time you Makes You Watch the "Death By Tray" LEGO movie where you learn that 'Jeff Vader' Runs the Death Star?"
8. Agree That the World Would Be Better If Totally Made of LEGO How simple life would be. A couple of tiles came off your roof? Buy them from the LEGO store, then go up a ladder and clip them back on again. Kids, we're going to build a swimming pool this weekend. A leaky one, but still, a swimming pool. No, honestly. Imagine, if the world was made out of LEGO you would just be able to unclip rogue states from the globe and dismantle them before putting them back in the cupboard, and then the world would just be a safer place. And what if everyone's hands were shaped like those of the LEGO figures? Well, you wouldn't get any work done, for a start.
9. Try to Relate and Even Join in just after his Millennium Falcon arrives. He will also buy a TIE Fighter LEGO set. "It's for you," he will say. "You can do that while I assemble the Falcon." A month later, you will find the TIE Fighter sitting, assembled on his desk.
10.Unconditionally love him and his 2 co-conspirators.

So, there you have it. While it may not be as life-changing as AA or NA's 12-Point Plan, my LEGO-acceptance program should keep you on the straight and narrow.

My Dream Job...

I would like you to meet 'Ian'. He is a normal guy, who lives in Massachusetts and goes to work every day, but there is another side to this ordinary guy, HE IS A LEGO MASTER BUILDER.

One of only a handful of people on this planet to hold the prestigious title. Ian travels around the country to malls such as Northbrook and lets kids get involved with the big model building. The kids build the bulk bricks and Ian puts them together to create an 8' tall R2-D2 model over three days.

Did I mention that Ian is a LEGO MASTER BUILDER? As I shook his hand and introduced Jered and Zach (my Lego Master Builders) we began to talk about jobs and careers and where we live and....well, I always can dream can't I?

Overflowing with LEGO! (Yes)

Christmas, birthdays and some gift cards brought much joy to the Clark Family Lego Collection. Now officially titled the CFLC.

We added over 13 sets to the collection and have moved into town genre with new police command center semi's, new police station, new fire station, new airport (with a new jet) new roadplates and several vehicles and support minifig's.

We also entered the Star Wars arena with several sets including a star destroyer, naboo fighters, imperial shuttles, jedi ring fighters and several battle droid and imperial stormtrooper drop ships.
As you may have imagined, the stormtroopers and battledroids invaded the peaceful town and now it's just a mess. Negotiations with the Empire are very distruaght.

These new additions bring our CFLC peice total to over 200,000. Sweet.

Finally on a similar topic I was granted the highest honor of a Lego collector and was able to build the new Ulimate Collector Millenium Falcon. 5132 pieces, 77 bags of legos, and weighs about 25 pounds. It took 1 and a half weeks to complete. Watch for a separate post on that one.

More Lego

During my thousands of hours browsing the web, I occasionally come across Lego desings that awestruck me. This being one of them. Cool.

Happy Birthday LEGO

On August 10th, the LEGO company of Denmark turned 75. Since this is my favorite toy of all time (getting my first LEGO set at age 5 and still getting them today at 40) I thought a brief history would be appropriate.

(And since I have spent thousands of dollars collecting them...)

Master carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen started the company on August 10, 1932 in his studio in the town of Billund in Jutland. The headquarters of the global toy giant are still located in Billund.

Christiansen created the word "Lego" in 1934 from the Danish words "leg godt" (play well).

Following the company's initial production of wooden toys, he started manufacturing the now legendary plastic building bricks in 1949. Lego then enjoyed half a century of unparalleled sales success, but at the end of the 1990s, the family firm found itself in trouble as more and more children played with computers than with plastic bricks.

Finally in 2006, company chairman Jorgen Vig Knudstorp described after-tax profits of 1.4 billion kroner (258 million dollars) on sales of 7.8 billion kroner as "extremely satisfying."
The turnaround came from the off-loading of production from Denmark and Switzerland to Eastern Europe and concentrating on the core business of building bricks. Germany is Lego's most important market, with an 11.9-per-cent share of the toy market. In 2006, Lego sold some 300 million dollars worth of toys to Germany.

LONG LIVE THE LEGO !!!