We have one more regular meeting before this year’s LEGOPalooza. We will be meeting on Saturday, January 17th, 2009, from 1pm to 4:30pm at the Cameron Village Library, in Rm 202A (upstairs, as usual). Please bring extension cords if you have anything that needs to be plugged in. It’s not yet to late to be [...]
New 2009 sets are showing up early at Toys ‘R’ Us this year. Of course, some of us aren’t crazy about shopping there because of their infamous mark-ups – it’s not unusual to see 10%-20% markup over MSRP at TRU. Fortunately, you can now buy the new sets showing up at TRU without fear of [...]
After this past year’s last-minute announcement, I’m thrilled to announce LEGOPalooza 2009 early! It will be held January 31st and February 1st at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, NC. Our display will be open to the public from 11 AM – 4 PM on Saturday the 31st, and from 1 PM to 4 PM [...]
In addition to LEGO User Group displays and meetings, there are also occasionally LEGO fan conventions. While NCLUG is represented at nearly every convention (thanks to Joe Meno’s frequent travelling for BrickJournal magazine), Washington DC’s BrickFair is actually our regional convention. There’s also a public expo portion that you can treat the family to. I [...]
Some news on the shopping front from Matthew: Yesterday I stopped by Toys “R” Us [the Cary Crossroads location] to find a fully stocked selection of Lego sets. While there I found set #3832: The Emergency Room, which is not on the Lego S@H US yet. According to Brickset this set is available in Europe. [...]
