Category Archives: Media Coverage

The 2009 LEGO Tour is coming to Raleigh

September 12, 2009 – 8:47 am

There was a note in the N&O this morning about the 2009 LEGO Tour coming to Raleigh. The LEGO Tour will be at the North Carolina State Fair fr Ocrober 15-18. Now that Raleigh has a LEGO Store we are on the LEGO map. I think the last tour to com through [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in Events, LEGO, Member Blogs, NCLUG Blog Post | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Sports Illustrated Palooza ‘09 Blurb

August 30, 2009 – 3:55 pm

Here’s an interesting blurb about a recent show of ours that appeared on the Sports Illustrated website:
Exhibit of the Week — “LEGO-palooza 2009,” UNC, 1 pm.: There will be robots, castles, and spaceships. The Blacktron and M:Tron galactic armies even agreed to a ceasefire in order to take part in the exhibit.

I’m interested in trying [...]

By Dan | Also posted in Events, LEGOPalooza, NCLUG | Comments (0)

More Charlotte Store News

July 22, 2009 – 8:27 am

This is probably the last post on this as we approach this week’s soft opening of the store.
An official statement by a Concord Mills spokesperson was released to some media outlets this past week. According to Charlotte Business Journal, the new store will have 4,520-square-feet of floor space.
The LEGO Company has unveiled more information about [...]

By Dan | Also posted in LEGO, Shopping | Tagged | Comments (1)

Excellent LEGO Advertisement

July 15, 2009 – 10:40 am

I am scanning through my RSS feeds this morning and found this article at the top of the list.  It links to Gizmodo and the article is mostly about the author’s visit to the LEGO Vault in Billund.
What really caught my eye was the scan of the old LEGO advertisement.  This advertisement is from 1981 [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in LEGO, Member Blogs, NCLUG Blog Post | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Profile of Joe Meno in N&O

March 1, 2009 – 5:39 pm

Yesterday a profile of Joe Meno ran in the News and Observer in which I was quoted.  The N&O reporter had called me Friday morning to ask some question about Joe and the LEGO hobby.  I ended up talking to him for almost half an hour.
It is a nice article which really focuses on Brick [...]

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